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TOP 200 ARTISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY TO NOW
TIMES READERS AND SAATCHI ONLINE VISITORS VOTE FOR THEIR FAVOURITE ARTISTS
AFTER 1.4 MILLION VOTES WERE CAST, HERE ARE YOUR LEADING 200 ARTISTS:
| - | Pablo Picasso |
| - | Paul Cezanne |
| - | Gustav Klimt |
| - | Claude Monet |
| - | Marcel Duchamp |
| - | Henri Matisse |
| - | Jackson Pollock |
| - | Andy Warhol |
| - | Willem De Kooning |
| - | Piet Mondrian |
| - | Paul Gauguin |
| - | Francis Bacon |
| - | Robert Rauschenberg |
| - | Georges Braque |
| - | Wassily Kandinsky |
| - | Constantin Brancusi |
| - | Kasimir Malevich |
| - | Jasper Johns |
| - | Frida Kahlo |
| - | Martin Kippenberger |
| - | Paul Klee |
| - | Egon Schiele |
| - | Donald Judd |
| - | Bruce Nauman |
| - | Alberto Giacometti |
| - | Salvador Dalí |
| - | Auguste Rodin |
| - | Mark Rothko |
| - | Edward Hopper |
| - | Lucian Freud |
| - | Richard Serra |
| - | Rene Magritte |
| - | David Hockney |
| - | Philip Guston |
| - | Henri Cartier-Bresson |
| - | Pierre Bonnard |
| - | Jean-Michel Basquiat |
| - | Max Ernst |
| - | Diane Arbus |
| - | Georgia O'Keeffe |
| - | Cy Twombly |
| - | Max Beckmann |
| - | Barnett Newman |
| - | Giorgio De Chirico |
| - | Roy Lichtenstein |
| - | Edvard Munch |
| - | Pierre Auguste Renoir |
| - | Man Ray |
| - | Henry Moore |
| - | Cindy Sherman |
| - | Jeff Koons |
| - | Tracey Emin |
| - | Damien Hirst |
| - | Yves Klein |
| - | Henri Rousseau |
| - | Chaim Soutine |
| - | Arshile Gorky |
| - | Amedeo Modigliani |
| - | Umberto Boccioni |
| - | Jean Dubuffet |
| - | Eva Hesse |
| - | Edouard Vuillard |
| - | Carl Andre |
| - | Juan Gris |
| - | Lucio Fontana |
| - | Franz Kline |
| - | David Smith |
| - | Joseph Beuys |
| - | Alexander Calder |
| - | Louise Bourgeois |
| - | Marc Chagall |
| - | Gerhard Richter |
| - | Balthus |
| - | Joan Miro |
| - | Ernst Ludwig Kirchner |
| - | Frank Stella |
| - | Georg Baselitz |
| - | Francis Picabia |
| - | Jenny Saville |
| - | Dan Flavin |
| - | Alfred Stieglitz |
| - | Anselm Kiefer |
| - | Matthew Barney |
| - | George Grosz |
| - | Bernd And Hilla Becher |
| - | Sigmar Polke |
| - | Brice Marden |
| - | Maurizio Cattelan |
| - | Sol LeWitt |
| - | Chuck Close |
| - | Edward Weston |
| - | Joseph Cornell |
| - | Karel Appel |
| - | Bridget Riley |
| - | Alexander Archipenko |
| - | Anthony Caro |
| - | Richard Hamilton |
| - | Clyfford Still |
| - | Luc Tuymans |
| - | Claes Oldenburg |
TO SEE THE FULL 200 CLICK HERE
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| Michael Lightsey |
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Born 1973, Mentor, OH
“Art making is an exploration of emotion, intellect, physicality and spirituality. It is a manifestation of the interplay between the conscious and unconscious mind. Human beings tend to have an inherent appetite for altered states of consciousness. Art can be a conduit for this kind of experience. It can help us to break free from the imprisoning models of reality that we create by our own minds. Art making is a way to experience a kind of freedom from the trappings of rational perception. It is a method for counter-balancing the restricting formalities of contemporary civilized existence. Ultimately, art is a metaphor for the spiritual and philosophical ideas of life that cannot be otherwise expressed.”
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| About the Artist |
RESUME
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Featured Artist / Borders, Glendale, CA
Group Exhibitions
2008 First Year Celebration / Two Roads Gallery, Studio City, CA
2008 New and Improved / LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Small Wonders III / Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Sharing Space VIII / Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Small Wonders / Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Show of Heads / Limner Gallery, Phoenicia, NY
2005 Snap to Grid 2005 / LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Snap to Grid 2004 / LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Random Thoughts / Lankershim Art Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
2003 You Are Here II / Lankershim Art Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
2003 Sharing Space IV / Lankershim Art Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
1991 Westerville Youth Art Exhibit / Westerville, OH
1991 Marcon Sci-Fi Art Exhibit / Columbus, OH
1991 Ohio Regional Art Exhibit / Columbus, OH
1991 Ohio Governor's Art Exhibit / Columbus, OH
Awards & Honors
2006 Finalist (Abstract/Experimental Category) – The Artist’s Magazine Best Art of 2006
1991 Best of Show - Westerville Youth Art Exhibit / Westerville, OH
1991 First Prize - Marcon Sci-Fi Art Exhibit / Columbus, OH
1991 Blue Ribbon - Ohio Regional Art Exhibit / Columbus, OH
1991 Regional Excellence Award - Ohio Governor's Art Exhibit / Columbus, OH |
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Recollapse
2006 Acrylic/Gouache on canvas. 128" x 54" |
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Asynchrony
2006 Acrylic/Gouache/Pastel on canvas. 120" x 48" |
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Phenomenon
2005 Acrylic/Gouache on canvas. 44" x 44" |
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Preternatural Fever
2005 Acrylic/Gouache on canvas. 44" x 44" |
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Suffering
1993 Pencil on paper. 18" x 24" |
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Regret
1996 Pencil on paper. 18" x 24" |
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Sirens
2004 Digital Giclee. 24" x 30" |
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Mutation
2004 Digital Giclee. 25" x 10" |
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Elucidation
2008 Acrylic/Pastel/Digital Giclee on canvas. 72" x 48" |
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Continuum
2008 Acrylic/Gouache/Pastel/Digital Giclee on canvas. 32" x 44" |
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Before the moment eternal
2009 Acrylic on canvas. 50" x 50" |
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When her mouth faced his mouth
2009 Acrylic on canvas. 30" x 30" |
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| Education and biography |
EDUCATION
1992-1996 Ohio State University, OH (National Dean's List)
1991-1992 Columbus College of Art & Design, OH (National Dean's List)
BIOGRAPHY
Born in 1973, Michael grew up in central Ohio with an eclectic childhood. He excelled in academics, athletics, art, music and writing. In high school, he was inducted into the National Honor Society, won the Westerville Art League Scholarship, the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award, the Quill and Scroll Journalism Award, achieved the rank of Eagle Scout and was inducted into Who’s Who in American High Schools 1991.
On scholarship, he attended Columbus College of Art and Design and also studied theatre at Ohio State University. While at OSU, he won the Gerald Black Theatre Scholarship and the Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle Award. He also became a Partner of Conscience with Amnesty International.
In 1997, he and his wife moved to southern California where his work in theatre earned him a nomination at the Los Angeles Robby Awards and an honorable mention at the Back Stage West Garland Awards. His artwork has placed him as a finalist in The Artist’s Magazine’s Best Art awards, and his writing has placed him as a semi-finalist in Scriptapalooza. He is also a member of American Mensa and was inducted into Who’s Who in America 2007.
Today he lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children. |
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Website: www.myspace.com/michaellightsey |
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