Michael Reeder – Old Friend (PP)

Reeder’s current work commands attention through the use of bold color, graphic geometric patterns, and realism. His portrait work is heavy, steeped in solemn imagery, yet saturated with bright, eye-popping colors. Greatly influenced by the subject of defining identity, his fascination lies within the individual self, and those fleeting in-between or contemplative states that zap you out of mundane reality. Reeder’s process is open and free-flowing, focused on allowing the work to take on its own sense of self-identity. His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, along with numerous printed publications such as New American Paintings, Le Petit Voyeur, and HiFructose Magazine. Reeder participated as an artist in residence at Detroit’s Red Bull House of Art in 2016 and currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.