Michael Lierly

My recent paintings are all primarily concerned with memory. Memory comprises both the subject, as I paint almost solely from memory, and the object, the paintings are themselves depictions of personal and cultural memories. Memory is here conceived as a flawed, analogue process whose corruptibility demands creative reconstruction.

Michael Lierly is an oil painter and art instructor. He teaches painting at Golden West College in Huntington Beach CA, and at M.D. Art Studio in West Hollywood, LA. He has formerly taught Drawing, Painting, Design, and Color Theory at Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, the University of Arkansas, Indiana University in Bloomington, and in Florence Italy with the I.U. Study Abroad Program. He received his BFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts in New York City and His MFA in Painting from Indiana University in Bloomington IN.

He has worked as a commission portrait painter, illustrator, and gallery artist in seven states and four countries. He is currently working on two bodies of work for upcoming exhibits while obsessively listening to audio books and podcasts. He lives in Los Angeles, CA with the two great loves of his life his wife, Abby, and Calliope, their sweet puppy.