The Artist

Michael Farmer
                         Michael Farmer

ARTIST STATEMENT

I work mainly in mixed media and collage in a number of independent art series with different modalities but many unifying themes. The subjects of my art are the intersections of politics, philosophy, and personal histories. My background in surrealism informs my use of the familiar to express the strange in my artwork. I will often use disparate elements to create conceptual contrasts and juxtapositions. I like to play with dichotomies and visual commentary to create works of art that challenge viewers to think about themselves and their relationship to the world around them. For me, good art is not just aesthetically pleasing but should transport the audience to another state of mind, a state of mind that goes beyond everyday experience and into realms of the unusual, the undiscovered, and the unexplainable.

 

BIO

Michael Farmer has been a primarily self-taught artist for over 25 years. He has exhibited in several venues in Arizona and California including The Central Arts Collective in Tucson, AZ, Warehouse 1005, Herberger Theater, Alwun House Gallery, FOUND:RE Art Hotel, and The Phoenix Art Museum in Phoenix, AZ, Las Lagunas Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA, and Blue Line Arts, in Roseville, CA as well as several online exhibitions. He has won multiple awards through Mesa Community College Gallery. He is in private collections in Phoenix, Los Angeles, Austin, New York, Connecticut, and Ireland.