EDUCATION
1983-1987
BFA Cooper Union School of Art, New York
1986
Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022
Night Chorus, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2021
Michelle Segre: Transmitters & Receivers, lumber room, Portland, Oregon
2020
Julia Bland & Michelle Segre, Derek Eller Gallery, NY
2018
Kuddelmuddel: Michelle Segre & Scott Reeder, Reyes Projects, Detroit, Michigan
2017
Dawn of the Looney Tune, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
2016
Nick Irzyk and Michelle Segre: Rough Country, 247365, New York, NY
Satellite, 56 Henry, New York, New York
Sectional Planes and Driftloaves: Michelle Segre, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Driftloaf, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, New York
Porous, Porous, 55 Gansevoort, New York, New York
2014
Symptoms of Escape Velocity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
Sculptures and Drawings, Cress Gallery, The University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee (Diane Marek Visiting Artist Series)
2013
Antecedents of the Astral Hamster, University Art Museum, SUNY Albany, New York
2012
Lost Songs of the Filament, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
2010
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Derek Eller Gallery, New York
2008
Derek Eller Gallery, New York
2006
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
2004
Drawings, Derek Eller, New York
2002
Murray Guy, New York
2000
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
1999
Murray Guy, New York (with Graham Fagen)
Susan Inglett, New York
1996
Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York (with Ragna Berlin)
1993
Project Room, Elizabeth Koury Gallery, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
New England Triennial, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA, and Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA
2021
Walk the Line, curated by Elizabeth Hazan, Platform Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Colene Brown Art Prize Exhibition, BRIC (virtual exhibition)
2020
Seeing Oneself In Others, Nancy Margolis Gallery, NY
All of Them Witches, curated by Dan Nadel and Laurie Simmons, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles
Cult of the Crimson Queen, curated by Michelle Segre, Ceysson & Bénétière, NY
2019
Parameters, LES Gallery, The Clemente, NY
Backyard Sculpture, DOMOBAAL, London, UK
Yellow, September Gallery, Hudson, NY
A Fairly Secret Army, curated by Paul Whiting, Wild Palms, Düsseldorf, Germany
Intimate Immensity, School of Fine Arts Gallery, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
Notebook, curated by Joanne Greenbaum, 56 Henry, NY
2018
Furies, Helena Anrather, NY
Heat Brain, Derek Eller Gallery, NY
Objects Like Us, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Mixed Bags: Drawings, curated by Joe Bradley and Jeremy Willis, Real Estate Gallery, Brooklyn
2017
Doomtown, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Ephemera, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
A Scream Runs Through the House, Helena Anrather Gallery, New York, NY
Feed the Meter Volume II, Ceysson and Bénétière, Wandhaff, Luxembourg
CarlJackieSteveMichelle, Helena Anrather Gallery, New York, NY
Taconic North: A Very Large Show of Very Small Works By Area Artists, LABspace, Hillsdale, New York
2016
65 Works Selected by James Welling: Exhibition and Sale to Benefit FCA, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, New York
Shroom Show, organized by Nicholas Moenich, Helper Projects, Brooklyn, New York
Urban Space Odyssey, Patrick Painter Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Plastic Bag in a Tree, The National Exemplar, New York
At Home, curated by Dan Nadel, Launch F18 Gallery, New York, NY
World Made By Hand, curated by Sam Gordon, Sam Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
Drawing for Sculpture, curated by Courtney Puckett, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Michelle Segre and Erica Svec, curated by Susan Jennings, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
A Rare Earth Magnet, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Rock Hound Swap Meet, Junior Projects, New York, NY
2014
Krazy Kats, curated by Chris Joy, Artist House Party Presents, New York, NY
Two River 2014, curated by Tamara Gonzales, One River Gallery, Englewood, NJ
Tossed, curated by Jennifer Coates and Rachel Schmidhofer, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, New York
Awkward Phase, curated by Jeremy Willis, 65 Maspeth Ave., Brooklyn, NY
The Body Metonymic, curated by Dick Goody, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, Michigan. Catalogue.
2013
Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Industry City, Brooklyn, New York
2012
Hot Time Tub Machine, CANADA Gallery, New York
THING, curated by Susan Jennings, West Cornwall, Connecticut
2011
Points of View: Selections from Seven Colorado Collections, CU Art Museum, Boulder, CO
Awards Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
Broodwork: It's About Time, curated by Rebecca Niederlander and Iris Regn, Otis Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles
Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
Sick, MISC., The Fuller Building, New York
2010
Obsession, Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert
The Visible Vagina, David Nolan Gallery, New York
2009
Set to Manual, Girls' Club, Fort Lauderdale
The Sculpture Show, Patrick Painter Editions, Los Angeles
Slough, curated by Steve DiBenedetto, David Nolan Gallery, New York
Garish, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2008
Another Damned Drawing Show, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, L.A.
Object Salon, curated by Bob Nickas, Kathy Grayson, Pascal Spengemann, Brooke Geehan, and Thomas Beale, Honey Space, NY
It’s Gouache & Gouache Only, curated by Geoffrey Young, Jeff Bailey Gallery, NY
2007
NeoIntegrity, curated by Keith Mayerson, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
Block Party II: An Exhibition of Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Gouache, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Melvins at the Mandrake, curated by Bob Nickas, Mandrake Bar, Los Angeles
2006
Twice Drawn, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
Block Party: An Exhibition of Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Summer Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
Drawing III, g-module, Paris, France
Exquisite Corpse, curated by Bob Nickas and Mitchell Algus, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York
Drawing on the Wrong Side of the Brain, curated by Lyle Rexer, Haim Chanin Gallery, New York
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
2005
Decelerate, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Radical Vaudeville, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Greater New York, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, L.I.C., NY. Catalogue
The Hills Have Eyes, Ingalls & Associates, Miami, FL
On Paper: Drawings from the 1960’s to the Present, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
A/C, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York
Next Next Art, curated by Dan Cameron, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity, curated by Bob Nickas and Steve Lafreniere, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, L.I.C., NY
Earthly Delights, curated by Lisa Tung, Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. Catalogue
Metamorphosis, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Natural Histories: Realism Revisited, Scottsdale Museum of Art, Arizona
2003
Drawings, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
The New Topography, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
A River Half Empty, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield,CT
Melvins, curated by Bob Nickas, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Ballpoint Inklings, K.S. Art, New York
Manic, curated by Nancy Doll, D.U.M.B.O. Art Center, Bklyn, NY
UnNaturally, curated by Mark-Kay Lombino, University of Southern Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa (traveling exhibition). Catalogue
2002
Road Trip, Murray Guy, New York
On Paper, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Officina America, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna; Palazzo D’Aregno, Rimini. Catalogue
2001
By Hand: Pattern, Precision, and Repetition in Contemporary Drawing, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach. Catalogue
Luck of the Drawn, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Drawings By Three Artists, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia
Definition, Murray Guy, New York
Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York; Fundacio “la Caixa,” Barcelona, Spain. Catalogue
Fresh- The Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, The New Museum, NY
Obsessive Drawing, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington
2000
Drawings and Photographs, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Art on Paper 2000, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The Univ. of N. Carolina at Greensboro
The Living End,” curated by Ingrid Schaffner, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado
Threeness, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium. Catalogue
00, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York. Catalogue
1999
Loaf, Baumgartner Gallery, New York
The Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, traveling exhibition
Trippy World, Baron-Boisante Editions, New York
Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art, Des Moines Art Center, IA
Matter of Time, curated by Andrew Perchuk, Dorsky Gallery, New York
Another Country: The Constructed Landscape, Brent Sikkema, NY
Behind Outside, Salon 300, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
1999
Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York
Sliding Scale, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, NC
1998
Here: Artists’ Interventions at the Aldrich Museum, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
The Jewel Box Project, Benefit for Bang On a Can, GAGA Gallery, NY
1996
Supastore de Luxe, UP & CO, New York
Ninety-six Drawings, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
1995
Summer Fling, Basilico Fine Arts, New York
Group Show, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York
The Ideal, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York
Gramercy Park Hotel Art Fair, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York
Now Is The Time, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
The Joy of Painting, Here Center for Art, New York
Critical Mass, curated by Charles Long, Art and Architecture Gallery, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut; and McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas. Catalogue.
1994
Lethal Inspection (works on paper), Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Living Room, organized by Sante Scardillo, 268 Elizabeth Street, New York
Who Chooses Who - 1994 Benefit Gala & Auction, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
1992
Obsessions, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
Art Workers, A.C. Project Room, New York
1988
Small Works, curated by Lisa Phillips, BACA Downtown, Brooklyn
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022
Keenan, Annabel. “At Independent Art Fair, Young Artists Explore Heritage, Identity, and Healing,” Cultured Magazine, May 6, 2022. Web
2021
Roseo, Maria Rosaria. “Interview with Michelle Segre,” ArteMorbida Textile Arts Magazine, Dec. 27, 2021
Butler, Sharon. “Line: Chance drips, hesitant brushstrokes, calligraphic gestures, notional timelines, yarn, and builder’s caulk,” Two Coats of Paint, October 4, 2021
2020
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2019
Beers, Kurt. 100 Sculptors of Tomorrow. London: Thames and Hudson
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2018
Smith-Stewart, A., Adamo, D., Klein, R., Hart, D., & Essner, E. The Domestic Plane: New Perspectives on Tabletop Art Objects. Ridgefield, CT: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum; New York, NY: Gregory R. Miller & Co.
Scott, Andrea K. “Review: Furies at Helena Anrather,” The New Yorker, December 17
2017
Schwendener, Martha, "Review: Michelle Segre, Dawn of the Looney Tune at Derek Eller Gallery", The New York Times, 29 Dec. 2017, Web and print.
Halle, Howard. "Critic's Pick", Time Out New York, 12 Dec. 2017, Web and print.
Yau, John. "Totem for a Religion of One", Hyperallergic, 10 Dec. 2017, Web.
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2016
Newhall, Edith. “Michelle Segre at Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia.” ArtNews 15 Apr. 2016. Web.
Greenberger, Alex. “John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Announces 2016 Fellowship.” ArtNews 6 Apr. 2016. Web.
2015
Jurek, Irena. "Michelle Segre with Irena Jurek: On the Uncertain Impermanence of Driftloaf," (interview) Art F City, December 15, 2015
Cohen, David. "Picasso in 3-D: A Roundtable of Sculptors, With Alain Kirili, Michelle Segre, and Rebecca Smith." Artcritical, Dec. 1, 2015
Smith, Roberta. "In 'A Rare Earth Magnet' at Derek Eller, a Focus on Repurposed Materials," The New York Times, August 14th, 2015, pg C24
Halle, Howard. "Critic's Picks: Michelle Segre at 55 Gansevoort," Time Out New York, July 30, 2015.
2014
Hall, Emily. "Michelle Segre: Derek Eller Gallery," Artforum, May 2014, pg 321.
Palmerton, Elwyn. "Michelle Segre: Derek Eller Gallery/New York," Artillery Magazine, May 2014.
Colvin, Rob. "Michelle Segre's Parallel Universe and Uncanny Completeness," M Daily, March 13.
"Michelle Segre," The New Yorker, March 17, page 12.
Kirkland, Allegra. "Michelle Segre: Symptoms of Escape Velocity at Derek Eller Gallery," Daily Serving, March 12.
Saltz, Jerry. "See This Art," New York Magazine, March 4.
Yau, John. "Receivers and Transmitters: Michelle Segre's Recent Sculpture," Hyperallergic, March 2.
Courter, Barry. "Free to Imagine: Artist finds new inspiration with less structure," Chattanooga Times Free Press, February 9.
2013
Kane, Tim. "On Exhibit: Michelle Segre and William Lamson at UAlbany," Times Union, August 13, 2013 (reproductions).
Brody, David. "Antecedents of the Astral Hamster.” University Art Museum, Albany (exhibition brochure essay)
2012
Bhabha, Huma. "Michelle Segre," Bomb, Number 119/Spring 2012, p. 76-77 (reproductions).
Smith, Roberta. "Michelle Segre: 'Lost Songs of the Filament,' " The New York Times, June 22, 2012, p.C25 (reproduction).
Brody, David. "Michelle Segre at Derek Eller," ArtCritical, July 1st, 2012 (reproduction)
Butler, Sharon. "Michelle Segre: Lost Songs of the Filament," The Brooklyn Rail, July-August 2012, p. 59 (reproduction).
Kabat, Jennifer. "Michelle Segre: Transmissions From a Land Once Upon a Time," The Weeklings, Sunday, October 7, 2012 (reproductions).
2010
Pagel, David. "Around the Galleries: Strewn across the Landscape," (review) Los Angeles Times, Oct. 22 2010, pg. D11 (reproduction).
2009
Singh, Abhilasha. "Intense Personal Process," ArtSlant, Nov. 2, 2009
Cashdan, Marina. "Group Show: David Nolan Gallery," Modern Painters, Sept. 2009, pg.71.
2008
Saltz, Jerry. "Critics Pick: Michelle Segre at Derek Eller," New York Magazine, Dec.
2006
Thorson, Alice. “Deliberated Deceleration, Kansas City Star, January 8, p.H1-3 (reproduction)
Barker, Ray T. “Tick, Tick,” The Pitch, January 26-February 1, p.33.
Smith, Roberta. “Exquisite Corpse – Cadavre Exquis,” The New York Times, March 10.
Pagel, David. “Around the Galleries: A Pop trip away from the big city,” (review) Los Angeles Times, June 9, E23 (reproduction).
2005
Saltz, Jerry. “Lesser New York,” The Village Voice and Artnet, March 29 (reproduction)
2004
Nickas, Bob. “Michelle Segre’s Land of Wonder,” Vice Magazine, January issue, Volume 10 - # 11, pg. 48 (reproduction)
Pagel, David. “Art Review: Reality and Irony Collide,” Los Angeles Times, Friday, January 2, pg E1 (reproduction)
Reed, John. “Michelle Segre at Derek Eller,” Time Out New York, June 24 – July 1, pg. 70 (reproduction)
Smith, Roberta. “Summertime at P.S. 1: Where Opposites Like Hands On/Hands Off Attract,” The New York Times, Friday, July 16, 2004, Section E, page 28.
2003
Glueck, Grace. “Across Connecticut, A Summer Picnic’s Worth of Exhibitions on View,” The New York Times, Friday, July 25, pg. E35 (reproduction).
Rexer, Lyle. “The Pen: Mightier Than You Thought,” The New York Times, Sunday, April 13, pg. 31, Arts and Leisure Section.
Scott, Andrea. Review: “Ballpoint Inklings,” Time Out New York, May 1-8, pg. 61
2002
Levin, Kim. “Voice Choices- Michelle Segre,” at Murray Guy, The Village Voice, May 22-29, pg. 11.
The New Yorker, “Goings On About Town- Michelle Segre,” at Murray Guy, June 17 & 24, pg. 30.
2001
Cheng, Scarlet. “Look Ma, No Computers,” Los Angeles Times, August 26, pg. 52 (illust.).
DeLong, Talbott, Arenas, et al. Retorn Al Pais de les Meravelles: L’art contemporani i la infancia, Fondacio “la Caixa,”. Exhibition catalogue.
Mahoney, Robert. “Fuzzy Logic,” Artnet, Feb. 12 (illust.)
2000
Daigle, Claire. “Trippy World,” New Art Examiner, March
Blair, Dike. “00,” Time Out New York, August 10-17, pg. 60
Blair, Dike. “Threeness,” exhibition catalogue, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
Forgacs, Eva. “Michelle Segre at Daniel Weinberg,” Art Issues, Nov./Dec., pg. 49 (illust.)
Karlins, N.F. “Drawing Notebook,” Artnet, July 28 (illust.)
Kertess, Klaus. 00 Drawings 2000 at Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Barbara Gladstone Gallery. Exhibition catalogue.
1999
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Johnson, Ken. “Michelle Segre,” at Susan Inglett, The New York Times, May 7, pg. E36.
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1998
Blair, Dike. “Here: Artists’ Interventions at the Aldrich Museum,” The Thing, Nov. 7 (illust.).
Cooney, Beth. “Artists’ Interventions,” The Advocate & Greenwich Time, Sunday, September 13 (illust.).
Ramp, Stefanie. “It’s All Here.” Fairfield County Weekly, Sept. 24-30
Zimmer, William. “A Dozen Artists at Work Within a Challenging Space,” The New York Times(Connecticut), Sunday, November 22, (illust.).
1997
Perchuk, Andrew. “Ragna Berlin and Michelle Segre,” Artforum, January, pg. 85 (illust.).
Schwabsky, Barry. “Intercepts,” Lacanian Ink, Journal no. 11 (bi-annual), The Wooster Press, New York, reproduction pg. 102.
1996
Humphrey, David. “New York Fax: Michelle Segre and Ragna Berlin,” Art Issues, September, pg. 32-33(illust.).
Mahoney, Robert. “Michelle Segre and Ragna Berlin,” Time Out New York, June 19, pg. 27(illust.).
Moody, Tom. “Group Show,” at Mitchell Algus Gallery, Art Papers, Atlanta, January, pg. 54.
Smith, Roberta. “Ragna Berlin and Michelle Segre,” The New York Times, June 7, pg. C26.
1995
Clarkson, David. “Now Is The Time,” at Tony Shafrazi, Flash Art, October, pg. 49.
1994
Long, Charles. Critical Mass (exhibition catalog), Yale University and Dallas Artists Research & Exhibition
1992
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AWARDS
2020 Colene Brown Art Prize
2016 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship
2014 NYFA Fellowship Award
2011 Arts and Letters Award in Art, American Academy of Arts and Letters
2001 Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award
TEACHING
2009-present Laguardia Community College Adjunct Faculty
2014-2019 Cooper Union Visiting Artist Adjunct Faculty
2013-2014 School of Visual Arts MFA Program Adjunct Faculty
2006-2007 Cooper Union Adjunct Faculty
2000-2006 New York University Adjunct Faculty
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Colorado University Art Museum, Boulder, Colorado
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
The New Museum, New York, New York
The Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, New York