Artist Lecture Series: Michael Arcega

Michael Arcega is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in sculpture and installations. His art, though visual, is largely inspired by language and jokes. He utilizes comedic strategies and tactics to express darker global issues stemming from asymmetrical power dynamics.

Arcega’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including the recent show Cartographic Imagination in the SF State Fine Arts Gallery. His solo shows include the de Young Museum, San Francisco; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu; Marx & Zavattero, SF; and Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, NY. Arcega has enjoyed residencies at the De Young Art Center in San Francisco, 18th St. Art Center in Santa Monica, and Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito. Recently, He was awarded the Joan Mitchell M.F.A. award.

Co-sponsored by KQED.