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Michael Gittes (Michael Arthur Gittes II; 26 October 1987), a graduate of Wesleyan University, is an American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. ; He began his career working with a paint-filled medical syringe in place of a brush. ; Gittes' portrait of Michael Jackson, his first without paint, is currently on display at the National Portrait Gallery, London. ;

Career
In 2013, Gittes exhibited in the Veterans' Room at The Park Avenue Armory. The show, Moments In The Bellum, explored subjects of the Civil War off the battlefield. In 2014, Gittes exhibited his work at the Korean Demilitarized Zone. He painted a pre-1910 flag of a unified Korea and raised it at the DMZ after securing permission from both Koreas and the United Nations. The exhibition was inspired by and dedicated to his great grandfather, Dosan Ahn Chang-ho. ;

In 2018, Gittes organized a show with his psychiatrist to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of his release from several days spent in a mental institution in Middletown, Connecticut. The show was titled Since We Met, and was comprised of both Gittes' and his psychiatrist's artwork. ; From the LA Times "...a celebration of their relationship and a tribute to art’s role in Gittes’ recovery. It is also, some will say, a problematic blurring of the therapeutic boundary between doctor and patient." ;

After being selected by the Michael Jackson Estate and the National Portrait Gallery, London to contribute a portrait of Michael Jackson for the 2018 show, Michael Jackson: On The Wall, Gittes moved away from paint, saying "...he felt any painting simply would not capture his favourite thing about Jackson: 'his movement.'" ; Other artists in the show include Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Kehinde Wiley. As a core part of the exhibition, Gittes will be featured at the Grand Palais in Paris, the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, and Espoo Museum of Modern Art in southern Finland, where it will conclude in 2019. ;

Family
Dosan Ahn Chang-ho - Korean social reformer, poet, educator, philosopher, and independence activist (great-grandfather)

Philip Ahn - Actor and political activist; first Korean-American actor to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (great-uncle)

de:Archie Gittes - American painter (great-uncle)

Susan Ahn Cuddy - First female gunnery officer in United States history; Chief Analyst at Office of Naval Intelligence (OP-20-G), 1945-1950; Chief Analyst of the Soviet Division at the National Security Agency, 1950 - 1959 (grandmother)

Philip Greenspun - American computer scientist, educator, and early Internet entrepreneur; pioneered online communities (cousin)