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About Me
Pronouns: He/Him or They/Them
His name is Michael Montgomery.
He is from Mobile, Alabama and is currently studying Digital Art, Music, and Creative Writing at Millsaps College located in Jackson, Mississippi. He currently serves as the treasurer of the Kappa Pi International Honorary Art Fraternity, and he holds the Doris Derby Visual Arts and Social Justice Award: Outstanding Photographer as well as the John Jennings Award April 2021. He received these awards as a result of presenting his works at the Jackson, Mississippi 2021 CASE Festival.
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Michael’s work is currently focused in sculpture, installation, and digital media which are created by lights and the alteration of recycled, purchased, and personal items. Recent works of his range from event flyers to interactive scenes. His works engage in conversations about overworking, alcohol, gender expression, perception, and anxiety. His focus on installation art aims to immerse the viewer in a curated experience in order to engage with them as well as expand the general perception of art.
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Digitally he works with Canva, various Adobe programs such as photoshop and illustrator, and digital sketchpads.
Artist Statement
For the past year, my works have focused on capturing personal experiences with alcohol, overworking, and the benefits and burdens of interpersonal connections. I create these experiences through the use of installation and scenes people can interact with; sculpture; digital media in the form of projections, light-design, custom prints; and visual and audible sound. I enjoy when a viewer can live in, interact, and alter my works, leaving their fingerprint on a piece just like the impact they leave on me and vice versa.
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My goal is to bring people into a familiar space that nevertheless offers someone else’s perspective whether it’s through the conversation of the piece itself or a result of conversing with other viewers. Inspired by Marcel Duchamp and his role in the Dada Movement, I believe that art is created via the viewer and their reaction and not limited to the piece itself. Therefore, I aim to create a strong reaction with my work. Above all, my artistic motivation for creating these pieces is my love for people and my desire to create something from them.