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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    Crown of Thorns by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Crown of Thorns by Michael Pfleghaar

    Crown of Thorns

    Paintings - 51x41 cm
    Monstera Shadows 2 by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Monstera Shadows 2 by Michael Pfleghaar

    Monstera Shadows 2

    Paintings - 51x41 cm
    Monstera Shadows 1 by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Monstera Shadows 1 by Michael Pfleghaar

    Monstera Shadows 1

    Paintings - 51x41 cm
    Wire Plant Stand by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Wire Plant Stand by Michael Pfleghaar

    Wire Plant Stand

    Paintings - 91x91 cm
    Dark Philodendron 5 by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Dark Philodendron 5 by Michael Pfleghaar

    Dark Philodendron 5

    Paintings - 41x51 cm
    Dark Botanical 4 by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Dark Botanical 4 by Michael Pfleghaar

    Dark Botanical 4

    Paintings - 41x51 cm
    Dark Philodendron 4 by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Dark Philodendron 4 by Michael Pfleghaar

    Dark Philodendron 4

    Paintings - 41x51 cm
    Swiss Cheese Plant by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Swiss Cheese Plant by Michael Pfleghaar

    Swiss Cheese Plant

    Paintings - 51x41 cm
    Variegated Monstera on Pink by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Variegated Monstera on Pink by Michael Pfleghaar

    Variegated Monstera on Pink

    Paintings - 51x41 cm
    Agave Trio by Michael Pfleghaar
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    Agave Trio by Michael Pfleghaar

    Agave Trio

    Paintings - 50x66 cm
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    Scarlet Reflections by Michael Pfleghaar

    Scarlet Reflections

    Paintings - 51x41 cm
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    Boardwalk Cactus by Michael Pfleghaar

    Boardwalk Cactus

    Paintings - 50x66 cm
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    Prickly Pear on Gray by Michael Pfleghaar

    Prickly Pear on Gray

    Paintings - 51x41 cm
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    Philodendron on Royal Blue by Michael Pfleghaar

    Philodendron on Royal Blue

    Paintings - 51x41 cm
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    Saguaro Solo by Michael Pfleghaar

    Saguaro Solo

    Paintings - 51x41 cm
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    Agave at Night by Michael Pfleghaar

    Agave at Night

    Paintings - 51x41 cm

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