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Michelle Alexander

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Michelle is a Canadian-born artist living and working between Montreal and Chicago. Michelle received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Miami. She then studied fashion design at Parsons School of Design earning an Associates’ degree in Applied Science. Michelle then received a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Michelle’s interdisciplinary approach to Art and extended image practice addresses tension. Her introspective body of work scrutinizes the internal build-up and lingering trauma within the body. Michelle’s work is about the body’s response. A journey through the eerie beauty within. Stuck with the friction of what has happened. Being confined by the body, fighting the self. Grappling with experiences of the body and the discomfort of fitting into one’s own skin.

Courses

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Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.

Class Number

1883

Credits

3

Description

This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image.

Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis.

Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.

Class Number

1602

Credits

3