About Color Gravity Art

Michael cutting glassColor Gravity Work is a collection of stained glass and photography by Michael Whitney, an artist based in Philadelphia.

What's "Color Gravity?"

Color gravity is a concept from Mark Helprin's 1983 fantasy novel, "Winter's Tale.

Pearly Somes, an antagonist who leads a gang that steals valuables including art, is obsessed with colors -- particularly gold -- and he calls it "color gravity."

Exhibitions

Tate Modern - Flickr “Street & Studio” exhibition. London, UK. 2008.

DCist Exposed - Inaugural show in Washington, DC. 2008.

depARTure - Buffalo Central Terminal. Buffalo, NY. 2005.


Education

American University - Bachelor’s degree in Visual Media, with emphasis on photography. 2006.

Film School of the Academy of Arts and Music in Prague (FAMU) - studied documentary photography with Czech photographer Viktor Kolář. Fall 2005.