Michael Markowsky is an award-winning artist, university teacher and prominent YouTuber (over 3.3 million views).

Michael makes drawings, paintings, photographs and books about the landscapes and people he meets while travelling around the world. He coined the term “Speedscapes” for the artworks he makes while his body is physically moving through space in planes, boats, cars, buses, trains, dog sleighs, etc.

He is currently hand-painting a 180-page graphic novel (the he also researched and wrote) about the life and death of artist Tom Thomson.

As an official Canadian “War Artist” (2009-2014), he made drawings in an CF-18 “Hornet” fighter jet while flying faster than the speed of sound, and was the first person to make a painting while standing at the Magnetic North Pole.

Michael was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. He attended The Royal College of Art (London, UK), Cooper Union School of Art (New York City), AUArts/ACAD (Calgary) and Art Center College of Art (Los Angeles) where he received his Masters of Fine Art (MFA).

He has exhibited his work in galleries and museums in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Montreal, etc and is in the collections of hundreds of celebrities and prominent private citizens, multi-national corporations and public institutions. Among the many artists he's honoured to have exhibited with are Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, William S. Burroughs and Ken Lum.

Michael and his artwork have appeared dozens of times on NBC, CBC, CTV, Global TV, Globe and Mail, National Post, the front cover of the Vancouver Sun and Province newspapers, etc.

He teaches illustration, figure drawing, animation and foundation (first-year) courses at the prestigious Emily Carr University of Art in Vancouver, BC, Canada. ECUAD is consistently ranked as the #1 Art School in Canada, and among the best in the world.

Michael also teaches adult beginner drawing, painting and photography classes at the Mount Pleasant Community Centre.

Sales, Commissions, Press and Inquiries:

studio@michaelmarkowsky.com

Social Media:

YouTube: @MarkowskyArt

Facebook: @MarkowskyArt