Michael Staniak

Solid State

June 13 – July 11, 2015


Michael Staniak, Solid State, Melbourne, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Australian artist, contemporary art, digital art, Australian painter, IMG, BMP
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak
Michael Staniak, Solid State, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Australian artist, Digital art, digital painting, sculpture, 3D printed sculpture, bronze sculpture, contemporary artist, Australian contemporary artist, Steve Turner Contemporary, Staniak

Solid State, Installation view, Steve Turner, June 2015

Solid State, Installation view, Steve Turner, June 2015

Solid State, Installation view, Steve Turner, June 2015

Solid State, Installation view, Steve Turner, June 2015

Solid State, Installation view, Steve Turner, June 2015

Solid State, Installation view, Steve Turner, June 2015

Solid State, Installation view, Steve Turner, June 2015

Solid State, Installation view, Steve Turner, June 2015

Solid State, Installation view, Steve Turner, June 2015

Solid State, Installation view, Steve Turner, June 2015

Solid State, Installation view, Steve Turner, June 2015

STL_101, 2015. Patinated bronze and travertine, 14 x 8 x 8 inches

STL_101, 2015. Patinated bronze and travertine, 14 x 8 x 8 inches

STL_300, 2015. Hand-dyed nylon polymer and travertine, 14 x 8 x 8 inches

STL_300, 2015. Hand-dyed nylon polymer and travertine, 14 x 8 x 8 inches

STL_882, 2015. Patinated bronze and travertine, 12 x 8 x 8 inches

STL_882, 2015. Patinated bronze and travertine, 12 x 8 x 8 inches

STL_839, 2015. Hand-dyed nylon polymer and travertine, 12 x 8 x 8 inches

STL_839, 2015. Hand-dyed nylon polymer and travertine, 12 x 8 x 8 inches

STL_257, 2015. Patinated bronze and travertine, 12 x 8 x 8 inches

STL_257, 2015. Patinated bronze and travertine, 12 x 8 x 8 inches

STL_112, 2015. Hand-dyed nylon polymer and travertine, 12 x 8 x 8 inches

STL_112, 2015. Hand-dyed nylon polymer and travertine, 12 x 8 x 8 inches

OBJ_827, 2015. Hand-tinted polyurethane, 30 x 23 x 3 3/4 inches

OBJ_827, 2015. Hand-tinted polyurethane, 30 x 23 x 3 3/4 inches

OBJ_337, 2015. Hand-tinted polyurethane, 30 x 23 x 3 3/4 inches

OBJ_337, 2015. Hand-tinted polyurethane, 30 x 23 x 3 3/4 inches

OBJ_020, 2015. Hand-tinted polyurethane, 30 x 23 x 3 3/4 inches

OBJ_020, 2015. Hand-tinted polyurethane, 30 x 23 x 3 3/4 inches

BMP_667, 2015. Casting compound, digital UV pigment and acrylic on board with steel frame, 48 x 36 inches

BMP_667, 2015. Casting compound, digital UV pigment and acrylic on board with steel frame, 48 x 36 inches

BMP_667, 2015. Casting compound, digital UV pigment and acrylic on board with steel frame, 48 x 36 inches (detail)

BMP_093, 2015. Casting compound, digital UV pigment and acrylic on board with steel frame, 48 x 36 inches

BMP_093, 2015. Casting compound, digital UV pigment and acrylic on board with steel frame, 48 x 36 inches

BMP_093, 2015. Casting compound, digital UV pigment and acrylic on board with steel frame, 48 x 36 inches (detail)

BMP_481, 2015. Casting compound, digital UV pigment and acrylic on board with steel frame, 48 x 36 inches

BMP_481, 2015. Casting compound, digital UV pigment and acrylic on board with steel frame, 48 x 36 inches

BMP_481, 2015. Casting compound, digital UV pigment and acrylic on board with steel frame, 48 x 36 inches (detail)

BMP_263, 2015. Acrylic and digital UV pigment on canvas with steel frame, 95 x 71 inches

BMP_263, 2015. Acrylic and digital UV pigment on canvas with steel frame, 95 x 71 inches

BMP_263, 2015. Acrylic and digital UV pigment on canvas with steel frame, 95 x 71 inches (detail)

BMP_030, 2015. Casting compound, digital UV pigment and acrylic on board with steel frame, 71 x 54 inches

BMP_030, 2015. Casting compound, digital UV pigment and acrylic on board with steel frame, 71 x 54 inches

BMP_030, 2015. Casting compound, digital UV pigment and acrylic on board with steel frame, 71 x 54 inches (detail)

BMP_578, 2015. Casting compound, digital UV pigment and acrylic on board with steel frame, 71 x 54 inches

BMP_578, 2015. Casting compound, digital UV pigment and acrylic on board with steel frame, 71 x 54 inches

BMP_578, 2015. Casting compound, digital UV pigment and acrylic on board with steel frame, 71 x 54 inches (detail)

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Steve Turner is pleased to present Solid State, a solo exhibition by Melbourne-based Michael Staniak, featuring new painting and sculpture created by combining traditional art-making techniques with new digital processes. The paintings fuse the artist’s hand-drawn gestural marks that are cast in plaster with Internet-sourced, digitally created backgrounds of stone. The sculptures were made using the traditional technique of bronze casting along with contemporary 3-D scanning and machine routing processes. In mixing materials and methods, Staniak explores the different ways in which digital information is changing the physicality of painting and sculpture while addressing the question of permanence in the storage of digital files.

Michael Staniak (born 1982, Melbourne) earned a BFA and an MFA from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne as well as a BA from Middle Tennessee State University. He has had solo exhibitions at the Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis (2015); Annarumma Gallery, Naples (2015); and Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2014 & 2015). His work has been included in group shows at the Moving Museum’s Istanbul project (2014) and Kunsthalle Vienna (2014, 2015). The Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis will publish a monograph later this year. This is the artist’s second solo exhibition at Steve Turner.