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  Michael Whittle

'The perfected form of the sciences
​must be poetical'.

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​Novalis, letter to Schlegel, 1798





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Icon for Brownian motion, 2017, 35 x 35 cm

❉ Exhibitions and Projects: 
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Asia Culture Centre

​Currently Artist in Residence @ 'Creators in Lab', Art - Science Residency Program
​Aug. - Dec. 2019, Gwangju, South Korea
Showcase exhibition, artist talk and workshop - December 2019
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Chusa Memorial Museum
Artist Residency Project, Spring 2019, Jeju Island, South Korea

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The roots of the roots of the Orchid  (detail)
​(Divergent phylogenetic tree with common ancestor and desiccation)
​2019, ink, pencil and watercolour on paper, 11.2 x 78.9cm ​
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Tear glands, tear ducts, tear drops  (detail)
(Lacrimal glands and ducts with deep lithospheric anomalies)
2019, ink, pencil and watercolour on paper, 11.2 x 78.9cm 
思考の肖像
Portraits of Thought
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​Solo Exhibition of new works developed during an Art-Science residency at iCems laboratories,
Kyoto University Centre for Advanced Studies.
​​Kyoto University Museum, December, 2018 - February 2019
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The Cosmic Garden
​Group Show curated by Jeff Gleich, Orticolario, Villa Erba, Lake Como Italy, October 2018

Circle
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Two person show with Sangsun Bae, The Trinity Gallery, Seoul, September- October, 2018
情報の形
The Shape of Information
Solo exhibition of new drawings based on scientific research papers
COHJU Contemporary Art, Kyoto, 2017
VOLTA Basel, 2017
with COHJU Contemporary Art
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​Boy's surface (Bryant-Kusner parametrization) with
​neural network detected retinal vasculature,

2017, Ink and watercolour on paper,
79 x 55.8 cm (31" x 23.5")
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​Chen-Gackstatter surface genus 1 with
​neural network detected retinal vasculature,
2017, Ink and watercolour on paper,
​79 x 55.8 cm (31" x 23.5")
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Wavy 6 lobed Enneper surface, with
neural network detected retinal vasculature,
2017, Ink and watercolour on paper, ​
​79 x 55.8 cm (31" x 21.7")
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​Longhurst's surface with neural network detected
​retinal vasculature, 2017, Ink and watercolour on paper, ​
79 x 55.8 cm (31" x 23.5")
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​Stacked 7 lobed Enneper with
neural network detected retinal vasculature,
2017, Ink and watercolour on paper, ​
​79 x 55.8 cm (31" x 23.5")
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​Stacked 5 lobe Enneper surface with
​neural network detected retinal vasculature,
2017, Ink and watercolour on paper,
79 x 55.2 cm (31" x 21.7")
​​13 love poems and a song of despair
​Collaboration with Sangsun Bae, Sakyukan, Niigata, Japan, 2016
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​Thread ( dismantled wings )
Collaborative work with Sangsun Bae,​ 2015,
​Ink and charcoal on paper, each 56 x 71 cm (22" x 28")
Wabi Sabi Shima: 
Of the aesthetics of perfection and chaos in the Japanese archipelago
Group show: Espace H18, Brussels, 2015

​Study for a fake moon (Lunar Earth-side geology)
​2015, Ink and watercolour on paper, 111 x 79 cm (43.7" x 31")
Out of Africa: 
under a full moon, with dead-ends, signal fire and old smoke
Doctoral examination exhibition, Kyoto city university of the arts, 2014
Doctoral interim show 
Open studio, Kyoto City University of Arts, 2014
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​Tear glands, tear ducts
2013, Ink on paper, 47 x 88 cm (18.5" x 34.6")
分かつ線ーつなぐ線  
Dividing Line - Connecting Line 
Collaboration with Sangsun Bae, Zuiun-an project space, Kyoto, 2013 - 14
パターン認識    
​Pattern Recognition  
Solo exhibition of drawings at COHJU contemporary art, Kyoto, 2014
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​Sketch for the drawing '2 large waves '

[ Transfigured Japanese joinery diagrams for temple roof structures ]
May Dialogues, Hong Kong Arts Centre 
1st Annual Collectors’ Contemporary Collaboration, 2013,
curated by Chang Tsong-Zung (Johnson Chang)
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Parallel Temples with Circle Steps,

2011, Ink on Paper, 116 x 147.5cm (45.7" x 58")
Art Futures 2011
Art Basel - Hong Kong
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Man&Eve Gallery
¡ Que Esfuerzo ! 
Solo exhibition of drawings at MC Gallery, Seoul, 2011 ​
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​Que Esfuerzo! (I), 2011, ​Ink and watercolour
​on paper,79 x 55.5 cm (31" x 21.9")
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​Model for the Origins of Human Language - Torus, 2011, Ink on paper, 142 x 104 cm (55.9" x 40.9")
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​Que Esfuerzo ! (II), 2011, Ink and watercolour
​on paper,​ 79 x 55.5 cm  (31" x 21.9")
The Diamond Anvil
Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, 2010
Art Futures 2010
Art Basel - Hong Kong
Man&Eve Gallery
World of red dust
(based on the Chinese novel 红楼梦 - Dream of the Red Chamber)
C.I.G.E. International artist solo show project, Beijing, 2009
Dark Ages
Man&Eve gallery, London, 2008
부유 (浮遊) 
Suspensions 
Gallery NV, Seoul, 2008
相違の類似性  類似の相違性 
(Different Similarities, Similar Differences)
Sfera, Kyoto, 2008
The Louder the Sun Blooms
Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, 2007
The Topology of Being
Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, 2006
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