Michael Kilgore Is an American celebrity fine artist. Michael became a Fine Art Major at the age of twelve, inspired by the relationship between lines, shapes and proportions. His mentors included Michelangelo, Romare Bearden, Picasso, Matisse, Basquiat, Rene Magritte and Modigliani... his sense of color, from Yves St. Laurent - in the fashion world, he is known as “Mikel Kilgour” an international couture designer of both, womenswear & menswear for an elite clientel.
 
Collectors of Kilgore's Fine Art interpretations are inclusive of Ryan Seacrest, Janet Jackson, Kenny Lattimore, Debbie Allen, “Diddy”, Constance White, Dave Winfield & Earvin “Magic” Johnson, the host of two “exclusive” Art exhibits in Beverly Hills, California. To add, a myriad of private collectors - east coast to west coast.
 
Upon meeting Dave Cassera, there was an immediate creative–chemistry between their artistic minds — juxtaposing the ancient–artifacts represented by Cassera, with the contemporary masterworks created by Kilgore. Their inspired collaboration, is entitled: ANCIENT-FUTURE and debuted at the San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts Show in February 2014.