° 1967

Lives in London (United Kingdom).

In his paintings and drawings, Alan Michael is known for his appropriation of motifs from 20th century artists and designers and questions the orthodoxies of contemporary art. He studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee where he met Lucy McKenzie in 1995. They have shown together on several occasions, and share a long-standing interest in literature. It is the similarity in their reading tastes that has engendered these collaboration, specifically authors working within the genre of crime, such as Patricial Highsmith and Alain Robbe-Grillet.