Michael Chance

Biography

Michael Chance is a painter based in London, roaming around on a narrowboat and working in a studio in Bow. He studied Popular Music at Liverpool University and spent a few years immersed in the Manchester music scene before moving to London in 2012 to study on the Drawing Year.

Between 2014-18 he co-founded and ran Mercer Chance Gallery in Hoxton, showing emerging artists with a focus on drawing and painting. Since then he has dedicated himself to his own practice. Although primarily committed to painting, Michael is also passionate about producing sculpture, music and writing.