Michael Rey Explained

Michael Rey (born in Sarasota, Florida 1979) is an American abstract painter. Rey lives and works in Los Angeles, California.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Education

Rey received his BFA in 2002 from Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida, and his MFA in 2008 from the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2020^[4]
• Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
• Michael Rey, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium, 2017^[5]
• PLYDIS KAVE, Zero, Milan, Italy, 2016^[6]
• Michael Rey, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium, 2015^[7]
• About a Work #4, Zero, Milan, Italy, 2015^[8]
• OMES, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA, 2015^[9]
• Michael Rey, Cherry and Martin 2732, Los Angeles, CA, 2014^[10]
• IBJECT, Michael Rey, Room East, New York, NY, 2014^[11]
• Dracula Plus Plus, Young Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2011^[12]

Selected group exhibitions

• Group Exhibition 2017, James Fuentes Gallery, New York, NY, 2017^[13]
• Top Heavy: Jennifer Boysen, Katy Cowan, Michael Rey, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA, 2017^[14]
• Expanded Fields, Nymphius Projekte, Berlin, Germany, 2016^[15]
• Back To Basics, The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, CA, 2015
• Vom Grossen und Ganzen, Herbert Gerisch-Stiftung, Neumünster, DE, 2015
• Object Painting - Painting Object, Jonathan Viner, London, UK, 2015
• Rio (curated by Louis-Philippe Van Eeckhoutte), Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium, 2015
• A Peg to Hang It On, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO, 2015
• Crunchy, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY, 2015
• Amy Feldman/Michael Rey, Freddy, Baltimore, MD, 2014^[16]
• Another Cats Show, 356 Mission, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
• Where were you?, Lisson Gallery, London, UK, 2014^[17]
• Green Circle, Black Diamond, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA, 2014^[18]
• Hephaestus, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium, 2014
• Alexandre da Cunha, Michael Rey, Michael Williams, B. Wurtz, Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium, 2013
• Chasm of the Supernova, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
• Animalfaith - Doot Doot (D.B. Sweeney), JB Jurve, Los Angeles, CA, 2010^[19]
• Ooga Booga Reading Room, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York, NY, 2010
• Is What It Is What It Is, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA, 2009
• Sculpture Park, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2009
• Cocktail Hour with Skip Arnold and Friends, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
• My Buddy, UCLA New Wight Biennial, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2007

Public collections

• Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
• MoMCA Trento and Reovereto, Trento, Italy
• Sabanci Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
• ADN Collection, Bolzano, Italy
• Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
• Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy

External links

• Michael Rey: Artists’ website
• Cherry & Martin
• Bria, Ginevra. "Michael Rey e l'orlo del mondo. A Milano, Artribune, October 3, 2016.
• Cutajar, Mario, Michael Rey 'PLYDIS KAVE' at ZERO..., Milan, Mousse Magazine, October 2016.
• Michael Rey at ZERO... gallery: The uncanny is not something you can produce at will, Conceptual Fine Arts, September 27, 2016.
• Natalia Masewicz, Wall Sculpture Opens Up “Expanded Fields” at Nymphius Projekte Berlin, Conceptual Fine Arts, February 1, 2016.
• Michael Rey at Office Baroque, Art Viewer, September 21, 2015.
• Michael Rey “IBJECT” at Room East, New York, Mousse Magazine, May 25, 2014
• Gopnik, Blake. "Michael Rey's Imaginary Readymades," Blouin Art Info (online), May 1, 2014.
• Wu, Su., In L.A., Blurring the lines Between Art and Housewares, The New York Times Style Magazine, January 29, 2014.
• Tuck, Geoff, Initial and continuing thoughts on Michael Rey’s show at Young Art, notes on looking, November 8, 2011.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biography. . 2020. Philip Martin Gallery. 13 May 2020.
2. Web site: 27 September 2016. Michael Rey at ZERO... gallery: "The uncanny is not something you can produce at will" - Conceptual Fine Arts.
3. Web site: Michael Rey at Office Baroque. artviewer.org.
4. Web site: Mtt. Vidrxs. philipmartingallery.com.
5. Web site: Michael Rey. officebaroque.com.
6. Web site: PLYDIS KAVE - Zero. galleriazero.it.
7. Web site: Michael Rey. officebaroque.com.
8. Web site: About a work #4 - Zero. galleriazero.it.
9. Web site: exhibition › Michael Rey: OMES › cherry and martin. cherryandmartin.com.
10. Web site: 2732: Michael Rey › cherry and martin. cherryandmartin.com.
11. Web site: Room East - MICHAEL REY. roomeast.com.
12. Web site: MICHAEL REY - DRACULA PLUS PLUS. youngartgallery.com.
13. Web site: James Fuentes Gallery - Group Exhibition 2017. jamesfuentes.com.
14. Web site: exhibition › Top Heavy: Jennifer Boysen, Katy Cowan, Michael Rey › cherry and martin. cherryandmartin.com.
15. Web site: Expanded Fields : NYMPHIUS PROJEKTE BERLIN FRIEDERIKE NYMPHIUS. nymphiusprojekte.de.
16. Web site: Freddy. freddygallery.biz.
17. Web site: Where Were You? - Exhibitions - Lisson Gallery. lissongallery.com.
18. Web site: Green Circle, Black Diamond - Ratio 3 - San Francisco. ratio3.org.
19. Web site: JB JURVE. jbjurve.com.