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Thinly Spread – Artistic Endeavours Away From Food
The connotations associated with food and the re-imagining of still life paintings will always occupy my endeavours. However, for the...

Michael Borkowsky
Apr 27, 20142 min read
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Learning From America
Two weeks ago I embarked on a journey to Jamestown, NY, in order to install and create work for an exhibition which was to be held over...

Michael Borkowsky
Apr 15, 20143 min read
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Reflecting on My First Solo Exhibition
A little over a week ago ‘Shelf Life’ –  my solo exhibition at Gage Gallery, Sheffield – came to an end. I have had a fair few group...

Michael Borkowsky
Mar 19, 20142 min read
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A chance to buy my original paintings for just £5!
Whilst ‘Shelf Life’ – My exhibition currently showing at Gage Gallery, Sheffield – covers a broad spectrum of concerns regarding food,...

Michael Borkowsky
Mar 5, 20142 min read
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The Pressures of an Impending Exhibition
This is more of a freak post than a new one – it is a direct result of my previous post and acts as an appendage to it. It is merely to...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 22, 20142 min read
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News About My Upcoming Exhibition and Paint Making Workshop.
Over the last month I have been feverishly painting as many pictures of fruit as I can; applying paint directly to loaves of bread;...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 8, 20142 min read
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Graduates and Tailored Studios
Consumed by the practice of painting, thoughts, seemingly unrelated, can not only emerge, but crystallise. So it came as no surprise a...

Michael Borkowsky
Jan 28, 20143 min read
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Fourteen for 2014
A happy and prosperous New Year to you all. I thought I’d better say that now, as the date is unnervingly on the cusp of being regarded...

Michael Borkowsky
Jan 10, 20144 min read
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My Open Studio Adventure
In the midst of the excitement of reaching our Kickstarter funding (An embarrassingly big ‘thank you’ to everyone to contributed and who...

Michael Borkowsky
Dec 6, 20132 min read
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Seeking Kickstarter Funding for New York
This week has been so busy that I could easily write several blogs all detailing the extent of my exciting, engrossing and sordid...

Michael Borkowsky
Dec 1, 20132 min read
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Biscuits With a Hint of Emotion
The next piece of work I wish to put on virtual display for you all to gaze upon is this thing: ‘4 Biscuits’ (2013)...

Michael Borkowsky
Nov 18, 20131 min read
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Back With a Spice Rack
If you have been wondering where I have escaped to for the last month or so (and let’s face it, most of you have) I can joyously claim...

Michael Borkowsky
Nov 3, 20132 min read
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My Selby Little Fest Experience
Last weekend saw me strut my stuff in Selby as part of Selby Little Fest. It was the fist time I had been involved in any kind of arts...

Michael Borkowsky
Sep 24, 20132 min read
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Beta Games and I
With the arrival of the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 5 comes the considerably less anticipated time for endless newspapers and...

Michael Borkowsky
Sep 17, 20133 min read
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My Paint-Making Workshop Experience
So, I’ve finally gone and done a bit of teaching. I have finally imparted whatever remnants of wisdom I have onto others, which they can...

Michael Borkowsky
Sep 6, 20132 min read
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Wednesday is ‘Studio Day’
Wednesday is a good time for me to blog. It is the one day of the week at I can always entirely dedicate to artistic practice. For some...

Michael Borkowsky
Aug 28, 20132 min read
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Diary of a Non-Synesthete
As an artist, the life of someone with synesthesia – a condition which can basically be described as a mixing of the senses – is at worst...

Michael Borkowsky
Aug 25, 20132 min read
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Seeing the Future
My latest work signifies something of a breakthrough in terms of what a jar of paint can depict: A degree of subjection is instantly...

Michael Borkowsky
Jul 31, 20132 min read
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The Problem With Photography
Yesterday I endured the acquaintance of an extremely heavy, cumbersome and joyless piece of apparatus commonly known as a ‘camera.’ As...

Michael Borkowsky
Jul 25, 20132 min read
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The Ease of Online Criticism
I have burst onto the Sheffield art scene in irresistible fashion and have penetrated collective consciousness the same way a frozen...

Michael Borkowsky
Jul 9, 20133 min read
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