Michael Nauert

Statement

Slipping in and out of the familiar through abstract mark making, I draw parallels between nature and human nature within my paintings. My shapes coalesce into landscape and figure, eventually dissipating into abstract impressions. This limbo state creates a vortex for multiple forms, ideas, and shared memory.

I do not plan my paintings because I sense them noetically. I discern the works passively as deja vu like memories. When visual ideas reveal themselves, they are not used as representations but as communication. What happens on the canvas never matches what I imagine. Discovering and manifesting a painting feels like I’m blind and being led by a river — I can discern the river in so many ways, but I can’t see the river. I intuitively perceive the painting the whole time, but I only see the painting once it’s complete.

Bio

Michael Nauert, born and working in Southern California, creates abstract oil paintings based on nature, resonance, and mind-space. Awarded with scholarships and grants to study at The School of the Art Institute, he received a BFA in 2017. He also studied at OxBow School of Art in 2015 and 2017. In 2014 Nauert was included in a group show at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, and w...

2017
-BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago

WORKSHOPS

2017
-“Complexity: Finding and Making Space in Wild Colors” Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Ox-Bow School of the Arts, Saugatuck, MI

2015
-“Altered States” Claire Sherman & Valerie Hegarty, Ox-Bow School of the Arts, Saugatuck, MI

SOLO & DUO SHOWS
2023
Walking in My Own Steps
Simard Bilodeau Contemporary
Los Angeles, CA

2022
—The Light Behind the Trees, Simard Bilodeau Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

2020
—Remember the Future, Shoebox Space Online Exhibit, @shoeboxspace
—Remote Sense, Concept Animals Online Exhibit, https://www.conceptanimals.com/michaelnauert

2019
—Morphic Reed, Saatchi Art, https://www.saatchiart.com/shows/michael-nauert-morphic-reef

GROUP SHOWS

2022
—Remix, Shatto Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2021
— Heads Full of Poetry, Simard Bilodeau Contemporary, Los Angeles, Ca

2020
—Remote Sense, Concept Animals Online Exhibit, https://www.conceptanimals.com/michaelnauert

2019
— EXH 01, Floorr Online Exhibit, https://www.floorronlineexhibition.com/exh-01
— Run Straight Through, Young Space, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2018
-"Tallahassee International", MoFA, Tallahassee, FL
-"Conveyor", Young Space, Green Point Studios, New York, NY

TBD
-"Monolith" (Land Art), Spectacle Inc, California Desert

2017
-"I Don't Play House" Sidewinder Gallery, Chicago, IL
-"Commensement" Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL

2016
-Uniqlo Press Release, Toronto, Canada    
-Metamorphosis, The Wilson Project, Chicago, IL
-Small Works: 39th Annual National Art ...