Our interview today features the works from talented paper artist Michael Velliquette, whose works are stunningly vibrate and super complex paper sculptures. Color, playing a very powerful role in Velliquette’s work, acts to convey an aesthetic of plentitude. His vocabulary is bright, dense, ornamental, and is punctuated with recurring motifs such as eyes, flowers, feathers, and mandalas.

Contemporary Art Gallery, Lower East Side, New York City

Contemporary Art Gallery, Lower East Side, New York City

Contemporary Art Gallery, Lower East Side, New York City

Contemporary Art Gallery, Lower East Side, New York City

Contemporary Art Gallery, Lower East Side, New York City

Contemporary Art Gallery, Lower East Side, New York City

Contemporary Art Gallery, Lower East Side, New York City

Contemporary Art Gallery, Lower East Side, New York City

Examples of work inspired by Michael Velliquette's paper works Age 10 + concepts: colour, sensation, perception, reaction. density, ornamental, recurring motifs such as eyes, flowers, feathers, and mandalas. Color plays a powerful role in Velliquette’s work and acts to convey an aesthetic of plentitude.

Examples of work inspired by Michael Velliquette's paper works Age 10 + concepts: colour, sensation, perception, reaction. density, ornamental, recurring motifs such as eyes, flowers, feathers, and mandalas. Color plays a powerful role in Velliquette’s work and acts to convey an aesthetic of plentitude.

Artwork by Michael Velliquette

mixed media artist known for works with cut paper. Engaging with the nature of matter, sensation, perception, reaction, and consciousness. Bright, dense, ornamental, and is punctuated with recurring motifs: eyes, flowers, feathers, and mandalas. Color a powerful role in the work and acts to convey an aesthetic of plentitude. The labor-intensive nature of Velliquette’s practice is also foregrounded in much of his work and correlates to a kind of studio-induced mindfulness

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Cut paper artworks by Michael Velliquette.