BIO
Michelle Murillo received her MFA in Printmaking from the University of Alberta, Canada and a BFA in Painting from Boston University. Her work has been exhibited in the US, Canada, and Europe. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Murillo is an active member of the international printmaking community and participates in collaborative projects and conferences in Argentina, Canada, Cuba, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the US. She has received grants from The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Canada (2005), The Canada Research Council (2004) as well as travel grants from The Educational Bridge Project, St. Petersburg, Russia (2002), The Print Foundation Bentlage, Rheine, Germany (2005) and the University of Alberta, Canada (2005). Her work has been collected by The Amity Foundation, The Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts, Boston University College of Fine Arts, The University of Alberta Art and Artifact Collection, Canada, and The Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
Michelle Murillo received her MFA in Printmaking from the University of Alberta, Canada and a BFA in Painting from Boston University. Her work has been exhibited in the US, Canada, and Europe. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Murillo is an active member of the international printmaking community and participates in collaborative projects and conferences in Argentina, Canada, Cuba, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the US. She has received grants from The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Canada (2005), The Canada Research Council (2004) as well as travel grants from The Educational Bridge Project, St. Petersburg, Russia (2002), The Print Foundation Bentlage, Rheine, Germany (2005) and the University of Alberta, Canada (2005). Her work has been collected by The Amity Foundation, The Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts, Boston University College of Fine Arts, The University of Alberta Art and Artifact Collection, Canada, and The Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
Michelle Murillo
EXHIBITIONS
Destinations
06.04.2008 to 07.04.2008
Identity belongs to the person. It is the possibility of recognizing the self and finding a place, a self-definition based on traces of the past, memory, experiences or knowledge.Narratives of memory in pictorial space become arenas for identity to be revealed and understood in the broader context of past and present experiences. It is my hypothesis that memory is a narrative of the past that can also function as a compass in the present. The print installation presents 200 glass post cards (silkscreen reproductions of used postcards). The text from these postcards reveals glimpses of the senders’ and recipients’ personal lives which are the artifacts of memory and personal history. Beyond the post cards’ biographical content, they are also a record of travel and narratives of lived experiences and places. Post cards become metaphorical keys to maps of memory, place and identity.
