Michael Reeder

Instagram: @reederone

Michael Reeder was born in Dallas, Texas in 1982. He graduated with a BFA in painting from the School of Visual Arts in New York. Since graduating, he has pursued a career as an exhibiting fine artist, alongside the work he does as a freelance graphic artist and also the work he does at Eyecon Studios, a custom mural and design company based in Dallas. Centered on portraiture, Michael’s current body of work seeks to make a direct connection with the audience. This connection encourages viewers to bring their own perceptions, imagination, and vision to light alongside Michael’s. He avoids narrowing his conceptual focus in order to allow content to be found and seen for the first time. Although Michael is technically orchestrating the process, he does his best to remain removed just enough to let the work veer off-course and locate its own destiny. Throughout his work, realism is mixed with flat graphic space, and themes or motifs of identity, ambiguity, and ego are loosely implied. The convergence of infinite space and the figure highlight the realm of contemplation located between the conscious and the subconscious mind.