Michèle Colburn
202-716-4211
Born: Washington DC. 1953
Lives and works in Washington, DC
Education
2012 American University, Washington, DC, USA. MFA, Studio Art
2004 American University, GCAT, Education. Teaching Certification
1979-81 Design, Illustration and Photography, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY. Courses.
1976 Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA. BA Art History
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Material Transformations, International Peace Museum, Dayton, OH
2021 In Plain Sight, Ronewa Art Projects (Bangkok/Berlin), On-line solo exhibition,
2019 The More Things Change, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Arlington, VA
2015 Michele Colburn: Wired. MOCA Arlington, Arlington, VA
2015 War Paths: The Art of Michele Colburn. Charles Krause Reporting Fine Arts, Washington, D
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Beauty Is What We’re Fighting For, Cade Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, MD
2024 Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2024 Fearless Watercolors-Acuarelas con Cojones, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, NY
2024 Winter Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
2021-24 Washington Project for the Arts, Benefit Auction & Exhibition, Washington DC
2020 Shown from Afar, WomensWork.Art, Poukeepsie, NY
2023 Fl3thc3r Exhibit of Social and Politically Engaged Art. Reece Museum, East Tennessee U
2023 MOCA Arlington, Benefit Auction & Exhibit
2024 Transcendence, Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC
2022 Invasion, Hillyer Gallery, International Art and Artists, Washington, DC
2022 Fragile Beauty, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCAH) Gallery, DC
2020 Conversations, Puffin Foundation, Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck, NJ
2019 50 Years; A Celebration of Alumnae Artists, The Phillips Museum, Franklin & Marshall, PA
2019 Protection, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington, DC
2019 Play, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington, DC
2018 Defining The Art of Change: In the Age of Trump, Center for Contemporary Political Art, Mather Gallery, Washington, DC
2018 Art Speaks!, Arena 1 Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2017
2018 Fight or Flight, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2017 Reasoned Likelihood, Grizzly Grizzly Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2016 XXChange, Area 405, Baltimore Women’s Maker Collective, Baltimore, MD
2015 Readymade@100, American University Art Museum, Katzen Arts Center Washington DC
2014 Americana, Gallery 39, Brentwood Arts Exchange, MD
2013 Fear Strikes Back, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2013 The Newtown Project: Call to Arms, Charles Krause Reporting Fine Arts, Washington DC
2013 To Deny Our Nothingness, Gallery Brooklyn, New York.
2012 On Loan, Area 405, Baltimore, MD
2012 Momentum: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Women's Caucus for Art. Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Awards
2023-25 Artist Grant, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
2020 Individual Artist Grant Recipient, DCCAH, Washington, DC
2015 Artist Grant Recipient, The Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, N
2011. Ted & Elizabeth Leon Art Scholarship, American University, Washington, DC
2014 Fellow, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2013 School of Visual Arts Summer Residency, New York, NY
2010-12 Teaching Fellowship, American University, Washington, DC
Selected Press
The Nation, OppArt, 27, 2024. March https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/bearing-arms/
The Washington Post, In the Galleries by Mark Jenkins. Illustrating Our Broken Relationship With the
Earth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/06/24/galleries- illustrating-our-broken-relationship-with-earth/. USA
The Washington Post, In the Galleries by Mark Jenkins. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-with-two-group-exhibits-maximum-exposure-for- photographers/2019/11/14/8b6d8964-04ab-11ea-b17d-8b867891d39d_story.html
Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU Radio, Washington, DC. A DC Exhibit Is Using Gun Violence To Inspire Jarring Artwork, August 13, 2019. Artist interviewee. https:// thekojonnamdishow.org/ shows/2019-08-13/a-d-c-exhibit-uses-gun-violence-as- creative-ammunition USA
Ruminate Magazine, literary and arts magazine. Consume, Summer Issue 2019. USA
East City Art Reviews: You, if no one else & The More Things Change at Arlington Arts Center. http://www.eastcityart.com/reviews/east-city-art-reviews-no-one-else-things- change-arlington- arts-center/ March 14, 2018. USA
Arlington Arts Center Presents Wired by Michele Colburn, East City Art, Washington, DC. 2015. http://www.eastcityart.com/openings-and-events/arlington-arts-center- presents-wired-by- michele- colburn/ USA
In the Galleries: Gunpowder and Teddy Bears, Mark Jenkins, Washington Post. https:// www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-gunpowder-and- teddy- bears/ 2015/07/23/a6bc67b6-2fb8-11e5-8353-1215475949f4_story.html USA
In the Galleries: Fear Strikes Back, Mark Jenkins. Washington Post, May 30, 2013. P.2 https:// dcartscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ inthegalleries_fearstrikesback. USA
Postal7600, Septiembre/octubre, 2012. p 38. Argentina
Selected Collections
DC Art Bank, DC Commissions on the Arts
Fl3tch3r Exhibit Foundation Collection
The Barlow-Gilotty Collection, Washington, DC
International Peace Museum, Dayton, OH,
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC