MICHAIL MICHAILOV

















             




14 colored pencil drawings from the series Dust to Dust,  Ground to Overhead, re.riddle, Minnnesota Street Project, San Fracisco, 2024, photo: Dan Liberti



dust to dust_module#11, colored pencil on paper, 30x30cm, 2023

dust to dust#96, coloured pencil on paper, 46x64, 2020
dust to dust#96, coloured pencil on paper, 46x64, 2020




dust to dust#104, coloured pencil on paper, 46x64, 2020
dust to dust#104, coloured pencil on paper, 46x64, 2020



dust to dust#103, coloured pencil on paper, 46x64, 2020
dust to dust#103, coloured pencil on paper, 46x64, 2020



dust to dust#101, coloured pencil on paper, 138x138, 2020
dust to dust#101, coloured pencil on paper, 138x138, 2020



dust to dust#101, coloured pencil on paper, 138x138, 2020 (detail)


Michail Michailov and Borjana Petkova, Structura gallery, Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris 2020
Michail Michailov and Boryana Petkova, Structura gallery, Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris 2020


Michail Michailov and Boryana Petkova, Structura gallery, Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris 2020
Michail Michailov and Boryana Petkova, Structura gallery, Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris 2020


mold#3(from the series dust to dust), coloured pencil on paper, 69x138, 2020 (detail)
mold#3(from the series dust to dust), coloured pencil on paper, 69x138, 2020 (detail)


mold#4(from the series dust to dust), coloured pencil on paper, 69x138, 2020 (detail)
mold#4(from the series dust to dust), coloured pencil on paper, 69x138, 2020 (detail)


EN ETRE/Jeun Creation 70,  Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris-Pantin 2020

EN ETRE/Jeun Creation 70,  Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris-Pantin 2020




dust to dust#100, coloured pencil on paper, 46x64, 2020
dust to dust#100, coloured pencil on paper, 46x64, 2020


dust to dust (montmartre flor part#1), coloured pencil on paper, 138x138, 2019 
dust to dust (montmartre flor part#1), coloured pencil on paper, 138x138, 2020 


dust to dust (montmartre flor part#2), coloured pencil on paper, 138x138, 2019
dust to dust (montmartre flor part#2), coloured pencil on paper, 138x138, 2020   


I am everywhere, solo exhibition, Drawing Lab Paris,  2019
I am everywhere, solo exhibition, Drawing Lab Paris, 2019


I am everywhere, solo exhibition, Drawing Lab Paris,  2019
I am everywhere, solo exhibition, Drawing Lab Paris, 2019


dust to dust#82, coloured pencil on paper, 138x138, 2019
dust to dust#82, coloured pencil on paper, 138x138, 2019  



I am everywhere, solo exhibition, Drawing Lab Paris, 2019
I am everywhere, solo exhibition, Drawing Lab Paris, 2019


Dust to dust#56, coloured pencil on paper, 2018
Dust to dust#56, coloured pencil on paper, 2018


Dust to dust#55, coloured pencil on paper, 46x64, 2018
Dust to dust#55, coloured pencil on paper, 46x64, 2018



dust to dust#54, coloured pencil on paper, 46x64, 2020
dust to dust#54, coloured pencil on paper, 46x64, 2018



dusttodust#49, color pencil on paper, 46x64, 2018
dusttodust#49, color pencil on paper, 46x64, 2018


Dust to dust, installation, Let them draw II(drawing and withdrawing), Sariev Contemporary, Plovdiv 2017
Dust to dust, installation, Let them draw II(drawing and withdrawing), Sariev Contemporary, Plovdiv 2017


Dust to dust#39, coloured pencil on paper, 46x64, 2016
Dust to dust#39, coloured pencil on paper, 46x64, 2016


Dust to dust#29, coloured pencil on paper, 46x64, 2016
Dust to dust#29, coloured pencil on paper, 46x64, 2016


to dust#29, coloured pencil on paper, 46x64, 2016
34. Austrian graphic award, Taxispalais Kunsthalle Tirol, Innsbruck 2015


Dust to dust#12, coloured pencil on paper, 138x138, 2015
Dust to dust#12,coloured pencil on paper, 138x138, 2015


Dust to dust#12, coloured pencil on paper, 138x138, 2015
Dust to dust#12, coloured pencil on paper, 138x138, 2015


Dust to dust#14, coloured pencil on paper, 138x138, 2015
Dust to dust#14, coloured pencil on paper, 138x138, 2015


Dust to dust#12, coloured pencil on paper, 138x138, 2015
Dust to dust#14, coloured pencil on paper, 138x138, 2015


Dust to dust#11, coloured pencil on paper, 89x64, 2016
Dust to dust#11, coloured pencil on paper, 89x64, 2014



DUST TO DUST
drawing series (coloured pencil on paper)
2014 - 2025


In 2014 I started a series of drawings called "dust to dust". I draw the dust, hair and stains as well as useless plastic parts and mould. All things that accumulate by themselves in my studio. They are, so to speak, manifestations that arise, mostly unconsciously, through my own being and that of the people close to me. I am particularly interested in the things that we would rather not see and usually prefer to dispose of or hide. The process of drawing takes almost as long as it takes for dust fluff and other things to accumulate naturally. The unwanted, incidental product takes on new meaning and value as a crayon drawing. By transforming this microcosm in drawing, I try to find parallels to the macrocosm, accepting the inherent contradictions. While science explores the composition of matter, I try to understand the meaning of matter through the means of art. To illustrate the connection between microcosm and macrocosm, the concept involves getting „dustdrawings“ out into the world again through exhibitions and sales. In my search for an answer to the question of what constitutes the meaning of life, I realise how relative our individual answers can be. Just as relative as the perception of the viewer, who often finds it difficult to distinguish between the real and the drawn dust when looking at my drawings.