Michael Kagan (artist)

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Michael Kagan is an American artist based in Brooklyn, New York City.

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Early life and education

Michael Kagan was born in 1980 in Virginia Beach. [1] He grew up near the first NASA field center, which later inspired some of his work. [2]

He received his BA from The George Washington University and Master of Fine Arts from New York Academy of Art. [1] In 2005 he completed a postgraduate fellowship at the Academy. [1] [3]

Career

Kagan has exhibited worldwide in group and solo exhibitions, including an upcoming exhibition at Almine Rech in London (2022); [4] Bill Brady Gallery, Miami, FL, USA (2018); [5] and a recent solo exhibition at Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, [6] [7] Virginia Beach, VA, USA (2019/2020).

Kagan's work is several private collections, including the Hall Art Foundation, [8] Reading, Vermont, and the Maki Collection in Tokyo, Japan. [9]

Special projects include a painting commission from The Smithsonian; [10] [11] [12] an apparel collaboration with Pharrell Williams [13] [14] and the Billionaire Boys Club; and album cover artwork for the White Lies album Big TV , which won an Art Vinyl award for Best Art Vinyl, 2013. [15]

I Was There When It Happened, a book of his paintings of NASA astronauts and rockets, was published in 2019. [2]

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  2. 1 2 "Michael Kagan: I Was There When It Happened". ARTBOOK. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  3. ↑ Curate 757 | Michael Kagan | Season 4 | Episode 13 , retrieved October 28, 2020
  4. ↑ "Michael Kagan". Over the Influence. November 25, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Michael Kagan - We Have Felt The Ground Shake". BILL BRADY MIAMI. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  6. ↑ "You are being redirected..." virginiamoca.org. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Space-inspired art exhibition opens at MOCA". 13newsnow.com. September 19, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Michael Kagan - Collection - Hall Art Foundation". www.hallartfoundation.org. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Artists | MAKI" . Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Contact Light". National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Michael Kagan's Space-Based Paintings Explore the Fatalistic Power of Manmade Machinery". Colossal. August 25, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  12. ↑ Hollingham, Richard. "The Moon landings like you've never seen them before". www.bbc.com. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Pharrell x Michael Kagan Collaborate For Billionaire Boys Club". Vibe. March 8, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Michael Kagan Explores Man's Triumphs Over Nature in Exhibition at Joshua Liner Gallery | Widewalls". www.widewalls.ch. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Spaceman art wins record cover prize". BBC News. January 3, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
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