Michael Rey (born 1979) is an American abstract painter. Born in Sarasota, Florida, Rey now lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Education Rey received his BFA in 2002 from Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida, and his MFA in 2008 from the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA.
Exhibitions Solo exhibitions Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2020 Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA, 2017 Michael Rey, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium, 2017 PLYDIS KAVE, Zero, Milan, Italy, 2016 Michael Rey, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium, 2015 About a Work #4, Zero, Milan, Italy, 2015 OMES, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA, 2015 Michael Rey, Cherry and Martin 2732, Los Angeles, CA, 2014 IBJECT, Michael Rey, Room East, New York, NY, 2014 Dracula Plus Plus, Young Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
Selected group exhibitions Group Exhibition 2017, James Fuentes Gallery, New York, NY, 2017 Top Heavy: Jennifer Boysen, Katy Cowan, Michael Rey, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA, 2017 Expanded Fields, Nymphius Projekte, Berlin, Germany, 2016 Back To Basics, The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, CA, 2015 Vom Grossen und Ganzen, Herbert Gerisch-Stiftung, Neumünster, DE, 2015 Object Painting - Painting Object, Jonathan Viner, London, UK, 2015 Rio (curated by Louis-Philippe Van Eeckhoutte), Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium, 2015 A Peg to Hang It On, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO, 2015 Crunchy, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY, 2015 Amy Feldman/Michael Rey, Freddy, Baltimore, MD, 2014 Another Cats Show, 356 Mission, Los Angeles, CA, 2014 Where were you?, Lisson Gallery, London, UK, 2014 Green Circle, Black Diamond, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA, 2014 Hephaestus, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium, 2014 Alexandre da Cunha, Michael Rey, Michael Williams, B. Wurtz, Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium, 2013 Chasm of the Supernova, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA, 2012 Animalfaith - Doot Doot (D.B. Sweeney), JB Jurve, Los Angeles, CA, 2010 Ooga Booga Reading Room, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York, NY, 2010 Is What It Is What It Is, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA, 2009 Sculpture Park, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2009 Cocktail Hour with Skip Arnold and Friends, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, 2008 My Buddy, UCLA New Wight Biennial, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2007
Public collections Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN MoMCA Trento and Reovereto, Trento, Italy Sabanci Museum, Istanbul, Turkey ADN Collection, Bolzano, Italy Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, CA Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
References
External links Michael Rey: Artists’ website Cherry & Martin Bria, Ginevra. "Michael Rey e l'orlo del mondo. A Milano, Artribune, October 3, 2016. Cutajar, Mario, Michael Rey 'PLYDIS KAVE' at ZERO..., Milan, Mousse Magazine, October 2016. Michael Rey at ZERO... gallery: The uncanny is not something you can produce at will, Conceptual Fine Arts, September 27, 2016. Natalia Masewicz, Wall Sculpture Opens Up “Expanded Fields” at Nymphius Projekte Berlin, Conceptual Fine Arts, February 1, 2016. Michael Rey at Office Baroque, Art Viewer, September 21, 2015. Michael Rey “IBJECT” at Room East, New York, Mousse Magazine, May 25, 2014 Gopnik, Blake. "Michael Rey's Imaginary Readymades," Blouin Art Info (online), May 1, 2014. Wu, Su., In L.A., Blurring the lines Between Art and Housewares, The New York Times Style Magazine, January 29, 2014. Tuck, Geoff, Initial and continuing thoughts on Michael Rey’s show at Young Art, notes on looking, November 8, 2011.