Michael Hambouz

About

Michael Hambouz (b. Niles, Michigan, 1977) is a Arab-American multidisciplinary artist, musician, and curator based in Brooklyn, NY. Hambouz utilizes multi-dimensional perspectives and radiant hues to create technicolor works across different genres to capture the real and familiar with those of the otherworldly as observed in dreams, and interventions experienced with unseen forces. From abstract paintings and prints verging on sculpture to colorful realism, intricate paper cut-outs and animations, his work constantly experiments with composition, form, and multimedia mutations and rearticulation. Solo exhibitions include Brooklyn Academy of Music (Brooklyn, NY), chashama (New York, NY), Kayrock (Brooklyn, NY), The Krasl Art Center (St. Joseph, MI), a 2018 survey exhibition at Antioch College (Yellow Springs, OH), and 3S Artspace (Portsmouth, NH). He has participated in select group exhibitions at GROWROOM//SHOWROOM (Brooklyn, NY), The National Arts Club (New York, NY), Andrew Edlin Gallery (New York, NY), IPCNY (New York, NY), and Lorimoto Gallery (Ridgewood, NY). Hambouz is an avid supporter of the arts and social justice, contributing work to benefit auctions hosted by Luhring Augustine, Cheim & Read, Bridget Donahue, Honey Ramka, Yossi Milo, and Pioneer Works. His art and curatorial work has been featured in Artnet News, Hyperallergic, Vice, Create! Magazine, and Design Milk. (Profile photos by Maxim Ryazansky and Ebru Yildiz)