Michael Pauker Art
American, b. 1957
Inspired by Abstract Expressionism and driven by deep curiosity, artist Michael Pauker has created an expansive oeuvre that is inclusive of abstract and figurative paintings, landscapes, sculptures, prints and collages constructed with scraps of aging historical documents, watercolor paints and found objects.
“As an artist, I am not a one-trick pony,” he has said. “Some artists find success doing one thing and stick just with it. But my curiosity is omnivorous. I’m driven by images I’ve never seen before, both abstract and figurative.”
Born in 1957 in New York, Pauker knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned his BFA from the State University of New York (SUNY), then in 1989, completed his MFA at Mills College (now Mills College at Northeastern University) in Oakland where he was awarded the City of Oakland Fellowship in Painting.
Since 1988, Pauker has lived and worked in the Bay Area, teaching art in various venues such as schools, colleges and institutions including the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, the state’s prison hospital, for several years. When he isn’t teaching, Pauker focuses on creating art — the mediums of which can change by the moment.
While he works in oil on canvas for most of his paintings, Pauker is also known for his “Miniature Collage” series. He has worked on this series for more than a decade. Other works include abstract drawings and figurative watercolors blended with collages of vintage paper, stamps and found objects — his Oesterreich II is an example of the latter.
Pauker has exhibited widely across the United States, Japan and Costa Rica, and his works are held in the public collections of many institutions including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
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Artist: Michael Pauker
Wien 101 - Chine Colle Watercolor with Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful abstract expressionist collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Composed of two sections of black and navy blue, this piece has layers of depth, both in the watercolor and the paper applique. Dark chine colle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,720 Sale Price
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Black and White Abstract Cityscape
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale oil painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). A series of grids and swirls create and industrial feeling landscape, as if the viewer is looking out ...
Category
Early 2000s Post-War Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"Codex Asien" Small Collage by Michael Pauker
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Small abstract paper collage in chalkboard black by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). This piece is created from a few pieces of antique paper, assembled in an aesthetically pleasing ratio, with a stark contrast between codex marks on a black background. These are all numbered sequentially, into the thousands - Pauker created a series of these pieces over the course of a decade.
Numbered and titled, "Codex Asien," on verso .
Acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Presented in a new mat with foamcore backing.
Paper size: 7.75"H x 4.75"W
Mat size: 13"H x10"W
“I’m driven by curiosity...where it comes from I can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century modernist art is the thing that I keep returning to.” - Michael Pauker
Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957 and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989 he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Exhibitions include:
2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA
2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2002 “40 by 40,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, N.Y., NY
2002 “Works on Paper,” Bryant St. Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002 Dolby Chadwick Gallery...
Category
1990s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Printer's Ink
"Linen Starch" - Chine Colle Monoprint with Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"Linen Starch" - Chine Colle Monoprint with Collage
Abstract monoprint by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). This piece is made from several layers of collage, including stamps and pages from old books and manuscripts. Atop the collage is a chine colle monoprint, adding a laver of depth.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Titled and dated on verso.
Presented in a new cream mat with foam core backing.
Paper size: 14.44"H x 10.32"
“I’m driven by curiosity...where it comes from I can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century modernist art is the thing that I keep returning to.” - Michael Pauker
Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957 and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989 he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Exhibitions include:
2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA
2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2002 “40 by 40,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, N.Y., NY
2002 “Works on Paper,” Bryant St. Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002 Dolby Chadwick Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Jerry" - Caricature Portrait Etching 1977
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"Jerry" - Caricature Portrait Etching
A dual portrait in an illustrative, cartoon style by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Two men are portraye...
Category
1970s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
Assemblage #4 (Letters, Glass Slides, and Wood)
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist oil painting with assembled objects by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Against a orange-bronze and pink background, the artist has attached several objects, including plastic letters, paper cutouts, and glass slides...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Glass, Plastic, Paper, Oil, Canvas
$760 Sale Price
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"Oesterreich II" Contemporary Monotype with Chine Colle and Watercolor
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary abstract painting and collage composition with stamps, various types of paper, and watercolor by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). With found object scraps of vintage ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Found Objects
"Biomorph" Large Scale Orange Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale abstract in orange of bold shapes by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of his work. Unframed. Image size: 60...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Knossos" Contemporary Abstract Rectilinear Abstract with Blue, Black & Magenta
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale contemporary abstract of bold rectilinear shapes in black on a sky blue background with fun magenta accents by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Unsigned...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Caricature Portrait of a Man
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary caricature-style portrait of a man by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Signed "Michael Pauker" and dated 1976 on verso. Acquired with a collection of his work. Image ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,720 Sale Price
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Contemporary Figurative Abstract with Red & Green Faces
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"My Sick Conscience vs. Yours", a large-scale contemporary figurative abstract featuring several figures and faces in the foreground against a backdrop patterned with linear green faces on red by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957), c. 2000s. Signed "Michael Paulker...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,720 Sale Price
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"He Walks Away" - Large Scale Bay Area - Abstract Expressionist
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold patterned abstract by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Several pieces of paper and stamps affixed to canvas. Titled on stretcher bar. Unsigned, but was acquire...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,400 Sale Price
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Untitled #56, Large Scale Contemporary Cubist Interior Abstract with Pink
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale contemporary cubist abstract interior scene, composed of pink and multicolor geometric shapes by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). The geometries are fr...
Category
2010s Cubist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,920 Sale Price
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Curves and Angles - Large Scale Bay Area - Abstract Expressionist
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold patterned abstract by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Several pieces of paper and stamps affixed to canvas. Titled on stretcher bar. Unsigned, but was acquire...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,080 Sale Price
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"Les Danseuses" The Dancers, Vertical Abstract in Earthtones & Neutrals
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Subdued contemporary abstract oil painting on wood by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957), c.2000s. The upper two thirds of this composition is a soft, textural impasto abstraction in warm, neutral tones created with wide, flowing brushstrokes. The lower third contrasts sharply in color as well as texture, as dark brown earth-tones are punctuated with small red accents. This versatile piece can be hung vertically or horizontally.
Titled "Les Danseuses...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
$2,680 Sale Price
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Grey & Teal Linear Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Harmonious large-scale abstract with teal linear patterns dancing across a textured grey background by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Can be oriented vertically o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$5,200 Sale Price
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Europa - The Abduction, Contemporary Figurative Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary abstract impressionist symbolic painting representing the abduction of europa by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). This myt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,080 Sale Price
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"What's Black and Blue and Red All Over?", Contemporary Abstract Expressionist
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Clashing patterns and colors create compelling contrast in this large-scale abstract, with red and black scribbled forms on a linear background of bright orange and sky blue by Bay A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Troy", Contemporary Abstract Painting with Found Object Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary abstract painting with found object collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Blue and red oil paint covers the w...
Category
2010s Abstract Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Wood, Paper, Oil
$920 Sale Price
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Brainiac VI, Contemporary Large-Scale Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale contemporary abstract with multi-colored brains layered on a black background by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Unsigned, but was acquired with a coll...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$4,800 Sale Price
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"Milano", Contemporary Abstract Painting with Found Object Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary abstract painting with found object collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Black and white oil paint covers th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Oil
$920 Sale Price
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"Bologna", Contemporary Blue Abstract with Found Object Collage on Wood
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary abstract expressionist mixed media piece featuring found object collage layered with blue, black and white paint by Bay Area artist M...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Wood, Paper, Oil
Army Green, Black, & Blue Chine Colle Watercolor with Found Object Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful abstract expressionist collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Composed of two contrasting sections; army green with orange and warm neutral found obj...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Watercolor
"No. 2314" Miniature Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Miniature paper collage by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Titled/numbered, initialed, and dated on verso. Acquired with a collection of his work. Presented in a new mat with foa...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper
$380 Sale Price
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Cabin in the Woods, India Ink Forest Landscape with Redwood Trees
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
India ink and watercolor landscape in black done with expressive, linear brushstrokes featuring tall redwood trees with cabin windows peaking through the ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
$460 Sale Price
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"Au Debut dele Printemps" - "Early Spring" Surreal Figurative Tree Man
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Surreal figurative abstract depicting a half man, half tree figure on a pedestal in a dream-like, abstracted white and blue space by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,640 Sale Price
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Textural Alphabet Letter Abstract in Ice Blue, Orange, & Pink
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and bold abstract in heavy textured impasto with alphabetical letters scattered across the composition in brightly colored shapes by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Monolith - Abstract Etching with Applied Paper
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract etching with layers of indecipherable text by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Tan block in the center of the piece is an applied piece of paper. This piece is an artist'...
Category
1970s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
$920 Sale Price
20% Off
Artist's Dream II - Figure Painting on Beach, Surreal Self-Portrait
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale surreal figurative landscape featuring a self-portrait of the artist at work with his palette, painting a sculpture of a nude figure on a beach by Bay Area artist Michael...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Suspension
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist oil painting depicting an orange and yellow geometric canvas with subtle highlights of red and white by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Acq...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,480 Sale Price
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"Paysaye Marine", Miniature Contemporary Abstract Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
A lovely miniature contemporary abstract paper collage by Bay Area Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Titled, signed, and dated on verso of piece. Titled, numbered (#101), and dated...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper
$340 Sale Price
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Black and Red Shapes on a Gray Field
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking abstract painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Unframed. Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of his work.
“I’m driven by curiosity...where i...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Contemporary Two-Part Geometric Abstract: Teal and Monochrome
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold contemporary patterned abstract composition on two joined canvases by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). The left canvas, which makes up one fourth of the compos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,520 Sale Price
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"Calvados", Contemporary Abstract Miniature Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary abstract miniature paper collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Titled, signed, and dated on verso of piece. Titled and dated on verso of mountin...
Category
1990s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper
$380 Sale Price
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"Barolo", Contemporary Abstract Miniature Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary miniature paper collage by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Titled, signed, and dated on verso of piece. Titled and dated on verso of mounting board. Acquired with a ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Aqua Culture - Blue, Grey, & Brown Impasto Abstract on Wood
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic abstract composition on wood board with blue, grey, and brown in heavy impasto that interplay with the background of unprimed woodgrain by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (Ame...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
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