M I C H E L L E M A R C U S E
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Upcoming: AVA Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Upcoming: Kunshan Art Palace, Kunshan, China
2021 Her Power, Virtual Contemporary Art Exhibition, Art Life Foundation, Hong Kong
2020 Holding Absence, List Gallery, Swarthmore College
2019 SoftMachine Gallery, Allentown, PA
MAC@Intuitive Art Space, Manayunk, PA
GrizzlyGrizzly, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Fleisher Art Memorial Wind Challenge Exhibition, Philadelphia. PA
2013 Carrying the Dreamer, LGTripp, Philadelphia., PA
2007 Present Tense, LGTripp Gallery, Philadelphia. P
2005 Hive and Hue,The Gallery at R&F, Kingston, NY
2004 Hive and Hue, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Against Gravity: TECTONICS - Imagined Spaces: Doral Contemporary Art Museum, Doral, FL
Woodmere Annual 77th Jury Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Things Fall Apart, Science History Institute, Philadelphia, PA
As by Digging,The Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Art and Love [Arte y El Amor, Taller Boricua, NY, NY
BLAM Projects, Brooklyn, NY [2016]
2015 Borderless Caribbean, Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance, Miami, Florida
The Woodmere Art Museum 74th Juried exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Flight Plan: Drawings on Paper and Leaf: Henry Bermudez, Michelle Marcuse, Denise Bibro Fine
Art, NY, NY
Apollonian|Dionysian: The Constraints of Freedom, The Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA
Current|Approaching, Bahdeebahdu, Philadelphia, PA
Cosmobilities. Rowan University Art Gallery, Glasboro, NJ
2012 Sum of All Parts: Henry Bermudez & Michelle Marcuse at the Leonard Perlstein Gallery, Drexel
University, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Woodmere Endowment Fund Memorial Prize, 68th Annual, Woodmere Art Museum,
Philadelphia, PA
2006 Remix: Wax and the Intuitive Process, Williamsport College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
2003 In Depth, Main Line Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, ,PA
1998 The Leeway Foundation Awards for Women in the Arts, The Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
1997 African Presence -Visual Activism in Philadelphia, African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Philadelphia, PA
Coventry First, Fort Washington, Philadelphia, PA
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
R&F Handmade Paints Inc., Kingston, NY
The Bangkok Collection, Cultural Fiber, United States Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
GRANTS & AWARDS
2020 CFEVA Fellowship, CFEVA, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Hugh & Marian Scott Prize, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Full Scholarship to Vermont Studio Center Residency
2010 Jurors Award, 21st National Drawing/Print Exhibition, Gormley Gallery,
Notre Dame College, Baltimore, MD
2005 The Greater Harrisburg Arts Council First Prize in painting, Harrisburg, PA
1999 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant, Harrisburg, PA
1997 The Leeway Foundation, Honorable Mention in Fiber Arts, Philadelphia, PA
PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS AND AUDIO
2019 SpeakSpeak https://grizzlygrizzly.wordpress.com/2019/02/21/pareidolia-for-relational-survival/
2017 The Art Blog review on As By Digging at The Painted Bride
https://www.theartblog.org/2017/12/as-by-digging-at-painted-bride-three-artists-delve-into-time-history-and-the-human-psyche/
2016 The Art Blog Audio, interview with Roberta Fallon
https://www.theartblog.org/2016/11/talking-beautiful-wrecks-and-house-gallery-with-michelle-marcuse/
The Art Blog – Wind Challenge exhibition reviewed by A M Weaver
Studio Visit Magazine 2017/2017 Winter Edition
2010 New American Paintings, 2010. The Open Studios Press
2008 New American Paintings, Mid-Atlantic
2005 The Philadelphia Inquirer, Glories of Wax, Philadelphia, PA
Art Matters, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Philadelphia Daily News, August 13th, ‘Hive’ at the Arts League
Philadelphia Weekly, Mood Processor
University City Review, August 2004
Philadelphia Weekly
VISITING ARTISTS AND RESIDENCIES
2012 Vermont Studio Center, [Full Fellowship], Johnstone, VT
2008 The Perkins Center for The Arts, Collingswood, NJ
Visiting Artist, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library Jolla, CA,
2007 Penn College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
Visiting Artist, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
2005 Visiting Artist, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
2004 Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
2000 Illinois State University, Normal, IL
PAST COMMITTEES
Art Advisory committee for Taller Puertorriqueno, Philadelphia, PA
Art advisory committee for the Art in City Hall program, Philadelphia, PA
COMMUNITY
2010 Ongoing HOUSE Gallery Co-director with Henry Bermudez, Philadelphia, PA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Main Line Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Moore College of Art, Career symposium, Philadelphia, PA
Howard Pyle Studios, Wilmington, DE
Chester Springs Studios, Chester Springs, PA
Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
Visiting Artist, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA
Illinois State University Visiting Artist Program, Normal, ILL
EDUCATION
1985-1986 BFA. Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. USA
1982-1984 Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa
1979-1981 B.Des. Shenkar College of Fashion and Textile Technology, Tel Aviv, Israel
Studied Textile Design with a focus on the planning of a fabric’s structure (whether woven or knitted, non-woven or lace, etc.), the designing of the pattern on the fabric’s surface (print, embroidery etc.) and the development of textile products for a wide variety of applications and fields, from fashion and interiors to art.
The field interweaves traditional crafts, advanced industrial design and development and production of smart materials using high-end technologies. The integrative and fundamentally interdisciplinary nature of textile design is expressed in the close link between experimental creative ability, visual and material research and technological knowledge and skill.