Michael Kondel
Raised on a farm outside of Flint, Michigan, Michael Kondel received his BFA at SUNY Purchase, NY. After working as a Master Printer for seven years, Kondel is just recently finished his masters degree at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. His work has been featured in New American Paintings amongst other publication and has been shown in NY, AZ, MI, PA.
“ I celebrate and revel in the wreckage from the collision of new technology and cultures, and the begrudging coexistence with new systems. Through abstraction I aim to bring the viewer closer to a constant tug of war between the primal and the avant-garde. Born in the eighties and raised on a farm, I hold a critical lens to the impact of the internet, a global world view and the advancement of technology. Im excited to tear down traditional ideologies and watch the impact it brings, while notating some skills and ways of life to preserve. Im aware of where I came from and sometimes I love to forget as I become a new American. As an artist I contemplate the complex strengths and shortcomings of myself and others on the threshold between the real and the virtual.”
Website:
https://www.michaelkondel.com/