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