Michael Genovese creates work that aims to connect with collective experiences, be it social or existential. He speaks to the familiar; however, through mark-making, reduction, or transformation of the recognizable, he reassigns power. Rather than eliminating evidence or obscuring facts, he contextualizes our perception of meaning and history. His work deals with archives, permanence, and the designation of value. His concern with materiality and medium furthers his investigation of worth.

Souvenir, Exhibition Essay, 2023 > Read essay

Kane, Carolyn L., Bridge Time, Catalogue essay, 2016. > Read essay

Gavin, Francesca. The Monocle, London, UK, April 2016.

Wilcox, Larry. ArtReview, Exhibition Review, London, UK, May 2016. > Read review

Simmons, William J., Know Wave Magazine, cover and feature. March 2016.

Intervals, Essential Hommes, interview, March 2016.

Intervals, Flaunt Magazine, interview, March 2016.

Califuk, Flaunt Magazine, feature, September 2015.

Stratton, Shannon. Writing of History, Paris London Hong Kong, Chicago, IL, catalogue essay, 2014. > Read essay

Momin, Shamim., “Lines and Cracks and Zebras and Horses.” OHWOW/DAP, Los Angeles, CA, Catalogue essay, 2013. > Read essay

Westin, Monica. New City, Chicago, IL, Exhibition Review, September 2013. > Read review

Ditty, Sarah. Argon Magazine, Issue 4, Dublin, IR, March 11, 2013.

Mizota, Sharon. “Spotting Cracks in the System.” Los Angeles Times, p. D18-19, January 25, 2013. > Read review

Koh, Daveen. “Shards of Hope.” The Cornell Sun, Front Page, January 31, 2013.

Hegert, Natalie. ArtSlant, January 22, 2013.

Shechet, Ellie. Bullett Magazine, January 18, 2013.

Pieri, Kerry. Harpers Bazaar, January 7, 2013.

Rodriguez, Klaudio. “PS/PPS.” Frost Art Museum/FIU, Miami, FL. catalogue, 2012

“The Pocket Guide to Politics.” D4D/OHWOW, p.1, New York, NY., 2012.

Damian, Carol. “South Florida Cultural Consortium for Visual and Media Arts.” Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL. Catalogue, 2011.

Stratton, Shannon. “Writ Deep: the craft and embedded word.” NIU School of Art and Design, Dekalb, IL, catalog essay, 2010.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Souvenir, FVAC, Avon, Connecticut (2023)
Pocket Pictures, Morån Morån, Los Angeles, CA (2023)
Intervals, Moran Bondaroff, Los Angeles, CA. (2016)
Joliet, Paris London Hong Kong, Chicago, IL. (2014)
Lines and Cracks and Zebras and Horses, OHWOW, Los Angeles, CA. (2013)
P.S., Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL. (2012)
It’s not the heat, it’s the humility, OHWOW, Miami, FL. (2009)
Institutionalized, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL. (2008)
Contemplation Station, Chicago Cultural Center, Pedway, Chicago, IL. (2008)
We all we got, Packer Schopf, Chicago, IL. (2008)
Just because it’s legal, doesn’t make it right, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY. (2008)
Showroom, 32nd & Urban, Chicago, IL (2006)
Cabeza de gato, Norse Projects, Copenhagen, DK (2005)
Image Transferring, Orange, Chicago, IL (2002)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

The Pyramidal Principal, RES. Lisbon, Portugal (2023)
Photography & ______ w/ Carlos Javier Ortiz, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL (2020)
Intimate Margins, Hathaway Contemporary, Atlanta, GA (2020)
More Light, JOAN, Los Angeles, CA (2017)
Form Shapes Language, Morán Morán, Los Angeles, CA (2018)
Felix, Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, CA (2018)
Objects to identify, Morán Morán, Los Angeles, CA (2018)
Veils, The Underground Museum, Los Angeles, CA. (2014)
In Plain Sight, Art Works Projects for Human Rights w/ Nina Berman & Jon Lowenstein, Chicago, IL (2014)
Write Now, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL. (2012)
It Ain’t Fair, OHWOW, Miami Beach, FL. (2012)
Between Here and There: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL. (2011)
Those who do, Faculty Exhibition, New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL. (2011)
Materialism, OHWOW, Miami, FL. (2011)
The South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Arts Exhibition, Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL. (2011)
Escape the Room, Mosquera Collection, Farside, Miami, FL. (2011)
The Island, Flagler Memorial Island, Curated by Shamim M. Momin, LAND, Miami Beach, FL. (2010)
It Ain’t Fair, OHWOW, Miami, FL. (2010)
New Work Miami 2010, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL. (2010)
Provisions, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, NY. (2010)
Alphabet, Galerie Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, SE. (2010)
Speak Easy, w/ Juan Angel Chavez, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL. (2010)
Writ Deep, Jack Olson Gallery, Northern Illinois University School of Art, Dekalb, IL. (2010)
Confection, OHWOW, Miami, FL. (2009)
Set to Manual, Girls Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL. (2009)
Paper Chase, P/T Gallery, Auckland, NZ. (2009)
Time/Temp, HACC, Hollywood, FL. (2009)
It Ain't Fair, OHWOW, Miami, FL. (2009)
All-Media Biennial, HACC, Hollywood, FL (2009)
Dark Matter, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL (2008)
Michael Genovese and Juan Angel Chavez, Sign Language, Unit B and the University of Texas San Antonio, San Antonio, TX. (2008)
Fumed, Polvo, Chicago, IL. (2008)
Plaff! Co-Habitat, Monterrey, MX Curated by David Hernandez Cosas (2007)
Fusiform, Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA (2007)
Indy Windy, IUN Contemporary Art, Indiana University, Gary, IN (2007)
Somewhere over the rainbow, The Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (2006)
It’s a long walk home, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA (2006)
Tragic Beauty, Open End, Chicago, IL (2005)
Select Media 4: The New Chicagoans, Iron Studios, Chicago, IL. (2005)
Basement, Copenhagen, DK (2005) Amor y Esperanza w/ Chris Silva,Page Brothers Building, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL. (2003)

Piejko, Jennifer. “Color inside the lines,” Essential Homme, March 2016, p.115-117.

"Califuk", Flaunt Magazine, September 2015, p.134.

Shechet, Ellie. “Michael Genovese, Lines and cracks and zebras and horses,” Bullett Magazine, January 18, 2013.

Pieri, Kerry. “Michael Genovese, Lines and cracks and zebras and horses,” Harpers Bazaar, January. 7, 2013.

Mohseni, Yasmine. “Michael Genovese, Lines and cracks and zebras and horses,” Blouin ArtInfo, January, 8, 2013.

Ditty, Sarah. “Michael Genovese,” Argon Magazine, January. 26, 2013, p.16.

Kiesswetter, Jan. Bright, Typography Between Illustration and Art. Cologne: Daab, 2012,  p.162, 311.

“The Pocket Guide to Politics,” New York: D4D/OHWOW, 2012, p.1.

Oliver, James. “Permanence,” New York: Post New, 2012.

Suarez de Jesus, Carlos. “He said, we said”, Miami New Times, April 19, 2012, p11.

Tschida, Anne. “Art of a scribe and the building of a community,” Knight Arts, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, April 25, 2011.

Batet, Janet. “Arte, Cotidianeidad, y mundos virtuales,” El Nuevo Herald, Miami, FL, January 26, 2011, p.17.

Tschida, Anne. “Escape this room,’ Knights Arts, John and James L. Knight Foundation. February 8, 2011.

Brukell, Claire. “OHWOW: A Fabulous Ménage,” Amsterdam: Blend, May 2011.

Momin, Shamim. the island, Los Angeles Nomadic Division, Los Angeles, December 2010. 

Stratton, Shannon. “Writ Deep,” Northern Illinois University, Chicago, IL., 2010.

“Artist-in-Residence creates P.S., NIU Today,” Dekalb, IL: Northern Illinois University, September 8, 2010.

Versal 8, Amsterdam: Words in here, 2010, p. 29.

“Michael Genovese: It's Not the Heat, it's the Humility.” Berlin: Lodown Magazine, May 2009, p 35.

Ruby, Lydia. “Itʼs Not the Heat, itʼs the Humility,” Miami: OHWOW, July 2009.

Gavin, Francesca. “Writing His Way into the History of Art,” London: Dazed & Confused, July 2009, p.33.

“Michael Genovese: Itʼs Not the Heat, itʼs the Humility.” Paris: LʼOfficiel Hommes, July 2009, p. 42.

Klanten, Robert, H. Hellige. Playful Type: Ephemeral Lettering and Illustrative Fonts. Berlin: Die Gestalten Verlag, 2009.

Carroll, Donald. “Just cause it’s legal doesn’t make it right,” Brooklyn, NY: Jack the Pelican, January 2008.

Pocock, Antonia. “We all we got,” Chicago: Packer Schopf, April 2008. 

“See For Yourself: Artist Working On-Site.” MCA Chicago Magazine,  February 2008. p.11-12.

Mikkalo, Erika. “Chicagoans in Transit.” Chicago: Proximity Magazine-Imaginary Cities, October 2008, p. 12-13.

Jarque, Fietta. "El arte marca su territorio" Barcelona, SP: EL PAIS, June 14, 2008, p.13A

Judson, Ben. Sign Language (San Antonio)  Art Lies: Contemporary Art Quarterly  Exhibition Review →

Almeida, Arturo. “UTSA hosts 'Sign Language'” UTSA Today, San Antonio, TX, July 2008.

Silva, Ed. “Signs of the Times” San Antonio Express, San Antonio, TX., July 2008, p.12.

Fitsch, Sarah. “Truth in Advertising” San Antonio Current, San Antonio, TX., July 2008, p.14. 

Klanten, Robert, H. Hellige, and S. Ehmann. The Upset: Young Contemporary Artists, Berlin: Die Gestalten Verlag, 2008, p.136.

Klanten, Robert, H. Hellige. Lemon Poppy Seed: Multitasking Creativity. Berlin: Die Gestalten Verlag, 2008, p.114-116.

Gillam, Greg. “Go Tell Mama...”, Chicago: Proximity Magazine, The Chicago Issue Mapping and Reading Contemporary Culture in the City. Chicago, June 2008, p.146.

“Michael Genovese,” Chicago: Proximity Magazine, The Chicago Issue Mapping and Reading Contemporary Culture in the City, Chicago, May/June 2008 p. 84-85

Platow, Raphaela. New American Paintings, 2008, p.30 

Ponce, Phil. “MCA Chicago Winter Residency,” Chicago Tonight, Art Beat, PBS/WTTW 11, February 2008.

Cosas Hernadez, David. “Plaff!,” Monterrey, MX: Co-Habitat, August 2007. 

Gavin, Francesca. New Underground Art. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2007, p.16-17.

Klanten, Robert, H. Hellige. The Great Escape, Berlin: Die Gestalten Verlag, 2007