michael wyshock

Michael Wyshock is a multimedia contemporary artist. His current research interests concern the spatial implications of multi-dimensional color and phenomenological systems. Wyshock’s projects and art work have received awards and support from numerous public and private sponsors--the Pollock Krasner Foundation, the Ringling Tower award, fellowship of the Vermont Studio Center, the Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Award, Louisiana Arts Council Award, University of Central Arkansas Research Award, State University of New York Research Award, and the Florida State University Distinguished Alumni Award. Since 2010, he has been teaching in the Fine Arts Department at Ringling College of Art and Design.

“These paintings are made with a free hand format of polygonal abstraction as part of a series I call Caustic Optics. In these artworks the edges and corners are aligned to merge and split groups of shapes. Attempts are made with each surface to continually combine, separate, squeeze, fold and bend the shapes into potential patterns, similar to ones that can also be found in light refractions through water, supernumerary rainbows, and computer graphics.”