ARTIST

MICHAEL ENN SIRVET

 

“In essence, I restructure nature to show it to people anew; creating a mythos of forms that are both of nature and forges in the fires on industry, technology, and human desire.” -Sirvet

 

SCULPTURES

ARTIST STATEMENT

American structuralist, artist, designer, and engineer, Michael Enn Sirvet strives to capture the primitive beauty within familiar forms. Sirvet builds structures that recreate the ocean’s waves in steel tangent lines; the decaying of leaves in thousands of perfectly drilled holes; and the ephemeral wind captured in billowing metal. Informed by his observations in nature, Sirvet interprets the underlying architecture and constructs a bridge between simple icons and complex ideas.

The artist explains: “My hope is that the simple intricacies of my abstracted, purified forms will invoke recognition and impart the wonder that I feel for nature." Sirvet lives and keeps a full-time studio practice in Washington D.C. Many of his pieces can be found in private collections and at several U.S. embassies.

The artist restructures nature to show it to people anew— creating a mythos of forms born of nature and forged in the fires of industry, technology, and human desire. The tension between these ideas and the sustainability of actions is perhaps the defining question of our time. Nature cannot be considered without acknowledging humanity’s effects, and Sirvet’s artwork is a fusion of the harmony and disharmony of that relationship.

The simple intricacies of his abstracted, purified assemblages and forms invoke recognition and impart the wonder that he feels for nature. Because he uses industrial materials and methods to create his artworks, there is an embedded irony when considering the effects of man's technological and industrial development upon nature and our environment. 

 

BY MEDIUM

 

SHOWINGS

 

  • 2017 | CONTEXT NEW YORK | New York, NY | CHRISTOPHER MARTIN GALLERY

  • 2017 | ART BOCA RATON | Boca Raton, FL | CHRISTOPHER MARTIN GALLERY

  • 2017 | ART WYNWOOD | Miami, FL | CHRISTOPHER MARTIN GALLERY

  • 2017 | ART PALM SPRINGS | Palm Springs, CA | CHRISTOPHER MARTIN GALLERY

  • 2016 | CONTEXT ART MIAMI | Miami, FL | CHRISTOPHER MARTIN GALLERY

  • 2016 | SOFA ART EXPO | Chicago, IL | CHRISTOPHER MARTIN GALLERY

  • 2016 | SCULPTOUT CANYON RD. | CHRISTOPHER MARTIN GALLERY | Santa Fe NM

  • 2016 | SUMMER | CHRISTOPHER MARTIN GALLERY | Aspen, CO

  • 2016 | ART ASPEN ART FAIR | Aspen, CO | CHRISTOPHER MARTIN GALLERY

  • 2016 | ART HAMPTONS ART FAIR | Bridgehampton, NY |  CHRISTOPHER MARTIN GALLERY

  • 2016 | SPRING | CHRISTOPHER MARTIN GALLERY | Santa Fe, NM

  • 2016 | REFLECTIONS | CHRISTOPHER MARTIN GALLERY | Dallas, TX

  • 2016 | ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST DESIGN SHOW | New York, NY | CHASE EDWARDS CONTEMPORARY

  • 2016 | ART WYNWOOD | Miami, FL | CHRISTOPHER MARTIN GALLERY

  • 2015 | CONTEXT ART MIAMI | Miami, FL | CHRISTOPHER MARTIN GALLERY

  • 2015 | SOFA ART EXPO | Chicago, IL | C FINE ART

  • 2015 | ART ASPEN ART FAIR | Aspen, CO | CHRISTOPHER MARTIN GALLERY

  • 2015 | HAMPTONS ART AND DESIGN ART FAIR | Bridgehampton, NY | C FINE ART

  • 2015 | ART HAMPTONS ART FAIR | Bridgehampton, NY |  CHRISTOPHER MARTIN GALLERY

  • 2014 | GALLERY PLAN B | Washington, DC

  • 2014 | VISARTS - CONCOURSE GALLERY | Rockville, MD

  • 2014 | ART WYNWOOD ART FAIR | Miami, FL

  • 2014 | ALIDA ANDERSON PROJECTS

  • 2013 | THE HAMILTONIAN GALLERY | Washington, DC

  • 2013 | THE ARTIST CIRCLE | North Potomac, MD

  • 2013 | ADLON DESIGN | Washington, DC

  • 2013 | THE CAPITOL ARTS NETWORK GALLERY | Rockville, MD

  • 2012 | ADLON DESIGN | Washington, DC

  • 2012 | UNCOMMON GROUND III @ Bridge Gardens | Bridgehampton, NY |  C FINE ART

  • 2011 | THE ARTERY PLAZA GALLERY | Bethesda, MD

  • 2011 | UNCOMMON GROUND II @ Bridge Gardens | Bridgehampton, NY | C FINE ART

  • 2011 | ART HAMPTONS ART FAIR - 2011 | Bridgehampton, NY | C FINE ART

  • 2011 | REYES+DAVIS INDEPENDENT EXHIBITIONS | Washington, DC

  • 2010 | UPSTAIRS ON 7TH | Wearable Sculpture Exhibition | Washington, DC

  • 2010 | THE HAMILTONIAN GALLERY | Washington, DC

  • 2010 | THE HAMILTONIAN GALLERY | Washington, DC

  • 2009 | SCOPE ART FAIR MIAMI - 2009 | Miami, FL | HAMILTONIAN GALLERY

  • 2009 | SPECIAL EVENT | KINESTHESIA - Collaborations in Sculpture and Dance | Reyes+Davis Gallery - washington, DC

  • 2009 | REYES+DAVIS INDEPENDENT EXHIBITIONS | Washington, DC

  • 2009 | THE HAMILTONIAN GALLERY | Washington, DC

  • 2008 | SCOPE ART FAIR MIAMI - 2008 | Miami, FL | HAMILTONIAN GALLERY

  • 2008 | JAN LARSEN ART | Brooklyn, NY

  • 2007 | THE WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATER COMPANY | Washington, DC2007

  • 2007 | TOUCHET GALLERY | Baltimore, MD

  • 2007 | MADE IN METAL STUDIOS | Baltimore, MD

  • 2006 | GALLERY PLAN B | Washington, DC

  • 2006 | THE BLACK ROCK CENTER FOR THE ARTS | Germantown, MD

  • 2006 | THE ATTIS GALLERY | Washington, DC

  • 2006 | GALLERY NEPTUNE | Bethesda, MD

  • 2005 | GALLERY PLAN B | Washington, DC

  • 2004 | GLENVIEW MANSION ART GALLERY | Rockville, MD

  • 2003 | WASHINGTON SQUARE | 'Sculpture Now 2003' | Washington, DC

  • 2002 | CREATIVE PARTNERS GALLERY | Bethesda, MD