Michael Stamm was raised in Evanston, Illinois. He received his BA from Wesleyan University and an MA in English Literature from Columbia University before earning an MFA from New York University. He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in 2016. Michael was awarded the John Imber Painting Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center. His first solo exhibition, Just Like This Please, was presented at Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York in 2016. His work has also been included in several group exhibitions, including shows at Underdonk, Brooklyn; ASHES/ASHES, Los Angeles; and Galerie Tobias Naehring in Leipzig. Residencies include the Mountain School of Arts in Los Angeles and Yaddo.Michael’s most recent solo exhibition, Mediation Inc, was presented at DC Moore in January 2018.

Brian met up with Michael in his Brooklyn studio to talk about literature, film, music and much more.