Mike Schertzer

Mike Schertzer (born May 27, 1965, in Brantford, Ontario) is a Canadian poet and artist.

Schertzer graduated in 1987 from the University of British Columbia with a B.Sc. in biology, and lived for some time in Vancouver, British Columbia. Of his artistic work, he says

"I practice a unique form of collage, which I call 'Sublimage' (paper and acrylic on glass). I also create text-based art, mostly overpainted books (negatexts). I also do performances and interventions that typically run for at least 8 hours."

He claims to have devised the longest acronym in the English language, Acronymic in his book Cipher and Poverty.

Books The following are some books by Schertzer: The House of Misfortune (1994). Tonguenail Books. Short Films from the 14th Century (1994). Exile Editions. A Hand for the Drowned (1994). Ekstasis Editions. A Personal Dictionary (1997). Tonguenail Books. Cipher and Poverty (The Book of Nothing) (1998). Ekstasis Editions. Absulation(1998). Self-published. Devil's Wine (2003). Self-published. Peindicy (2007). Exile Editions.

Performances and interventions Opacity. Vancouver (2000) Les Essais Diderot 2013 Les Ville Invisibles (Nuit Blanche 2015, Bruxelles) Pain Proust