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T. Mikey
New York, NY
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T. Mikey is showing at:
The B.O.B. The B.O.B.
20 Monroe Ave Nw
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
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T. Mikey
Artist bio: Over the past decade, award winning artist, writer, and inventor T. Mikey has been dazzling audiences with his new and exciting patented painting technique he has named “Three Dimensional Ultraviolet” (3DUV). A product of his own invention 3DUV painting creates a three dimensional image by painting across multiple layers of transparency using a SECRET FORMULA of paint that is simultaneously translucent to back-light and phosphorescent to ultraviolet light.

This innovative painting technique was even awarded US Patent #6,720,961 in 2004 for technical breakthroughs that allows for Three Dimensional Images to be displayed without the need for wearing eye-straining glasses.

T. Mikey graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1999, has shown in numerous galleries and museums and is held in numerous collections.
Artist statement: I am a storyteller that exists in the Neon.
My works aim to present a super-sweet eye candy that spins tales of mythology, politics, and personal experiences that are tinged with irony, humor and wonder. The work uses an inventive new method to create this imagery that is at once stunning and fascinating. The 3DUV painting technique taps directly into our brain’s image and sense-making centers, forming a hypnotically convincing illusion of depth and form that is capable of changing color and mood at the flip of a switch. This innovation offers an invitation to stare at the many enigmatic qualities of varying intensities of light and glowing paint while contemplating an analytical story told by the subconscious mind.
About the work:
Title: The Secret of Three Dimensional Ultraviolet (3DUV)

Art form: 3-D

Medium: 3DUV

Year created: 2007

Description of work: THE COLORS!
THE COLORS!
MY GOD,
THE COLORS!

3DUV is a Truly Original Collection of Optical Masterpieces.

Transparent yet Illuminated - each painting is a color changing multilayered three dimensional panoramic image that shifts from white to ultraviolet light, at the flip of a switch drastically changing the color and mood of the painting while presenting a hypnotically convincing illusion of three dimensional depth and form.

This innovative painting technique was even awarded US Patent #6,720,961 in 2004 for technical breakthroughs that allows for Three Dimensional Images to be displayed without the need for wearing eye-straining glasses.

Three T Mikey paintings:

"Please Ignore the Man Behind the Curtain"
"Picnic on the Moon"
"Alice in Mikeyland"


See the Rapidian write up:
http://therapidian.org/artprize-artist-profile-many-colors-t-mikey

Work statement: The mysterious Three Dimensional Ultraviolet painting technique dramatically increases the viewer's sense of depth, form, color, and wonder so as to more fully engage the public as each piece tells the highly detailed story woven into it's composition.

Those stories include:

"Please Ignore the Man Behind the Curtain"
Set to the Characters of the "Wizard of OZ" each character represents an aspect of the emotional content of Sept. 11.

"Picnic on the Moon"
Explores religious and philosophical content of wanting to leave it all behind while knowing one can never truly separate from the infinite connections that bind us all to each other and the Universe we are all a part of.

"Alice in Mikeyland"
You are the many facets of Alice staring into the Looking Glass of your life at a moment of choice and introspection asking yourself, "Whoooooo R U"

Can you decipher the mysteries within...
The Secret of Three Dimensional Ultraviolet?
Technical details:
Work width: 103 inches
Work height: 78 inches
Work depth: 12 inches
Required venue ceiling: 90 inches
Required venue door height: 60 inches
Required venue door width: 36 inches
Required wall linear footage: 30 ft.
Required venue square footage: 50 sq. ft.
Additional considerations:
Audio/video needed: No
Electrical needed: Yes
Lighting needed: No
Internet access needed: No
Ground floor access needed: Yes
Indoor space needed: Yes
Outdoor space needed: No
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