Michael Armitage (artist)

Michael Armitage (born 1984) is a Kenyan Painter.

Michael Armitage
Born1984 (age 37–38)[1]
Nairobi, Kenya[2]
NationalityKenyan[1]

Education

In 2007, Armitage received a BA degree from the Slade School of Fine Art, London. He earned a Postgraduate Diploma from the Royal Academy Schools, London in 2010.[3][4]

Exhibitions

In 2019 he had a solo show of his work at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia.[5][6] In 2019 his work was included in the 58th Venice Biennale.[7][8]

Armitage has a solo show of his work in 2020 at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[2] The same year, he exhibited 70 of his paintings in a solo show at Munich's Haus der Kunst.[9][10]

Collections

References
  1. "Necklacing: Michael Armitage". www.metmuseum.org.
  2. "Projects 110: Michael Armitage | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
  3. "White Cube - Artists - Michael Armitage". whitecube.com.
  4. Kamps, Toby (8 September 2020). "MICHAEL ARMITAGE with Toby Kamps". The Brooklyn Rail.
  5. Jinman, Richard (21 June 2019). "Michael Armitage on challenging patronising attitudes to African art". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  6. "Michael Armitage: The Promised Land | MCA Australia". www.mca.com.au.
  7. Arsenale, Central Pavilion / (13 May 2019). "Biennale Arte 2019 | Michael Armitage". La Biennale di Venezia.
  8. Tipton, Gemma. "Librettos on the beach: Standouts at this year's Venice Biennale". The Irish Times.
  9. Ure-Smith, Jane. "Michael Armitage on his Kenyan Roots and the Painting that Traumatized his Imagination Forever | Frieze". Frieze.
  10. Lloyd, Joe. "Michael Armitage: Paradise Edict". www.studiointernational.com.
  11. "Man in the waves, 2019 by Michael Armitage". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au.
  12. "Kariakor". artscouncilcollection.org.
  13. "Michael Armitage, The Flaying of Marsyas, 2017". MCA.
  14. "Michael Armitage". www.nationalgalleries.org.
  15. "Conjestina". SFMOMA.
  16. Collection, Zabludowicz. "Michael Armitage - Artists - Collection". Zabludowicz Collection.
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