Michael Farmer

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.

BFA, University of Arizona, 1999

Solo Exhibitions

2024 April-August Salvation in the Digital Age, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ
2023 August Retrospectacle, OneOhOne Gallery, Mesa, AZ
2022 June-July, Technology Will Save Us All, Alwun House, Phoenix, AZ
2019 September, Reality and Other Illusions, Warehouse 1005, Phoenix, AZ
2018 September, The Year on Canvas, Warehouse 1005, Phoenix, AZ
2015 March, Solo Exhibition, PSA Art Awakenings, Phoenix, AZ

Group Exhibitions

2024
August Out of the Box, Ludington Area Center for the Arts, Ludington, MI
June - July Southwest Surrealism, Yavapai Community College,
Prescott, AZ. Juror – Amy Ernst
March Hot Topics, Ludington Area Center for the Arts, Ludington, MI
January Portrait Art Show, Grey Cube Gallery, World Wide Web
January Black and White, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2023
October-November Mystery, Magic, and the Macabre, Deines Cultural Center, Russell, KS
September-October Black and White, FOUND:RE Hotel/Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
September-October A Sense of Place, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
July Annual Juried Exhibition, Ida Herma Center, NJ
July Open Theme, Las Lagunas Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
April Art on Paper, Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art,...