Michael Cline’s paintings focus on familiar objects—plants, curios, pottery, and furniture—found in his immediate surroundings. Avoiding markers of time or place, he emphasizes formal qualities like texture, dust, and light, often using unusual, high-angle perspectives reminiscent of casual photography.

Michael Cline studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Cline has presented solo exhibitions with Nino Meir Gallery in Brussels, BE, and Los Angeles, CA; Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago; David Kordansky, Los Angeles; Horton Gallery, New York; Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York; and Daniel Reich Gallery, New York. His works have also been included in group exhibitions organized by the Parrish Art Museum, New York; Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome; Deste Foundation, Athens; David Zwirner, New York; Lehmann Maupin, New York; and Saatchi Gallery, London. Cline’s paintings are included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; François Pinault Foundation, Venice; and the Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania. 

He lives and works in New York City.
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