Michael Burton Mazur (1935 – August 18, 2009) was an American artist who was described by William Grimes of The New York Times as "a restlessly inventive printmaker, painter, and sculptor.
His series of large-scale prints for Dante's Inferno won critical acclaim,and were the subject of a traveling exhibition organized by the University of Iowa in 1994.
Later he concentrated on creating large, lyrical paintings which make use of his free, gestural brushwork and a varied palette.
Some of these paintings were seen in an exhibition of 2002 at Boston University, "Looking East: Brice Marden, Michael Mazur, and Pat Steir.
He was long active as a teacher and supporter at the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts.