Bio
Michelle Weinberg is a visual artist living and working in Miami Beach and New York.
She is the recipient of fellowships and residencies from Fundacion Valparaiso in Spain, Millay Colony, MacDowell Colony, an Artist Enhancement Grant and an Individual Artist Fellowship from the State of Florida, a 2008 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship in Visual & Media Art, Sanskriti Pratishthan and Kanoria Centre for the Arts in India, a FIVA Fellowship from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, a Visual Arts fellowship from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Altos de Chavon, Eastern Frontier Society in Maine, and the New England Foundation for the Arts, among others.
Recent and upcoming exhibitions of Weinberg’s work includes The Schoolhouse Gallery in Provincetown and Polychrome Affinities at the Miami-Dade Public Library, David Castillo Gallery, Free-Arranger at MIA Airport Gallery, Elevations for a New City at Art@Work, TopSoil at Casa Lin, Miami Contemporary Artists: Creating a Scene at the Freedom Tower, Picturopolis at ArtCenter/South Florida in Miami. Selected New York exhibitions include Alona Kagan Gallery, the Rotunda Gallery, LFL Gallery, The Work Space, and Esso Gallery. Museum exhibitions include Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and the Wolfsonian Museum/FIU in Miami Beach. Weinberg completed a mural, Hand Painted Warehouse, at Locust Projects in Miami. Other art in public spaces includes Upper Eastside Garden, Miami, and One Miami Riverwalk. Weinberg is founding principal of IPO, an ongoing artistic collaboration. Her work has been published in HOME Miami, Miami Art Guide, El Nuevo Herald, Miami New Times, Florida Inside/Out, and others.
Weinberg received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in NYC and an MFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. She has been a visiting artist and instructor at Tyler School of Art, University of South Florida, Florida Atlantic University, Miami International University of Art & Design, Kenyon College, and a mentor at Transart Institute MFA Program in Linz, Austria. A project consultant to museums and non-profits, she develops curricula, artist residencies, workshops and mentorship programs for teens. Weinberg contributes reviews on contemporary art to MAP magazine, Miami Artillery and Provincetown Arts. She edits and produces CIRCULAR, a publication of contemporary art, writing and culture. Weinberg is creative director of Girls’ Club in Fort Lauderdale and co-founder of AVAILABLE SPACE in Miami.
A complete C.V. is available upon request.
photo: Luis Olazabal
mail@michelleweinberg.com