Michael Markowsky is an award-winning artist, university teacher and prominent YouTuber (over 2.6 million views).

Michael makes drawings, paintings, photographs and books about the landscapes and people he meets while travelling around the world. He coined the term “Speedscapes” for the artworks he makes while his body is physically moving through space in planes, boats, cars, buses, trains, dog sleighs, etc.

He is currently writing and illustrating a 180-page graphic novel about the life and death of artist Tom Thomson. It will be published in the fall of 2024 by Firefly Books Ltd (the largest book publisher in Canada).

As an official Canadian “War Artist” (2009-2014), he made drawings in an CF-18 “Hornet” fighter jet while flying faster than the speed of sound, and was the first person to make a painting while standing at the Magnetic North Pole.

Michael was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. He attended The Royal College of Art (London, UK), Cooper Union School of Art (New York City), AUArts/ACAD (Calgary) and Art Center College of Art (Los Angeles) where he received his Masters of Fine Art (MFA).

He has exhibited his work in galleries and museums in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Montreal, etc and is in the collections of hundreds of celebrities and prominent private citizens, multi-national corporations and public institutions. Among the many artists he's honoured to have exhibited with are Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, William S. Burroughs and Ken Lum.

Michael and his artwork have appeared dozens of times on NBC, CBC, CTV, Global TV, Globe and Mail, National Post, the front cover of the Vancouver Sun and Province newspapers, etc.

He teaches advanced undergraduate drawing and foundation (first-year) courses at Emily Carr University of Art in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Michael also teaches adult beginner drawing, painting an photography classes at the Mount Pleasant Community Centre.

Sales, Commissions, Press and Inquiries:

studio@michaelmarkowsky.com

Social Media:

YouTube: @MarkowskyArt

Facebook: @MarkowskyArt