Michael
Schmeja

Melbourne born Michael Schmeja was well aware from a young age that he was an artist. After a Diploma of Visual Art in 2000, followed by a Bachelor of Fine Art, majoring in Drawing, at The Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Michael has continuously proven to be a passionate, hardworking and exhibiting artist.

The vibrantly creative city of Melbourne is where Michael developed as an artist, creating and exhibiting works that were, and continue to be, based on the abstract. Oil, acrylic and mixed media are his primary means of expression. Michael has always had a passion for both natural (often figurative) and architectural forms, which he utilizes in his continuously developing style of multi-layered abstraction.

During three years at Blender Studios (Melbourne), working among influential, local urban artists, Michael became heavily influenced by Melbourne’s dynamic street scene. It was the imagery of work over work, line over line that attracted him to this growing, creative epidemic in the city.

Upon arrival in Valencia in 2016, again he found himself working in an influential studio space - this time, alongside Spanish, and other European fine and urban artists.

Michael continues to live and create in Valencia, with regular visits to his home and studio in Melbourne.