Michael IOFFE
He was born in 1959 in Belarus.
Studied Art, Architecture and Design at the Minsk School of Architecture. Upon graduation, he worked as a graphic designer. He moved to America in 1989. Since then he has worked as a graphic designer as well as a freelance illustrator for some of New York's most prominent publications such as the New York Times, New York City Journal and others, while working on his art. Among the influences on his work, Michael considers Cezanne to be the most important, for the architectonic quality of his compositions and the emotional impact of the paintings achieved as much through the physicality of the brushwork as through the fidelity to the subjects depicted. Other artists that are reflected in his work are late Turner, Kandinsky, Soutine, Pollock and Basquiat.
Michael Ioffe's work explores the rich and ambiguous terrain between the recognizable and the abstract, between the descriptive and the painterly, between explicit and suggestive. This approach allows for a multiplicity of readings and invites the viewer to explore and arrive at their own interpretation.
Abstract landscape with broken vase. 2016
Dimensions 48" x 42"
