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BIO
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| Peter
W. Michel was born in
Schenectady, New York. He received his A.B. degree in Fine
Arts from
Oberlin College in Ohio and a degree in architecture from M.I.T. in
Cambridge,
MA. He pursued further studies in sculpture at the Museum of
Fine Arts
School and Rice University in Houston, Texas. Michel has
worked as
an architect in Boston, Houston and New York. In 1986 he
moved to
Clinton in upstate New York and began to do computer drawings for
architects
in New York City, including the office of Pei Cobb Freed. In
1989
he began to use the computer as a tool to produce his
sculpture. Mr.
Michel's most recent work has been cut from plywood or metal using
computer
controlled cutting technology (either water jet or laser) and then it
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| Mr. Michel's work has been shown frequently
in
galleries and museums in central New York as well as in many shows
throughout
the country. In 1999 and 2000 his monumental sculptures were
included
in Chicago's Pier Walk shows - one of the largest outdoor sculpture
shows
in the world. His work has been commissioned by The Houston
Festival,
The Houston Folk Arts Council, The Houston Academy of Gymnastics and a
number
of private individuals. His work is in private collections
across
the United States as well as in Germany, Japan, Korea and South Africa.
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ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My work
represents a stand for the possibility
that art is, for the expression of joy, aliveness, love and
relationship. Through color, humor, the play of ideas, the
effects of light and space, the viewer is invited to access his own
spirit of playfulness and relatedness.
My work is a celebration and exploration of SELF, RELATIONSHIP
and COMMUNITY. It explores in symbols,
the ways in which
we are related, connected, the same (as in our humanity) and the ways
in
which we are special and unique. It explores the richness of
the
mind, the ongoing conversations which shape our responses and our
being.
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