For more than 40 years, Michael Netter has been religiously creating video art, paintings and assemblages. A self-taught artist, he became a protégé of Andy Warhol, fully immersed in the dynamic art world of New York City in the early 1970s.
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Netter was introduced to Andy Warhol by his good friend, fellow Georgetown alumnus and Interview Magazine editor, Bob Colacello. From 1970 to 1973 Michael worked with Warhol and shot over 200 videos of Factory superstars Joe Dallesandro, Jane Forth, Candy Darling and Brigid Polk, events like David Bowie’s first visit to Andy’s Factory, and celebrities including actor Dennis Hopper at the Chelsea Hotel, fashion designer Halston and fledgling actress Cybill Shepherd.
Over the next three decades, Michael Netter built a successful corporate consulting practice. Capitalizing on his artistic background, Netter developed logo designs, branding strategies, and product innovations for Verizon, United Artists, Coca-Cola, Merrill Lynch, Kraft, Coors, American Express, Bank of America and many other companies.
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During those formative years in Warhol’s Factory, Netter continued to paint. Warhol encouraged Netter after seeing a series of colorful grid paintings of brick walls and a portrait he painted of Andy. In 1973, Netter left the world of Warhol and, as a painter, went underground.
For Netter, painting has always been about self- fulfillment and the act of creation; he chose to keep the purity of his experience by remaining private with his art for decades.
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