MICHELLE ALEXANDER

EDUCATION

2024    Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2022    Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2013    Associate in Applied Science Degree, Fashion Design Program, Parsons School of Design, New York City, NY

2012    Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Photography and Painting Program, University of Miami, Miami, FL



SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2025

My Body/ Your Object, Mathew Heberlein Contemporary, Chicago, IL

2024

Fighting The Flesh, The Morton, Grand Rapids, MI

Toxic Beauty, Tears of Perfection, Art City, Chicago, IL

2023

Hollow Shell, Art City, Chicago, IL 

Experiences of the Flesh, SITE Gallery, Chicago IL 



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

Connective Thread, Group Show, Ivory Gate Gallery, Chicago, IL (upcoming

Somatic Reaction, Online (upcoming)

Moonsail, Mathew Heberlein Contemporary, Chicago, IL (upcoming

2024

Members’, The Current, Stowe, VT

Same To You, Mathew Heberlein Contemporary, Chicago, IL

Story Telling, Stassia Gallery, Chicago, IL

PTDW Alumni, Color Club, Chicago, IL

Venezia 2.0, Cipriarte Gallery, Venice, IT

Transformations: Nice to See You Come, Nice to See You Go, Habitat 2317, Chicago, IL

Fighting The Flesh, Graduate Exhibition One, SAIC Gallery, Chicago, IL

In Here Out There, The Plan, Chicago, IL

We are our own healers. We are our own medicine, SAIC Wellness Center, Chicago, IL

2023

“Open”, Light Space & Time, Online

Miami 2.0, Spectrum, Miami, FL

Artistry Unleased, DragonFLY Gallery, Chicago, IL

Bonfire of the Vanities, SAIC Gallery, Chicago, IL

FIABCN, Fira International d’Art de Barcelona, Spain

Members’, The Current, Stowe, VT

Open Studios, SAIC, Chicago, IL

Figures, Chicago Fine Art Salon, Chicago, IL

Figures, Chicago Fine Art Salon, Online

Contemporary Expressions, Contemporary Art Station, Online

Voices Embodied: Uplifted, The Design Museum of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Windows to the Inside, Woman Made Gallery, Online

2022

Art for Peace, International Cultural Management, Online

Open Studios, SAIC, Chicago, IL

Truly, Post Bachelorette Baby!, SAIC Gallery, Chicago, IL

Members, The Current, Stowe, VT

Fly On The Wall, Mana Contemporary Chicago, Chicago, IL

Doodle Jam, Soho House Chicago, Chicago, IL                                                                       

Post Bacc, SAIC Gallery, Chicago IL                                                    

2021   

53 Days, SAIC Gallery, Chicago, IL                                                                                          

Open Studios, SAIC, Chicago, IL

2013

Fashion Presentation, Parsons School of Design, NY  

2012   

BFA Thesis Show, University of Miami Gallery, Miami, FL

2008   

Parsons Summer Program Exhibit, Paris, FR


TEACHING

2025

Drawing Studio, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2024   

Figure Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Drawing Materials and Techniques, School of the Art Institute of Chicago



CURATORIAL

2025

Connective Thread part Two, Group Show, Barley Fair, Chicago, IL (upcoming)

Connective Thread, Group Show, Ivory Gate Gallery, Chicago, IL (upcoming)

Digesting//Disrupting: the Golden Babies, Art City, Chicago IL

2024

Lovecraftian Sentimentality, Elise Bagnoli, Art City, Chicago IL 

Framed Absence: A Lyrical Dance, Shanti Grandhi, Art City, Chicago, IL 

Stream of Consciousness, Charlotte Saylor, Art City, Chicago, IL

Toxic Beauty, Tears of Perfection, Michelle Alexander & Stasia Lev, Art City, Chicago, IL 

Living Picture, Claire Boyle, Art City, Chicago, IL

Outside, in-between painting, Eleana Daniel, Art City, Chicago, IL

Whispers of Existence, Kimmah, Dennis, Art City, Chicago, IL

Sensations, Olivia Durhan, Art City, Chicago, IL

Vignettes, Atticus Gordon, Art City, Chicago, IL

Intricate Diaspora, Su Kaiden Cho, Art City, Chicago, IL

You May Not See Me, Noah Hook, Art City, Chicago, IL

2023

The Impossible Gathering, Lisa DeAbreu, Art City, Chicago, IL

Thoughts To Pass Time Too, Emily Nicole Murray, Art City, Chicago, IL


RESIDENCIES

2025

The Artist Residency Project, SVA



TALKS

2025

In Conversation with Shannon Stratton, My Body/ Your Object, Mathew Heberlein Contemporary, Chicago, IL

2024

Welcome To My Brain, Artist Talk, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2023

Sloughing, Artist Talk, Soho House, Chicago IL




PUBLICATIONS

CanvasRebel 

SAIC Magazine, Senior Portraits, Spring Issue 2024

Art for Peace, International Cultural Management, Coffee Table Book


PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

2024- Present

Embroidery Assistant, Carmen Neely



AWARDS

PTDW Teaching Fellowship       School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Second Prize Award                 Art for Peace International Cultural Management

AAS Deans Scholarship            Parsons School of Design

Dean’s list                                Parsons School of Design

Dean’s list                                University of Miami

Honor Roll                               University of Miami

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