Education
Certification of Completion 2015
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
– Intensive Writer’s Program, Summer School, The Writer’s Workshop
Master of Fine Arts 1985
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
-Major: Photography
-Minor: Sculpture, Art History
Bachelor of Fine Arts 1983
University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
-Major: Sculpture/Photography
-Minor: French, Art History, Emphasis in Film
Additional Studies
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 1982
-Semester Exchange Program Photo Art History-Bill Jay
Burgundy Program, U of MT French Dept., Beaune, France 1981
-Exchange Student, Junior Year Abroad
Collections
Henry Mendehlson Buhl Collection
New York, New York
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Paris, France
Maison Européenne de la Photographie
Paris, France
Galerie der Stadt Villach
Villach, Austria
U. N. E. S. C. O.
Paris, France
Southeast Museum of Photography
Daytona Beach, Florida
Miami Center for the Fine Arts Museum
Miami, Florida
Earth Library
Kumamoto, Japan
Fellowships
Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin Upcoming (after COVID), 2022
Berlin, Germany
Nominated For: Henri Cartier-Bresson Award, 2021
Paris, France
Interviewed For: Albert Kahn Museum Award, 2021
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
SLAM, 2021
Bozeman, Montana
Montana Arts Council, Strategic Investment Grant, 2021
Helena, Montana
Montana Arts Council, Cares Grant, (Covid support for juried artists), 2021
Helena, Montana
Golden Light Awards, top 100 Photographers 1996
Maine Photographic Workshops
Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft Forschung und Kunst 1996
Vienna, Austria
Cité Internationale des Arts 1996
Paris, France
Aaron Siskind Foundation 1995
New York, New York
Cité Internationale des Arts 1994-95
Paris France
National Foundation or Advancement in the Arts (CAVA Award) 1993-1995
Miami, Florida
Connecticut Commission on the Arts1991
Hartford, Connecticut
Change Inc. 1990
New York, New York
Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation 1989
Brooklyn, New York
Montana Arts Council 1989
Helena, Montana
Exhibitions
2022
Love
Exhibizione
Ontario, Canada
Winter Visions 2022
PH21 Gallery
Budapest, Hungary
2021
3Shots
Triptych Festival
Milan, Italy
Significant Color
PH21 Gallery
Budapest, Hungary
2021
The Art of Photography
VALID WORLD HALL
Barcelona, Spain
Personality: Contemporary Portraiture
PH21 Gallery
Budapest, Hungary
ART IN THE TIME OF CORONA
Dab Art
Ventura, California
Feminine/Masculine — Jurors Award — Curated by Zsolt Bátori
PH21 Gallery
Budapest, Hungary
2020-2021
En Pausa/On Hold
Museo de la Carcova-(Carcova Museum)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
ART IN THE TIME OF CORONA
Dab Art
Los Angeles, California
2020
Sink or Swim
The Curatorship-online
Dublin, Ireland
Winter Exhibition — Curated by Sylvia White
realArt
Los Angeles, California
The Wonders of Women
WOW Gallery
Houston, Texas
Summer Exhibition — Curated by Sylvia White
realArt
Los Angeles, California
2019
The Erotic Teapot
Montana Modern Fine Art
Kalispell, Montana
2017
Bushwick Open Studios
Castlebraid
Brooklyn, New York
2016
Summer of Love — All Female Art Exhibit
Sappari
Whitefish, Montana
2013
SEX/LOVE — Curated by Harvey Stein
Umbrella Arts Gallery
New York, New York
2010
Summer Show
Noice Gallery
Kalispell, Montana
2007
SEEING ANGELS
The Knead
Kalispell, Montana
1998
The Hand of the Master — Organized by the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris for the 12th Annual SAGA Print Drawing and Photo Exhibit
Espace Eiffel Branly
Paris, France
Narratives Of Desire
Troyer, Fitzpatrick Lassman Gallery
Washington D.C.
1997
Alex Amann-painter, Michelle Luke-photographer
Damtschach Castle
Wernberg, Austria
Betwixt — Michelle Luke Photography
Lionheart Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts
1996-97
Michelle Luke photographies
Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris
Paris, France
1996
Michelle Luke/Jerald Frampton
Fotogalerie Wien
Vienna, Austria
Flirt
Kunsthalle Exnergasse
Vienna, Austria
1995
CAVA Award Exhibit
N.F.A.A., 420 West Broadway
New York, New York
The Body Photographic
Contemporary Arts Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
Michelle Luke/
U.N.E.S.C.O.
Paris, France
Michelle Luke
Imago Lucia Fotogaleria
Porto, Portugal
Reverberations — (Traveling Exhibition)
Cornell Museum
Winter Park, Florida &
Southeastern Museum of Photography
Daytona Beach, Florida
1994-95
Matter, Shadow, and Fiction, Recent Enrichments to Contemporary Photography
Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris
Paris, France
1994
Photo Biennal
Westport Art Center
West Port, Connecticut
Night Visions and Other Obsessions
Marguerite Oestreicher Gallery
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Art of the West
Eitlejorg Museum
Indianapolis, Indiana
1993-94
Montana Choice — *Montana Arts Council Grant Recipients* — (Traveling Exhibition)
Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell, Montana, Missoula Museum of the Arts, Missoula, Montana, Copper Village Museum, Anaconda, Montana, Holter Museum, Helena, Montana, Western Montana College Gallery, Dillon, Montana
1993
The Lovers Of Luxembourg Gardens
Midtown-Y-Gallery
New York, New York
16 Montana Photographers — (Traveling Exhibition)
Shimada Art Museum
Kumamoto, Japan
Photo Invitational
Mackey Gallery
Denver, Colorado
1992
20/20 Vision
Cranbrook Art Museum
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Fellowship Artists
Showcase Gallery
Hartford, Connecticut
1990
If Wishes Had Fins
Performance Studio
New Haven, Connecticut
1989
Re-inventing Romanticism
John Slade Ely House
New Haven, Connecticut
Collector’s Choice
Madison Gallery
Madison, Connecticut
New Work/New Haven
Artspace
New Haven, Connecticut
Women In Charge
Artspace
New Haven, Connecticut
1988
Domestic Eroticism
Art In Heaven
New Haven, Connecticut
Fellowship Artist-Michelle Luke
Hockaday Center for the Arts
Kalispell, Montana