Michael Rees
North Bergen, USA
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About this artist
Michael Rees is an American artist practicing sculpture making, installation, animation, and interactive computing. He has exhibited his works widely, including at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (1995 Whitney Biennial, 2001 Bitstreams Exhibition); Bitforms gallery, Universal Concepts Unlimited, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (Putto Large and Moving 2004, Pop Surrealism 1998, Best of Season 2001), The MARTa Museum, Herford, Germany (Putto 4 over 4 2005), and The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO (Putto 2x2x4 permanent installation of sculpture and animation). He has experimented with a broad practice that includes performance, interactive computer programs (the sculptural user interface), digital modeling and fabrication, animation, and video. Rees' work with digital media has been written about and illustrated in books, articles, and catalogues for exhibitions. His talk at the Rothko Chapel, Houston, Texas is also published.
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Exhibitions and collaborations
- Techspressionism: Digital & Beyond (Southampton Arts Center)
Michael Rees, SynthCell 009 (String Thing, Rooster) , 2018. Inflated polyvinyl, tablet, artist authored app, 120 x 120 x120 inches.
Michael Rees, Synth Cell 013 Rope, Flies, (yellow, blue, red, clear, print) , 2018. Inflated polyvinyl, ink jet print on vinyl, steel, augmented reality app, 2018.
Michael Rees, SynthCell 009 (String Thing, Rooster) , 2018. Inflated polyvinyl, tablet, artist authored app, 120"x120"x120".
Exhibition artist profile ↗
From the exhibition pages on techspressionism.com. A REEL button plays the exhibition reel at this artist's entry.
Speaking in the archive
- WATCH25:21
- Interview 11 · April 6, 2021WATCH00:24
Michael Rees · spoke 52 times
“Well, my name is Michael Rees, and I was born in Kansas City, Missouri.” - Salon 12 · March 2, 2021WATCH26:00
Carter Hodgkin, Michael Rees, Colin Goldberg, Michael Price · spoke 1 time
“That was a great presentation that the bit that I did get to see hopefully I'll be able to see the whole thing a bit later but moving right along long.”
Newest first. WATCH opens that recording here in the archive, at the turn quoted.
Mentioned by others
- “Because, like, I got connected to Michael Rees through Steve Miller, and then I saw what Michael was doing with these big inflatable.”WATCH1:20:05
Colin Goldberg · Interview 29 · December 8, 2025 - “I think it was from Michael Rees.”WATCH1:19:01
Claudia Hart · Interview 29 · December 8, 2025 - “No, it's actually a bigger shot with the Michael Rees.”WATCH1:18:32
Lucy Boyd-Wilson · Salon 60 · January 4, 2023
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- “Michael Rees's work is a perfect example of that.”WATCH29:06
Christiane Paul · Roundtable 1 · October 3, 2022 - “Miller, aka DJ Spooky, Steve Miller, Joseph Necfatal, Michael Rees, Christine Schooley, Nina Sobell, Anne Spalter, and Nina Yankovic.”WATCH05:58
Colin Goldberg · Roundtable 1 · October 3, 2022 - “Patrick, when you say Michael Rees's piece, are you speaking about the inflatables?”WATCH08:46
Renata Janiszewska · Salon 49 · August 3, 2022 - “… sort of thing that's, you know, really kind of like in, in, in her, you know, where she's going, and maybe Michael Rees's piece, you know, in other words, these things that, you know, that don't exist without, don't exist …”WATCH07:44
Patrick Lichty · Salon 49 · August 3, 2022 - “Amazing bean soup nice well if you guys are able to tune in to Michael Rees's thing tomorrow it should be a real interesting one with the mccoys definitely casey casey reis today was …”WATCH1:26:48
Colin Goldberg · Salon 45 · June 8, 2022 - “And I see Michael Rees is here.”WATCH25:01
Colin Goldberg · Salon 45 · June 8, 2022 - “Yeah, I know that they reached out to me as well about some information about specific pieces, Michael Rees's sculptures.”WATCH1:36:28
Colin Goldberg · Salon 43 · May 11, 2022 - “I think here's Michael Rees.”WATCH2:02:19
Roz Dimon · Salon 42 · April 27, 2022 - “Quick aside, I don't think I gave the title of Michael Rees's, but I didn't see his label.”WATCH1:34:16
Roz Dimon · Salon 42 · April 27, 2022 - “And then we're going to go around, first, Michael Rees's sculptors”WATCH24:04
Stephanie Sydney · Salon 42 · April 27, 2022 - “I'm here with Michael Rees, and I'm just going to pass the mic over to Michael to maybe introduce yourself, tell us a little bit about …”WATCH00:08
Colin Goldberg · Interview 11 · April 6, 2021 - “I mean, after listening to Michael Rees, I have to think of something more interesting than being hit by a streetcar.”WATCH1:32:22
Colin Goldberg · Salon 12 · March 2, 2021 - “And I learned a lot of the photo silk screen through my undergraduate internship, working as a studio assistant for Steve Miller, who actually, you know, put me in touch with Michael Rees, the previous presenter.”WATCH1:07:12
Colin Goldberg · Salon 12 · March 2, 2021 - “So, Carter, Michael Rees, Michael Price, Colin, and...”WATCH02:52
Davonte Bradley · Salon 12 · March 2, 2021 - “Michael Rees, yeah.”WATCH02:42
Davonte Bradley · Salon 12 · March 2, 2021 - “I know Michael Rees is in the lineup.”WATCH02:39
Davonte Bradley · Salon 12 · March 2, 2021
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