Michael Mahalchick

Michael Mahalchick (b. 1972, Pottsville, PA) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His works typically centers around sculpture, collage and performance. Working primarily with found materials his work engages with themes of value, memory, temporality, identity and chance.

Artist: Studio

"There is a relationship between my interest in impermanent art materials, unstable sculptural arrangements, and performance’s ephemerality. To me, my objects do a long, slow performance. You exist with them in the moment, but when you next encounter them, they’ve changed."

Artworks

Michael Mahalchick,

Cosmetic Case x16,

2021,

Latex,

64 × 51 in (162.56 × 129.54 cm)

Michael Mahalchick,

12 Faces,

2018 - 2021,

Latex,

28 × 24 × 4 in (71.12 × 60.96 × 10.16 cm)

Michael Mahalchick,

Tree Topper x8,

2019,

Latex,

43 × 43 in (109.22 × 109.22 cm)

Michael Mahalchick,

Latex,

2020,

Latex

Michael Mahalchick,

The Tribulation,

2016,

94 ½ × 65 ¾ in (240.03 × 167.005 cm)

Mixed media

Michael Mahalchick,

Triple Doors,

2016,

50 ½ × 59 ½ in (128.27 × 151.13 cm)

Mixed media

Michael Mahalchick,

Snowman,

2014,

Dimensions variable

Mixed media

Michael Mahalchick,

Crutches,

2013,

Dimensions variable

Mixed media

Michael Mahalchick,

Magnets,

2013,

47 × 28 in (119.38 × 71.12 cm)

Metal shelves, magnets, timer

Michael Mahalchick,

One Way Out,

2008,

83 × 37 × 11 ¼ in (210.82 × 93.98 × 28.58 cm)

Mixed media

Michael Mahalchick,

All You've Ever Wanted,

2008,

59 ½ × 29 × 19 in (151.13 × 73.66 × 48.26 cm)

Mixed media

Michael Mahalchick,

Ham Ray Nay,

2008,

33 ¼ × 27 × 2 in (84.46 × 68.58 × 5.08 cm)

Mixed media

Michael Mahalchick,

You Want This?,

2008,

33 ¼ × 27 × 2 in (84.46 × 68.58 × 5.08 cm)

Mixed media

Installation Views

Installation view, US, CANADA, 2021

Exhibitions

Michael Mahalchick, US, Sep 10 – Oct 9, 2021
Michael Mahalchick, Skin Game, Mar 26 – May 1, 2016
Michael Mahalchick, IT, Mar 7 – Apr 22, 2012
Michael Mahalchick, For What It's Worth, Jan 23 – Feb 22, 2009
Michael Mahalchick, Unnatural Desires, Oct 20 – Dec 4, 2005
Michael Mahalchick, insides, Jan 31 – Mar 7, 2004
Michael Mahalchick and Jocelyn Shipley, Transmogrification, Jan 25 – Feb 23, 2003

Publications

Michael Mahalchick
Body Work, 2021

Michael Mahalchick
It, 2012

Press

Hakim Bishara, “8 Art Shows to See in New York City This May”, Hyperallergic, May 3

Jennifer Krasinski "Michael Mahalchick." Artforum December 1, 2021

"Valuing the Discarded: Michael Mahalchick Interviewed by Elisabeth Kley." Bomb September 22, 2021

"NADA to Stage Non-Fair Exhibition on Governors Island in New York." Alex Greenberger May 31, 2018

Irena Jurek "Skin Game: An Interview with Michael Mahalchick." Art F City April 27, 2016

Roberta Smith "The Lower East Side as Petri Dish." The New York Times April 21, 2016

Paul Laster "Weekend Edition: 10 Things to Do in New York's Art World Before April 25th." New York Observer April 21, 2016

John Chiaverina "Extreme Relaxation: Michael Mahalchick Goes the Distance in His Performance at Canada Gallery Opening." ArtNewsMarch 30, 2016

Scott Indrisek "Keanu Reeves, Condoms, and Other Uncommon Materials." BlackBook March 18, 2016

Matthew Hassell "Michael Mahalchick at Louis B. James." NY Arts Magazine April 28, 2014

Brienne Walsh "Michael Mahalchick." ArtReview May 2012

Jillian Steinhauer ""Picasso Baby," One More Time." Hyperallergic August 3, 2013

"Object Sculptures Of Michael Mahalchick At NBMAA." March 19, 2013

"Mahalchick." New York Magazine June 27, 2012

Roberta Smith "Michael Mahalchick." The New York Times April 13, 2012

"Michael Mahalchick." New York Magazine March 26, 2012

Karen Rosenberg "'For What It's Worth'." The New York Times February 6, 2009

Karen Rosenberg "Art in Review: Michael Mahalchick." The New York Times February 6, 2009

Roberta Smith "A Point in Space is a Place for Argument." The New York Times July 20, 2007

Chris Sharp "Brian Belott and Michael Mahalchick." Flash Art October 2006

Lori Waxman "Critics PIck: Michael Mahalchick." Artforum November 23, 2005

Julie Fishkin "Michael Mahalchick: Unnatural Desires." Flavorpill October 20, 2005

Domenick Ammirati "Michael Mahalchick." contemporary October/November 2005

Domenick Ammirati "Michael Mahalchick." artUS April 30, 2005

Domenick Ammiratti "Unnatural Desires." Artforum Summer 2004

Domenick Ammirati "Michael Mahalchick." Artforum Summer 2004

Katie Stone "Michael Mahalchick." Brooklyn Rail April 2004

Holland Cotter "Michael Mahalchick." The New York Times February 27, 2004

Holland Cotter "Michael Mahalchick." The New York Times February 24, 2004

Roberta Smith "A Grand Finale of Group Show Fireworks." The New York Times July 18, 2003

Lisi Raskin "Jocelyn Shipley and Michael Mahalchick." frieze frieze 2003

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b. 1972, Pottsville, PA

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

  • Education

    • 1995

      MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

    • 1993

      BFA, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

  • Selected Solo Exhibitions

    • 2022

      Ghost Maps, Practice, Philadelphia, PA

    • 2021

      US, CANADA, New York, NY

    • 2018

      Close Quarters, NADA on Governors Island, New York, NY

      Martel Window Project: Michael Mahalchick, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

    • 2016

      Skin Games, CANADA, New York, NY

    • 2014

      Workin’ in a Hole Mine, 247365, Brooklyn, NY

      Last Arrangements, Louis B. James, New York, NY

    • 2013

      Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT