Michael Allen is a California born multi-disciplinary artist working as a fashion, architectural, and portrait photographer since 2002. Having worked with the largest design firms and interior designers, he took inspiration from the process, wanting to create something with sculpture that would implement beautifully in design spaces all over the world. Having done Ketamine therapy with a doctor in 2012 for mental health long before it was mainstream, the subsequent visions and moving textures inspired him to experiment with color, various mediums, and eventually chemistry to create the process that he uses now. His current work has been refined over a decade to give the sculptural monochromatic look that he’s known for. Having assisted for some of the most talented interior designers in the early 2000’s, that time period also influenced how he looked at spaces, and sought to create an art experience that worked well in the context with other art, furniture, design, and lighting. Michael currently has his art studio built in Laurel Canyon where he creates his textured art, abstract paintings, and one of the most alive sounding art speakers in the world.
Michael Allen's art career started by photographing some of the most influential entrepreneurs like Richard Branson and Biz Stone and creating relationships with his clients that wanted beautiful art for their homes but didn’t quite know where to start. During the Pandemic, when his entire photography and art business came to a halt, not accepting the option of failure, he applied his experience of door to door sales he’d learned when selling financial and insurance products in his late teenage years, to selling art in the wealthiest neighborhoods in Malibu, Palisades, and SF before going back to selling through luxury design showrooms, design firms, and art galleries as the world opened back up.