Michael Angelo Caci is a Seattle, WA award winning mixed-media artist. His art has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout the United States and abroad, including CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea; the Schneider Museum of Art, of Southern Oregon University in Ashland; Frederick Holmes & Company in Seattle; Expressions Gallery and Doug Adams Gallery in Berkeley, CA; the Ceres Gallery in New York City; the Clara Hatton Gallery of Colorado State University in Ft. Collins; the OFFM Public Arts Council in Berlin; and the Saraghi Gallery on Phillip Island, Australia. In addition, his paintings are in private, public and corporate collections, including ArtSpace in New Haven, CT, the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Seattle and The CICA Museum South Korea.
“I am first and foremost an environmental artist. My art since its inception has focused on both our psychological and environmental relationships to nature.
We all participate together with one another inside a technological consumption model of growth and development. And now we are rolling at breakneck speed towards an existential crisis predicted by MIT scientists in the 20th century. Many of our beloved animals such as the snow leopard, are facing a dire future as the earth warms and development shrinks their homelands. We too are enmeshed in a battle for sustainability and survival. How this story continues, or perhaps ends is up to us.”
Michael’s artist's journey began in Upstate New York as the Auburn High School photographer in 1970. He attended Humboldt State University, earning a B.S. in Zoology with a minor in psychology. During this formative period he made deep connections with the Pacific Ocean, Humboldt Bay and the magnificent sequoia forests. In 1978 he worked as an intern at the Helena Devereux Institute employment programs “that positively impact the lives of tens of thousands of children, adults - and their families - every year In Santa Barbara”.
He moved to Seattle in 1979 and earned a masters degree in cognition at the University of Washington. Concurrently, he continued pursuing his photographic, printmaking and painting interests through courses offered by the University’s School of Art.
In the mid-1990s, Michael purchased his first large format digital printer and began experiments with it, combining digital and traditional media in a layering process. The printer and printer software became collaborators. Michael's artistic focus evolved during this time. His continuing personal interests in science made him aware of the growing environmental threats from human activity.
In 2008, his process evolved further toward works with a dimensional, light-capturing and reflective character.
Michael Angelo began a letter writing campaign to alert politicians about climate and environmental issues and concerns. Please contact Michael for further information.