Michael Stamm b. 1983
Drawing at once from design, literature and autobiography, Michael Stamm probes the need for genuine human relationships in a world that is somehow both increasingly interconnected and deeply alienated. Exploring themes of identity, physical and spiritual wellness, self-actualization and self-doubt, Stamm’s practice playfully oscillates between distanced, abstract contemplation and erratic, self-conscious confession. Stamm’s paintings and drawings critically consider the popular tenets of our time with a wry sincerity, reconciling hope and skepticism in an era that requires large doses of both.
Michael Stamm (b. 1983 Evanston, IL; Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) received his BA from Wesleyan University and MA in English Literature from Columbia University before earning his MFA from New York University in 2016. Select solo exhibitions include Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, CA, and DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY. Stamm has been featured in group exhibitions at Deli Gallery, New York, NY; Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY; Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK; Galerie Tobias Naehring, Leipzig, Germany; and GRIMM Gallery, Amsterdam, NL. Residencies include the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Madison, ME; Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, for which he was awarded the John Imber Painting Fellowship; Yaddo; Mountain School of Arts, Los Angeles, CA; and MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH. The artist received the New York Foundation for the Arts annual NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in 2018 and his works are in the permanent collection of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL.
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Michael StammStrongman (Calipers), 2022oil, acrylic, colored pencil on carved wood panel72 x 41 in
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Michael Stammstrongman, 2022oil, acrylic, colored pencil, wood on canvas wrapped panel72 x 42 in
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Michael StammStrongman (Lab Rats), 2022oil, acrylic, colored pencil on carved wood panel72 x 43 in
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Michael StammHot Lock, 2021Acrylic, colored pencil and carved wood on canvas wrapped panel28 x 21 in
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Michael StammThe Coward, 2021acrylic and pigmented wax on canvas wrapped panel30 x 23 in
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Michael StammMisandrist Hex, 2021Acrylic, colored pencil and carved wood on canvas wrapped panel28 x 21 in
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Michael Stamm“so super sorry sir!”, 2020Acrylic, marble dust, photocollage on canvas wrapped panels with wooden frame40 x 30 inches
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Michael StammNarcissus, 2020Oil and acrylic on canvas wrapped panel with artist’s frame50 x 30 inches
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Michael StammECT, 2020Oil and acrylic on canvas wrapped panel with artist’s frame45 x 32 inches
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Michael StammDefiance, 2020Oil, acrylic and oil stick on canvas wrapped panel with artists frame30 x 23 inches
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Michael StammGay Dead Satan, 2020Oil and acrylic on canvas wrapped panel with artist’s frame42 x 32 inches
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Michael StammSubmission, 2020Oil, acrylic and oil stick on canvas with artist’s frame30 x 23 inches
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Michael StammRed Hair (Spring), 2014Oil and acrylic on canvas48 x 36 inches
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Michael StammCauses, 2018Oil and acrylic on canvas48 x 36 inches
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Michael StammBrown Hair (Autumn), 2015Oil and acrylic on canvas48 x 36 inches
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Michael StammConversation Starter (study), 2018Graphite on paper, framed14 x 11 inches
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Michael StammObliqueness (study), 2018Graphite on paper11.5 x 8.5 inches
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Michael StammHe Said He Said He Said (study), 2018Graphite on paper16.25 x 13.25 inches
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Michael StammDeedee’s Om, 2016Oil and acrylic on canvas wrapped panel40 x 30 inches
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Michael StammForgive Me, Kitty, 20152016Oil and acrylic on linen60 x 54 inches
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Michael StammJust Like This Please, 2016Oil and acrylic on linen52 x 39 inches
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Michael StammTincture #9 (Infernal Bust), 2018Acrylic and pigmented wax on linen28 x 21 inches
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Michael StammI Know Exactly..., 2015-16Oil and acrylic on linen35 x 48 inches
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Michael StammSnake Shirt, 2017Oil, acrylic and flashe on linen28 x 21 inches
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Michael StammTincture #10 (Eschatological Chest), 2018Acrylic and pigmented wax on linen28 x 21 inches
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Michael StammTincture #8 (Pre Lapsarian Sill), 2018Acrylic and pigmented wax on linen28 x 21 inches
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Michael StammSnake Shawl, 2017Oil, acrylic and flashe on linen28 x 21 inches
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Michael Stamm. "so super sorry sir!", Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, 2021
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Michael Stamm. "so super sorry sir!", Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, 2021
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Michael Stamm. "so super sorry sir!", Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, 2021
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10 Years
9 Jul - 27 Aug 2022Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles is pleased to present 10 YEARS, a special group exhibition celebrating this milestone anniversary for the gallery. To mark the anniversary, founder Shula Nazarian and co-owner Seth Curcio have selected works by more than twenty artists from the gallery’s program. The exhibition will be on view...Read more -
Michael Stamm
“so super sorry sir!” 16 Jan - 6 Mar 2021Shulamit Nazarian is pleased to present ”so super sorry sir!”, a series of new paintings by New York-based artist Michael Stamm. This will be the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery.Read more
The paintings in “so super sorry sir!” revel in their idiosyncratic, contradictory attitude toward morality, sexuality, mental health, and the contemporary political landscape. An unlikely cast of characters––ranging from the Devil to an anthropomorphic hand––play at virtuosity, aspire towards goodness, and attempt to experience a coherent feeling. At once clinging to life and hurtling toward annihilation, the artist questions what self-actualization looks like in the face of an overly righteous and emotionally precarious world. -
Hold on Tight
11 Jul - 22 Aug 2020Shulamit Nazarian is pleased to present Hold on Tight, an exhibition of works by Annie Lapin, Mark McKnight, Naudline Pierre, Fay Ray, Michael Stamm, Cammie Staros, Summer Wheat and Wendy White. Our current moment is filled with uncertainty. Much of our daily life is now encompassed by a sense of...Read more -
Roommates
Chris Bogia, Woody De Othello, Rachel Granofsky, and Michael Stamm 20 Jul - 31 Aug 2019Shulamit Nazarian is pleased to present Roommates, an exhibition of works by Chris Bogia, Woody De Othello, Rachel Granofsky, and Michael Stamm. These artists investigate the domestic space as a psychological, and at times psychedelic realm. Drawing from a variety of sources and forms that evoke a sense of home, these artists embed objects and environments with the peculiarities of living beings, illustrating our relationship to possessions that share our most intimate spaces. Like the dancing furniture in Disney’s Fantasia, subject and object wiggle back and forth with a magical realism. The home dweller melts into the sofa, while objects begin to take on a life of their own – all achieved through means similarly found in cartoon animation: flatness, movement, and artifice.Read more
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The Armory Show
Coady Brown, Michael Stamm. Naama Tsabar 8 - 11 Sep 2022Shulamit Nazarian is pleased to present new works by Philadelphia-based Coady Brown, New York-based Michael Stamm, and New York-based Naama Tsabar for The Armory Show...Read more -
UNTITLED ART ONLINE
Amir H. Fallah, Wendell Gladstone, Annie Lapin, Michael Stamm, Cammie Staros, and Summer Wheat 31 Jul - 2 Aug 2020Register to attend at UNTITLED, ART Online Booth C9 July 31–August 2, 2020 Preview: Thursday, July 30, 8am PST Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles...Read more
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W Magazine: Changing the Perspective featuring Michael Stamm
Arthur Lubow, W Magazine, November 30, 2021 -
Art and Cake: Cammie Staros and Michael Stamm at Shulamit Nazarian
Sydney Walters, Art and Cake, March 16, 2021 -
super!: conversation with Michael Stamm
Olivia Toups and Jack Coleman, super!, February 21, 2021 -
Dazed: four artists busting the stereotype that queer art has to be doom and gloom
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artforum: michael stamm at dc moore gallery
Alex Jovanovich, Artforum, January 4, 2018 -
Village Voice: The exquisite therapy of michael stamm's paintings
The Village Voice, December 1, 2017 -
Art in america: Michael Stamm
Eric Sutphin, Art in America, January 1, 2017