Michael Schmidt

As a Berliner, I began my artistic career as a self-taught street artist on the streets of Prenzlauer Berg and Friedrichshain. Later, I moved for street projects to Los Angeles and New York City.

As a self-taught artist, I am someone who learned in the "school of life," whose work was created despite a lack of professional training, yet who raises questions and seeks to turn our perception of art on its head. It has never been my goal to portray my characters realistically, but rather to seize the moment of spontaneity and apply the colors as my inner self dictates. In that moment, my emotional world and attitude toward the person portrayed lost all rules.