Bio
Monique Michaels professional work is an exploration and combination of organic, botanical, textile art and light boxes and fine art, reportage, lifestyle, advertising and fashion photography. An award winning photographer and regular contributor to The New Yorker, Manhattan, Angeleno, C, Los Angeles, and Pasadena Magazines. Her photography is inspired by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Peter Lindbergh, Melvin Sokolski, and Anita Bresser. Her textile and light works are influenced by Olafur Eliasson, Dan Flavin, Mary Corse and Richard Tuttle. While her personal photographic work favors medium format film photography, her digital work features portraiture, lifestyle and journalistic style street photography. Her fine art photography is often printed by hand using gum bichromate, a 19th century multi-layered printing process, rendering painterly images from photographic negatives.
Monique’s fine art imagery has been exhibited in both solo and group shows at the MOCA / Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, South East Center for Photography, Greenville, SC, Anderson Chase Gallery, Katonah, NY, Greenwich Arts Society, Old Greenwich Art Society and Greenwich Art Council, Greenwich, CT, Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT, Lumen Winter Gallery, New Rochelle, NY and the Blue Door Art Gallery, Yonkers, NY.
Monique is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers, American Photographic Artists, Advertising Photographers of America, Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles, Center for Fine Art Photography, Croton Council on the Arts, Rowayton Arts Center, Stamford Artists Association, Greenwich Arts Council and the Greenwich Art Society. In addition, she served of the Board of Directors of the MOCA Contemporaries in Los Angeles from 2011-2013. Monique was born and raised in Chicago, lived and worked as an artist in Venice, CA for over a decade and currently lives in New York, NY.
group shows/
Woodstock Artist Association and Museum
”Far and Wide”
Juried by: Kimberly Camp
May 11 – June 9, 2019
28 Tinker St., Woodstock, NY
”Parallel Visions”
Juried by: Jenny Harris
July 26 – August 15, 2018
101 West Putnam Ave., Greenwich, CT
“Marine + Coastal”
Juried by: Will McCarthy
July 1 – July 29th, 2018
145 Rowayton Ave, Rowayton, CT
“Exhale” Winner: First Place
“Spectrum”
Juried by: Hilary Lewis
April 20th – May 24th, 2018
681 South Ave, New Canaan, CT
”Spring Juried Show”
Juried by: Kimberly Henrickson
March 4 – March 31, 2018
145 Rowayton Ave, Rowayton, CT
“Memories Abound” Winner: Third Place
”101st Annual Juried Exhibition”
Juried by: Randall Griffey
March 9 – April 13, 2018
299 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich, CT
”Beyond Brushwork”
Juried by: Laura Einstein
February 4 – February 25, 2018
145 Rowayton Ave, Rowayton, CT
“Dawn of a New Day” Winter Series / Winner: First Place
Press: The Examiner Page:13
”The Winter Landscape”
February 10 – March 11, 2018
65 Old Bedford Rd., Golden’s Bridge, NY
“38th Annual Photography Show”
Juried by: Allison Brandt + Carl Fuldner
January 20 – February 18, 2018
681 South Ave, New Canaan, CT 06840
Center for Fine Art Photography
”Portraits”
Juried by: Paul Martineau
December 22 – January 27, 2018
400 North College Rd., Fort Collins, CO 80524
SE Center for Fine Art Photography
”SE Center Open Show”
Juried by: Tim Anderson
December 1 – December 31, 2017
1239 Pendleton St, Greenville, SC, 29611
New Rochelle Art Association
“102nd Annual Open Juried Exhibition at the Lumen Winter Gallery”
Juried by: Robin Zane
September 16 – October 19, 2017
Lumen Winter Gallery
1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle, NY
”Photography Show”
September 3 – September 24, 2017
145 Rowayton Ave, Rowayton, CT
“Members Show”
September 10 – October 7, 2017
681 South Ave, New Canaan, CT
“Visual Narratives”
Juried by: Katerina Lanfranco
August 26 – September 24, 2017
575 Pacific St., Stamford, CT 06901
Stamford Art Association
”Far Away Places”
July 28 – August 24, 2017
Townhouse Gallery
39 Franklin St., Stamford, CT
“Marine + Coastal”
July 2 – June 30, 2017
145 Rowayton Ave, Rowayton, CT
United Hebrew
”Art of the Garden”
Juried by: Robin Zane
June 11 – September 13, 2017
Lazarus Gallery
391 Pelham Rd., New Rochelle, NY
Press: United Hebrew
Blue Door Art Gallery
”Flights of Fancy”
June 2 – July 8, 2017
13 Riverdale Ave., Yonkers, NY
Old Greenwich Art Society
”Juried Art Show”
June 3 – July 5, 2017
Bendheim Gallery
299 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich, CT
”100th Annual Juried Exhibition”
April 28 – May 31, 2017
Bendheim Gallery
299 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich, CT
Stamford Art Association
”Marine”
April 28 – May 25, 2017
Townhouse Gallery
39 Franklin St., Stamford, CT
“Inspirations”
February 26 – March 26, 2017
145 Rowayton Ave, Rowayton, CT
“Forgotten Goodbyes” Hampton’s Series / Winner: First Place
Stamford Art Association
“Inspirations”
January 26 – May 10th, 2017
Ferguson Library
One Public Library Plaza, Stamford, CT
“Edge of the Earth” Hampton’s Series / Winner: Honorable Mention
“Piermont Art in the Park”
September 18, 2016
Flywheel Park on Hudson
Piermont, NY
“Croton-on-Hudson Fall Arts Festival”
September 17, 2016
Senasqua Park, Elliott Way
Croton-On-Hudson, NY
New Rochelle Art Association
“101st Annual Open Juried Exhibition at the Lumen Winter Gallery”
September 25 – October 22, 2016
Lumen Winter Gallery
1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle, NY
“Forgotten Goodbyes” Hampton’s Series / Winner: Honorable Mention
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, LA
“FRESH”
March 2012
MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles)
250 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA
“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/
“Winter”
January 2018 Remedy Bodyworks, Stamford, CT
“Winter” Art to the Avenue
May 2017 LEICHT, Greenwich, CT
“Winter”
May 2017 Manfredi Jewels, New Canaan, CT
“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
New Rochelle Art Association’s 101st Annual Exhibition, New Rochelle, NY
2016 Honorable Mention “Forgotten Goodbyes”
Stamford Art Associations, “Inspirations” Stamford, CT
2017 Honorable Mention “Edge of the Earth”
“Inspirations” Rowayton, CT
2017 First Place “Forgotten Goodbyes”
Rowayton Art Center, “Beyond Brushwork” Rowayton, CT
2018 First Place “Dawn of a New Day”, Gum Bichromate Print
Rowayton Art Center, “Spring Juried Show” Rowayton, CT
2018 Third Place “Memories Abound”
Rowayton Art Center, “Marine + Coastal” Rowayton, CT
2018 First Place “Exhale”