Michael Waugh (artist)

For other uses, see Michael Waugh (disambiguation).

Michael Waugh is a New York-based artist whose primary medium is drawing.

Known for his large-scale satirical drawings that are meticulously rendered, Waugh incorporates whole texts such as presidential inauguration speeches,^[1] excerpts from Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,^[2] and notable bureaucratic documents such as those that coalesced around the privatization of social security and the investigation into the assassination of President Kennedy.^[3]

Waugh has exhibited in group shows at Ronald Feldman Fine Art and in exhibitions curated by Bill Arning and Phong Bui.^[4] He showed in "Chelsea Visits Havana" at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes during the 2009 Havana biennial^[5] and is represented by Schroeder Romero & Shredder (formerly Schroeder Romero Gallery)^[6] in New York City.^[7][8]

Education

Waugh received a B.A. in history from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in studio art from New York University.^[4][7]