Michael Nauert

Saatchi Art is proud to present Morphic Reef, a collection of new works by internationally acclaimed artist, Michael Nauert. This new body of works focuses on humanity's genetic predisposition to seek connections to nature, also known as biophilia. Following this scientific hypothesis, Nauert creates works that call attention to the life cycles and minute details of the natural world. These dramatic compositions encapsulate sublime depictions of the artist’s fascination with tide pools and coral reefs.

“I aim to question the different oscillations life can exist at, and in turn, the potential fears and inspirations, the knowns and unknowns the observers might meet in that context,” Michael explains. “This interaction mirrors the sublime that landscape painting aspires to."

In 2014, Michael exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition, and was a finalist at the GEISAI #20 art fair in Japan. He was featured in the juried publication, New American Paintings (Issue 125), which included Steven L. Bridges, assistant curator at Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, on the jury committee. Nauert was featured in Saatchi Art's 2017 Invest in Art Report and has since exhibited at the Tallahassee International juried exhibition at the Museum of Fine Art in Tallahassee, FL and with Young Space in Green Point, Brooklyn. Nauert was selected to exhibit in the upcoming exhibition "Run Straight Through" at the Torrance Art Museum in June–August 2019.