STATEMENT

My art is my inner monologue.  Reflective pieces of exaggerated daydreams happening around me.
Occasionally fictitious and often embellished, I explore simple moments, fuzzy recollection, and those things
that leave a clouded impression behind.

Whether biographical or autobiographical, I believe the creation of art is an intensely personal, subjective
experience, influenced strongly by one’s personal journey. It seems a natural progression that the art itself
reflects the artist in both intense and mundane moments, balancing the planned and unplanned, and
ultimately resulting in the feeling that the viewer is experiencing a still shot of a different life. If the viewer feels
as though they can read the story of the painting, the work can be appreciated within the context of the
viewer's own personal story, instead of the viewer trying to understand the meaning of the artwork through
my eyes. That personal relationship between the viewer and the work is the experience I strive to create.

EDUCATION

2000  Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing & Painting        
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities


RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011   October, Love! Art Gallery, Portland OR

2010    
First Impressions, Southeast Grind, Portland, OR
     
2010    Recent Work ,Timeless Talisman Gallery, Salem, OR

2008
   Cocoons, Evelyn Matthies Gallery, Brainerd, MN


RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011     Portland Love, Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR

2009     Mixed Media, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA

2008    
 $99 Art Sale, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN

2008     2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, SCSU, St Cloud, MN


PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Private collectors residing in:
New York, California, Germany, Japan, Oregon, Maryland, Minnesota & Wisconsin
BIO

Born in northern Minnesota, Michaela grew up building snow
forts and drawing with her brother - he specialized in
dinosaurs, she covered everything else. After graduating
from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Fine Arts
degree, she briefly wandered Minnesota before settling back
in Minneapolis.  Sustained by the vibrant arts community in
Minneapolis, she remained there until fate and the siren
song of warmer winters lured her to the Pacific Northwest.

Currently, she calls Portland, Oregon home.  “I am in love
with this city, this place”, she says, “When I shiver in January,
I remind myself that my marshmallow parkas are still packed
away in the crawl space,  the plants will be breaking through
the ground soon, and the moss is keeping everything looking
green and alive, even though there should still be another 3
months of winter.  I hope I never stop appreciating this
beautiful place.”