Within the Thermosphere | 2018, latex on shou-sugi ban pine panel, 20" x 20"
 After the Fact | 2020, latex and graphite on shou-sugi ban panel, 20" x 20"
Another Dawn | 2019, latex and graphite on shou-sugi ban panel, 36" x 36"
Atmospheric Conditions | 2019, latex and graphite on shou-sugi ban panel, 45" x 45"
When There Was Ice | 2020, latex and graphite on shou-sugi ban panel, 36" x 36"
Burgeoning Spring | 2018, latex on birch panel, 30" x 30"
 Sky's Perfect Cacophony | 2019, latex on birch panel, 47.5" x 47.5"
Water's Architecture | 2019, latex on birch panel, 36" x 36"
Nature's Optimistic Revelry | 2019, latex on birch panel, 24" x 24"
Confluence I | 2018, digital drawing on fine art paper, 27" x 32.5"
 Confluence II | 2018, digital drawing on fine art paper, 22.5" x 22.5"
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Sunglare, Arizona in July | 2017, latex and gold leaf on birch panel, varied dimensions, installation
Drift Wood | Installation view, 2013, acrylic and paper on lumber, 9' x 15' " Photo by Ken Yanoviak
Wood Falls | 2010, lumber, latex, tempera, paper, and gold leaf
Jacquard Falls | 2012, cotton warp, lumber, fishing sinkers, latex, and gold leaf
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Early Evening, Boat Wake | 2014, acrylic on walnut panel, 48" x 54"
Midsummer, High Tide | 2014, acrylic on panel, 30" x 34.5"
Summer, Hanauma Bay | 2014, acrylic on panel, 46" x 40"
Early Morning, Troposphere | 2014, acrylic on panel, 40" x 46"
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Member Portfolio

Michele C. Kishita

Philadelphia, PA

Résumé

Artist Statement

My current work investigates the dialogue between the wooden surfaces on which I paint and the trees from which those panels were built. I highlight the interconnectedness of humans and nature, while addressing life’s impermanence and transience. Industry's straight lines and angles try to control nature, transforming a tree’s rounded mass into flat rectangular sheets; yet, the wood grain’s undulations, marking the tree’s growth and annual water intake, emerge despite its new, boxy confines. A tree's experiences are indelibly written on its interior and at the same time area historical account of the landscape itself. In my paintings, I strive to conjure the landscape that no longer exists but is inherently contained in each panel while expressing the visual contrast and harmony where human-made structures and nature intersect.

Artist Biography

Michele Kishita is a Philadelphia-based artist who uses landscape as her primary subject. Her paintings are strongly influenced by the graphic stylizations and compressed spaces of Japanese ukiyo-e prints. Kishita’s paintings are in a number of private/corporate collections, including Toyota, Capital One, and Kaiser Permanente, and her work is featured in Create! Magazine, on the Poetry Foundation blog and Studio Break podcast, as well as in several literary journals. She has participated in artist residencies in New Mexico, Russia, and Iceland and exhibited at the Sharjah Art Museum in the United Arab Emirates and the Museum of Non-Conformist Art in St. Petersburg, Russia. Kishita received both her BFA and MFA in painting from the University of the Arts and is represented by Edgewater Gallery, James Oliver Gallery, The Drawing Room Gallery, and Carrie Coleman Fine Art.

Education

2010
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
MFA, Painting
1997
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
BFA, Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing with honors

Awards & Honors

Artist Residences & Grants
2018
SPAR Artist Residency, St. Petersburg, Russia
NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2017
OCHO Artist Residency, Questa, New Mexico
Blick Grant, InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA

Bibliography

Publications/Interviews
"The Way We See it", Vermont Art Guide, Issue #7, 2018
Lee, Sueyeun Juliette "Light is a Complex Medium", Poetry Foundation, 2017
Nelson, Tyler "Suggestions of Landscape: Michele Kishita", 2017
Film
Bao, Wenlu "In Quotes, Volume 4: Michele Kishita", 2017
Film
Create! Magazine, Issue III, 2017
Juror: Bridgette Mayer
Cover, Up the Staircase Quarterly, Winter Issue, 2017
The Artist Catalogue, Volume 5, Issue 3, Fall, 2016
Featured Artist, Up the Staircase Quarterly, Autumn Issue, 2016
Third Point Press, Issue #5, 2016
Featured Artist, The Dialogist, Volume III, Issue IV, 2016
Book Cover, "Sister" by Steven Karl, Noemi Press, 2016
Studio Break, January 16, 2015
Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue 4, July 6, 2014 (pages 26 & 27)
"Michele Kishita," Fresh Paint Magazine Studio Visit, August 1, 2014
Foster, Deanna "The Artists’ Table: Unique Dining @ The Drawing Room," CT Bites, April 2, 2013
Otterbein, Holly "First Friday Hitlist," The City Paper, April 4, 2013
"Parties: The Drawing Room Gallery Opening Events," Fairfield County Look, January 31, 2013
Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studio Press, Fall 2011
Rothman, Chana, Beautiful Land, (cover, CD, & poster), 2011
Edge: The Magazine of the University of the Arts, Fall 2011 (page 15)
The 29th Annual Exhibition of the Emirates Fine Arts Society Exhibition Catalogue, United Arab Emirates, pages 202~205 & 218
Emarat Al Youm, United Arab Emirates, January 10, 2011

Collection

Private/Corporate
Toyota
Capital One
Kaiser Permanente
Park Towne Place
White & Case
Howard Gittis Student Center, Temple University
Fox Business School, Temple University
Drexel University
Texas Tech University
The University of the Arts
Jill Felix Colton

Professional Experience

Lectures
2018
NoBA Salonspace, Bala Cynwyd, PA
2017
Philly Stewards - ArtistSpeak, Philadelphia, PA
James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
May
Pennswood Art Gallery, Newtown, PA
Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
October
Windsor Art Center, Windsor, PA
The Drawing Room Gallery, Cos Cob, CT
2014
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours Artist Talk, CFEVA@Sonesta, Philadelphia, PA
2013
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours Artist Talk, Philadelphia, PA
The Drawing Room Gallery, Cos Cob, CT
2011
Making Place Artist Lecture, Pennsylvania State University, Abington, PA

Exhibitions

Solo
2020
Atmospheric Conditions, The Drawing Room Gallery, Cos Cob, CT
Absent Futures, Central Tattoo Studio Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2018
Confluence, 2,04 gallery, Art Centre Pushkinskaya-10, St. Petersburg, Russia
Michele Kishita: Recent Works, NoBA Salonspace, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Curator: Susanna W. Gold, Ph.D.
2017
Transient Season, Gallery 543, URBN Corporate, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Ecstatic Territories, The 3rd Place Gallery, Wilmington, DE
Chromarrythmia, Central Tattoo Studio Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Fluid Resonance, Pennswood Art Gallery, Newtown, PA
2013
Of Water and Wood, The Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

Two-Person
2016
Michele Kishita & Eliza Stamps: Graphic Tales, The Drawing Room Gallery, Cos Cob, CT
2015
Essential Impermanence: The Work of Debra Losada and Michele Kishita, Windsor Art Center, Windsor, CT
2013
Making It Alumni Invitational: Michele Kishita and John Souter, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2011
Making Place: Michele Kishita & H.John Thompson, Woodland Gallery, Penn State University, Abington, PA
Making Place: Michele Kishita & H.John Thompson, President’s Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Group
2019
Traditional Meets Contemporary, InLiquid at Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Summer Rush, HOT•BED & James Oliver Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
SPAR Museum Night, 2,04 gallery, Art Centre Pushkinskaya-10, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Fire Theft, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Curator: Rick Hidalgo
Collector's Exhibition: NoBA One Year Anniversary, NoBA, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Curator: Susanna W. Gold, Ph.D.
25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2018
Intersection, RH Gallery, Hockessin, DE
Curator: Phyllis Gorsen
SPAR Museum Night, SPAR, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Way We See It, Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury, VT
International Variety, HOT•BED Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2017
ArtPrize 9, St. Matthews Venue, Grand Rapids, MI
Legions, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Missing Objects: A Tribute to Hassan Sharif, Flying House, Dubai, UAE
From the Pages, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Ekaterina Popova
2016
Reinventing Nature, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Barbara Harberger
2015
Plan A: Artists as Adjuncts in Academia, PA Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA
2014
FLUENT: The Language of Paint, The Drawing Room Gallery, Cos Cob, CT
The Painting Center is Turning 21, Painting Center, New York, NY
Invitational
Navigation Puzzle, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Curator: Bridgette Mayer
CFEVA @ Sonesta, Sonesta Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Summer Group Show, The Drawing Room Gallery, Cos Cob, CT
Dialogue in Color, The Drawing Room Gallery, Cos Cob, CT
2013
Paper Work, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ
The Drawing Room Summer Exhibit: Works by Represented Gallery Artists, The Drawing Room Gallery, Cos Cob, CT
2013 Members Exhibition: InLiquid, PPAC, Second State, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The Drawing Room Gallery at Realm, Realm, Norwalk, CT
Homeland: Contemporary Approaches to Contemplating the Landscape, The Drawing Room Gallery, Cos Cob, CT
2012
Water, Water Everywhere, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Maps, Pagus Gallery, Norristown PA
RSVP 2012, LG Tripp Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
8th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
The 29th Annual Exhibition of the Emirates Fine Arts Society: Still Melting, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Curated Exhibitions
2013
All in the Family: An Exhibition of Collaborations, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Undercurrent: A BackPack Gallery Exhibition, The Porch, Philadelphia, PA
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