Michael Watson

About

Brooklyn based multidisciplinary artist who engages in experimental processes and alternative materials that are often extreme, interactive and tied to specific sites, cultural experiences and rituals to create visceral mixed media panels, sculptures, installations, and performance. Through his work, Watson explores the space between being, substance and imperceptibility through the use of rice and other materials as a substitute for the body. He received his MFA from Parsons School of Design and BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati. His exhibitions and residencies include B.W.A.C., NYC, stART Space Gallery, Manchester Center, VT, LaBodega Gallery, NYC, Hunterdon Art Museum, NJ, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, NYC, Brooklyn Museum, NYC, Leila Heller Gallery, NYC, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA, The Kitchen, NYC, Arts, Letters and Numbers, Averill Park, NY, AIR Program 4heads Org., NYC, the New York Studio Program, and the ChaShaMa Studio Program, NYC.