Ukrainian American Sculptor
Lives and works in Rockport, ME + Brooklyn, NY
Painting & metal-craft with the belief that information has weight & objects are sentient. Metal working with ancient techniques, playing with technology. Buildling an anthology of internet iconography.
Take care of your matter and it will take care of you.
Michelle’s mother Svitlana (left) & Michelle (right) . 2022 Staples passport headshot of Michelle paired with early 2000s Ukraine passport.
Michel 'Michelle' Darling is a Ukrainian-American artist working between metal sculpture and mixed media painting that address art as a form of magic. Through making, the mind and body come together to manifest a prayer. Through both personal symbology and collective imagination, the objects are imbued with essence, myth, and symbolic powers.
z Darling is building a personal anthology of objects and iconography that depict the mundane daily life that occurs both within the internet and physical realm. These works themeatically explore the ancient, online psychic damage, faith, and their interconnectedness today.
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Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Fellow
Bachelors of Fine Arts , SMFA Tufts University, Boston, MA
Undeclared, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Blacksmith apprentice, Tutto Metalwork -Raymond Mathis, Thomaston, ME
Gallery Assistant, Blue Raven Gallery, Rockland, ME
Mural Intern, Ryan Adams & Rachel Gloria Adams, Portland, ME
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Losing My Religion Losing My Religion, Bromfeild Gallery, Boston, MA
Sculpture + Fibers Area Show, Mission Hill SMFA, Boston, MA
Ameriqa, Andres F. Arevalo Zea, Bogotá, Colombia
Taken as Read, 82Parris, Portland, ME
Metals Dept. Group Show, SMFA Tufts University, Boston, MA
ARTPM2021, BUOY GALLERY, Kittery, ME
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