EDUCATION
Masters of Fine Arts, Photography, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, 2006
Post Baccalaureate, Photography, Bethel University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2003
Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art with a Minor in Art History, Bethel University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2000
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
Open Loop, (curated by Alexandra Beaumont) Form + Content Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Arts North, Hopkins Art Center, MN
2023
North of the 45th, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI
Peaceable Kingdom, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN
Co-Create, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN
2022
A Change in State (sabbatical exhibition), Bethel University, St. Paul, MN
2018
Peaceable Kingdom, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
Belgium/Minnesota, Ridgewater Community College, Willmar, MN
Belgium/Minnesota, Ridgewater Community College, Hutchinson, MN
The Afterlife of Objects and Places, Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY
The Afterlife of Objects and Places, Silverwood Park Gallery, St. Anthony, MN
The Beautiful, (Group exhibition traveling 2018 - 2020)
2017
The Afterlife of Objects and Places, Boger Gallery, College of the Ozarks, MO
Being There: Landscape, Memory & Monument, Green Art Gallery, Biola University, CA
Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, MN
Earthworks, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN
Making Now, (curated by Devon Tsuno) - Duke Art Gallery, Azusa Pacific, CA
Art of Resistance, Third Place Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2016
The Shape of Memory, Sabbatical Exhibition, Bethel University, MN
2015
From My Side of the World, Solomons Porch Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Between Two Worlds, Center Art Gallery, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2014
Between the Shadow and the Light (traveling through 2018), Xavier University, New Orleans, Louisiana
2013
Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Building, St. Paul, Minnesota
A Reasonable Facsimile, Little Gallery, Rochester, NY and Mercer Gallery, Rochester, New York
2012
12.12.12: Twelve Artists, Twelve Hours, Twelve Days, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Building, St. Paul, Minnesota
The Telephone Booth, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Building, St. Paul, Minnesota
A Reasonable FacsimileSolomon’s Porch Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2011
A Reasonable Facsimile, Christensen Gallery, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Few of Our Favorite Things, Gallery at Fox Tax, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bethel University Faculty Exhibition, Johnson Gallery, Bethel University, MN
2010
A Reasonable Facsimile, Draewell Gallery, Judson University, Illinois
St. Paul Saints Featured Artist Invitational, Mnartists.org, St. Paul, Minnesota (signed baseball cards from the event currently available for purchase in the Walker Art Center Store)
Art Form 1040: Re-Arted, Gallery at Fox Tax, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2009
Space Available?, 9th Street Entry Gallery, Rossmor Building, St. Paul, Minnesota
2008
Art Form 1040: US Idealism Returns, Gallery at Fox Tax, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007
Merging Media, 9th Street Entry Gallery, Rossmor Building, St. Paul, Minnesota
2006
Bearings: the Female Figure, PS122 Gallery, New York, New York
Point of Departure, 111 Front St. Dumbo Brooklyn, New York
Annex Show, Curated by Kim Thompson of White Box Gallery, New York, New York
Generations 5, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York
MFA Thesis Exhibition: The Duality Project, Steuben West Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
Photography and Contemporary Tactics, Steuben West Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
ARTIST RESIDENCIES and SEMINARS
Grand Marais Art Colony, Independent Residency, October 2021
Cuttyhunk Artist Residency, September 2021
SIT Faculty Seminar in Argentina, June 2019
R5:A Visual Arts Seminar and Studio in South Africa, Nagel Institute, June 2013
AWARDS, GRANTS and SCHOLARSHIPS
Wellspring Scholarship, Cuttyhunk Artist Residency, 2021
Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, 2017 and 2019
Jerome Travel Grant, Jerome Foundation, 2015
Edgren Scholars Award, Bethel University, Summer 2013
Best of the Twin Cities Fine Arts Organization Awards, recognizing achievements in the local visual arts community. Winner of Most Memorable Exhibition: A Reasonable Facsimile, 2011
Doing Good Well, Peer-nominated leadership retreat, CIVA, February 2011
Graduate Fine Arts Merit-based Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Fall 2004
PRESS and PUBLICATIONS
Constructed Mysteries, exhibition catalog, curated by Kenneth Steinbach and Michelle Westmark Wingard, 2021
SEEN Journal (XIX), “Everyday Memorial” by Michelle Westmark Wingard, Summer 2019
CIVA Sourcebook Jurors Essay, Making Meaning, July 2017
CIVA Blog, The Afterlife of Objects and Spaces, September 2016
George C. Poundstone: The Elements of a Picture – “Dr. George C. Poundstone & the Perception of Photographic Truth”, by Michelle Westmark & Grace Krussow, exhibition catalog, 2014
SEEN Journal (XIV.1) - Unsettled Ground, Monuments and Memory by Sara Shady and Michelle Westmark Wingard, Summer 2014
MinnPost, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2012 - http://www.minnpost.com/stroll/2012/08/joy-and-push-pull-fine-arts-fair