Michelle Sakhai is an American painter and educator.
Michelle Sakhai | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1983 |
| Alma mater | Hofstra University Academy of Art University |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Website | michellesakhai.com |
Early life and education
editMichelle Sakhai was born in 1983[1] to a Japanese mother and Iranian father, spending her youth in New York.[2] She graduated from Hofstra University with a BA in Art History and minor in Fine Arts, and received her MFA from Academy of Art University.[3] She has also studied in Venice, Italy; Barcelona at the d’Arts Plastique I Disseny; and France at the Marchutz Academy of Fine Art in Aix en Provence.[4][5]
Art career
editSakhai is an abstract expressionist artist bringing spirituality into her paintings.[4] Her paintings have been created using oils and mixed mediums such as metal leaf.[6][7] Her solo exhibitions include the 2012 exhibition Awakenings, shown at SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco.[3] Her work has also appeared in group exhibitions at venues including Lehman College[8] and Stanford Art Spaces.[9] In 2016 her paintings were the focus of the book AWAKENING: The Paintings of Michelle Sakhai.[10] That year her work was shown in the solo exhibition Treasured Elements at the Madelyn Jordon Fine Art Gallery.[11] In September 2019, Sakhai opened her exhibition Arcana: Interpretations of the Tarot at the same gallery.[5]
Other work
editIn 2017 Sakhai became the artist-in-residence for the Fairmont San Francisco.[12] She taught painting at the University of California, Berkeley,[3] in addition to teaching Transformative Art at the Harlem Hospital Center and Primordial Sound Meditation at the Chopra Center. Currently she serves on the HCLAS Dean's Advisory Board at Hofstra University.[13]
References
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- ^ a b c "Michelle Sakhai in The Ramp Gallery, November 28–December 16". www.yahoo.com.
- ^ a b "The Art of Final". 5 October 2016. p. 6.
- ^ a b "Artist Michelle Sakhai Visualizes the Tarot". 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Artist Spotlight U.S.: Michelle Sakhai". September 24, 2012.
- ^ "ARTnews". ARTnews Associates. August 23, 2006 – via Google Books.
- ^ Wirsing, Robert (14 October 2016). "Lehman College's 'Bedazzled' Exhibit Sparks Creativity". Bronx Times.
- ^ "Michelle Sakhai, Lecture on Japanese Prints". Do The Bay.
- ^ "Intuitive Visual Artist". October 21, 2017.
- ^ Fuse, Arte (April 7, 2016). "Art Exhibits, Art Magazine, Contemporary Art, Art Blogs, Art Artists".
- ^ "Fairmont San Francisco Announces Michelle Sakhai Artist in Residence". www.fairmont.com.
- ^ "Michelle Sakhai". Saatchi Art.