Michael Fajans

As a teenager Michael Fajans moved with his family to New York City. He studied art and dance at Antioch College in Ohio and from 1977 was based in Seattle, where he received public commissions from city and state agencies, hospitals, schools, and other groups. Along with Three sets of Twelve, Fajans’ other major commission in Seattle is High Wire (1993), a 180-foot-long mural at the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. Museums that have exhibited Fajans’ work include the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington in Seattle, the San Jose Museum of Art in California, the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, and the Contemporary Museum in Baltimore.