self-portrait with the scent of resurrection #4
Acrylic, Spray Paint on Wood
12x8in
Belgium
Trained at the Fine Arts School of Antwerp and the Cooper Union in New York, Fred Michiels is a lover of the nuanced subtlety of color. He masters multiple, layered abstract layers achieved through overpainting, incorporating influences from minimalism and abstraction. His works, constructed and planned, are a dance between revelation and concealment, inciting curiosity and uncertainty in the viewer. This visual adventure delivers a sense of subversive uncertainty, where the intensity of color captures attention, provoking a questioning of what is hidden.
Fred Michiels has been represented by the Antwerp gallery Eva Steynen since 2011. He has exhibited with them at fairs in Cologne, Berlin, Rotterdam, Luxembourg and Brussels, among others.