Artist: Michael Webster | Location: Spartanburg, SC
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Artist: Michael Webster | Location: Spartanburg, SC
Spartanburg, SC
Michael Webster (Wilmington, NC. 1987) is an artist who focuses on the social organization of space through site-specific projects, sculpture, and installation. His work is context-driven and materially attuned, investigating the effects of power on social geography with a focus on long-term participatory projects rooted in the southern United States. Webster was recently named the 2023 Finalist for the Southern Prize and the South Carolina State Fellow by South Arts. He has participated in residencies at ChaNorth, the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Elsewhere Living Museum, and Penland School of Craft.
Exhibitions include the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum, Locust Projects, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville, and Western Carolina University. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from East Carolina University and a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Currently, he is an assistant professor at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Artist Website
michaelwebsterstudio.com