FRESHLY FINISHED WORK & NEWS UPDATES

• ACTION FIGURES- D.Hirst, D.Byrne, Ron English, Joe Sorren, B.Cosby, Dr.Phil
• PUBLICATION- 7 interviews (1 podcast!), bloggings, Contest Finalist, DeathCare
• SCULPTURE- Evan's Mobile; Cardboard Shoes/House; Manson/Krafft tea pot
• PAINTINGS/DRAWINGS- trading cards, sketches, "Kamilables", kitsch wood slabs
• CUSTOM WORK- C.Anderson(TED); non-posable figures; Cake Toppers

UPCOMING, CURRENT & RECENT EXHIBITS

• 07.02.09- LONDON group show, Stolen Space Gallery
• 10.03.09- PALM SPRINGS, CA. big show w/ Joe LEDBETTER, M Modern Gallery
• 05.13.10- LONDON big show w/ Charles KRAFFT, Stolen Space Gallery
• ONGOING- G.Lundgren "deathcare boutique" Seattle.WA
• (coverage) promotional event & art show for Barack Obama in ROME Italy
• (coverage) "The ArtArmy Young Guns", Copro/Nason, Santa Monica.CA
• (coverage) "The New York ArtArmy", Showroom NYC, New York.NY
• (coverage) "The Cardboard Shoe Show", Fuse Gallery, New York.NY

THE BUZZ & BLURBS

“Leavitt succeeds in art’s most important function — to not only help us recognize and articulate our values, but participate in a dialog that validates them as well. At its best, art connects our best selves with each other, and he has done that… I’m grateful to artists who address the subject of ‘What is it about fighting and glorifying fighting and power, anyway?’ in a way that gets our minds thinking and lips moving.” -Polymer Clay Daily, May 2008

“…the tributes to Leavitt’s heroes will do nothing more than put a big dopy grin on your face. And sometimes that’s all you need from art.” -Seattle Magazine, Dec. 2006

“The (Art Army) project is clearly aligned against the forces of imperialism and cultural suckiness, but Leavitt makes his points with a light touch, being too high-spirited and incorrigibly silly to get bogged down in another dreary leftist critique.” -David Stoesz, Seattle Weekly, Apr. 2003

“…Leavitt is currently causing quite a stir in the US with his Art Army… these are ART toys with a capital ‘A’.” -PIMP Magazine (UK), Nov. 2006

“By creating cardboard sculptures of some of the most popular models in footwear he is essentially riding the commercial train and exercising his meticulous craft of making these wearable cardboard replicas… he is smart to tap into the fanaticism because the demographic that would buy these may not usually buy a piece of art.” -Trendland, March 2009

“…the ever-ambitious Mike Leavitt has bodly gone where few artists have gone before, into the funky realm of cake toppers.” -Regina Hackett, June 2007

“…when it comes to art icons, Michael Leavitt has a deep set of beliefs about who deserves a reserved parking space in the annals of history.” -JUXTAPOZ Magazine, Mar. 2007

“The hardest working man in the art world, Leavitt alters the everyday objects among us with his blazing technical skill and wit. You will never look at your world the same way again.“ -Captive Wild Woman, Feb. 2009