Artist Biography:

Based in Philly and entirely self-taught, Mike Gordon’s practice is a relentless pursuit of capturing people and things with hyper-realistic quality through graphite and charcoal; to provide the viewer with that slight moment of doubt as to whether or not what they are seeing is a photograph or a drawing. Working in cybersecurity by day, he still devotes a substantial amount of time to his first love as a kid, drawing.

In the Spring of 2022, Mike decided to get back into art, and within 12 months, he sold several works of art, exhibited with The Holy Art Gallery in Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, and London, and was featured in Artists Talk Magazine. Additionally, he has been in group exhibits with the Laguna Art Gallery and TAG Gallery in LA where he won the Award of Excellence in Drawing.

Mike also recently placed 2nd overall at the Mrs. Toolip International Art Competition and Exhibit in Barcelona. He’s inspired by artists CJ Hendry, Emanuele Dascanio, and Jono Dry. For Mike, art is a rewarding creative outlet and enjoyable meditative process.