Congratulations to Michael Rey and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on its recent acquisition of Michael Rey’s monumental work, "R.I.B.," (2014). Michael Rey’s shaped wood wall reliefs are painted with vivid oil color. Stemming from Rey's interest in the human need to rationalize the inexplicable, his works can be seen as organic, mechanical, primordial, and futuristic at all once.
Michael Rey (b. 1979, Sarasota, FL) received his BFA from Ringling College of Art and Design (Sarasota, FL) in 2002 and his MFA from Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, CA) in 2008. Rey’s work will be featured in upcoming solo and group exhibitions at ZERO… (Milan, Italy) and a group PALFREY (London, UK). In 2021, Michael Rey's work was acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA). Rey's work has been included in recent solo and group exhibitions at such museums and galleries as Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); Fredrick R. Weisman Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA), Office Baroque (Brussels, Belgium), Lisson Gallery (London, UK), and the Swiss Institute of Contemporary Art (New York, NY). His work is in the collections of such museums as Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA), Weisman Art Museum (Minneapolis, MN), MoMCA Trento and Rovereto (Trento, Italy), Sabanci Museum (Istanbul, Turkey), ADN Collection (Bolzano, Italy), and Weisman Foundation (Los Angeles, CA). His work has been featured in numerous publications including T Magazine, Artribune, and Mousse Magazine. Rey lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.