Michi Meko
The First Cry, 2019
Acrylic,Oil Pastel,Gold Leaf, Areosol, on Rives BFK
22 x 30 inches
Courtesy of the artist. Multidisciplinary artist Michi Meko (b. 1974, Florence, Alabama) He received a BFA in Painting from the University of North Alabama.Michi Meko has exhibited widely, most recently holding solo exhibitions at Kavi Gupta, Chicago; Gallerie Myrtis, Baltimore ,MD; Richmmond Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA; Chimento Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA; Cress Gallery at University of Chattanooga; Westobou Gallery, Augusta, GA; and MOCA GA, Atlanta GA. Group shows include Contemporary Arts Center, Mobile, AL; Artspace New Haven, New Haven, CT; Zuckerman Museum of Art. Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw GA; and Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta, GA among many others. In 2017 Meko was awarded two prestigious grants: the Atlanta Artadia Award and the Joan Mitchell Award. In addition, Meko has received a DashBoard Co-Op Residency Grant, an Idea Capital Grant, a Flux Projects Grant, and a Wonderroot CSA Grant. His work is collected in the permanent collection of the High Museum of Art.
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