CV
Education
PhD University of Western Ontario, 2016 – 2022 (ABD)
Art and Visual Culture – Studio Stream
Dissertation: Remnants, Outlaws, and Wallows: Practices for Understanding Bison
Committee: Patrick Mahon (chair), Susan Knabe, David Merritt
MFA University of Manitoba, School of Art 2013 - 2015
Thesis: ANIMA: Visual Art as a Vehicle for Exploring Other Modes of Relatedness
Advisor: Sarah Ciurysek
School of Photographic Arts: Ottawa 2006 - 2008
Photographic Arts and Production Diploma
Graduated with Highest Honours
BFA University of Ottawa, Visual Arts 2001 - 2005
Graduated Cum Laude
Research Experience
GardenShip and State, Artistic Research Project and Exhibition 2019-
Advisor: Patrick Mahon
Research assistant
Writer, web designer, contributing artist
Centre for Sustainable Curating, UWO 2021 - 2022
Rethinking Carbon Offsets for the Arts: Lead Researcher and Project Manager
Interdisciplinary research and community-based initiative mobilization
Soil as a Relational Medium, Huron University College 2021 -
Lead Research and Creation Project Manager
Synthesizing quantitative and qualitative data for artistic dissemination
Deep Bay Artists’ Residency, Riding Mountain National Park 2016 & 2017
· Interspecies audio recording, data collection, public engagement
Teaching Experience
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Sept. 2016 - 2020
Teaching Assistant, Visual Arts
Taught a section of Foundations of Visual Arts, an undergraduate course averaging 220 students per semester, introducing students to key concepts and skills across a variety of media
Demonstrated digital and analogue art making skills
Introduced students to and led constructive critiques
Graded all assignments and provided timely and professional feedback
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Sept. 2020 – Dec. 2020
Teaching Assistant, Visual Arts
Assisted in Introduction to Sculpture and Installation, a second-year undergraduate course introducing students to contemporary processes used in three-dimensional construction.
· Developed, delivered, and marked installation-based assignment
· Administered and marked online reading response forums
· Demonstrated and supervised the use of power tools and heavy machinery
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2019
Project Mentor, School for Advanced Studies in Arts and Humanities
· Guided a small group of students from Thoreau and the Project of Everyday Life, a second year SASAH course, in the development of self-directed intermedia projects responding to local sites and concepts of reciprocity.
· Acted as a mentor and led hands on field research
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba Jan 2016 to May 2016
Instructor, School of Art
Taught Materials Studio: Photography, an undergraduate course with approximately 30 students per semester introducing cameraless photographic techniques
Developed syllabus, presentations, assignments, and a reflective marking practice
Guided students in using new techniques to complete meaningful self-directed projects
Fostered an environment for safe and productive group critiques
Community Teaching
Arts Education Classroom Experience 2018 - present
Educator, Various elementary schools in London, Ontario
Art City 2014-2016
Digital Art Instructor and Rotary Program Coordinator, Winnipeg
Winnipeg Art Gallery 2013-2016
Mixed Media Art Instructor, Winnipeg
Honours and Awards
Manitoba Arts Council Scholarship 2022
SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship 2020-2021
Ontario Graduate Scholarship 2019
David Magee Scholarship in Visual Arts 2019
Manitoba Arts Council Scholarship 2017
Graduate Thesis Research Award 2017
University of Western Ontario
Video Pool New Artist in Media Art Fund 2017
Fine Arts and Humanities Chair’s Entrance Scholarship 2016
University of Western Ontario
Fine Arts and Humanities Dean’s Entrance Scholarship 2016
University of Western Ontario
Western Graduate Research Scholarship 2016
Rosemary and Cliff Kowalsky Scholarship 2015
University of Manitoba
Manitoba Arts Council Creation and Production Grant 2015
Professor Richard Emerson Williams Graduate Scholarship 2014
Marvin and Irma Penn Scholarship in Fine Arts 2014
James B. Hartman Scholarship in Fine Arts 2014
University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship 2013
Exhibition Record
Selected Exhibitions
2021 Solo Exhibition, Outlaws, Remnants, and Wallows: Practices for
Understanding Bison, McIntosh Gallery, London, ON
GardenShip and State, Museum London, ON
After Progress, Goldsmiths University, Online
Stop Extinction! Save the Earth, The Embassy Cultural House – Online
2020 Distance makes the heart grow weak, Art Lab Gallery, London, ON
Suppose They Are All Put Together, Art Lab Gallery, London, ON
2018 Inward/Outward, Art Lab Gallery, London, ON
2017 You Can’t Steal a Gift, Satellite Gallery, London, ON
Neurocraft, Health Sciences Center, Winnipeg, MB
Revisions, Platform Centre for photographic and digital arts, Winnipeg
2016 Solo Exhibition, Speciation Dance, Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, MB
2015 Solo Exhibition, Ghost Heart, Cercle Moliere, Winnipeg, MB
Solo Exhibition, Anima, School of Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Sand in the Bellows, Platform Centre for photographic and digital arts, Winnipeg
2014 Solo Exhibition, VOICE: Cape Town to Nampula, Platform Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts, Winnipeg, MB
Her Art Her Voice, The Edge Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Concerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected, Platform Centre for photographic and digital arts, Winnipeg, MB
2012 Close to Home: Recent Additions to the City of Ottawa Fine Art Collection, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
藝術家轟趴展, One Year Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Solo Exhibition, A Tale of Two, DogPig Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2011 Solo Exhibition, See Yourself When All Is New, Red Wall Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2009 Solo Exhibition, M.L.O., La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Solo Exhibition, Subject Imagined, Arts and Architecture Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2008 Fisher-Strikefoot-Wilson, Arts Court, Ottawa, ON
Lust, Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON
Black and White, Cube Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Bibliography
Print Media
Steggles, Mary-Anne, Michelle Wilson: Cleansing the Land, Wales Art Review, January 18, 2021.
Milne, Marlene, Art Meets Neuroscience, Galleries West, March 13, 2017
Beaudette, Teghan, Blood, Brains and Mushrooms: Neurocraft exhibition opens in Winnipeg, CBC News, March 3, 2017
Under the Radar: Michelle Wilson, Studio Magazine, Fall/Winter 2016, pp. 58.
Trachenko, Alana, Into the Wild for Art, Winnipeg Free Press, July 11, 2016
Objects of Knowing, U of M’s Art Gallery Displays Works of Identity and Politics, The Manitoban, February 3, 2015
Art in the Dark, Winnipeg Free Press, September 30, 2013
Piece of My Heart, Ottawa Style Magazine, Fall 2012
Double Fantasy, Taipei Times, September 16, 2012
Beyond the Edges of the Map, Ottawa Xpress, March 17, 2011
Deachman, Bruce, Portraits That Sing, Ottawa Citizen, March 29, 2009
Radio
Wilson, Michelle, Interview, CBC Radio, London, ON, September 9, 2021
Publications
Journal Publications
Wilson, Michelle, “Speciation Dance,” tba: Journal of Art, Media, and Visual Culture, vol. 1, no. 1, 2019, pp. 68-71.
Podcast Publications
Wilson, Michelle, “Forced Migration,” SpokenWeb Podcast, December 6, 2021, https://spokenweb.ca/podcast/episodes/
Scholarly Articles
Wilson, Michelle, “Outlaw #5,” MAWA Newsletter, Summer 2021, pp. 10-11, https://mawa.ca/pdf/MAWA_Newletter_Summer_21_WEB_HR.pdf.
Presentations and Invited Lectures
Workshop, “Sowing Clay,” Support Gallery, 2021.
Presentation, “Water is Life: A Visit with GardenShip & State,” Words Festival, 2021.
Symposium Host, “Outlaws, Remnants, and Wallows: Practices for understanding Bison” McIntosh Gallery, 2021
Presentation, “Art Now!,” University of Western Ontario and Museum London, 2021.
Workshop, “Around the Kitchen Table: Artists Talk,” UnDisciplined conference, Queens University, 2021.
Presentation, “Inside the Artist’s Studio: A Visit with GardenShip and State,” Words Festival, 2020.
Paper Presentation, “Western Porcupine Grass,” Universities Art Association of Canada Conference, 2016.
Presentation, “Artist in Residence: Deep Bay Artist Residency,” Riding Mountain National Park, 2016.
Presentation, “Artist in Residence: Deep Bay Artist Residency,” Riding Mountain National Park, 2016.
Paper Presentation, “ANIMA,” 14th Annual Institute for Critical Animal Studies Conference, 2015.
Artist Residencies
2017 Deep Bay, Riding Mountain National Park, MB (Sept)
2017 New Artist in Media Art, Video Pool, Winnipeg, MB
2017 Neurocraft , Manitoba Craft Council, Winnipeg, MB
2016 Deep Bay, Riding Mountain National Park, MB (Aug)
2016 The Edge Gallery, Winnipeg, MB (Aug- Dec)
2015 Biophilia, Chelsea, QC (May)
Professional Affiliations
Embassy Cultural House, 2020-Present
Contributing Editor.