“I make stuff, mostly stuff that has no real reason to exist, but now, they do exist.  Sometimes people like them.  I hope you like them.”

Mike Lash



Mike Lash is a professional artist with over 30 years exhibition experience with one-person exhibitions in the United States, France, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Hong Kong and Japan. He received his MA in painting from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, where he later was honored by being awarded the outstanding College Alumni in 2001 for the College of Visual & Performing Arts.  Some of the major public collections that include his work are:  The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; Centre d’Art Contemporain Geneva, Switzerland; Illinois State University Galleries, Bloomington, IL; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia; The Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; National Museum of Art, Washington, DC.  He is represented by Gardenfresh in Chicago, and Gallerie du Jour in Paris, France.