Hand coloring, Permaset Aqua Fabric ink on Arches En-Tout-Cas, 12 in x 27.5 in Variable edition of 12, produced with Print Fellow Keely Snook Michael Waugh is known for intricate, representational drawings formed from minuscule handwritten words, a practice known as micrography. Waugh laboriously transcribes long texts – such as government reports or theoretical books about power and capital – into optically dizzying portraits and landscapes. To Waugh, the selection of texts and images and the relationship between the two are the conceptual heart of his work. Waugh earned his graduate degree in painting from New York University in 2000; but he also has degrees in writing from Texas State University and history from the University of Texas. He has exhibited internationally for the last fifteen years and his work has been reviewed by the New York Times, Art in America, and ARTNews. His work is held in numerous collections, including the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and The McEvoy Foundation for the Arts. He is the recipient of awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts, The Marie Walsh Sharp Space Program, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.
