M aka Michael Chow
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M aka Michael ChowThe Phoenix that laid the golden egg, 2023Household paint sheets, handmade sterling silver, acrylic, egg yolks preserved in resin, eggshells and found plastics on canvas
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M aka Michael ChowWild Flower No. 1, 2023Acrylic, handmade sterling silver, egg yolks preserved in resin, eggshells and found plastics on canvas77 1/4 by 40 by 1 5/8 inches
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M aka Michael ChowWild Flower No. 3, 2023Acrylic paint, handmade sterling silver, acrylic paint, egg yolks preserved in resin, egg shells and found plastics on canvas
77 1/4 by 40 by 1 1/2 inSold
196.2 by 101.6 by 3.8 cm -
M aka Michael ChowWild Flower No. 4, 2023Acrylic paint, handmade sterling silver, acrylic paint, egg yolks preserved in resin, egg shells and found plastics on canvas77 1/4 by 40 by 1 1/2 in
196.2 by 101.6 by 3.8 cm -
M aka Michael ChowWild Flower No. 6, 2023Acrylic, handmade sterling silver, egg yolks preserved in resin, eggshells and found plastics on canvas77 1/4 by 40 by 1 5/8 inches
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M aka Michael ChowWild Flower No. 7, 2023Acrylic, handmade sterling silver, egg yolks preserved in resin, eggshells and found plastics on canvas77 1/4 by 40 by 1 5/8 in
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M aka Michael ChowWild Flower No. 8, 2023Acrylic paint, handmade sterling silver, acrylic paint, egg yolks preserved in resin, egg shells and found plastics on canvas
77 1/4 by 40 by 1 1/2 inSold
196.2 by 101.6 by 3.8 cm
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M aka Michael ChowOne Breath No. 214, 2019Acrylic, handmade sterling silver, egg yolks preserved in resin and eggshells on paper51 x 40 in (not framed)
57 ¾ by 45 ¾ by 3 ½ in (framed) -
M aka Michael ChowV Year of the Dragon, 2019Acrylic on paperUnframed: 51 by 40 inches
Framed: 57 3/4 by 45 3/4 by 3 1/2 inches -
M aka Michael ChowOne Breath No. 112, 2018Acrylic, handmade sterling silver, egg yolks preserved in resin and eggshells on paper51 x 40 in (not framed)
57 ¾ by 45 ¾ by 3 ½ in (framed) -
M aka Michael ChowOne Breath No. 113, 2018Acrylic, handmade sterling silver, egg yolks preserved in resin and eggshells on paper
51 x 40 in (not framed)
57 ¾ by 45 ¾ by 3 ½ in (framed) -
M aka Michael ChowOne Breath No. 60, 2018Acrylic, egg yolks preserved in resin and egg shells on paper129.5 x 101.6 cm
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M aka Michael ChowOne Breath No. 77, 2018Acrylic, handmade sterling silver, egg yolks preserved in resin and eggshells on paper
51 x 40 in (not framed)
57 ¾ by 45 ¾ by 3 ½ in (framed) -
M aka Michael ChowOne Breath No. 9, 2018Acrylic on paperUnframed: 51 by 40 inches
Framed: 57 3/4 by 45 3/4 by 3 1/2 inches -
M aka Michael ChowOne Breath in the Skye No. 1Acrylic, egg yolks preserved in resin and eggshells on paper
50 x 38 in (not framed)
54 3/4 x 42 5/8 x 3 1/2 in (framed)
At the age of 13, he was uprooted to London, England. He lost everything familiar, even his name. Alone in an alien world, he turned to painting. In 1956, he studied at Saint Martin’s School of Arts and the following year at the Hammersmith School of Building and Architecture. After painting vigorously for the next decade, despite one-man and mixed show exhibitions, M struggled to overcome the attitudes of exclusion that he often encountered.
To fulfill his void and loss of identity, he appointed himself as a cultural ambassador to bridge the East to the West. He founded his first restaurant, MR CHOW, on Valentine’s Day 1968, in Knightsbridge, London. Passionately promoting the greatness of China, M orchestrates art, architecture, design and cuisine into a participatory theater.
After a fifty-year radical sabbatical, M re-ignited his passion for painting. In
2015, his solo show “Voice For My Father” exhibited at the Ullens Center Museum for Contemporary Art in Beijing, China, followed by Power Station Museum in Shanghai, China. In late 2015 at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, “Voice For My Father” was conceived as homage to his father, this exhibition sets him center stage as creative master.
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Painter Man: Inside the Mind of M
M — aka Michael Chow — is a painter, collector and restaurateur, known to generations of A-listers as the man behind the legendary Mr Chow's restaurants in New York, London and Beverly Hills. Now, after a glittering culinary career hosting generations of Sotheby's Read more -
‘AKA Mr. Chow’ Review: Portrait of the Artist as a Restaurateur
An HBO documentary recounts the various chapters of Michael Chow’s life, from his Shanghai youth and early acting experiences to the founding of his restaurant chain and his recent artistic pursuits. The Wall Street Journal Read more -
Mr Chow: How a Chinese restauranteur became an art world mecca
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Artist Studio Visit: M aka Michael Chow
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