Mishael Coggeshall-Burr
"We live in a mostly blurry world. Our eyes only actually focus on a tenth of our field of vision at any one time. Our viewpoint, emotions, and context blur our memories. The landscapes I paint are in some way our genuine environment: the backgrounds to our lives, always present and often out of focus."
Mishael Coggeshall-Burr integrates the art of photography and oil painting to create novel and compelling images on canvas. Taking blurred shots with a 35mm camera, the artist searches for peripheral scenes with cinematic color and tone. He translates selected images into abstract-realist paintings with convincing color, formal structure, and subtle references to art history. Through his actions Mishael questions both the truth of photography and the fiction of painting: we enter a liquid, cinematic space, capturing the magic moment when Alice seems to step through the looking glass. The photorealistic image melts away, the prosaic merges with poetry.
Mishael studied painting at Middlebury College, The Glasgow School of Art, and the Art Student's League in New York. His artistic adventures have led him to many countries and continents, with many images from his travels featured in his art exhibitions. He lives, works and paints in Montague, MA with his wife and four children.
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The Salon Show 2023
Group Show of Gallery Artists (Boston, MA) 25 Oct - 10 Dec 2023Closing Reception: Friday, December 1st 6:00 - 8:00 PM Clint Baclawski • Teddy Benfield • Mishael Coggeshall-Burr • Alison Croney Moses • Cathy Della Lucia • Holly Harrison • Josh...Read more -
Standing Still
Mishael Coggeshall-Burr | Wilhelm Neusser 26 Apr - 28 May 2023Opening Reception: Friday, May 5th from 5-8pm Artist Talk: Saturday, May 20th at 1:30pm Abigail Ogilvy Gallery is proud to present Standing Still, a two-person exhibition featuring the artwork of...Read more -
Ukraine: Courage Has Two Colors
Mishael Coggeshall-Burr 19 - 30 Oct 2022Opening Reception with Artist: Saturday, October 22nd from 2:00 - 6:00 PM In May of 2022, Mishael Coggeshall-Burr and his wife Nadya Tkachenko traveled to Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia in...Read more -
I’ll See You Again, Soon
Mishael Coggeshall-Burr | Susan Murie | Wilhelm Neusser | Natalia Wróbel 1 Jun - 17 Jul 2022Opening Reception: Friday, June 3 from 5-8pm Abigail Ogilvy Gallery proudly presents I'll See You Again, Soon, featuring the artwork of Mishael Coggeshall-Burr, Susan Murie, Wilhelm Neusser, and Natalia Wróbel....Read more -
The Salon Show
Group Exhibition with Represented Artists 1 Dec 2021 - 16 Jan 2022Featuring: Clint BaclawskI | Teddy Benfield | Pelle Cass | Mishael Coggeshall-BurR | Lisa FosteR | Holly Harrison | Lavaughan Jenkins | Cassandra C. Jones | Richard Keen | Katelyn...Read more -
Back Together
Group Exhibition 10 Jun - 18 Jul 2021Featuring: Clint Baclawski | Teddy Benfield | Mishael Coggeshall-Burr | Austin Eddy | Marlon Forrester | Holly Harrison | Lavaughan Jenkins | Katelyn Ledford | Kristina McComb | Susan Murie...Read more -
Works On View
Susan Murie and Mishael Coggeshall-Burr 16 Dec 2020 - 7 Feb 2021Mishael Coggeshall-Burrintegrates the art of photography and oil painting to create novel and compelling images on canvas. Taking blurred shots with a 35mm camera, the artist searches for peripheral scenes...Read more -
Paris Impossible
Mishael Coggeshall-Burr 18 May - 5 Jul 2020Abigail Ogilvy Gallery is proud to present Paris Impossible, our first solo exhibition of paintings by Mishael Coggeshall-Burr. This body of work is inspired by his love of travel and...Read more -
The Salon Show
Group Exhibition with Represented & Emerging Artists 5 Dec 2019 - 26 Jan 2020Featuring: Clint Baclawski | Mishael Coggeshall-Burr | Keenan Derby | Katherine Mitchell DiRico | Austin Eddy | Lisa Foster | Ariel Basson Freiberg | Holly Harrison | Lavaughan Jenkins |...Read more -
Picnic
Group Exhibition 20 Jun - 18 Aug 2019Mishael Coggeshall-Burr • Wilhelm Neusser • Anna Schuleit Haber • Amanda Wachob • Natalia Wróbel Abigail Ogilvy Gallery is proud to present Picnic, a group exhibition featuring Mishael Coggeshall-Burr, Wilhelm...Read more
