Michael Angel Australian, b. 1975

Michael Angel is an American-Australian artist, born in Melbourne and based in New York City since 2001. A self-taught painter influenced by impressionism, cubism, and abstract expressionism, he reassembles and distorts the human form. Initially, he pioneered digital textile design-running his own label from 2007 to 2014-before fully transitioning to painting. His work, blending gestural abstraction with figuration and inspired by artists like Schiele, Munch, and Bacon, reached a new level with his 2018 exhibition "Home," where portraits based on childhood photographs evoke deep, layered emotion.