Biography
General Information:
Michael Lynch is a designer,
artist, photographer and
maker of films for multimedia
performances etc., based
in York in the U.K.
Education:
Michael spent three years studying Graphic Design, Photography
and Printmaking at The York School of Art. This was followed
by several years working in various Design Studios in London's
West End. He later became the Editorial Artist for a daily
newspaper. He now works as a freelance artist specialising in
graphic design, photography and film production for multi-
media events in collaboration with other artists and musicians.
Galleries where Michael's work has been exhibited include:
The Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition, Massarella Fine Arts,
Leeds City Art Gallery, Walker Gallery of Contemporary Art, and
City of York Art Gallery, to name but a few. His work was also
featured in Channel 4 Television's 'The big Art Challenge'.
His 60 minute's suite of seven films to accompany performances
of 'Being Dufay' by Ambrose Field with John Potter, premiered
at the Vienna Konzerthaus on January 21st 2009.
Opera North hosted the UK premiere at their new venue in Leeds
(the Howard Assembly Rooms), 0n April 2nd 2009. The Italian
premiere took place on May 31st 2009 at Teatro Donizetti in
Bergamo as part of the Festival Contaminazioni Contemporanee.
"While at Art School, I became very interested in the effects
that different printmaking techniques produce. If you paint
a red square on a piece of paper, and then print a red square
(let's say by inking-up a square block of wood), on the same sheet,
the two red squares will be very different. The printed one will
be more textural and have a 'distressed' feel to it. It's the
printed one that interests me. Having left college, and without
access to all the printmaking facilities it had to offer, I set
about experimenting with different painting techniques which
would achieve similar 'print-like' effects. This approach is also
evident in the work that I put out on film."
