Art AF® was created by MF Cormier, a metal sculpture artist and cinematographer whose work is rooted in images, stories, and the search for meaning.

As a cameraman working in Washington DC, Michael has spent much of his career watching politics, power, and history unfold through the lens of his camera. After witnessing January 6th firsthand while working on a Showtime documentary series, he struggled to process what he had seen — not only as a filmmaker, but as a citizen and an artist.

That experience eventually found its way into his sculptures. Working with metal gave him a different language: one built from weight, tension, and form. What he could not fully express in words or images, he began shaping in steel.

After the 2024 election of Donald J. Trump, he began welding a series of metal sculptures aimed at the chaos, cruelty, contradiction, and absurdity of the political moment. What started as a way to process what was happening around him became something bigger. One night, while trying to put a name to what he was doing, he realized it was Art Against Fascism - Art AF®.

The work derives from the belief that some things are too overwhelming, too infuriating, or too complicated to say plainly. Sculpture became another language. One built from steel, weight, balance, and creativity. Each piece reflects the world we are living in now: the fear, the fight, the resilience, the hypocrisy, and the questions we all carry. Every work carries a message. And a burden.

Art AF® began with sculptures, but the project has grown into prints, mugs, tote bags, and wearable political art — pieces people can carry with them into the street, into conversations, and into their everyday lives. The merch collection is not separate from the art. It is another way of making the message visible.

Beyond his work as an artist and filmmaker, Michael is a travel junkie, an adventure seeker, and someone who still believes in doing crazy shit just for the hell of it. He believes creativity is not just about making objects. It is about how we live, how we resist, how we connect, and how we make meaning in a world that keeps trying to break our spirit. Art sets him free.