"For Michael Hambouz, who builds geometric environments and paints in delicately rendered patterns, it is the thing hiding in plain sight-a snake in the grass, one could say-that signals a confusion of reality. But the paintings are not running or hiding from reality. Instead, Hambouz deploys simplified and recognizable imagery, broken up across a three-dimensional picture plane, to unsettle expectations. This strategy of hiding realities just barely below the surface and using abstraction as a tool of obfuscation arises..."- Laura Phipps, Associate Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New American Paintings, Northeast Issue #176, 2025
Procedural Signal (Air II), 2025
acrylic, gouache, and wood on panel, 24" x 34" x 3"
Fire!!! Crackers!, 2025
acrylic, gouache, and wood on panel, 24" x 30" x 3"
Is This Thing On? This Thing Is On!, 2025
acrylic and wood on panel, 12" x 12"
C’s Still Got Your T, 2025
acrylic, gouache,and wood on panel, 24" x 24" x 6”
N/C, 2023
acrylic gouache and wood on panel, 30" x 40" x 3"
Psst, 2023
acrylic gouache, acrylic ink and wood on panel, 36" x 48" x 4"
sStop! Sign, 2023
acrylic gouache and wood on panel, 20" x 24" x 3"
Night Time, 2023
acrylic gouache, acrylic ink and wood on panel, 24" x 24" x 3”
Current Mood, 2022
acrylic gouache, acrylic ink, flashe and wood on panel, 36" x 36" x 3"
B|W|R|G III, 2023
acrylic gouache on and wood on panel, 20" x 16" x 3"
B|W|R|G II, 2023
acrylic gouache and wood on panel, 24" x 24" x 3"
S in the G, 2022
acrylic, acrylic gouache, flashe, and wood on panel, 36" x 36" x 3"
B|W|R|G I, 2023
acrylic gouache and wood on panel, 12" x 12" x 2.5"
I Hope You Don’t Mime, 2023
acrylic and gouache on panel, 12" x 12"
Crossed Eyes and Dotted Teeth, 2022
acrylic gouache and wood on panel, 24" x 18" x 3"
Stacked Watts, 2022
acrylic, enamel, flashe, gouache on hand-built multidimensional wooden panel, 16” x 20” x 2.5”
Stitch Witchery, 2019
acrylic, flashe, on hand-built multidimensional wooden panel, 30" x 30" x 2.5"
Slow Glowing, 2022
acrylic, enamel, flashe, gouache on hand-built multidimensional wooden panel, 30” x 40” x 2.5”
Snitches Get Stitches, 2017
acrylic, flashe, on hand-built multidimensional wooden panel, 30" x 30" x 2.5"
Occupational Hazard 2077, 2022
hand-cut paper on panel, 18”x24”
I Think We’re Alone-ish Now 2077, 2022
hand-cut paper on panel, 18”x24”
Prom 2077, 2020
hand-cut paper on panel, 16"x20"
Vernal Equinox 2077, 2022
hand-cut paper on panel, 16”x20”
Olympics 2077, 2021
hand-cut paper on panel
16”x20”
Boca Raton 2077, 2020
hand-cut paper on panel
20"x16"
Nudist 2077, 2020
hand-cut paper on panel
18"x24"
Superstitious Dance Party 2077, 2021
hand-cut paper on panel
24”x30”
Call Waiting 2077, 2020
hand-cut paper on panel
18"x24"
Catastrophe 2077, 2020
hand-cut paper on panel
24"x18"
Email 2077, 2020
hand-cut paper on panel
18”x24”
Aptitude Test 2077, 2020
hand-cut paper on panel
10"x8"
Small Fire Failing to Impress the Sun 2077, 2020
hand-cut paper on panel
20”x16"
New Year's Eve 2076, 2020
hand-cut paper on panel
16"x20"
Cyber Monday 2077, 2020
hand-cut paper on panel
16"x20"
Junior High 2077, 2019
hand-cut paper on panel
18"x24"
Continental Breakfast 2077, 2020
hand-cut paper on panel
24"x18"