Michel Darling is a first-gen Ukrainian American artist working with sculpture. Born in Fresno, California in 2003, and currently practicing and working in Brooklyn. Darling’s practice is informed by and created through a relationship with tools. The media he works with is transdisciplinary; matter is both the medium and message.

EDUCATION & SCHOOLING

2025-2028 BFA (In Progress), The Cooper Union, NY, NY

2024 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Fellow

2022-2024 BFA, SMFA Tufts University, Boston, MA

2021-2022 Undeclared, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

2026 Intern, Alyssa Davis Gallery, New York, NY

2025-2026 Self employed fine metal & obj design, Bronze Wax SP, Brooklyn, NY

2025 Jeweler, Ringram, New York, NY

2024 Blacksmith apprentice, Tutto Metalwork -Raymond Mathis, Thomaston, ME

2023 Gallery Assistant, Blue Raven Gallery, Rockland, ME

2022 Mural Intern, Ryan Adams & Rachel Gloria Adams, Portland, ME

DUO SHOWS

2026 Iris Party 1, Iris.ooo, Tawny Bar, New York, NY
Bless Your Heart, 7 E 7th St, The Cooper Union, NY, NY

^{GROUP SHOWS} 2026 Art Show! 2026 , W.O.L.F., Walpole, ME

Feral Child, Brooklyn Peace Center, Brooklyn, NY

The General Conference, 3rd Space NYC, Perfectly
Imperfect, Brooklyn, NY

Exquisite Corpse, Not That Deep, Brooklyn, NY

Never Seen Before, Apt 6 , Boston, MA

2025 The Self Imagined, Monserratt College of Art, Beverly, MA

Visions of Excess, The Raven Gallery, Toronto, Canada

My Personality, Currents Magazine, Boston, MA

Losing My Religion, Bromfeild Gallery, Boston, MA

Sculpture + Fibers Area Show, SMFA Tufts University, Boston, MA

2024 Ameriqa, Andres F. Arevalo Zea, Bogotá, Colombia

2023 Taken as Read, 82Parris, Portland, ME

Metals Dept. Group Show, SMFA Tufts University, Boston, MA

2021 ARTPM2021, BUOY GALLERY, Kittery, ME

^{PUBLICATIONS

2026 Save Files, Issue 3, Super Potion Labs

2025 My Personality, Currents Magazine}