MICHAEL WAYNE HALL

Michael Wayne Hall uses painting as a meditative practice. His work is always created by hand. Colors are individually mixed and remixed, and are applied without the use of tape or masking, allowing wobbles, smudges, and other imperfections to remain. It is important to him that while each piece is extremely precise, a close examination reveals the handmade nature of the process. His abstract paintings are grounded in his love of the flat-color and hard-edged aesthetics of vintage screenprints. He makes use of methodically blended color gradients to imply movement, transitions, and depth. The work feels familiar and yet modern, and is simultaneously both calming and energizing.

Michael attended the University of the Arts for film, learned screenprinting at Space 1026 in Philadelphia, and is a self taught painter, muralist, and woodworker.

His paintings are held in many private collections.

His commission clients include Kosovo Mural Fest, Facebook, Austin City Limits Music Festival, TIAA, Perkins & Will Architecture, Still Austin Whiskey Co, Nordstrom’s, BP, Natiivo, Downtown Austin Alliance, Austin Energy, the City of Smithville Texas, Austin Daily Press, Blackfeather Vintage, Batch Craft Beers, the Little Darlin, Beautiful World Syndicate Records Philadelphia, and many others.

He has exhibited in Rome, New York City, Philadelphia, Seattle, Marfa, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, and many other cities throughout the US.  He was one half of the experimental music duo and printing project, Ospreys, touring extensively from 2005-2009.  He has written about his experiences riding freight trains over the last 23 years for Faded Glory magazine, and for the French book about North American boxcar art, Outside the Box. In 1999, he co-founded the Lost Film Fest, a nomadic film festival.

Michael was born and raised in Baltimore, MD and lived in Philadelphia, PA for thirteen years before relocating to Texas in 2012.