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Michael Ajerman was born in New York. As a teenager he took part in the Cooper Union Outreach Program, afterwards studying at the Corcoran School of Art, the New York Studio School and the Yale Summer School at Norfolk. In 2003, he completed his Masters Degree at the Slade School of Art, receiving the British Institute Award from the Royal Academy the same year. He has consistently exhibited internationally in solo and group shows. With work selected by the David Zwirner website Platform, showcased by Diane Rosenstein Gallery in 2022. His work is currently shown in the Courtauld Institute’s East Wing V1 in London and at the Bunker Art Space in Miami, Florida. Solo exhibitions at HemingwayArt, Oxford and Ein Sof Gallery, London this year.

He is a contributor to Garageland Magazine, where he has written articles on cinema, music, literature and painting. In 2018, he was awarded UCLA’s Kitaj Research Fellowship, where his investigation of artists RB Kitaj and Walter Sickert culminated in the lecture From Tipperary to Westwood. This lecture has been presented at UCLA, The Ruskin School of Art, New York Studio School, and the Courtauld Institute.

Select press includes The New York Times, Flash Art, The Guardian, The Sun, Arte, Garageland, Bay Area Reporter and the Royal Academy Magazine. His work is found in international collections including the Beth DeWoody Collection and the Wendy Fisher Collection. He lives and works in London.