M I C H A E L   E S C O F F E R Y

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Michael Escoffery was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He has exhibited in over 160 solo exhibitions and over 200 group shows worldwide. Escoffery has been the subject of numerous television, radio, newspaper and magazine profiles and his work is published in over 70 books worldwide and in 9 languages. Escoffery is outspoken, controversial and sensitive to his position and responsibilities as an artist. He refuses to be tied down to any particular artistic mode, and has never been shy or tentative about expressing his view and artistic vision, as he seeks to broaden the scope and visual content of his audience’s perception. Escoffery’s on-going analysis of contemporary life as it crosses the boundaries of time and space, underlines the complex richness of his paintings. With each body of work, he creates a new reality, engaging the viewer in the mystery of the relationship between color, form, and texture. His work affords us the opportunity to contemplate various aspects of an ever-changing reality. MAJOR SERIES "ABSTRACT REALISM" Escoffery's on-going fascination with relationship between abstraction and realism. "ALL THAT JAZZ" A series of collages, works on paper and oils on canvas, exploring Jazz music. "ICONOGRAPHY" Painting of everyday objects unique to the Jamaican culture. MALCOLM X Thirty-five (35) works on paper dedicated to the memory of the late civil rights leader Malcolm X. "STARS & STRIPES" Fifty-six (56) paintings of the US Flag. Escoffery uses the American flag in ways its creator would not have dreamed, presenting it in every imaginable variety of folds and drapes thereby transcending its identity to pure form. 400 YEARS OF MY PEOPLE A total of 75 portraits and paintings depicting the African Diaspora Images portrayed in these works represent symbols in the struggle of African-Caribbean-American history throughout the past 400 years. "THINK LIBERTY" A series of paintings paying tribute to the victims of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Published a limited Edition Print "Think Liberty to benefit the families and victims.