Michael Rowe

Michael Rowe had a habit of drawing with a ruler, keeping his lines so crisp they looked machine-made. One day he turned that precision on himself, creating a series of self-portraits where every pore and wrinkle felt hand-drawn despite the tools. Why he belongs in Gallery Tiles: try looking up his Self-Portrait with Ruler (2005), it’s like watching a person measure their own face, one careful line at a time.