Background
Michael Reafsnyder was born in 1969 in Orange County, California, United States.
Michael Reafsnyder
1 University Dr, Orange, CA 92866, United States
Chapman University where Michael Reafsnyder received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1992.
1700 Lida St, Pasadena, CA 91103, United States
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, where Michael Reafsnyder received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1996.
Michael Reafsnyder's artwork purchased at Santa Monica Auctions for $2,500 in 2012.
1 University Dr, Orange, CA 92866, United States
Chapman University where Michael Reafsnyder received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1992.
1700 Lida St, Pasadena, CA 91103, United States
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, where Michael Reafsnyder received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1996.
Michael Reafsnyder was born in 1969 in Orange County, California, United States.
Michael Reafsnyder received a Bachelor of Arts degree at Chapman University in 1992. It was followed by a Master of Fine Arts degree from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena four years later.
The geography of Michael Reafsnyder's career is vast. His brightly colored abstract canvases made by large brushstrokes have been shown throughout the United States and abroad, including such art spaces as the Las Vegas Art Museum, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York City, Blum and Poe Gallery, Santa Monica, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, and Uplands Gallery, Melbourne.
Nowadays, Reafsnyder lives and works in Southern California. He serves as an adjunct professor at Claremont Graduate University.
Reafsnyder's art in New York City is represented by Miles McEnery Gallery.
Michael Reafsnyder is an accomplished artist and educator whose abstract canvases are praised both by critics and art lovers for their sensuous charm and spontaneity expressed through vibrant colors, hues, and loose brushstrokes.
Reafsnyder's artworks are acquired by many public and private collections, such as the Columbus Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Las Vegas Art Museum, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Portland Art Museum among others.
In 2012, one of Michael Reafsnyder's artworks was purchased at Santa Monica Auctions for $2,500.
Quotes from others about the person
"Reafsnyder's works couldn't be more contemporary. Comprised almost entirely of aggressive smears of screaming yellow, electric blue, re-engine red, and pure white paint squeezed straight from the tube, these whiplash images make Impressionism’s rapidly dabbed surfaces look like fussy Old Master compositions. Jazzed up by an occasional skid of purple or black, they also recall Willem de Kooning’s classic canvases, whose furious surfaces look as if they’ve been chiseled or carved in some kind of transformative frenzy. For viewers, this simply means that Reafsnyder's art is a pleasure – even a joy – to behold. After all, it causes you to smile, and then returns the favor by smiling right back at you." David Pagel, art critic
"He casually mentions that he often feels inspired by that Renoir quote, "Only the painter who knows his business can create the impression that a picture was done in one stroke." I happen to believe that he isn't only inspired by these words, he is also their contemporary embodiment." Maria Brito, art curator
