Michael Steinbrick

Michael Steinbrick was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He obtained his BFA with a concentration in painting from Montclair State University. He also spent time studying abroad at the Constantijn Huygens Academie in the Netherlands. After school, he honed his painting skills working as a scenic painter and muralist in New York, New Jersey, and Chicago.

About My Process

My creative process happens on different levels of consciousness. I have learned to rely on a higher level of my mind to orchestrate this process, trusting my intuition to guide me when photographing and selecting the images which I recreate. This part of the process is very much feeling based and extrasensory, and partly unconscious. Many of my decisions are made from this other realm. I then use my conscious brain to deal with the problem-solving involved in the complexities of photorealism. My logical brain breaks down the images to the most abstract elements and recreates them, using various painting techniques. I have learned that when I use my logic for technical application, I create a space where I am able to channel an energy from higher consciousness. Often the viewer will experience that energy in my work’s presence. Because I deconstruct my im...

BFA Montclair State University '96, Upper Montclair NJ
Constantijn Huygens Art Academie, Kampen, the Netherlands

solo exhibitions
2018 Valley Arts, Orange, NJ
2017 SOPAC, South Orange, NJ
2017 The Majestic Theater Condominiums, Jersey City, NJ
2013 Brunswick Window, Jersey City, NJ
2012 Kips Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Catherine Malandrino, New York, NY