{"id":26172,"date":"2023-09-21T20:48:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T20:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/?p=26172"},"modified":"2023-09-21T21:23:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T21:23:40","slug":"michael-polakowski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/michael-polakowski\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Polakowski"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14034 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_8242-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_8242-1.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_8242-2.jpeg 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.5-50gallery.com\/\">Michael Polakowski<\/a> is a painter based in Detroit, MI. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently at <i>Oever Gallery<\/i> in Oostende, BE, in the two-person show <i>\u2018Near\/Far\u2019<\/i>. In January 2023, his solo show <i>\u2018Anywhere and Here\u2019<\/i> was mounted at <i>Thinkspace Projects<\/i>, Los Angeles, CA. Other notable exhibitions include the group shows <i>\u2018Potluck\u2019<\/i> at <i>Hashimoto Contemporary<\/i>, Los Angeles, CA; <i>\u2018LAX \/ AMS\u2019<\/i> at Thinkspace Projects, Amsterdam, NL; <i>\u2018Voyage\u2019<\/i> at <i>Nothing at All<\/i>, Sheung Wan, HK; \u2018Get Together\u2019 at <i>Reyes Finn<\/i>, Detroit, MI; and <i>\u2018Pet Peeves\u2019<\/i> at <i>5-50 Gallery<\/i>, NYC\u2028\u2028. Polakowski was awarded the <i>Red Bull House of Art<\/i> <i>Residency<\/i> in the fall of 2019. He recently completed a mural in collaboration with the <i>Detroit Institute of Arts<\/i> as a part of their Partners in Public Art Program and has participated in <i>Murals in the Market<\/i> and <i>Bright Walls Mural Festival.<\/i> His works have been featured by publications like <i>Juxtapoz<\/i>, <i>Booooooom<\/i> and <i>ArtMaze Magazine<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Polakowski\u2019s work is currently on view at <i>5-50 Gallery<\/i> in New York City, in the two-person show \u2018Back In 5\u2019, alongside paintings by Ivan Montoya. \u2018Back in 5\u2019 is on view through the 8th of October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14035\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14035 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-polakowski-Ill_Be_Back_In_Five.jpg?resize=696%2C873&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-polakowski-Ill_Be_Back_In_Five-1.jpg 816w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-polakowski-Ill_Be_Back_In_Five-2.jpg 239w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-polakowski-Ill_Be_Back_In_Five-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-polakowski-Ill_Be_Back_In_Five-4.jpg 1223w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-polakowski-Ill_Be_Back_In_Five-5.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-polakowski-Ill_Be_Back_In_Five-6.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-polakowski-Ill_Be_Back_In_Five-7.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Polakowski, \u2018I\u2019ll Be Back in 5\u2019, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 24\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14037\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14037\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14037 size-large\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &#039;Segoe UI&#039;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &#039;Open Sans&#039;, &#039;Helvetica Neue&#039;, sans-serif;\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-Polakowski-Minor_Inconvenience-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-Polakowski-Minor_Inconvenience-1.jpg 795w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-Polakowski-Minor_Inconvenience-2.jpg 233w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-Polakowski-Minor_Inconvenience-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-Polakowski-Minor_Inconvenience-4.jpg 1193w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-Polakowski-Minor_Inconvenience-5.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-Polakowski-Minor_Inconvenience-6.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-Polakowski-Minor_Inconvenience-7.jpg 1319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Polakowski, \u2018Minor Inconvenience\u2019, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 46\u201d x 36\u201d\u2028\u2028<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14036\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14036 size-large\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &#039;Segoe UI&#039;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &#039;Open Sans&#039;, &#039;Helvetica Neue&#039;, sans-serif;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-Polakowski-Kick_Your_Feet_Up.jpg?resize=696%2C874&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-Polakowski-Kick_Your_Feet_Up-1.jpg 815w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-Polakowski-Kick_Your_Feet_Up-2.jpg 239w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-Polakowski-Kick_Your_Feet_Up-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-Polakowski-Kick_Your_Feet_Up-4.jpg 1222w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-Polakowski-Kick_Your_Feet_Up-5.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-Polakowski-Kick_Your_Feet_Up-6.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/5-50-Gallery-M-Polakowski-Kick_Your_Feet_Up-7.jpg 1323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Polakowski, \u2018Kick Your Feet Up\u2019, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 24\u2033<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Polakowski is a painter based in Detroit, MI. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently at Oever Gallery in Oostende, BE, in the two-person show \u2018Near\/Far\u2019. In January 2023, his solo show \u2018Anywhere and Here\u2019 was mounted at Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, CA. Other notable exhibitions include the group shows \u2018Potluck\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26172","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-interview","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26172"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26201,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26172\/revisions\/26201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}