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Prior to settling on the form for Steam Egg 2, shown at Southern Exposure in Spring 2016, Parker made a series of four studies. This is Steam Egg Study 3. The sidewall cutaway opens to reveal the interior.

Michael Parker (lives and works in LA) received a BA from Pomona College and an MFA from USC. He currently teaches sculpture at California State University, Long Beach. Upcoming residency and exhibition, The Ides, at the Palm Springs Art Museum. Recent projects include The Ides (arch du triumph) mapped by Vi Ha in LA’s inaugural biennial Current LA; Juicerinas with 81 performers at The Getty; Steam Work at Southern Exposure, San Francisco; Attractions at High Desert Test Sites (HDTS), Utah; R.S.V.P. Los Angeles at the Pomona College Museum of Art; Remembering Victor Papanek at the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena; Shitwork with Machine Project at HDTS, California; Juicework at Human Resources, Los Angeles; The Unfinished at the Bowtie Project, Los Angeles. He is a recipient of the California Community Foundation’s Emerging Artists Fellowship, a Center for Cultural Innovation Artists’ Resource for Completion grant, and a Printed Matter Award for Artists.