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Mikey Yates - Home Clothes

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8 - 29 December 2020
  • Mikey Yates - Home Clothes

    December 8 - 29

     

     

  • Taymour Grahne Projects is pleased to present Home Clothes, an online solo exhibition by Boulder, Colorado-based Filipino American artist Mikey...

    Taymour Grahne Projects is pleased to present Home Clothes, an online solo exhibition by Boulder, Colorado-based Filipino American artist Mikey Yates, opening virtually on December 8, 2020.

  • MIKEY YATES B. 1992 Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany. Lives and works in Denver, Colorado. Mikey Yates grew up moving from place to...

    MIKEY YATES

    B. 1992 Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany.

    Lives and works in Denver, Colorado.

     

    Mikey Yates  grew up moving from place to place with his family of six, his parents both serving time in the military. Yates has a BFA from Missouri State University and is a current MFA candidate at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Mikey has been featured in BOOOOOOOM!, YNGSPC & Friend of the Artist, and will be in the upcoming MFA annual issue of New American Paintings, curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody.

     



    • Working from memory, family photos, and observation, Mikey explores his personal and family mythology through his work. His pictures are diaristic and deal with the construction of identity, the Filipino American experience, and contemporary life in the USA. His environments are populated with traces of his disparate experiences, allowing them to conflict and converse to express a specific hybridity, building a mosaic with the remnants of cultural collisions. This series of work largely consists of domestic interiors and still lives embodying human figures. 

    • This year, Mikey had to close his studio at the University of Colorado due to COVID-19, and self-isolate at home. Most of the works featured in this online solo were made during quarantine and started in the artist’s 10 ft x 10 ft garage in Colorado. Mikey left behind the paintings he had in progress and slowly started making new work on a smaller scale to fit this space. These multi-figural compositions show the impact of the pandemic on everyday family life. Seeing this year as an extended pause to normality, Mikey comments on routine, the experience of sharing small spaces with others and the contrasts of inside and outside. 

    • The wildfires that ravaged Colorado this year gave the light a red tint, reflected in many of these images, and gave Mikey’s apartment an otherworldly feeling. The strong sunlight, the unpleasant routine, and the idea of exhaustion from staying inside for too long are additional elements that give a whole new meaning to the imagery of the calm home. Mikey’s paintings are deeply personal, yet they also reflect experiences we collectively shared during quarantine, thus becoming relatable and immediate.

  • Most of the works featured in this online solo were made during quarantine and started in the artist’s 10 ft... Most of the works featured in this online solo were made during quarantine and started in the artist’s 10 ft...

    Most of the works featured in this online solo were made during quarantine and started in the artist’s 10 ft x 10 ft garage in Colorado.

  • The wildfires that ravaged Colorado this year gave the light a red tint, reflected in many of these images, and... The wildfires that ravaged Colorado this year gave the light a red tint, reflected in many of these images, and...

    The wildfires that ravaged Colorado this year gave the light a red tint, reflected in many of these images, and gave Mikey’s apartment an otherworldly feeling.

  • Works

    • Mikey Yates, Billy's Backyard, 2020
      Mikey Yates, Billy's Backyard, 2020
      Sold
    • Mikey Yates, Cortez Cleaner, 2020
      Mikey Yates, Cortez Cleaner, 2020
      Sold
    • Mikey Yates, Eggs & Rice, 2020
      Mikey Yates, Eggs & Rice, 2020
      Sold
    • Mikey Yates, Hike, 2020
      Mikey Yates, Hike, 2020
      Sold
    • Mikey Yates, Hoop Dreams, 2019
      Mikey Yates, Hoop Dreams, 2019
      Sold
    • Mikey Yates, Laundry Day, 2020
      Mikey Yates, Laundry Day, 2020
      Sold
    • Mikey Yates, Line Up, 2020
      Mikey Yates, Line Up, 2020
      Sold
    • Mikey Yates, Merienda, 2019
      Mikey Yates, Merienda, 2019
      Sold
    • Mikey Yates, Olyvia after Work, 2020
      Mikey Yates, Olyvia after Work, 2020
      Sold
    • Mikey Yates, Self Portrait in Garage, 2020
      Mikey Yates, Self Portrait in Garage, 2020
      $ 700.00
    • Mikey Yates, Study for Billy's Backyard, 2020
      Mikey Yates, Study for Billy's Backyard, 2020
      Sold
    • Mikey Yates, Study for Wildfire, 2020
      Mikey Yates, Study for Wildfire, 2020
      Sold
    • Mikey Yates, Wildfire, 2020
      Mikey Yates, Wildfire, 2020
      Sold
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