Primal Chant

Michael Reeder is an Urban Contemporary artist hailing from Dallas, TX. His artistic practice involves the utilization of diverse mediums and techniques not commonly paired within traditional painting. Furthermore, his work frequently expands beyond the confines of gallery spaces and manifests on expansive exterior walls. Reeder's extensive studies in fine art, coupled with his background in graphic design and early exposure to graffiti, culminate in the distinctive style for which he is renowned today. His artwork commands attention through a daring fusion of vibrant colors, striking geometric patterns, and lifelike imagery. His figurative pieces possess a weightiness, saturated with vivid, eye-catching hues, and imagery that reflect a profound exploration of identity and the inexorable nature of human mortality. Reeder's creations have been showcased both domestically and internationally, featured prominently in esteemed printed publications such as New American Paintings, Le Petit Voyeur, and HiFructose Magazine. Additionally, Michael has actively engaged in collaborative endeavors with various brands, including Santa Cruz Skateboards, New Balance, and Specialized Bicycles. Giclée (pronounced "zhee-clay") is a neologism for the process of making fine art prints from a digital source using ink-jet printing. The word "giclée" is derived from the French language word "le gicleur" meaning "nozzle", or more specifically "gicler" meaning "to squirt, spurt, or spray". It was coined in 1991 by Jack Duganne, a printmaker working in the field, to represent any inkjet-based digital print used as fine art. The intent of that name was to distinguish commonly known industrial "Iris proofs" from the type of fine art prints artists were producing on those same types of printers. The name was originally applied to fine art prints created on Iris printers in a process invented in the early 1990s but has since come to mean any high quality ink-jet print and is often used in galleries and print shops to denote such prints.