For more than two decades, Michael has built a practice that moves fluidly between painting, design, and large-scale visual storytelling. His work resists easy categorization, instead unfolding across gallery walls, architectural spaces, printed pages, and even film sets. From early on, his paintings have drawn attention for their graphic strength and layered complexity—qualities that have led to exhibitions at institutions such as The Carnegie Museum of Art, The Austin Museum of Digital Art, The Westmoreland Museum of Art, UICA in Michigan, and The Mattress Factory.

Michael’s work has lived far beyond the gallery setting. His paintings and designs have appeared in publications including TIME, The Wall Street Journal, Graphis, How Magazine, Computer Arts London, and Speak, as well as lifestyle and design magazines such as Atlantic Homes & Lifestyles, Table Magazine, Perlora Contemporary Home, The Wall Street International Magazine, and on the cover of Housetrends. Along the way, his visual language has attracted an equally wide-ranging group of clients, including the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Nintendo, IBM, Sony Pictures, and Panasonic.

Collaboration plays a central role in Michael’s practice. His short film installation Navarro, created with filmmaker José Muniain and documenting his painting process, was a finalist at the D.C. Independent Film Festival. Recent projects include major interior collections for Bakery Living and Bakery Living Blue, site-specific works for The Hardy House at Nemacolin Woodlands, large-scale installations for PPG Paints Arena, and commissioned pieces for international events such as The New York Pro Surf Competition and the Quiksilver Pro France. His work has also appeared prominently on the sets of feature films and television series including American Rust, Red Notice, Trouble With the Curve, The Last Witch Hunter, and HBO’s Banshee.

Michael’s career has been supported by gallery and consultancy representation across the United States and Canada, including Bill Lowe Gallery in Atlanta, White Room Gallery in East Hampton, Zynka Gallery in Pittsburgh, Matthew Rachman Gallery in Chicago, The Morrison Gallery in Connecticut, The Marshall Gallery in Scottsdale, Craighead Green Gallery in Dallas, Zadok Gallery in Miami, Carol Rubenstein and Associates in Philadelphia, and Farmboy Fine Arts in Vancouver. Together, these chapters form a career defined by curiosity, adaptability, and a commitment to pushing painting into new and unexpected spaces.