Have you met…MP Landis?

An introduction can be a wonderful thing. You can meet interesting people, and make new friends. You can be introduced to your new favorite foods, books, music, or artist.

I’d like to introduce you to some of my favorite artists. Some of whom I’ve been familiar with for years, and others I’ve only recently been introduced to.

The person I’d like to introduce is the artist MP Landis.

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mixed media on folded paper
8.5 x 9.75″
april 2011

Artist statement
“All of my artwork deals with the functionality of process, and the materials at hand, in different ways. Another important aspect is the willingness to become lost in what is at hand and the resulting tension between resolution and allowing things to remain lost.” MP Landis

sg12.037
2012
mixed media on folded vellum
8 x 8 inch

Bio

“M P Landis’s current work is a palimpsest of the processes, materials and emotions of his existence. He has collaborated with musician Tom Abbs, visual artists Michael Sanzone and Les Seifer, writers Nick Flynn and Fred Schmalz, and others.
Landis has taught at the summer workshop program at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA. He is a Creative and A&R Consultant for Northern-Spy Records. His work is represented in many private and public collections, including the New York Public Library, the Peabody Essex Museum, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, the DeCordova Museum, the Naples Museum of Art, and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Before moving to Brooklyn in 1996, he lived year-round in Provincetown, MA, and spent his childhood traveling around the world with his Mennonite missionary parents.”

wd4952
mixed media on folded paper
8.5 x 9.75″
april 2011

Other material relating to MP Landis.

Artist Website: MP Landis.

Saatchi Online: MP Landis.

ahtcast: MP Landis.

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