Michael Armstrong studied art at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts in Christchurch. Since then he has exhibited in numerous group and solo shows throughout the country and in Australia, most recently The Blurred Fringes of the Hyperbolic at Ashburton Art Gallery in 2017. His many awards include the prestigious Francis Hodgkins Fellowship, the Heartland Sculpture Award and Fulbright Wallace Arts Trust Award. Michael is lecturer and programme co-ordinator of art at the Ara Institute of Canterbury, (formerly Aoraki Polytechnic) in Timaru.
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Nonesuch Gully
Oil on canvas
$1200100x132mm (framed)
A Page From ‘The Book of Local Fauna’
Monoprint on paper
Sold250x270mm (in mat)
Nonesuch Gully
Oil on glass
$75055x55mm
A Page From ‘The Book of Local Fauna’
Monoprint on paper
$575250x270mm (in mat)
Nonesuch Gully
Oil on glass
$75060x60mm
A Common Tale
Monoprint on paper
$575250x270 (in mat)
Nonesuch Gully
Oil on glass
$90085x45mm
A Common Tale
Monoprint on paper
$575250x270 (in mat)
Nonesuch Gully
Oil on gesso panel
$2500190x100mm
A Common Tale
Monoprint on paper
Sold250x270 (in mat)
Nonesuch Gully
Oil on canvas
$2500177x125mm
A Common Tale
Monoprint on paper
Sold250x270 (in mat)
Nonesuch Gully
Oil on glass
$90075x75mm
A Common Tale
Monoprint on paper
$575250x270 (in mat)
Nonesuch Gully
Oil on glass
$90080x80mm
A Common Tale
Monoprint on paper
Sold250x270 (in mat)
Nonesuch Gully
Oil on glass
$90070x70mm
The Chorus
Monoprint on paper
$975265x420 (in mat)
Nonesuch Gully
Oil on canvas
$2700250x150mm
The Chorus
Monoprint on paper
$975265x420 (in mat)
Nonesuch Gully
Oil on gesso panel
Sold146x110mm
The Chorus
Monoprint on paper
$1175330x480mm (in mat)
Nonesuch Gully
Oil on gesso panel
Sold74x190mm
The Chorus
Monoprint on paper
$117533x480mm (in mat)
Nonesuch Gully
Oil on canvas
$90090x70mm
The Chrous
Monoprint on paper
$1175330x480 (in mat)
Nonesuch Gully
Oil on glass
Sold70x70mm
Nonesuch Gully
Oil on glass
$65070x70mm
A Series of Miscalculations
Acrylic on canvas
$200001940x1610
The Invisible Hand
Acrylic on canvas
$1500570x420
Between the Super Symmetry and the Multiverse
Acrylic on canvas
$5000935x790
The Price of our Presumption
Acrylic on canvas
$5000965x800
The Independent Man
Acrylic on canvas
$5000965x800
Cascade Effect
Acrylic on canvas
$60001023x615
Closed System
Acrylic on canvas
$95001240x1310
Floating Memories
Ink on paper
Sold585x765mm
Drift
Acrylic on paper
$750765x585mm
Drifting Dances
Ink on paper
$2150765x585mm
Fissure
Acrylic on paper
$750585x765mm
Day Dreams
Ink on paper
$2150585x765mm
Launch
Acrylic on paper
Sold765x585mm
Study for Drift 1
Acrylic on paper
Sold420x300mm
Study for Drift 2
Acrylic on paper
Sold420x300mm
Study for Drift 3
Acrylic on paper
Sold420x300mm
Study for Drift 4
Acrylic on paper
Sold420x300mm
Study for Drift 5
Acrylic on paper
Sold420x300mm
Study for Drift 6
Acrylic on paper
Sold420x300mm
Passage I
Mixed media on paper
$540375x1060mm
Passage II
Mixed media on paper
$540375x1060mm
Passage III
Mixed media on paper
$540375x1060mm
Passage IV
Mixed media on paper
$540375x1060mm
Puysegur I
Mixed media on paper
Sold1050x750mm
Puysegur II
Mixed media on paper
Sold1050x750mm
Puysegur III
Mixed media on paper
Sold1050x750mm
Melting down
Oil on board
Sold350x300mm
Falls study (swamp longing)
Oil on board
Sold300x250mm
Falls study (veils)
Oil on board
Sold300x250mm
Waters emergent
Oil on board
Sold350x300mm
Retreating mountain
Oil on board
Sold350x350mm
Falls study (bloodstreams)
Oil on board
Sold300x250mm
Glittering banks
Oil on board
Sold350x350mm
Murky yen
Oil on board
Sold350x300mm
Falls study (mossy)
Oil on board
Sold300x250mm
Falls study (murmur)
Oil on board
Sold300x250mm
Sluice primeval
Oil on board
Sold350x350mm
Fringe arc
Oil on board
Sold350x350mm
Falls study (sleeted)
Oil on board
Sold300x250mm
Palls
Oil on board
Sold350x350mm
Rachis ardour
Oil on board
Sold350x300
Wavering shade
Oil on board
Sold350x350mm
de void opening
de void
Oil on canvas
$2600900x1800
Ignition
Oil on canvas
Sold900x700mm
Fluctuation
Oil on canvas
$1200700x1200mm
Condensation
Oil on canvas
$900900x700mm
Expansion
Oil on canvas
Sold700x1200mm
Under the Skin 4
Acrylic on canvas
Sold330x242mm
Under the Skin 5
Acrylic on canvas
$350330x242mm
Untitled 1997-1998
Enamel on paper
$2600 (unframed)996x700mm
Untitled 1997 (2)
Enamel on paper
$2600 (unframed)996x700mm
Untitled 1997 (1)
Enamel on paper
$3600 (framed)996x700mm
Untitled 1995-1997
Enamel on paper
$3600 (framed)996x700mm
Smoke on the Water
Enamel on paper
$3600 (framed)996x700mm
Hoard
Mixed media
$2900248x175x30mm
Way Series No.1 (2015)
Acrylic on paper
$700710x500mm
Way Series No.2 (2015)
Acrylic on paper
$700710x500mm
Way Series No.3 (2015)
Acrylic on paper
$1100 (framed)710x500mm
Way Series No.4 (2015)
Acrylic on paper
$700710x500mm
Way Series No.5 (2015)
Acrylic on paper
$1100 (framed)710x500mm
Way Series No.6 (2015)
Acrylic on paper
$700705x500mm
Way Series No.7 (2015)
Acrylic on paper
$700710x500mm
Way Series No.8 (2015)
Acrylic on paper
$700770x560mm
Way Series No.10 (2015)
Acrylic on paper
$700770x560mm
Way Series No.11 (2015)
Acrylic on paper
$700770x560mm
Way Series No.15 (2015)
Acrylic on paper
$700710x500mm
Way Series No.16 (2015)
Acrylic on paper
$700710x500mm
Way Mark No. 2 (2015)
Acrylic on paper
$700760x570mm
Red & Black Marks (2014)
Acrylic on paper
$600500x705mm
Chaos & Calm 3 (2013)
Mixed media
$700570x765mm