BIOGRAPHY

Michelle's works combine the influences of abstract and expressionism art. Always influenced by the environment and life experiences it was from an early age that Michelle started using the artistic medium of drawing and painting to depict compelling stories of the otherworld. Since returning to Toronto in 1996 she has graduated in Marketing Management at Centennial College, earned a BFA in Fine Art at Ontario College of Art & Design and have exhibited works in partnership with the Canadian Human Rights Commission, Six Ah Wi Art Collective in addition to select galleries in the Greater Toronto area. Her works are home to various private collectors in Toronto, Windsor, Winnipeg and St. John's, (Newfoundland).

Education:
Ontario College of Arts & Design - BFA-Fine Arts
Centennial College of Applied Arts & Technology - Marketing Management

Exhibitions
2008 Art in the Workplace, Public Health Agency of Canada, Toronto, ON

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2008 Cultural Landscapes, ACA Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2008 COLOURblind, Metro Hall, Vaughan Public Library, Scarborough Civic
         Centre, Mississauga Heritage Centre, Toronto, CAN (touring)
2007 Nuit Blanche, ACA Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2007 Genius Loves Company Edition Two, The Gladstone Hotel,
         Toronto, CAN
2007 Habitat, ACA Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2007 Tour de Force, OCAD Graduate Exhibition, Toronto, CAN
2007 COLOURblind, SPIN Gallery, Toronto, CAN, (touring)
2006 Art Affordable, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2006 Toronto Artists' Inspiration, 8th Annual Juried Exhibition, Praxis Gallery,
         Toronto, CAN
2006 Reflections, ACA Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2006 Genius Loves Company Edition One, Arta Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2006 Abstract Is..., Arta Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2005 Much Silence Makes a Loud Noise, Ashanti Room, Toronto, CAN
2005 Human Rights Through Art Exhibition, Toronto, Halton, CAN, (touring)
2004 Mother Love, Ashanti Room, Toronto, CAN
2004 Human Rights Through Art Exhibition. Toronto, CAN, (touring)
2003 Thefirstannualholidaysale, le.gallery, Toronto, CAN
2003 Creating for the Cure Art Auction, York Event Theatre, Toronto, CAN
2003 The 4th Annual Millennium Artists Art Exhibition, Wagner Rosenbaum
         Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2003 Women's Collective Show, OCAD Central Hall and Transit Space,
         Toronto, CAN
2000-03 Human Rights Through Art Exhibition, Toronto, CAN, (touring)
2000 Ontario College of Arts & Design Postcard Exhibition, Toronto, CAN