Mike Cloud (Works)

Selected Works

Possessions curated by Zoe Whitley), Frieze London, 2020. <i>Possessions</i> curated by Zoe Whitley), Frieze London, 2020.
Untitled (Marriage), 2020. Oil on linen with mixed media, 70 x 70 x 12 in. Reproduced in The Times. <i>Untitled (Marriage)</i>, 2020. Oil on linen with mixed media, 70 x 70 x 12 in. Reproduced in The Times.
Beheading James Slemp, 2020. Oil on linen with mixed media, 68 x 132 x 4 in. <i>Beheading James Slemp</i>, 2020. Oil on linen with mixed media, 68 x 132 x 4 in.
Shopping List Greener Pastures, 2020. Oil on linen with mixed media, 67 x 116 x 4 in. Reproduced in the New York Times. <i>Shopping List Greener Pastures</i>, 2020. Oil on linen with mixed media, 67 x 116 x 4 in. Reproduced in the New York Times.
Installation view: East wall & South walls Installation view: East wall & South walls
Khan 2013, 2019. Oil on canvas with mixed media, 42 x 19 in. <i>Khan 2013</i>, 2019. Oil on canvas with mixed media, 42 x 19 in.
Untitled, 2019. Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in. <i>Untitled</i>, 2019. Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in.
Modern Untitled Tragic Timeline, 2019, Collage-acrylic paint, cash, grocery bags on paper, acrylic tubes and twine, 47 x 720 inches/ ~119 x 1829 cm (image credit: Pierre Le Hors; courtesy of Marlborough Contemporary) <i>Modern Untitled Tragic Timeline</i>, 2019, Collage-acrylic paint, cash,
grocery bags on paper, acrylic tubes and twine, 47 x 720 inches/ ~119 x 1829 cm
(image credit: Pierre Le Hors; courtesy of Marlborough Contemporary)
&lt;i&gt;Modern Untitled Tragic Timeline&lt;/i&gt;, 2019, Collage-acrylic paint, cash,
grocery bags on paper, acrylic tubes and twine, 47 x 720 inches/ ~119 x 1829 cm
(image credit: Pierre Le Hors; courtesy of Marlborough Contemporary)
Artist with L of L. Artist with <I>L of L.</I>
Installation view: Art Basel Miami Beach booth. Installation view: Art Basel Miami Beach booth.
F of J, 2016. Oil on linen and stretcher bars, 90 x 80 x 4 in. <I>F of J</I>, 2016. Oil on linen and stretcher bars, 90 x 80 x 4 in.
Cycle and Stable, 2015 Oil on canvas, 100 × 106 in. <i>Cycle and Stable</i>, 2015
Oil on canvas,
100 × 106 in.
Installation view: Bad Faith and Universal Technique, 2014. Installation view: <i>Bad Faith and Universal Technique</i>, 2014.
North Star, 2014. Oil on paper, 24 x 18 in. <i>North Star</i>, 2014. Oil on paper, 24 x 18 in.
Installation view: Bad Faith and Universal Technique, 2014. Installation view: <i>Bad Faith and Universal Technique</i>, 2014.
Quiltmaking and the Overproduction of Opposites, 2010, Meulensteen Gallery, NYC, NY. <i>Quiltmaking and the Overproduction of Opposites</i>, 2010, Meulensteen Gallery, NYC, NY.
Jamie Foxx Paper Quilt, 2010. <i>Jamie Foxx Paper Quilt</i>, 2010.
Print Plates, 2009. Print Plates, 2009.
EZJ Doritos Plate, 2009. <i>EZJ Doritos Plate</i>, 2009.
Dorothy Costume Quilt (Front), 2007. <i>Dorothy Costume Quilt</i> (Front), 2007.
Installation view: West and North walls Installation view: West and North walls
Installation view: West and North walls
Installation view: West and North walls
Liebovitz Orange #28, 2008. <i>Liebovitz Orange #28</i>, 2008.
Liebovitz Orange #16, 2008. <i>Liebovitz Orange #16</i>, 2008.
Chicken on Star of David Maze, 2006, Oil on linen with toy, 40 x 40 x 40 in. <i>Chicken on Star of David Maze</i>, 2006, Oil
on linen with toy, 40 x 40 x 40 in.
Untitled Maze, 2006 <i>Untitled Maze</i>, 2006
Untitled Caricature (brown), 2005 <i>Untitled Caricature (brown)</i>, 2005
Caricature Portrait M.C., 2005. <i>Caricature Portrait M.C.</i>, 2005.
Horizontal Stripe, 2004. <i>Horizontal Stripe</i>, 2004.
&lt;i&gt;Horizontal Stripe&lt;/i&gt;, 2004.
Mildly, Moderately Severely Toxic 2, 2002. <i>Mildly, Moderately Severely Toxic 2</i>, 2002.

Mike Cloud

Mike Cloud

Artist with L of L
Artist with L of L

Mike Cloud is a Chicago-based artist whose work examines the conditions of painting in its contemporary life among countless reproductions, symbols and descriptions. After studying at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Cloud earned his MFA from Yale in 2003. His work has been extensively shown, at venues such as MoMA P.S.1, Marianne Boesky Gallery, White Columns, Max Protetch, Apexart, and has been included in group exhibitions, such as Frequency at the Studio Museum in Harlem and Honor Fraser Gallery. In addition to numerous reviews, his work was part of Painting Abstraction by Bob Nickas, Phaidon Press (2009). He has been awarded the inaugural Chiaro Award from the Headlands Center for the Arts, CA; a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship and residencies at the Meulensteen Art Centre in the Netherlands as well as the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program in New York. Cloud is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions with Thomas Erben

Exhibitions with Thomas Erben

Art Basel: Miami Beach 2024

Thomas Erben Gallery Presentation

December 6 - 8, 2024

Holistic Abstraction

Mike Cloud

September 5 - October 26, 2024

Mike Cloud, Works on Paper 2003 - Present

Mike Cloud

September 8 - October 22, 2022

Frieze London 2020: Mike Cloud

Mike Cloud

October 8 - 11, 2020

Tears in abstraction

Mike Cloud

September 12 - November 9, 2019

Quilt painting

Mike Cloud

February 22 – March 31, 2018

Art Basel Miami Beach: Mike Cloud

Mike Cloud

December 1 - 5, 2016

Independent Art Fair: Mike Cloud

Mike Cloud

March 5 - 8, 2015

Bad Faith and Universal Technique

Mike Cloud

September 11 – October 25, 2014

Other Exhibitions

Other Exhibitions

Hammer Projects: Mike Cloud

Mike Cloud

April 5, 2026 - January 7, 2027

Circle Chat

Mike Cloud

March 7 - April 26

The Myth of Education

Mike Cloud

January 26 - March 11, 2018

Mike Cloud

Mike Cloud

Aug 18 — Oct 02, 2021

Asians Smaisans and Other Racial Slurs

Mike Cloud and Nyeema Morgan

Apr 02 — May 02, 2019

Story Structure

Mike Cloud

2006

Mike Cloud

Mike Cloud

2004

Selected Press

Selected Press

Media

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