Bio
Monique Michaels’ professional work emphasizes fine art, advertising and fashion photography. A regular contributor to The New Yorker, Angeleno, C, Los Angeles, and Pasadena Magazines. Her photography is inspired by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Peter Lindbergh, Alexi Lubomirski, Melvin Sokolski, Francesco Scavullo, and Anita Bresser. Her personal work features portraiture, fashion, lifestyle, journalistic style street photography and has been exhibited in both solo and group shows at the MOCA / Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, in Santa Monica, CA at the In-Focus Institute and in Venice, CA at the Artisan Corner. Monique is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers, the Advertising Photographers of America and the Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles. In addition, she currently serves of the Board of Directors of the MOCA Contemporaries in Los Angeles. Monique was born and raised in Chicago and currently lives in Venice, California.
group shows/
“FRESH”
March 2012
MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles)
250 S. Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
http://www.moca.org/audio/blog/?p=2771
“Heath, Wellness and Happiness”
November 2011
Drescher Gallery
1700 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA
“Water”
November 2010
Drescher Gallery
1700 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA
31st Annual Photography Exhibition
May 2010
Drescher Gallery
1700 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA
solo shows/
“People on Earth”
June 2010 Artisan Corner, Venice, CA
http://theminty.com/tag/exhibition/
“Transcending the Limitations of Time”
June 2010 Artisan Corner, Venice, CA
June 2009 In Focus, Santa Monica, CA
awards/
Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles
2011 Student Photojournalist of the Year Award
JACC State Competition, Los Angeles California
2010 First place – News Photo