Michele Allen Fulkerson

Michele's artistic practice is rooted in painting and photography, having started in a fine arts program in Northern Michigan 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

2025- Present IDSVA, Institute for Doctoral Studies in Visual Art, Portland, ME

2022- 2025 Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA Master of Fine Arts / Painting

2020-2022     Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR BFA Studio Art / Art History

2017-2018       Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020 August, COVID19 Art Show, DooGallery, Atlanta, GA

2021 October, Thorndike Gallery, Ashland, OR

2022 September 9 - October 28, A Celebration of Community ARTspace Gallery, Lake Owego, OR

2022 December, Small Works III!, Jen Tough Gallery, Artist Alliance Artsy Show

2023 March 2-31, Figures and Faces, Las Lagunas Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

2023 March 3-April 4, The Women’s Room, Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR

2023 March 4-18, Literally, A Figurative Art Show, Shockboxx Project Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA

2023 Sept. 9 – November 4, Invitational Watercolor Show Siskiyou Arts Museum, Dunsmuir, CA

2023 December, Small Works, Las Lagunas Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

2024 March 9, Open Studios, Lacoste, France

2024 May 11 - June 7, Beach Signs, Gallery 163, Port Orford, OR

2025 January 18 - February 8, 2025, Faces & Figures, Covet Art Gallery, Oceanside, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021 November, Definition of SHE, Thorndike Gallery, Ashland, OR

2022 May, I Am Not Her(e), Thorndike Gallery, Ashland, OR

2025 May 2-June 8, Will You Remember Me? Self-Portraits as Self-Evidence, Gallery 163, Port Orford, OR

2026 January 7 - 30, Intangibles, Deschutes Gallery, Medford, OR

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

2025    May 15-18, Presenter, Creativity Conference, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR

GRANTS & RESIDENCIES

2022 ARTIST ALLIANCE Jen Tough Gallery Summer Residency Program

2022 The Haines & Friends Visual Arts Grant Program

2024 SCAD Lacoste Study Abroad, Lacoste, France

2024 The Haines & Friends Visual Arts Grant Program

2025 March-May, The Centre for Applied Jungian Studies, Mirror & the Palette with Jennifer Higgie, Chantal Joffe, and Hettie Judah.

2025 May-June, Seminar & Residency, Rome and Tuscany, Italy

2025 June Seminar and Residency, Berlin, Germany

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

2020 Artist featured in a collection SAATCHI ART

2023 Robert Courtright Endowed Scholarship

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Society for Aesthetics, Member

College Art Association/CAA, Member

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