Michael Powell

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thethingthatlookslikeatreebutisnotatree, 2011

thethingthatlookslikeatreebutisnotatree, 2011

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Michael Powell is based in Conwy, Wales


I am an artist and writer born in England. Working in Illustration, Collage and Installation. I am currently very interested in and influenced by Norse God, Aztec and Celtic myths, Hermann Hesse, Jorge Luis Borges, Alan Watts, music, the natural world and the play, nonsense and flow of reality as it crashes against my everyday life.

Solo exhibitions

  • 2011 By Catching at the twigs that form between blis and me part two, Pensychnant Conservation Centre (Helfa Gelf), Conwy
  • 2010 By Catching at the twigs that form between bliss and me part one, Emporium 37, Bristol

Group exhibitions

  • 2012 RCA Open 2012, RCA, Conwy
  • 2011 Helfa Gelf Open 2011, Galeri, Caernarfon

Competitions, prizes and awards

  • 2011 Arts Council Wales Personal Development Grant, Arts Council Wales, Conwy, North Wales

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