Education

Master of Science in Architectural Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 2020
Bachelor of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, May 2014

Biography

Michael Stradley is a designer and educator interested in the transformative, disruptive, and sometimes surprising potential of emerging and defunct technology. An architect by training, Stradley pursues methods of design research which cut across a range of scales, and borrow processes and knowledge from architecture-adjacent disciplines. Recent projects include oil paintings executed by CNC-machine; a book of computer-generated, imaginary brushstrokes; an annually-editioned, absurdist material encyclopedia; and an exploration of architectural color theory in the context of computational design.

Stradley has taught architecture and design at a number of educational institutions including Bennington College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Outside of Stradley’s solo creative practice and teaching practice, he has worked collaboratively with a range of architects and artists to help realize their work. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Science in Architectural Studies from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Stradley will serve as the Ventulett NEXT Fellow at Georgia Tech beginning fall 2024.

Statement of Teaching Interest

Stradley’s teaching focuses on drawing and representation, computation, and fabrication as drivers of design. Recent coursework at Georgia Tech includes graduate and undergraduate design studios, an elective on non-representational drawing, and courses in digital representation and modeling.

Statement of Research Interest

Stradley’s creative work and research investigates expanded practices of drawing. Recent works include non-representational, machine-drawn ink fields, which examine the meeting of computational procedure and material behavior. His work often borrows methods and approaches from fine-art disciplines like printmaking, painting, bookwork, and installation.

Recent Scholarly Work

Cedar Stack. (2025). Permanent Installation, The Goat Farm Arts Center, Atlanta, GA.

small works. (2025). Group Exhibition, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.

NEW DRAWINGS. (2025). Group Exhibition, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn,
NY.

COLOR-NAME-ZOOM. (2025). Moving-Image Installation for Peepspace, Whitespace Gallery,
Atlanta, GA.

The Hyper-Matrix. (2024). Panel, SGC International Annual Conference, Providence, RI.

Rise, Repeat. (2024). Permanent Pavilion + Conference Presentation, Bethel Woods Center for
the Arts, Bethel, NY.

DCA Juried Drawing Exhibition. (2024). Group Exhibition, School of Architecture at Montana
State University, Bozeman, MT.

15th Annual International Drawing Discourse Exhibition. (2024). Group Exhibition, UNC
Ashville, Ashville, NC.

Fernando, S., del Castillo y López, J.L.G., Jezyk, M., Stradley, M. (2023). Digitally Designed Stone Sculpting for Robotic Fabrication. In: Architecture and Design for Industry 4.0. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36922-3_28

Robert S. Brown Memorial Traveling Fellowship. (2022). Rensselaer School of Architecture, Troy, NY.