Michael Lonchar (b.1997 Waterbury, CT) is a multidisciplinary artist working within sculpture and video to create large-scale installations about his experiences with mental health. Using primarily wood, Lonchar builds structures that contain symbols used to express euphoric and dysphoric emotions. Living with bipolar disorder, he often tries to show the emotional extremes of his life in relation to memories of his personal history.

Lonchar's style fluctuates between the minimalist and the maximalist. The structures are often barren and utilitarian but after careful surface treatments and use of found objects, they convey deeply personal, even sentimental, ideas.

Michael Lonchar earned his BFA at the Minneapolis College of Fine Art and Design in 2019. He's shown at several notable institutions including: Franconia Sculpture Park, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Portland, Maine, Currents New Media, and Heiress Gallery among others. Lonchar had his first solo exhibition, In the front door, out the back of the head, at REVERB Gallery in 2024.

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