Michael Westfried
Michael Westfried, from Strip-Off Series, 2006-2012
Artist Statement - Strip-Off Series
These 'prints' are discarded student paintings which I have reprocessed into a transformed canvas monoprint. I create prints in batches and modify the process as I work exploring various techniques and their results.
I playfully call this body of work “The Strip-off Series” due to the technique itself “Stripping” because the climax of creating these prints is the reveal where the print is pulled from the base 'revealing' the transformation of the original painting and the finished print.
I consider this work related to process art since the technique that I have discovered is by its nature unpredictable and because I have removed my hand as much as possible from the process. Process and aesthetic formalism play heavy roles in my creative process as do re-contextualizing or re-purposing found images and therefore this body of work is also related to pop art.
-- Michael Westfried, 2013
Michael Joachim Westfried, born in Connecticut, graduated with an MFA in Producción Artística “the creation of art” from La Universidad Politécnica de Valencia in Spain and a BA in Art & Performance from The University of Texas at Dallas.
Education:
2009 La Universidad Polytecnica de Valencia, Spain, MFA, "Producción Artística"
2007 The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, BA, "Art & Performance"
Prizes and Accomplishments:
2013 Hunting Art Prize Finalist
2011 Hunting Art Prize Finalist
2009 Bronze sculpture acquisition, Bancaja's permanent collection in Valencia, Spain
2006 Granted 1 of only 2 studio spaces at University of Texas at Dallas
2004 National Hispanic Honorable Mention
Solo Expositions:
2013 Michael Westfried, RO2, Dallas, Texas
2011 Mighty Fine Arts, “Michael Westfried: New Work”, Dallas, Texas
2008 University of Texas at Dallas "Stripped Off: Creatively Exposed", Richardson, Texas
2008 University of Texas at Dallas "In Memory of Andrew Haliburtan", Richardson, Texas
Collective Expositions and Juried Shows:
2013 Hunting Art Prize, Houston, Texas
2013 The MAC Presents Carrie Crumbley at RO2 Art, Dallas, Texas
2012 Smoke & Mirrors, Open House, Dallas, Texas
2011 Hunting Art Prize, Houston, Texas
2010 Kettle Art, Christmas Show, Dallas, Texas
2010 Artheist, EASL, Dallas, Texas
2010 Oxide Gallery, “In the Mind’s Eye”, Denton, Texas
2010 The K-Space Contemporary, “3rd Coast National”, Corpus Christi, Texas
2010 Oxide Gallery, “Death Is Only The Beginning”, Denton, Texas
2010 Oxide Gallery, “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles”, Denton, Texas
2010 Mighty Fine Arts, “The Hot Shop Summer Juried Show
2010 The Bath House Cultural Center, “Fictional”, Dallas
2010 The Ontological Museum “A Book About Death”, Fort Worth, Texas
2010 The Dallas Contemporary, “DADA’s 25th Anniversary”, Dallas, Texas
2010 The Mckinney Avenue Contemporary, “Border”, Dallas, Texas
2010 Badass Art Party!, Plano, Texas
2009 La Rana, Valencia, Valencia, Spain
2009 El Monto, Alcasser, Valencia, Spain
2009 The Door, Dallas, Texas
2008 Centraltrak "Geomorph", Dallas, Texas
2008 500X "Something Made Easy", Dallas, Texas
2008 University of Texas at Dallas "Spring Show '08", Richardson, Texas
2007 University of Texas at Dallas "Winter Arts Festival", Richardson, Texas
2004 Mural at the Douglas Community Center, Plano, Texas
Articles:
2011 CraveDFW
2010 ABookAboutDeath-FluxMuseum
2010 ArtHash
2008 The UTD Mercury
2008 GlassTire
2004 The Plano Profile
2009 La Universidad Polytecnica de Valencia, Spain, MFA, "Producción Artística"
2007 The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, BA, "Art & Performance"
Prizes and Accomplishments:
2013 Hunting Art Prize Finalist
2011 Hunting Art Prize Finalist
2009 Bronze sculpture acquisition, Bancaja's permanent collection in Valencia, Spain
2006 Granted 1 of only 2 studio spaces at University of Texas at Dallas
2004 National Hispanic Honorable Mention
Solo Expositions:
2013 Michael Westfried, RO2, Dallas, Texas
2011 Mighty Fine Arts, “Michael Westfried: New Work”, Dallas, Texas
2008 University of Texas at Dallas "Stripped Off: Creatively Exposed", Richardson, Texas
2008 University of Texas at Dallas "In Memory of Andrew Haliburtan", Richardson, Texas
Collective Expositions and Juried Shows:
2013 Hunting Art Prize, Houston, Texas
2013 The MAC Presents Carrie Crumbley at RO2 Art, Dallas, Texas
2012 Smoke & Mirrors, Open House, Dallas, Texas
2011 Hunting Art Prize, Houston, Texas
2010 Kettle Art, Christmas Show, Dallas, Texas
2010 Artheist, EASL, Dallas, Texas
2010 Oxide Gallery, “In the Mind’s Eye”, Denton, Texas
2010 The K-Space Contemporary, “3rd Coast National”, Corpus Christi, Texas
2010 Oxide Gallery, “Death Is Only The Beginning”, Denton, Texas
2010 Oxide Gallery, “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles”, Denton, Texas
2010 Mighty Fine Arts, “The Hot Shop Summer Juried Show
2010 The Bath House Cultural Center, “Fictional”, Dallas
2010 The Ontological Museum “A Book About Death”, Fort Worth, Texas
2010 The Dallas Contemporary, “DADA’s 25th Anniversary”, Dallas, Texas
2010 The Mckinney Avenue Contemporary, “Border”, Dallas, Texas
2010 Badass Art Party!, Plano, Texas
2009 La Rana, Valencia, Valencia, Spain
2009 El Monto, Alcasser, Valencia, Spain
2009 The Door, Dallas, Texas
2008 Centraltrak "Geomorph", Dallas, Texas
2008 500X "Something Made Easy", Dallas, Texas
2008 University of Texas at Dallas "Spring Show '08", Richardson, Texas
2007 University of Texas at Dallas "Winter Arts Festival", Richardson, Texas
2004 Mural at the Douglas Community Center, Plano, Texas
Articles:
2011 CraveDFW
2010 ABookAboutDeath-FluxMuseum
2010 ArtHash
2008 The UTD Mercury
2008 GlassTire
2004 The Plano Profile
