Michael Bove

Michael Bove is a Santa Monica–based visual artist, actor, and musician whose multidisciplinary career spans fine art, music, theater, television, and voiceover narration. A lifelong drummer, Bove recorded and toured with the alternative band Big Hunk o’ Cheese before moving to New York City, where he became a member of the original American cast of the internationally acclaimed percussion sensation STOMP. In Los Angeles, he expanded into commercial acting and voiceover and continues to provide audio-description narration for major television and streaming productions, including CBS’s Survivor, MobLand, and Amazon’s Fallout. Since 2017, Bove has channeled the percussive energy and instinct of his performance career into a bold abstract visual language. Inspired by architecture, graffiti, found urban markings, music, spirituality, and higher consciousness, he works primarily in acrylic and gesso, using a signature dragging technique to create powerful, spontaneous forms that feel both familiar and abstract. His compositions invite viewers to discover their own associations and interpretations, resulting in work that feels both ancient and contemporary, visceral and contemplative. Bove’s paintings are held in private collections thro...

Self- Taught

The Other Art Fair L.A. - Fall 2024
ART IN FOCUS - CYNTHIA BENJAMIN EYEWEAR, LA -2024
The Other Art Fair L.A. - Winter 2025
Saatchi Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, Fall 2025
Saatchi Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, Winter 2026