Michele Allen Fulkerson, Lacoste, France Photo Credit: Elise LeGallo
Michele Allen Fulkerson
Michele is based in Southern Oregon, with an artistic practice rooted in painting and photography. Starting in a fine arts program in Northern Michigan in the 80s, and evolving through a career marked by extensive travel and shifts in life experience, she holds a BFA in Studio Art with an Art History minor (graduating Summa Cum Laude from Southern Oregon University) and an MFA in Painting from Savannah College of Art and Design. Her work is deeply engaged with the historical contributions of women artists and the genre of self-portraiture. Michele is currently pursuing a PhD in Visual Arts at IDSVA, further developing her research in this field. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is featured in private and corporate collections.
EDUCATION
Institute for Doctoral Studies in Visual Art, Portland, ME - PhD in Visual Arts: Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art Theory / 2025- Present
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA - Master of Fine Arts in Painting / 2022- 2025
Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR - BFA Studio Art / 2020-2022
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA / 2017-2018
Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI - AA / 1986-1989
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Intangibles, Deschutes Gallery, Medford, OR
2025 Will You Remember Me? Gallery 163, Port Orford, OR
2022 I Am Not Her(e), Thorndike Gallery, Ashland, OR
2021 Definition of SHE, Thorndike Gallery, Ashland, OR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Mommy Dearest, Not Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2025 Faces & Figures, Covet Art Gallery, Oceanside, CA
2024 Open Studios, Lacoste, France
2024 Beach Signs, Gallery 163, Port Orford, OR
2023 The Women’s Room, Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR
2023 Small Works, Las Lagunas Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2023 Literally, A Figurative Art Show, Shockboxx Project Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2023 Invitational Watercolor Show Siskiyou Arts Museum, Dunsmuir, CA
2023 Figures and Faces, Las Lagunas Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2022 Small Works III!, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2022 A Celebration of Community, ARTspace Gallery, Lake Oswego, OR
2021 Open Studios, Thorndike Gallery, Ashland, OR
2020 COVID-19 Art Show, DooGallery, Atlanta, GA
Private Collection
Tetherow Resort, Bend, OR
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Creativity Conference, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR /2025
GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
IDSVA Art in Theory Seminar and Residency, Italy and Germany /2025
The Centre for Applied Jungian Studies, Self-Portrait Intensive /2025
The Haines & Friends Visual Arts Grant Program /2024 and 2022
Lacoste Artist Residency, France /2024
ARTIST ALLIANCE Jen Tough Gallery Summer Residency Program /2022
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2025 American Society for Aesthetics Mentorship
2023 Robert Courtright Endowment for Art
2020 Artist featured in a collection SAATCHI ART
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society for Aesthetics, Member
College Art Association/CAA, Member
© 2025 MICHELE ALLEN FULKERSON