It’s not every person who drops everything in art school to fly off to Italy with no place to live and no place to study and then sleeps out on the plaza with a bunch of German heroin addicts…
As Michael Dowling says in this talk, “Critical is one of those words in the English language that is able to have two things going on. And even in the same sentence, you can ask yourself, you know, "What is the most critical aspect of your criticism here?” Through out this talk, Michael engages with our Denver in a dialog about the moments in his path to being a full-time artist and challenges us to redefine our meaning of “critical.”
About the speaker
Born in Denver in 1972, Michael Dowling spent much of his early life as a typical kid apart from being an obsessive drawer. It wasn’t until the age of 25, and after several years of studying various subjects as well as working in many fields, that Michael started painting. With that late beginning, Dowling dove full in and began studying extensively. At 28, he decided to sell a burgeoning art sales company and moved to Florence, Italy to focus on painting. He has since returned to his native Denver where he lives and works and tries to raise three naughty kids.
Michael is represented in
Colorado by Leongallery, by G44, and by BRDG project. In
Chicago he's represented by Studio 6F, in Miami by G Rossi Fine Art, and in
Little Rock by M2 Gallery.
His work has been featured in the films “the Frame” and “Ink”, and as the focus artist on the upcoming showtime release “Devils”.
Michael has worked with and shown at the Museum of Contemporary art Denver and Denver Art Museum and has work in several private and public collections both nationally and throughout Europe.
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