Well, how did I get here? After I left a party I walked down the street and met this guy named Edvard Munch who had a friend named Beckman. We hung out and talked for a while, then I walked further on, looked down an alleyway and saw three people standing there. One was named Rauschenberg, the other guy's name was Kienholz - and he and his wife were dressed exactly the same. (Why do all these people only wear black?) Later I noticed this Rauschenberg guy just picking up what looked like broken things in the alley and it looked like fun to me. The next street was mainly lofts, where I met a guy named DeKooning who introduced me to a couple of other guys named Pollock and Rothko. They sure seemed to bicker with each other a lot, but I could tell nonetheless they were all friends. (I noticed this Pollock guy dressed all in black as well...) Anyways, I still visit these different neighborhoods, depending on what mood I'm in, but I never leave the town of Expressionism. I rather like it here.
All my work is biographical in one form or another, either myself or my family history. No social commentary is intended.
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“All methods are sacred if they are internally necessary. All methods are sins if they are not justified by internal necessity.”
– Kandinsky
Michael Hemphill
AWARDS
Contemporary / Art Room Gallery (Merit) – Web – 2021
Faces / Grey Cube Gallery (Honorable Mention) – Web – 2021
Portrait / Grey Cube Gallery (Finalist) – Web – 2020
American Art Awards (3rd Place Tie) – Web – 2020
Created in Isolation / Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery (Juried Show, Top 5 Winning Artists) – Web – 2020
Foot in the Door / Long Beach Arts (Juried Show, 3 Honorable Mentions) – Long Beach, CA – 1997
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SOLO EXHIBITS
Portraits / Slaughterhouse Gallery – Palm Springs, CA – 2007
Inside Out / R & B Gallery – Palm Springs, CA – 2000
Filed / R & B Gallery – Palm Springs, CA – 1999
The Doctor is Out / R & B Gallery – Palm Springs, CA – 1998
Onyx Gallery – Hollywood, CA – 1998
Tropical Coffee House – Silver Lake, CA – 1998
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Colorful Symphony / Exhibizone - Web - 2023
HMVC Gallery New York - Web - 2023
Digital Art, Assemblage or Collage / Las Laguna Art Gallery – Web – 2021
Emptiness / Exhibizone – Web – 2021
Spring 2021 Exhibition / Exhibizone – Web – 2021
Height by Width by Depth / San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center – Web – 2021
Portrait Art Exhibition / Art Room Gallery – Web – 2021
Artistonish / Contemporary Art Magazine – Web – 2021
Portrait / Grey Cube Gallery – Web – 2021
Black and White / Art Room Gallery – Web – 2020
Portraits 2020 / Las Laguna Gallery – Web – 2020
Dangerous Lullabies / The Old Courthouse Arts Center – Woodstock, IL – 2020
107th Annual Exhibition / Allied Artists of America – Web – 2020
Art in the Time of Corona / Dab Art Company – Web – 2020
Don’t Touch Your Face / ShockBoxx Gallery – Hermosa Beach, CA – 2020
Grey Cube Gallery Online – Web – 2020
Artist’s Vision / Marin Society of Artists – San Rafael, CA – 2020
Art Quench Magazine – Art book: An Artistic Journey into the Future – 2020
The Gilbert Gallery at The Brewery – Los Angeles, CA – 2008
The Coffee Table – Silver Lake, CA – 2008
The Gilbert Gallery at The Brewery – Los Angeles, CA – 2007
L.A. Municipal Art Gallery – Los Angeles, CA – 2007
Dream Gallery – Silver Lake, CA – 2005
March Madness / Lankershim Art Gallery – North Hollywood, CA – 2003
Lankershim Art Gallery – North Hollywood, CA – 2002
The Cannibalflower Art Gallery – Los Angeles, CA – 2002
Lankershim Art Gallery – North Hollywood, CA – 2002
The Gallery D Coffee Dot Com – Palm Springs, CA – 2002
Delirium-Tremens Gallery – Los Angeles, CA – 1998
Alternative Sacrifices / Highway Gallery – Santa Monica, CA – 1997
Orlando Gallery – Studio City, CA – 1997
ArtWorks 1996 / Sun Gallery – Hayward, CA – 1996
Mainly Abstract / Long Beach Arts – Long Beach, CA – 1995
Mini Print Exhibition / Studio School and Art Gallery – Binghamton, NY – 1994
Out of Darkness / Out of Darkness Gallery – Long Beach, CA – 1992
CASSA Gallery – San Luis Obispo, CA – 1992
Something in My Eye is Dark / South Bay Contemporary – Torrance, CA – 1992
Group Show sponsored by ASCA Center / Hanson Art Gallery – Beverly Hills, CA – 1980
Featured in the 2005 Ghetto Gloss catalog of art rentals to the movie industry
Spring 2021 Exhibition / Exhibizone – Web – 2021
Height by Width by Depth / San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center – Web – 2021
Portrait Art Exhibition / Art Room Gallery – Web – 2021
Artistonish / Contemporary Art Magazine – Web – 2021
Portrait / Grey Cube Gallery – Web – 2021
Black and White / Art Room Gallery – Web – 2020
Portraits 2020 / Las Laguna Gallery – Web – 2020
Dangerous Lullabies / The Old Courthouse Arts Center – Woodstock, IL – 2020
107th Annual Exhibition / Allied Artists of America – Web – 2020
Art in the Time of Corona / Dab Art Company – Web – 2020
Don’t Touch Your Face / ShockBoxx Gallery – Hermosa Beach, CA – 2020
Grey Cube Gallery Online – Web – 2020
Artist’s Vision / Marin Society of Artists – San Rafael, CA – 2020
Art Quench Magazine – Art book: An Artistic Journey into the Future – 2020
The Gilbert Gallery at The Brewery – Los Angeles, CA – 2008
The Coffee Table – Silver Lake, CA – 2008
The Gilbert Gallery at The Brewery – Los Angeles, CA – 2007
L.A. Municipal Art Gallery – Los Angeles, CA – 2007
Dream Gallery – Silver Lake, CA – 2005
March Madness / Lankershim Art Gallery – North Hollywood, CA – 2003
Lankershim Art Gallery – North Hollywood, CA – 2002
The Cannibalflower Art Gallery – Los Angeles, CA – 2002
Lankershim Art Gallery – North Hollywood, CA – 2002
The Gallery D Coffee Dot Com – Palm Springs, CA – 2002
Delirium-Tremens Gallery – Los Angeles, CA – 1998
Alternative Sacrifices / Highway Gallery – Santa Monica, CA – 1997
Orlando Gallery – Studio City, CA – 1997
ArtWorks 1996 / Sun Gallery – Hayward, CA – 1996
Mainly Abstract / Long Beach Arts – Long Beach, CA – 1995
Mini Print Exhibition / Studio School and Art Gallery – Binghamton, NY – 1994
Out of Darkness / Out of Darkness Gallery – Long Beach, CA – 1992
CASSA Gallery – San Luis Obispo, CA – 1992
Something in My Eye is Dark / South Bay Contemporary – Torrance, CA – 1992
Group Show sponsored by ASCA Center / Hanson Art Gallery – Beverly Hills, CA – 1980
Featured in the 2005 Ghetto Gloss catalog of art rentals to the movie industry