Michael Arcega Is Everywhere

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Who is this guy anyway? Based out of San Francisco, CA, Michael Arcega is an interdisciplinary artist creating primarily sculpture and installation based art. You may remember Michael from his SPAM/MAPS project which was part of The Contemporary Museum’s 2006 “Alimatuan: The Emerging Artists as American Filipino” exhibition.

SPAM/MAPS by Michael Arcega

Michael will be in Honolulu in June as part of the Academy’s summer exhibition “One Way or Another” and a week before our exhibition opens, the Nuuanu Gallery will open an exhibition of his work. He seems to love Hawaii because he’ll be back here later in the year. Michael was invited to work on a project-based residency with The Contemporary Museum’s Catalyst Artist in Residence Program 2009.

If you can’t get enough of Michael Arcega, then you’ll definitely have to come hear him speak in a “Conversation with the curator and artists” program to be hosted at the Academy on June 26th. This event is free to the public and we recommend you get your tickets in advance. I’ll keep you updated once the event goes up on the museum website.