“michael stradley”
Michael Stradley is a designer interested in the transformative, disruptive, and sometimes comical potential of emerging design technology. Stradley’s work cuts across a range of scales and disciplinary distinctions. Recent projects include oil paintings executed by CNC-machine, a book of computer-generated, imaginary brushstrokes, an annually-editioned, absurdist material encyclopedia, and an exploration of architectural color theory in the context of computational design.
Stradley was born in Dallas, Texas. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture (2014) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Science in Architectural Design (2020) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In addition to his art and design practice, Stradley has worked and taught at a number of educational institutions. These include Bennington College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he is currently a lecturer in the School of Architecture.
Outside of Stradley’s solo creative practice and teaching practice, he has worked collaboratively with a range of architects, artists and designers to help realize their work. Past collaborations include work with EASTON+COMBS Architects, DESIGN EARTH, MITdesignX, Jonathan Berger (installation artist), Ann Pibal (painter), Jon Isherwood (sculptor), Lauren Ewing (sculptor), Susan Silas (fine-art photographer), and Thorsten Dennerline (printmaker), to name just a few.
Stradley currently lives and works in Troy, NY.
CV available upon request.