Michael Parkes is the world’s leading magical realist painter, sculptor, and stone lithographer. His decades of success as a fine artist stand out in the art world, where less than 1% of artists ever achieve the success in both the primary and secondary markets that Michael has achieved. His works are collected by celebrities, private collectors, and galleries around the world, and his body of work stands for the ages. That being said, Michael continues to create many new works, all of which are widely sought after. Read on for more information about Michael’s exhibition history, style and technique, place in art history, and personal history.

Exhibitions

Michael Parkes has had one-man exhibitions at some of the world’s most renown and exclusive art fairs such as Basel Art in Switzerland, Art Chicago, Art Fair NY, Frankfurt Bookfair, Amsterdam Art Fair, Tefaf Art and Antiques Fair Maastricht. He also has had numerous one man shows for the past three decades in Amsterdam, New York and Paris. His work is eagerly awaited and is represented by galleries in Amsterdam, Paris, Denmark, New York, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, and around the United States. In 2005 Michael was invited by the town hall of Sanary sur Mer, France, to be their guest of honor for a celebration of Magic Realism. The week long events were recorded by French national television. In 2007, Michael was the guest of honor and featured artist in the international show “Venus and the Female Intuition,” exhibited in Denmark and Holland. Also in 2007, Michael Parkes’ work inspired a contemporary ballet production by Scorpius Dance Theater of Phoenix, where his art came alive in the ballet’s sets and characters.