Michelle Brandemuehl
Brandemuehl's work is a conversation about the whatness of people, places and things. She relies on restraint and minimal form as a point of entry, exploring the relationship between subtlety and the sublime. She is interested in the qualities of opposites and how two opposing forces hold the same space, as examined through my choice of materials – the grit of spray paint on linen, black on white, the defined lines of the rectangle and the soft glow of fog. The object responds to and changes based on these contradictions. The materials and structure she chooses form an emotional architecture, creating a dialogue with the viewer that invites them to explore these paradoxes. Her recent work explores the idea of landscapes in outer space: using the vantage point of looking through a window, the border framing this other world, questioning what we think we see and the possibilities that lie in the unseen.
BS-Painting University of Wisconsin, Madison
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2025 Ready for Use, Devening Projects, Chicago, IL
2020 Off White Columns, New York City, NY
2018 ATA Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 ATA Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2025 A Short Lived Torture of Cacophony, Jakupsil, Astoria NY
Try Again, curated by Ron Ewert, Coin Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
White Columns Online #31: Indirect Address, New York, NY
2024 Support, Ilse Sørensen Murdock Studio, Greenpoint, NY
Rupture, String Room Gallery, Wells College, NY
Sword Thumbs, Real Tinsel Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2021 Mohawk Hudson Regional, International Airport Gallery, Albany, NY
The Vision of Care, Artists Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY
2020 Art from the Boros, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York City, NY
2019 Everyday Animals, Ulterior Gallery, New York City, NY
2018 JuxtaPositions, The Painting Center, New York City, NY
Group Show, Milk Gallery, New York City, NY
Introductions 2018, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Introductions 2017, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2016 In Transit, Hubbell Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Terrific Street, San Francisco, CA
CCA Residency, AICAD Studios, Brooklyn, NY
MFA Never, Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA
RH Contemporary, The Three Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2015 Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, Trunk Show, San Francisco, CA
ArtSpan Group Exhibit at stARTup Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
Mission Artists United Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
2014 Anonymously Altered Books, Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, SF, CA
2013 Art for Aids Auction, San Francisco, CA
Art Span Benefit Art Auction, San Francisco, CA
RESIDENCY
2022 Can Serrat Residency Grant, Barcelona, Spain
2019 PADA Studio Residency, Lisbon, Portugal
2017 Edward F. Albee Foundation, Montauk, NY
2016 CCA Residency, AICAD Studios, Brooklyn, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Art Maze Magazine Issue 10
2017 Studio Visit Magazine
2015 Quiet Lightning Book Cover, San Francisco, CA
