Michelle Kohler
Born 1978 Silver Spring, MD | Lives and works in Washington, DC
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Playgrounds, Gradient Project Space, Thomas, WV
Group Exhibitions
2023 Polymath, Prologue Projects, Charleston, WV
2021 Unboxing, Arts Territory Exchange, Traveling Exhibit
2020 Material Woman, Joan Hisaoka Gallery for the Healing Arts, Washington DC
2019 Skeidararhlaup Festival, Arts Territory Exchange, East Iceland
2019 Art, Language, Location, Arts Territory Exchange, Cambridge, UK
Awards
2011 Wrangell Mountains Tall Tales Prize, McCarthy, AK
Residencies
2020 St. Mary’s College Artist House Residency, St. Mary’s City, MD
2019 St. Mary’s College Artist House Residency, St. Mary’s City, MD
2018 Artist Territory Exchange, Washington, DC
2018 Red Dirt Studios, Mount Rainier, MD
2017 Artist Residency in Motherhood, Washington, DC
Workshops
2021 3M: Movement, Matter, Meaning, Arlington Public Schools, Arlington, VA. February 26
2020 Material Class, The Phillips Collection, Washington DC, September 5
2020 Nature, Journal, Sketchbook Workshop, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD. March 4 & 5
2019 One Good Sentence, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD, March 4
Artist Lecture/Presentation/Critique
2020 Critical Response Process Critiques, Red Dirt Studio, Mt. Rainier, MD
2020 Senior Critiques, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD. March 11
2020 Letters, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD, March 2
2020 Artist Talk, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington DC, February 1
2019 Presentation & Senior Critiques, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD. March 4-6
2018 Playgrounds, Gradient Project Space, Thomas, WV. May 25
Press
2020 Portrait of an Artist, The American Scholar, March 9
Collections
Huet Repolt, Brussels, Belgium
Education
2023-2024 MPS, User Experience Design: Maryland Institute College of Art + Design, Baltimore, MD
2007-11 MAT, Art: Corcoran College of Art and Design at The George Washington University, Washington, DC
1997-2001 BA, Art & Art History: St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD
Professional Experience
2018-present Artist, Lenore Winters Studio, Bethesda, MD
2007-14 Artist, Lenore Winters Studio, Bethesda, MD
2019-21 Art Teacher, Hope House Summer Camp, Washington, DC
2014 Art Teacher, DC Public Schools, Washington, DC