Mike Womack

The artist practice of Mike Womack (b. 1976 in Houston, TX) mixes conceptual art concerns and modern art aesthetics with the actual substance of everyday materials and constructions. The artist’s works have been praised by The New York Times, The New Yorker, Sculpture Magazine, Artin America, and others. He is based in Boulder, CO where is he a tenured professor at the University of Colorado.

ZieherSmith solo shows: Crawl Space (2016) Observer Effect (2013), Spectres, Phantoms, and Poltergeists (2011), High Grade Empty (2009), Warbling (2006)

Group exhibitions include: Parable Bodies (2026)

Mike Womack Impermanence 1 , 2026 Human cremains, human skin, wood 18 x 16 x 6 in (45.7 x 40.6 x 15.2 cm) IN11745

Mike Womack
Impermanence 1, 2026
Human cremains, human skin, wood
18 x 16 x 6 in (45.7 x 40.6 x 15.2 cm)
IN11745

Mike Womack Landscape Painting #1 (Dirt) , 2016 Acrylic on canvas with dirt 19 x 19 x 4 in (48.3 x 48.3 x 10.2 cm)

Mike Womack
Landscape Painting #1 (Dirt), 2016
Acrylic on canvas with dirt
19 x 19 x 4 in (48.3 x 48.3 x 10.2 cm)

Mike Womack Aggregate 3 , 2015 Cheetos and epoxy 90 x 10 x 10 in (228.6 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm)

Mike Womack
Aggregate 3, 2015
Cheetos and epoxy
90 x 10 x 10 in (228.6 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm)

Mike Womack Keyhole , 2016 Acrylic on canvas with wood 72 x 72 x 4 in (182.9 x 182.9 x 10.2 cm)

Mike Womack
Keyhole, 2016
Acrylic on canvas with wood
72 x 72 x 4 in (182.9 x 182.9 x 10.2 cm)

Installation view: Observer Effect , 2013

Installation view: Observer Effect, 2013

Mike Womack Hypnosis Drawing #12 (Earliest Memory of Dreaming) , 2012 charcoal on paper in concrete 15 x 15 x 4 in (38.1 x 38.1 x 10.2 cm)

Mike Womack
Hypnosis Drawing #12 (Earliest Memory of Dreaming), 2012
charcoal on paper in concrete
15 x 15 x 4 in (38.1 x 38.1 x 10.2 cm)

Mike Womack Spectres (Muybridge) 1/6 , 2011 C-print 17 x 26 in (43.2 x 66 cm)

Mike Womack
Spectres (Muybridge) 1/6, 2011
C-print
17 x 26 in (43.2 x 66 cm)