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Michel Darling is a Ukrainian-American born artist working with sculpture and anthropological research.

Currently researching:

The ancient fantasy of Homo Faber: (Latin for ‘Man the Maker’) “–alludes to the idea that human beings are able to control their fate and their environment as a result of the use of tools.”

Technology is posed as an alchemical movement of the West which aims to accelerate and ‘perfect’ matter, as to conquer Death (i.e. nature, & fate).

2025-2028

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EDUCATION & SCHOOLING

BFA (In Progress), The Cooper Union, NY, NY

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Fellow

BFA, SMFA Tufts University, Boston, MA

Undeclared, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Self employed fine metal & obj design, Bronze Wax SP, Brooklyn, NY

Jeweler, Ringram, New York, NY

Blacksmith apprentice, Tutto Metalwork -Raymond Mathis, Thomaston, ME

Gallery Assistant, Blue Raven Gallery, Rockland, ME

Mural Intern, Ryan Adams & Rachel Gloria Adams, Portland, ME

^{GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Exquisite Corpse, Not That Deep, Brooklyn, NY}

Never Seen Before, Apt 6 , Boston, MA

The Self Imagined, Monserratt College of Art, Beverly, MA

Visions of Excess, The Raven Gallery, Toronto, Canada

My Personality, Currents Magazine, Boston, MA

Losing My Religion, Bromfeild Gallery, Boston, MA

Sculpture + Fibers Area Show, SMFA Tufts University, Boston, MA

Ameriqa, Andres F. Arevalo Zea, Bogotá, Colombia

Taken as Read, 82Parris, Portland, ME

Metals Dept. Group Show, SMFA Tufts University, Boston, MA

ARTPM2021, BUOY GALLERY, Kittery, ME

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Axis Mundi (World Axis) Steel, zinc hardware 17”L x 6”W x 36”H 2025

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Iris.ooo
(Work Avaliable for Purchase)

Axis Mundi (World Axis)
Steel, zinc hardware
17”L x 6”W x 36”H
2025