‘See the Invisible’
’Free yourself’ 2015 120x150cm acrylics, pigments on canvas
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at work in my studio I see my paintings as a filter of what goes on in the world and the events that surround me, a reflection of reality, distilled through my experience, into abstraction.
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‘Color stimulates and energizes my way to paint, abstraction enables me to see beyond the tangible.’ – Michelle Hold My work is an exploration of the abstract, like dance gestures and the vibrations of color. and I am fascinated by the insight into the emerging concepts of science and new thoughts about our existence which start to create a different sense of awareness. My best work seems to come out when I succeed to stay in a place of 'no-time, no-space, no-body' helped by yoga and meditation. My themes are nature bound like my cycle on water, silence, light, earth. color is light, it is my first choice when I start my painting to connect instantly with the viewer. My knowledge about color comes from my experience in textile design knowing that a small alteration of color tone can change the whole mood of a collection. Next comes a gesture, a sort of dance, an impulse, an expression of energy. I believe that this is ultimately the energy you read in a painting, the force or, on the contrary, the softness of the brushstroke that captures your attention. My background of studying architecture made me also a constructor. Layer by layer the painting grows, refining what you can barely see, accentuating, canceling, for in the end, I want the viewer to feel intrigued by what he sees without necessarily understanding it. I like the element of mystery, because that’s what life is, mysterious. So I play a lot with transparency. I have a fascination in things I do not completely apprehend, which are disguised. And that’s exactly why I paint abstract. Like Gorky said: ‘Abstraction allows men to see with his mind what he cannot physically see with his eyes.’ By transmitting power through color and gesture I allow the observer to find a new way of accessing the beauty and wonder of the world, emancipating his mind and explore the unknown.
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detail ‘Feel the Energy’
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‘Feel the Energy ‘ 2015 120x150cm acrylics, pigments on canvas
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‘Searching’ 2015 120x240cm…diptych acrylics, pigments on canvas
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‘Move like water ‘ 2015 …120x170cm acrylics, pigments on canvas
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‘Believe in Magic’ 2015 120x200cm acrylics, pigments, gold foil on canvas diptych
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‘Dancing Cheek to Cheek’ 2015 120x240cm acrylics,pigments on canvas diptych
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‘Unleash the Energy’ 2015…100x150cm acrylics and pigments on canvas
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workshop @ Debut Contemporary with Samir Ceric and Rory Blain
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‘Love is a powerful word’ 2015 150x150cm acrylics,pigments on canvas
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Solo exhibition ‘Warriors of Light’ may 2015 Debut Contemporary
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‘Embrace the Opportunity’ 2015 150x150cm acrylics,pigments on canvas
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‘Listen to the Light’ 2015 150x120cm acrylics,pigments on canvas
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‘Traveling is Sacred’ on exhibition
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‘Traveling is Sacred’ 2015 150x150cm acrylics ,pigments on canvas
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detail ‘Inside’
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‘Inside’ 2015 120x200cm diptych acrylics,pigments on canvas
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detail ‘We all shine on’
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‘We all shine on ‘ 2015 120x200cm diptych acrylics,pigments on canvas
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detail ‘Dream your life’
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‘Dream your life’ 2016 150x240cm diptych acrylics,pigments on canvas
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detail ‘the power is in you’
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‘The power is in you’ 2016 120x240cm acrylics,pigments on canvas diptych
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‘Reemerge’ in the making, applying layers and layers of pigments
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‘Reemerge’…2016 120x200cm diptych acrylics,pigments on canvas
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detail ‘Celebrate’
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‘Celebrate‘ 2016 150x240cm diptych acrylics,pigments on canvas
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‘Challenge’ part1
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‘Challenge’ part 2
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‘Softly’ 2016 120x200cm diptych acrylics,pigments on canvas
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in the studio
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‘Changing Perspective’ 2016 150x240cm diptych acrylics,pigments on canvas
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Michelle Hold was born in Munich and raised in Innsbruck (Austria) where she started to study architecture . She forms as an artist and textile designer in different courses in Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Munich e London, her textile designs have been used by Krizia, Escada, Ungaro, Bluemarin . Just recently she has finished a yearlong innovative art course “Art incubator” in London. Michelle has shown in Italy and internationally (New York, Shanghai, Chengdou, Nantung, Paris, London, Berlin, Lissabon, Athens, Köln, Innsbruck), won prestigious awards, she was chosen by Saatchi Art for “A Spotlight on Italy”, and selected for ‘Abstraction” by Rebecca Wilson. She won several Showcases on Artslant in 2015, 2014 and 2013. Her works are featured in the catalog ‘La via Italiana all Informale’ and ‘FERRARA ART FESTIVAL’ which were both edited by Mondadori. Solo exhibitions 2015 “Warriors of Light” Debut Contemporary London “Blue Mood” Milano Spazio E 2014 "Blue Mood " Palazzo Racchetta Ferrara "Blue Mood" Galleria 20 Turin 2013 “Visioni Sfumate “ Palazzo del Monferrato Alessandria “European Abstract Painting” Shanghai M50 4B105 "5 paintings for Capital DÉCOR" Salone del Mobile Milano 2012 "Viaggio" Galleria Zanuso Milano “Proposte per una Collezione “ Museo di Roccamonfina MAGMA "Equilibri Rari " Castello di Casale Monferrato "7 paintings for Capital Decor" Salone del Mobile Milano 2011 "Michelle Hold " Fiera internazionale d'Arte Piacenza " L'Energia del Colore" Chiesa di Treville 2010 "In alto mare " Galleria Immagine Colore Genova "Rose su tela " Tenuta la Tenaglia Serralunga di Crea
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‘Do what I love to do ‘ 2016 200x300cm acrylics,pigments on canvas
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Barry Martin ( renown british artist and curator ) about Michelle: “Michelle Hold, has made her mark as abstract painter, and carved out an identity for herself. She shamelessly makes vibrant, dynamic, polychromatic, colorful, resourceful, meaningful, strong, sometimes large- sized paintings that invigorate, excite and inspire. She panders neither to taste, (except of course her own), nor current fads, or the kind of eye-catching, voguish, detritus that currently passes as art, and that is poured out by the ton in every arts quarter of the world! “
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michelle@michellhold.com represented in London by
www.debutcontemporary.com samir@debutcontemporary.com