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Michael Skeen is a multi-disciplinary Glasgow-based artist.
His work is concerned with light, line, form, and colour and he explores these with various mediums in a variety of spaces.
His visual vocabulary is informed by abstraction and deconstructed letterforms. He principally makes chemigrams and large-scale paintings.
He has been employed as a workshop assistant in Glasgow School of Art’s photography department since graduating in 2021.
He is available for commissions and can be contacted by email or via instagram.
CV
EXHIBITIONS AND COMMISSIONS
2025:
January
‘Urban Coincidence’, Glasgow. Group Exhibition.
2024:
September
‘Southend City Jam’, Southend-On-Sea. Solo Mural for Street Art Festival.
June
‘Govan Art Open Day’. The Eyrie Studios. Glasgow. Open Studio Event.
February
‘Coalesce’ - The Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art. Group exhibition.
2023:
October
Barras Mural - Stevenson Street, Glasgow. Colourways. Solo commission.
2022:
May-August
‘Street Level Photoworks Open 2022’ - Street Level, Glasgow. Group exhibition.
July
‘Storytellers’ - Glue Factory, Glasgow. Group Exhibition.
Cass Art Mural - Queen Street, Glasgow. Colourways. Solo comission.
2021:
December 2021-February 2022
‘FUTUREPROOF’ - Stills Centre for Photography, Edinburgh. Group exhibition.
September
‘More Space for the People’ - Saltspace Cooperative Arts Space. Glasgow. Group exhibition.
July
‘Alternative Degree Show’ - St Enoch Centre, Glasgow. Group Exhibition.
June
‘GSA Showcase 2021: School of Fine Art’ - Glasgow School of Art. Degree Show.
Skinny Showcase Review
2020:
‘OFF GRID 1’ - Kingston Bridge, Glasgow. Group exhibition.
‘INDENTATIONS’. House for an Art Lover, Glasgow. 2020.
PUBLICATIONS
2025:
Untitled Collage Publication (forthcoming). Self-published. Glasgow.
2024:
Abstract Graffiti Magazine. Issue 09. ed. Röd Labyrint Förlag. Sweden.
Abstract Graffiti Magazine. Issue 08. ed. Röd Labyrint Förlag. Sweden.
Tied To Light. Volume 2. ed. Anna Luk and Lucy Kane. London.
2023:
Abstract Graffiti Magazine. Issue 07. ed. Röd Labyrint Förlag. Sweden.
2022:
Abstract Graffiti Magazine. Issue 05. ed. Röd Labyrint Förlag. Sweden.
2019:
Alter Analog. Interviewed by Tania Kaaz. Denver, Colorado.
EDUCATION
2018-2021:
Fine Art Photography BA. Glasgow School of Art. Scotland.
2017-2018:
Foundation in Art and Design (UAL Accredited). Blackburn College. England.