ARTIST
STATEMENT
Within the environment
of my bubble the art creation process is a form of meditation which is rarely
forced, planned or dictated.
In contradiction, once developed it can be manipulated. During this period
my mind is usually focused on current life and
events with an attempt to decipher the psychological breakdown of the subject.
To understand why people act and react I attempt
to understand the surroundings that stimulate the character of the individual.
Any actions performed in the present will mold and
influence the future; in retrospect, past occurrences are what molded the
present. Once we attain a better understanding of why,
we will be more adapt to manipulate the outcome.
PUBLISHED WORK
Artworks Magazine,
2010
Art
and Living Magazine, 2010
Memphis Downtowner Magazine, 2007 - 2008
EXHIBIT
RESUME
Group
Show, The Rowan Building, Los Angeles, CA 2009
Group Show, Artistpalooza Studios, Santa Monica, CA 2009
Raw Arist, Elevated
Lounge, Los Angeles, CA 2009
African Roots,Savacou
Gallery SOHO, NY 2008
The AIDS Project,Marshall Arts Memphis TN
2008
We Have Lost our Way,Caritas
Village Memphis, TN
2008
The
Burden That is Art, Southside Gallery Oxford, MS
2007
The Love Below, Memphis, TN 2007
A Year in Review "Closing Reception, Marshall Arts Memphis,
TN 2006
Fuzion 3.0 : Taking On Hip-hop, Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts,
Memphis, TN, Oct 2006
Miss Conception, Tunica Museum, Tunica, MS, Oct 2006
The 2nd Annual Artists' Salon, MCA On the Street Gallery
Memphis, TN 2006
Deep Roots, Hearne Fine Art , Little Rock, AR, May 2006
Group Show, Grambling University, Grambling, LA, Feb 2006
Church Inc., NIA, 4th Floor Art Gallery, Prairie View A &
M, Prairie View, TX, Feb 2006
NIA Artist Collective Show and Auction, FBC Memphis, TN 2005
Salon for Memphis Arts Creators, On The Street Gallery, MCA,
Memphis, TN, 2005
Gallery Exhibit, Durden Gallery Memphis, TN 2005
LECTURE & INTERVIEWS
Television
Interview, ZYNC 73, New York, NY, 2008
Visiting Artists, Southwind Middle School, Memphis, TN, 2007
Television
Interview, WHBQ FOX 13, Memphis, TN, 2007
Lecturers, Prairie View A & M, Prairie View, TX, 2006
Visiting Artists, White Station High School, Memphis, TN,
2006
Lectures, Grambling State University, Grambling, LA, 2006
Radio Interview, Grambling
State University, Grambling, LA, 2006
I Love the Camera
- I Love Art - I
Love Creating
All Rights Reserved By Michael Yates Photography 2010