Micelli

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MAX MICELI

Artist’s Statement:
I describe my work as Pop-Folk Nouveau, a genre-mashing nod to street and outsider art that puts as much emphasis on personal allegory as it does aesthetic appeal. The themes and imagery beckon the viewer to decipher a candy-coated mythology--a forensic exercise of sifting through our relationship to nature and with each other. With the use of personal symbols, a menagerie emerges to create wry vignettes of contemporary life.

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Max Miceli was born in Dayton, Ohio and grew up in Redlands, California. He received his BFA with Distinction from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions across the country.

In addition to fine art, Max has worked as a freelance illustrator, commercial designer, Art Director and visual development artist for many feature films and Emmy award winning animated TV shows.

Max lives in the historic West Adams district of Los Angeles with his wife Andrea and their two dogs, Myrtle and Oscar.

Selected Exhibitions

2006
“Tang & Jello” Group Show, Tag Art Gallery, Nashville, TN

2005

“Nanospore Customs” Group Show/Exhibit, New York, NY



Fresh Start Group Show/Benefit, Arena 1 Gallery at the Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA



2004

“4” (Four Person Show with Ryan Wallace, Pjay Fidler and Glen Baldridge) Fröden Gallery, Los Angeles, CA



“A Day on the Lawn” Group Show, Fröden Gallery, Los Angeles, CA



“Garden Lab” Group Show, Art Center Wind Tunnel, Pasadena, CA

2003

“Ligers & Tigons” Solo Show, Klasky Csupo Fine Arts Gallery, Hollywood, CA



“The Hello Show”, Group Show, Treehouse Gallery, Los Angeles



"Robots Have Feelings Too" Group Show, Culture Cache Gallery, San Francisco, CA



“Broken Wrist Project 2” Group Show, San Diego, CA

“Footprints” Group Show, Oshkin Events, Hollywood, CA