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, Tigertail Artist Access Grant, an Artist Enhancement Grant and an Individual Artist Fellowship from the State of Florida, a South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship in Visual & Media Art, a FIVA Fellowship from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, a Visual Arts fellowship from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and Altos de Chavon, among others.
Recent and upcoming exhibitions of Weinberg’s work include Islip Art Museum in NY, New Work Miami 2010 at Miami Art Museum, Bleu Acier in Tampa, Carol Jazzar Fine Art, Miami, Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, Florida, Nordisk kunst Plattform, Norway, The Schoolhouse Gallery and Provincetown Art Museum, both in Provincetown, Polychrome Affinities at the Miami-Dade Public Library, and Free-Arranger at MIA Airport 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. Art in public spaces projects include Hand Painted Warehouse for Locust Projects in Miami, Shadow Canopy for Miami-Dade County’s GSA Facility and Paseo for One Miami Riverwalk.
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 is founding principal of IPO, an ongoing artistic collaboration, and she is co-founder of Available Space, activating neighborhoods with temporary public art. Weinberg has been Creative Director of Girls’ Club in Fort Lauderdale since 2006. Her work has been published in HOME Miami, The New York Times, Miami Art Guide, El Nuevo Herald, Miami New Times, Florida Inside/Out, and others.
A complete C.V. is available upon request.
photo: Luis Olazabal
mail at michelleweinberg dot com