{"id":104690,"date":"2026-08-03T09:06:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=104690"},"modified":"2026-08-03T09:06:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:06:56","slug":"all-resin-michael-kessler-at-gallery-mar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/all-resin-michael-kessler-at-gallery-mar\/","title":{"rendered":"All Resin \u2014 Michael Kessler at Gallery MAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-10.06.06-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-104691\" src=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-10.06.06-AM-350x175.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-10.06.06-AM-350x175.png 350w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-10.06.06-AM-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-10.06.06-AM.png 1154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Park City<br \/>\nAugust 7\u201331, 2026<br \/>\nReception: Friday, August 7<\/p>\n<p>Michael Kessler debuts a new series of abstract paintings that continue his exploration of the intersection of organic forms and geometric structure. Built through a meticulous process of pouring, scraping, sanding, and layering translucent acrylic on panel, the works reveal biomorphic shapes that emerge from luminous fields of color. Inspired by the landscape of New Mexico, Kessler&#8217;s compositions draw on the rhythms of branches, leaves, and cellular forms, balancing spontaneous gesture with carefully ordered structure. The resulting paintings pulse with energy while maintaining a meditative sense of harmony.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, Kessler received his BFA from Kutztown University and has exhibited widely in the United States and internationally. He lives and works in New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gallerymar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gallery MAR<\/a><br \/>\n436 Main Street<br \/>\nPark City, UT 84060<\/p>\n<p>Hours:<br \/>\nMonday\u2013Wednesday, 11 am\u20137 pm<br \/>\nThursday\u2013Saturday, 10 am\u20139 pm<br \/>\nSunday, 11 am\u20136 pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Park City August 7\u201331, 2026 Reception: Friday, August 7 Michael Kessler debuts a new series of abstract paintings that continue his exploration of the intersection of organic forms and geometric structure. Built through a meticulous process of pouring, scraping, sanding, and layering translucent acrylic on panel, the works [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":104691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibitions","category-to_the_north"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-09-01 09:05:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[0],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-03-at-10.06.06-AM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104692,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104690\/revisions\/104692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}