Maggie Michael

Maggie Michael (b. Milwaukee, WI) lives and works in Washington, DC. Michael's work has been exhibited across the US and internationally. Her paintings mediate double entendres between existential, linguistic, and political unions. Hailed for bringing a contemporary spin to the Abstract Expressionist movement pioneered in the 1950s, Michael’s works are known for their delicate balance of dynamism and control, as the artist creates an surprising sense of resolution with her striking colors and strokes. Though her career began with poured latex paint, Michael now includes mediums such as spray paint, enamel, charcoal, and ink.

Selected exhibitions include: Root Chords, Earth to Sky, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, CA; See What You Feel, Pines of Arcadia, MI (2023); Fields and Formations, A Survey of Mid-Atlantic Abstraction, The Delaware Contemporary, DE (2021) and American University Museum, Washington, DC (2022); One on One: Maggie Michael/Arthur Dove, Depth of Field, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (2019); Even the Clouds are not Finished, DCKEAF, Studio Residency at Camelot, Krakow, PL (2018); Cubes and Pyramids Share the Same Base, G Fine Art, Washington, DC (2017); and A Phrase Hung in Midair as if Frozen, American University Museum, Washington, DC (2016). 

Artist residencies include the Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, LA; and Pines of Arcadia, Arcadia, MI;  Camelot, Krokow, PL; and Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, CA.

Her works are held in the collections of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC; The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; Washingtonia Collection and Art Bank, DC; Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC; US Embassy in Barbados, Bridgetown, BB

US Embassy in Romania (large scale mural), Bucharest, RO; Watkins Collection, American University, Washington, DC; Wilson Building, Washington