Michelle Stuart

Michelle Stuart is an American artist. She studied in Mexico, France, and New York at The New School for Social Research. Since the 1960s, Stuart has created a multifaceted body of work including large-scale earth works, complex multi-media installations, earth drawings, encaustic paintings, sculptural objects, drawings and prints. Stuart has devoted her decades-long practice to recording and studying traces upon the earth, whether by nature or by human hand, as imprints of identity. Stuart maps the passage of time and space, retrieving histories as much as she makes us aware of their irretrievability. She often utilizes organic materials such as earth, beeswax, and plant matter, rubbing them against paper or transforming them into objects with talismanic aura. Even when working with photography, she continues to perceive it as an imprinting process, frequently researching and re-photographing old prints to recall forgotten moments in history. Stuart has exhibited internationally over the past 40 years and was featured in the 57th Venice Biennale. Notable solo exhibitions include Sayreville Strata Quartet, Dia:Beacon, New York.