Michael Azgour

Michael Azgour's paintings are expressive and geometric abstractions informed by a process that combines a strategic, realistic technique with pattern and repetition. Recently the artist has been drawn to explore the ubiquity of photography in contemporary culture and the changing role this has played on the individual experience.

The work speaks about how we interact with images today, referencing features found in our snapshots and video clips. Paint becomes pixel, blur or distortion mirroring the digitally manipulated portraits and albums that populate our social media profiles. Through psychological mood and fragmented depictions he asks us What is Real?


Azgour received an M.F.A. in Studio Painting from Academy of Art University, San Francisco. He also attended University of California at San Diego, Stanford University, Continuing Studies and University of British Columbia. He has exhibited widely in the United States, United Kingdom, Poland, and Hungary. His work resides in the collections of the Than Mor Art Museum in Hungary, Lyon’s Gate Entertainment Corporation in Los Angeles, CA, Hotel Union Square and the Stanley S. Langendorf Foundation in San Francisco and Aviation Capital Group in Newport Beach. 
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Pixels - Image as Mythology

11/17 - 12/31/2025

at HOHMANN, Palm Desert

Michael Azgour’s latest exhibition at HOHMANN follows his acclaimed solo show at the Fresno Art Museum, where his paintings drew praise for their inventive blend of abstraction, figuration, and the visual language of digital distortion. The body of work continues his exploration of how technology shapes perception, identity, and the narratives we construct from memory. Each canvas reveals a layered dialogue between control and spontaneity—between the calculated and the human.

Now presented at HOHMANN, this exhibition brings together key works from the museum show alongside new paintings created in its wake. The result is a cohesive and thought-provoking presentation of a mid-career artist at the height of his creative evolution. To learn more about the exhibition and see images of the works, please visit the dedicated event page.

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Azgour - Einstein, Kahlo, Picasso

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Biography

b. 1979, Los Angeles

Michael Azgour is a contemporary artist whose paintings investigate the space between perception and reality. His paintings, rooted in the shifting nature of memory and digital media, are composed of layered applications of paint that alternate between expressive figuration and geometric abstraction.

Azgour’s award-winning work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States, Europe, and Asia, including solo shows at the Fresno Art Museum and the Art Museum of Los Gatos, and group exhibitions at Brennecke Fine Art in Berlin, the CICA Museum in Gimpo, 
South Korea, Hohmann Fine Art in Palm Desert, and the Triton Museum in Santa Clara. His paintings have been featured at major art fairs such as SCOPE NYC (solo 
presentation with Claire Carino Contemporary in Boston), San Francisco Art Fair (with TAG Fine Arts, London), and Seattle Art Fair (with Muriel Guepin, New York). His work is held in notable public and private collections worldwide, including Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University, Twr y Felin Hotel in Wales, UK, and Showtime Television Network in New York.

Michael has exhibited alongside many highly respected artists and periodically delivers talks on his work, including a recent presentation at TEDx Krakow. He has taught at several institutions for over 15 years, most notably Stanford University’s Architectural Design and Continuing Studies programs.

“Azgour’s works are expressive and geometric abstractions informed by an involved process that combines a strategic, realistic technique with pattern and repetition and the muse of accidental surprise. His figures seemingly float with one foot firmly planted in the present while the other wafts into the past. Paint becomes pixel, blur or distortion mirroring the disconnected snapshots and video clips that populate our social media profiles. He challenges the viewer’s interpretation by combining unrelated imagery in the same composition. Although the disparate visuals and juxtaposed compositions appear random, they are in fact bits of narrative from the artist’s own life and travels.” – K Nichols