Michael’s work is an assessment and exploration of interpersonal connection and wanton desire - between people, creatures, places, and objects. A significant throughline in his practice is the act of offering artwork freely to the audience, inspired by the gesture of giving that often occurs between artists, and an attempt to remove barriers and create more meaningful connections between artist, artwork, and audience. Over time and in response to the audience these interactions have evolved, becoming more playful and ritualistic, embodying strange games and engaging materialistic impulses. Each exchange serves as an opportunity to observe for Michael, and within that space he experiments, learns, celebrates, and condemns.
Michael Guerra Foerster is an artist living and working in New York City. He received a BFA with a concentration in ceramics from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2018, and has studied at Haystack, Penland, Arrowmont, and Pocosin Schools of Craft. He has participated in residencies at Brick Gallery and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, and exhibited work extensively, including at the Bluestar Contemporary Art Museum, Artpace, Box 13 Artspace, and Contra/Common. Michael has been awarded funding for various projects and opportunities through the Windgate Foundation, the Luminaria Working Artist Fund, Contemporary Art Month, the Color Network, and the City of San Antonio. Michael is also heavily invested in cultivating community through his curatorial and teaching practices, and in partnership with organizations - he worked with SAY Sí until 2025 as visual arts director and instructor and is a founding member of Clay SA.