Michelle Stevens
Artist / Illustrator based in Massachusetts
Available for freelance / open for commission inquiries
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Education
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
BFA Illustration, Minor in Sustainability
2015 – 2019 • Boston, MA
Exhibitions
2023
Group, 24th Annual Frances N. Roddy Exhibition, ConcordArt - Concord, MA
2023
Solo, I'll See You In Everything, The Mill Contemporary Art - Saxonville, MA
2023
Group, Glad You Asked!, See Saw Art - Manchester, NH (Delia's Deck in Bushwick and Beach Sketchbook)
2023
Group, Strut, ArtsWorcester - Worcester, MA (Chicky Shirt)
2023
Group Auction, 34th Annual MassArt Auction, Bidsquare - Online (Etch-A-Sketch Flowers)
2022
Group Auction, 33rd Annual MassArt Auction, Bidsquare - Online (Alone)
2022
Group, Famous Last Words, House of Venus - Boston, MA (Devil's Dyke, 2021 Official Headshot Animation)
2022
Group, One, ArtsWorcester - Worcester, MA (Burrow)
2021
Group, ArtsWorcester Biennial, ArtsWorcester - Worcester, MA ("Oblivion" Animation Selected)
2021
Group Auction, 32nd Annual MassArt Auction, Bidsquare Online - Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA (Poke)
2021
Group, Inside Voices, Fitchburg Art Museum - Fitchburg, MA ("Now and Again" selected by FAM jurors to be on display at the museum for summer 2021)
2021
Group, 2021 National Prize Show, presented by the Cambridge Art Assoc, Kathryn Schultz Gallery - Cambridge, MA (Juried by Erica B Hess - "From The Bedroom Window" selected)
2021
Group, Inside Voices (In Partnership with the Fitchburg Art Museum), ArtsWorcester - Worcester, MA (Now and Again)
2021
Group, Subliminal Magic, House of Venus (Online Exclusive) (SPIRIT NANA)
2021
Group, MEMBERS JURIED 1: Painting + Sculpture, ConcordArt - Concord, MA (Juried by Kirstin Lamb - "Ex-Husband" selected)
2020
Group, One, ArtsWorcester - Worcester, MA (Town of Exhaust)
2020
Group, The Color of Fruition, House of Venus, SoWA Pop-UP - Boston, MA (1999, Knowing Ourselves Through Knowing Others)
2020
Group, Emerging Artists Exhibition, presented by the Cambridge Art Assoc, Kathryn Schultz Gallery - Cambridge, MA (Masks 3)
2020
Group, In Transition (In partnership with the Fitchburg Art Museum), ArtsWorcester - Worcester, MA (Poke)
2020
Group Auction, 31st Annual MassArt All-Virtual Auction, Bidsquare Online - Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA (Underground)
2019
Group, One, ArtsWorcester - Worcester, MA (Underground)
2019
Group, Dear Diary, House of Venus - Boston, MA (Untitled – Mom)
2019
Group, ONE OF A KIND – 13 Artists Selected by 13 Curators, Schiltkamp Gallery at Clark University - Worcester, MA (Nana, Masks 2)
2019
Group, 23rd Annual Boston International Fine Arts Show, Cyclorama - Boston, MA (As part of Art New England’s booth for their Retrospective Exhibition “Emerge” to celebrate the magazine’s 40th anniversary. Desert Dream)
2019
Group, Limbo, House of Venus - Boston, MA (Ginger)
2019
Solo, Michelle Stevens at Pavement BU Summer 2019, Boston University Pavement - Boston, MA
2019
Group, 20th Annual Roddy Open Competition, Concord Art - Concord, MA (Collective Unconscious)
2019
Group, Zullo Gallery 25th Annual Juried Exhibition, Zullo Gallery - Medfield, MA (Masks, Masks 3)
2019
Group, BioDesign Challenge Summit 2019, Parsons School of Design - New York, NY (Shared an animation and presented with my group, “The Plastic Revolution” at the BioDesign Challenge Summit 2019)
2019
Group, About Face, ArtsWorcester - Worcester, MA (Masks)
2019
Group Auction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design 30th Anniversary Auction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Boston, MA (Sandy Shoes)
2019
Group, Fresh Faces – Group Exhibition of Emerging Talent, Abigail Oglivy Gallery - Boston, MA (Anima / Animus)
2019
Group, Illustration Thesis Exhibition 1, Frances Euphemia Thompson Gallery at MassArt - Boston, MA
2018
Group, Haystack Exhibition, Student Life Gallery - Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt’s 39th annual exhibition of works inspired by the Interdisciplinary residency at Haystack / Deer Isle, Maine)
2018
Group, Illustration All School Show, Doran Gallery at MassArt - Boston, MA
2017
Group, AKF Group MassArt Show, AKF Group at 99 Bedford St - Boston, MA (“Boston, 2018” On display in their office for one year)
2018
Group, FRUIT FROOT FRUTE, North Crackatorium at MassArt - Boston, MA
2017
Group, Ones, Aurora Gallery - ArtsWorcester
2017
Group, Arts Worcester Biennial, Aurora Gallery - Worcester, MA (Juncture)
2017
Group, Westborough Artists at the 1717 Shoppe, 1717 Shoppe - Westborough, MA (A display of artists from Westborough for the town’s 300th anniversary)
2017
Group, Illustration All School Show, President’s Gallery at MassArt - Boston, MA (Two pieces of mine were selected to be on display for the annual schoolwide show)
2017
Group, MassArt show, She Breathes Balance & Wellness Studio - Walpole, MA
2016
Group, MassArt Show, Scollay Square Gallery of Boston City Hall - Boston, MA (Four of my pieces accepted to be on display)
2016
Solo, Michelle Stevens, JP Licks Davis Square - Somerville, MA
2016
Group, Noir, Uforge Gallery - Jamaica Plain, MA (“Juncture”)
2014
Boston Calling Music Festival, City Hall Plaza - Boston, MA (1 of 5 artists displayed at the 3 day music festival)
2014
Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards, City Hall - Boston, MA
2012
Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards, City Place - Boston, MA
2017
Group, The Away Show, Student Life Gallery at MassArt - Boston, MA (The annual Away Show features pieces inspired by international travel and culture.)
2017
Group, Young, Dumb, and Broke, Extension Gallery - Allston, MA (Sketches From Suburbia)
2017
Group, Haystack Exhibition, Student Life Gallery at MassArt - Boston, MA (MassArt’s 38th annual exhibition of works inspired by the Interdisciplinary residency at Haystack / Deer Isle, Maine)
2017
Group, Inside/Outside, North Crackatorium Gallery at MassArt - Boston, MA
Awards
2022
Paintbox, Boston Art Commission (Selected for the Paintbox program, completed in West Roxbury) [link]
2020
Honorable Mention for “NOSTALGIA” Open Call, Artrepreneur [link]
2020
Selection for the SOI Student Scholarship Competition, Society of Illustrators, NYC (“Anima / Animus”) [link]
2019
CQ57 Student Illustration Runner-Up, Creative Quarterly
2019
20th Annual Roddy Open Competition Drawing Prize, ConcordArt
2019
Studio Practice and Leadership Award, MassArt Communication Design Studio
2019
3x3 Illustration Annual No. 16 Student Show, 3x3 (Honorable Mention)
2019
Art New England Artist-in-Residence Open Call 3rd Prize Winner, Art New England (Through Artrepreneur)
2019
Illustration Faculty Choice Award, Illustration Faculty at MassArt
2019
2019 Illustration Departmental Honors, Illustration Faculty at MassArt (In recognition of excellence in studio practice)
2015
Honorable Mention, Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards (Drawing)
2015
Honorable Mention, Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards (Photography)
2015
Honorable Mention, Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards (Sculpture)
2015
Honorable Mention, Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards (Drawing)
2014
Gold Key, Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards (Drawing)
2014
Gold Key, Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards (Drawing)
2014
Silver Key, Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards (Drawing)
2012
Silver Key, Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards (Sculpture)