Michael Pfleghaar

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New & Noteworthy Artist
Michael Pfleghaar is a modern illustrator, painter and ceramicist.
Michael’s graphic works possess a strong design element.
In 2022, Michael was voted Best Visual Artist by Grand Rapids Magazine’s Readers Poll.

Illustrator, painter and ceramicist Michael Pfleghaar creates vibrant, Hockneyesque Still Life works. Michael looks to modernist design, architecture, and interiors to inspire his multicoloured abstract paintings, prints, and constructions.

Michael Pfleghaar’s Style

Michael received his MFA in Visual Arts from Lesley University College of Art and Design in 2011. He often centres his practice on documenting his life. Using inanimate objects as surrogates for figures, Michael creates archaeological dialogues between scenes, settings, and objects. Exploring elements of self-reflection and materiality, the artist applies flat space, simple, clean lines, and balanced yet bold colours to his works. The resulting compositions present an almost cartoonish orderliness, hum with a unique personality, and are optically satisfying.

Press, Commissions and Exhibitions

Arcadia Magazine, Studio Visit, Metropolitan Home, Solace, and American Craft have featured his work. Leading organisations such as Apple, ForeSee, Hayworth, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, and Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park are among the many to have purchased or commissioned Michael's illustrative artwork. You can find his original artworks in permanent collections, including the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Steelcase IncHerman Miller, the State of Michigan and Grand Valley State University.

Michael Pfleghaar Artworks

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    Pink and Green Philodendron by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Pink and Green Philodendron by Michael Pfleghaar

    Pink and Green Philodendron

    Paintings - 36x28 cm
    Philodendron on Blue Gray by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Philodendron on Blue Gray by Michael Pfleghaar

    Philodendron on Blue Gray

    Paintings - 36x28 cm
    Philodendron on Light Blue Painting by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Philodendron on Light Blue Painting by Michael Pfleghaar
    Luminous Anthurium by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Luminous Anthurium by Michael Pfleghaar

    Luminous Anthurium

    Paintings - 51x41 cm
    Interior at Dusk by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Interior at Dusk by Michael Pfleghaar

    Interior at Dusk

    Paintings - 51x41 cm
    Ebony in Shadow by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Ebony in Shadow by Michael Pfleghaar

    Ebony in Shadow

    Paintings - 51x41 cm
    Solid Liquid Glass by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Solid Liquid Glass by Michael Pfleghaar

    Solid Liquid Glass

    Paintings - 91x91 cm
    Saguaro Trio by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Saguaro Trio by Michael Pfleghaar

    Saguaro Trio

    Paintings - 51x41 cm
    Blue Myrtle Cactus by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Blue Myrtle Cactus by Michael Pfleghaar

    Blue Myrtle Cactus

    Paintings - 51x41 cm
    Century Plant on  Blue by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Century Plant on  Blue by Michael Pfleghaar

    Century Plant on Blue

    Paintings - 51x41 cm
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    Agave on Blue by Michael Pfleghaar

    Agave on Blue

    Paintings - 51x41 cm
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    In the Spotlight by Michael Pfleghaar

    In the Spotlight

    Paintings - 91x91 cm
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    Black Rose Succulent by Michael Pfleghaar

    Black Rose Succulent

    Paintings - 91x91 cm
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    In The Sunlight by Michael Pfleghaar

    In The Sunlight

    Paintings - 91x91 cm
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    Tree Aeonium by Michael Pfleghaar

    Tree Aeonium

    Paintings - 66x50 cm
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    Sidewalk Succulents by Michael Pfleghaar

    Sidewalk Succulents

    Paintings - 50x66 cm

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