His work deals with quotidian desires, negative affects and what people do when they are feeling way existential. He has exhibited at the Lincoln Park Cultural Center of Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Leroy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University and attended residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and the Wassaic Project. Michael received his BA from Wesleyan University, a MA in English Literature from Columbia University and is currently a MFA 2016 candidate at NYU.