ANNOUNCEMENTS

Michelle has been named
"TOP 60 MASTERS OF CONTEMPORARY ART" for 2023
more to come

Join Michelle at Artexpo Dallas September 16-18, 2022

Palm Art Award 2021
Recognition Prize presented to Michelle Larsen, USA
In recognition and appreciation of the originality and quality of her art.
Quedlinburg, 30 December 2021
Julika Götte
Curator

Look for Michelle in the ArtTour International Magazine Earth Day Special Issue, 2021
ArtTour International Magazine is available at all Barnes and Noble Book Stores

Palm Art Award 2020
2nd Chance Prize presented to Michelle Larsen, USA
In recognition and appreciation of the originality and quality of her art.
Quedlinburg, 30 December 2020
Julika Götte
Curator

Michelle is the winner of the ARTYA Award by ArtTour International Magazine

Look for Michelle's full page article and back cover in the 2020 fall issue of ArtTour International Magazine
“FALL 2020 – Artists For A Greener Planet”

Available at Barnes and Noble or click the link below to view the digital issue.
https://issuu.com/arttour_international/docs/arttour_international_fall_2020_artists_for_a_gree

Michelle is recognized as the "Top 15 Editors' Picks"
Your Guide To Top Talent Worldwide;
including a two page article in the spring issue of ArtTour International Magazine.

ArtTour International Magazine is available at all Barnes and Noble Book Stores

Michelle is exhibiting at the Praxis Remix show sponsored by Artifact, New York at the Metropolitan Gallery, Las Vegas Art Museum in Las Vegas on February 23 - April 10, 2019.

Praxis Remix is a group exhibition of international artists exploring diverse approaches and creative practices in contemporary art.

Michelle will be exhibiting her latest painting "Parrot Tulips" at the Spectrum Miami Art Show sponsored by Artblend in December.

A contemporary art show in the heart of Miami’s Arts & Entertainment District, December 5–9, 2018, featuring an international slate of artists and galleries. It’s where contemporary meets extraordinary. Join Michelle for a five-day fine art experience, featuring Art Labs, Art Talks, Meet the Artist sessions, music, entertainment, and other special events.

Meet Michelle In New York

Michelle's painting "The Man of the North" will be featured at "Create 4 Peace" collection exhibition at the Rio Gallery located at 898 St Nicholas Ave., New York, NY from April 15th until April 30th.

Join Michelle for the gallery reception:
Saturday, April 28th at 6:30 PM
Rio Gallery Space 898
St Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 10032
FREE ADMISSION

Michelle has been awarded
CERTIFICATE of EXCELLENCE
for the outstanding quality and originality of her art by the jury of PALM ART AWARD December, 2017.

Michelle will be attending the awards ceremony and receiving her award for the "Top 60 Masters of Contemporary Art"

Michelle will be exhibiting at ArtExpo NY, April 20th until the 22nd, 2018.

7th Annual Waterfront Fine Art & Wine Festival
in Scottsdale, Arizona

February 9th, 10th & 11th, 2018 Established 2010
Downtown Scottsdale, 7135 E. Camelback Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Michelle donates painting to the Wassmuth Center For Human Rights.

Press Release

MICHELLE LARSEN

"STARS from HEAVEN" MAY 5-JUNE 14, 2017
David Hockney declared, “Faces are the most interesting things we see; other people fascinate me, and the most interesting aspect of other people – the point where we go inside them – is the face. It tells all.” Idaho based Contemporary painter, Michelle Larsen, uniquely depicts portraits to capture the multitude of individuals defining our multicultural world. With a special focus on subjects embodying the spirit of the west, Ms. Larsen harmoniously unites physical and emotional characteristics to engender an exceptional portrayal of each individual soul.

At the heart of Ms. Larsen’s oeuvre is her ability to capture the hidden emotions, unseen attitudes and strong personalities of individuals from all walks of life. Drawing inspiration from land dwellers, the western lifestyle, mountain life, nature, and the passing of time, Ms. Larsen has expertly developed her own multimedia technique, Ms. Larsen layers tissue paper to create sculpted three dimensional canvases. Applying bold oil paint to her elevated structures, each painting protrudes from the canvas, resulting in captivating depth and dramatic visual extension. Inspired by the defining traits most prevalent through portraiture, Ms. Larsen’s sculptural paintings explore the human face as the epicenter for visualizing cues to the inner depths of the human condition.

Imbued with vivacious energy, each figure and face reverberates with an intrinsic sense of motion within which allows each work to transcend its two-dimensional state. Presenting a fascinating montage of our multifaceted world, Ms. Larsen’s paintings feature people from the western region defined by various cultural traditions. Her intriguingly painted snapshots capture individual effervescence while demonstrating the figurative subjects to life with a deft hand. Inviting her audience to discover the beauty in each face she paints, Ms. Larsen’s portraits convey the true soul of her subjects masterfully.

Vibrant and vivacious, Michelle Larsen’s three-dimensional, mixed-media paintings keep open a world of possibility and stories to be seen and told. They are open ended in their interpretation, allowing a viewer to see comedy or tragedy in every curve and line. The narrative presented can be anything the audience wishes to read into it, brilliantly demonstrating Ms. Larsen's command and mastery over her craft. With her creativity donating universality to her work that speaks volumes, the personality of her figures showcase her talent and clever capability as an artist while underscoring her deep connection with each subject.

Lovingly crafted with an intense vortex of expressionism, Ms. Larsen brings each of her paintings to life, creating wonderfully complex and delicate works with all the textures and softness of a real person. Celebrated in the US and Europe, Ms. Harper's works grace galleries and collections worldwide. Amsterdam Whitney is honored to shine the spotlight on this award-winning star!

Michelle is pleased to be represented at the Amsterdam Whitney International Fine Arts Gallery. Michelle's work will be spotlighted on May 5th through June 14th 2017. "Salute To The Stars" Champagne Reception and Soiree will be on Thursday, May 11th 2017, 3:00-6:00 PM.

Known as "Ambassadors of the Chelsea Art World," Ambassador Dr. Alton Louis Amsterdam III and Ms. Ruthie Tucker dynamically liaise with a distinguished client base of elite private collectors and social VIPs. AMSTERDAM WHITNEY GALLERY pre-eminently affords the acquisitor the extraordinary opportunity to acquire the most carefully curated, Contemporary Masters in the global art market.

Recognized as “The Most Beautiful Gallery in Chelsea,” AMSTERDAM WHITNEY Gallery is strategically located in the “Heart of Chelsea” the unrivaled, influential global epicenter of the art world. Home to over 200 leading galleries and the Chelsea Museum of Art, Chelsea is the ultimate undisputed international art destination for the informed collector and accomplished artist. The cachet of Chelsea attracts prominent art visitors worldwide.

AMSTERDAM WHITNEY International Fine Art, Inc.
531 West 25th Street - Ground Floor, Chelsea, New York, NY 10001

Michelle is excited to be included in "Art in the Bar" at the Knitting Factory in Boise, on July 30th.

Michelle is recognized as one of ArtTour International Magazine's "Top 60 Masters of Contemporary Art" and is included in the May publication of ArtTour International.

Click magazine cover to read this issue.
Michelle is on page 119.

Michelle's painting "Madness" hanging at Chateau Saint-Martin-de-la-Garrigue, in Montagnac, France

Michelle was included in the Masters Awards Ceremony held in France, May of 2016, but was unable to attend.

Michelle is included in "Art Tour International" Magazine for the "BEST OF INTERNATIONAL ARTS OF 2015." Art Tour International Magazine can be purchased at Barnes and Noble Book Stores.

http://www.parallaxaf.com/newyork

Michelle will be exhibiting her work at the
Parallax Art Fair in New York, November 19th and 20th 2015.

Michelle is on the cover of the spring issue of ArtVoices Magazine; March of 2015, including a four page article about Michelle's technique, lifestyle, and more.

BEST ART FEATURE Michelle Larsen: her whole portfolio tells the story of Native American Indians, American cowboys, ranchers and settlers.

She has taken to the spirit of the pioneer, the traveler and the wanderer. I wonder what let her down this path, where and how she draws her inspiration from it, but she has taken it's energies and chosen to make them the subject of her endeavors, faithfully capturing the idea of the pilgrims and settlers.
The journey is long fraught and the stresses are accentuated nicely by her technique whereby tissue papers are shaped and sculpted into the canvas that is painted over.
It creates the illusion of an oil based paint but adds fibers and hairs to every line, every facial feature documenting age, wisdom and experience in her subjects and conveying the harshness of unexplored, uncivilized lands.

I suppose I have selected this painting as it highlights the realm of forgotten civilizations; one's we may have studied but never experienced, a journey where texture has been used to cleverly tell us the history of a culture that has come before us and is very much marginalized in the modern world. But such could be said of all tribal and nomadic cultures whose biggest threat is our own prejudices on what constitutes a quality of life. We are told to hold our expectations and they are told to hold theirs and these differences make us seem alien... foreign to each other.

Paintings like this remind me there is no right or wrong; that happiness in one's culture is about one's personal experience and that feeling not like part of one thing can be rectified by being part of another. There is a place for us in this world, we just have to explore and find it.

This painting is titled, "Wisdom." being able to survive and become one with the land you inhabit, adapting to any changes that may come along. It is by artist Michelle Larsen A.K.A Poetry Painting on Art Radio TV whose story we want to showcase today as it teaches us valuable lessons about art and culture.

Congratulations Michelle Larsen you win, "Best Art Feature"