Michael Stewart

In 2008 Michael Stewart left behind a growing artistic presence on the West Coast and went back to Philadelphia he was reunited and joined forces with fellow artist Jerry Feightner a photo manipulation artist also another member of Dark Division. they are both prominent forces in the New york city underground art scene Together they worked on their craft and did all they could to burst onto the New York City art scene. Currently, Michael is the head of the Design department at 1and1.com he does many art shows in New York and salem MA where his art has been widely excepted his art is always on display year round at the Gothic art store The Fools Mansion

With a revived curiosity in the artistic quality of fire, Michael created digital compositions from the photos of the bonfires and forest fires and then painted over top of the prints to give more definition and depth to the print. He then took these paintings to Bar Sinister who agreed to display them on Halloween night of 2004. This was the springboard for Michael’s artwork being showcased around the L.A. area. Soon his art was in Night Gallery in Santa Anna; a gallery famous for Gothic work, which also featured successful artists like Toxic Tunes and Jhonen Vasquez. Being featured at Night Gallery started a chain reaction of a number of art shows in California. He was then invited to H.R. Gigers’ official New York gallery Art at Large, a prestigious underground NYC show in June 2006. Here he met Pat Sylvia and Leslie Barany among many others. After a three-year whirlwind of bar room exhibits, Michael was beginning to crave a change of scenery.

He studied under Maya Gohill, who helped him expand his use of different mediums and break free from traditional techniques. At the same time, he became the Front Page Designer at Valley Press. In 2002, his garage band, control freak, signed a record deal with No Exit Records. Michael was ultimately dissatisfied by the one album they put out, which prompted him to focus his attention back on painting.

In 2001 Michael moved to Hollywood with the hope of obtaining a record deal.

The Pyropainter is a neo-gothic, surrealist artist by the name of Michael Stewart (born May 2, 1979) who lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Scorched Earth, a hardcover collection of his artwork. He has been featured in a number of galleries on the East and West coast including Art At Large in New York City. Recently, his work won a page spread in Direct Art Magazine.

Michael Stewart was born on May 2, 1979 at Albert Einstein Hospital in Philadelphia.