Michael Daniel Birnberg, also known as Midabi, was born in New York City. He was raised by a small eclectic family that included artists, entrepreneurs, war veterans, vegetarians, philosophers, meditation, globe-trotting, and a progressive humanistic ethos based on four main points:

• What you are looking for is within you.
• Always be a student.
• Have the heart of a child.
• The breath is a gift and is the most powerful of all things.

Midabi’s artistic mission is to update popular concepts of big subjects, such as space, time, mortality, desire, culture, identity, belief, etc.

The WOW series reduces the human experience into a basic, fundamental moment. It is meant to highlight the awesome majesty of pure existence, regardless of the circumstantially based rationale for judgment.