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 Fundación 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 in Miami include The Schoolhouse Gallery in Provincetown, 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, Elevation at Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Beyond Picturopolis at ArtCenter/South Florida, and Harold Golen Gallery in Miami. Weinberg’s work can be found through ARENA, and Riva Blumenfeld Fine Art, both in New York, and the Schoolhouse Gallery in Provincetown, MA. Selected New York exhibitions include Alona Kagan Gallery, the Rotunda Gallery, LFL Gallery, The Work Space, and Esso Gallery. Museum exhibitions include the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and the Wolfsonian Museum/FIU in Miami Beach. Art in public spaces includes Upper Eastside Garden, Miami, One Miami Riverwalk, and Arts Park at Young’s Circle in Hollywood, FL. Weinberg is founding principal of IPO, an ongoing artistic collaboration (www.ipo-worldwide.com).
Weinberg received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in NYC and an MFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Currently a mentor at Transart Institute MFA Program in Linz, Austria, Weinberg has been a visiting artist and instructor at colleges and universities, including Tyler School of Art, University of South Florida, Florida Atlantic University, Miami International University of Art & Design, and Kenyon College. A project consultant to museums and non-profits, she writes grants, develops curricula, artist residencies, workshops and mentorship programs for teens. Weinberg contributes reviews on contemporary art to MAP magazine, Miami Art Guide, and Provincetown Arts. She also edits and produces CIRCULAR, a publication of contemporary art, writing and culture.
A complete C.V. is available upon request.
photo: Luis Olazabal
www.michelleweinberg.com