Exhibits / Presentations

Nov 1, 2023. 6-8pm Creativity offers us a new formula for life. Augmented Society Network at the Royal Society of Arts House, London

Oct 28, 2023. Reveal of “KEEP GOING” at the Goldwell Open Air Museum

Aug 5, 2023. 6-8pm “Use Other Door” Core Contemporary Gallery, Las Vegas, NV.

Feb 10, 2023. 6-8pm Frequency Immersion. Tuning Fork and Frequency Bowl demo with Renisha Lyn. Core Contemporary Gallery, Las Vegas, NV.

Jan 14, 2023. 11-2pm Reception for the West Las Vegas mural project commissioned by the City of Las Vegas.

Jan 13, 2023. 6-9pm Opening Reception for CACI residency at Core Contemporary Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

Nov 2022. Opening Reception and Artist Talk for American Roulette, Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, CO

Oct 2022. Opening Reception and Artist Talk for American Roulette, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams College,  Alamosa, CO

May 2022. Opening Reception and Artist Talk for American Roulette, Geneva Center for the Arts, Geneva, IL

May 2022. Live painting at Rhythm & Hugs, Rebar, Las Vegas

Jan 2022. Artist Talk for American Roulette, Core Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV

Dec 2021. Panel Discussion American Roulette, Core Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV

Nov 2021. American Roulette, group exhibit at Core Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV

July 2021. Artist talk for American Roulette, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago

April 2021. American Roulette, group exhibit at the Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago

Jan 2021: Collaboration Exhibit with John Airo at Fulton Street Collective, Chicago.

Aug 2020: The Explosion Is Here. Collaboration with John Airo. Window exhibit at Agitator Gallery, Chicago.

Aug 2019: America’s Well Armed Militia Exhibit at SPACES, commissioned project, Cleveland, OH.

April, 2019: Studies in Growth and Survival Exhibit at Ars Memoria, collaboration with John Airo, Chicago, IL.

Feb 2019: Confessions Exhibit at Agitator Gallery, (curator) Chicago, IL.

Sept 2018: Show of Shows Exhibit at CC’s Art Garage, Chicago, IL.

Aug 2018:  Time Influential, Solo Exhibit at Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL.

April 2018. Member Exhibition, Agitator, Chicago. IL

April 2018. Object and Image, collaboration with Mary J. Saran, and Devon Thompson at Chicago Art Department, Chicago.

April 2018. Install, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL.

Feb 2018. Collaborative Collisions, CC’s Art Garage, Chicago, IL.

Nov 2017. 5 Years Later, Agitator, Chicago.

Oct 2017. Grand Opening, Agitator, Chicago.

Sept 2017. Learn From It, featured artist at Squidboat, Chicago.

Sept 2017. Soft Opening, Agitator, Chicago.

Sept 2017. Common Denominator, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago. Collab with Rachael Reuter.

Sept 2017. Nasty Woman, Chicago. nastywomenchicago.org

June 2017. One, emerging artists, Cleve Carney. Glen Ellyn, IL.

May 2017. Grassroots, Woman Made Gallery. Chicago, IL.

May 2017. Unauthorized SFMOMA Show #85 (3:45:13-3:56:43pm), SFMOMA. San Fransisco, CA.

Mar 2017. Collections, Side Street Studio Arts. Elgin, IL.

April 2017. Words Matter, Side Street Studio Arts. Elgin, IL.

Nov 2016. Chicago Stands with Standing Rock, Subterranean. Chicago, IL. Chicago Reader Article

Sept 2016. Connection, Fulton Street Collective. Chicago, IL.

Aug 2016. Reggae Fest Live Artist. Chicago, IL.

Aug 2016. 5×5 Resident Artist, Fulton Market Kitchen, Chicago, IL.

April 2016. Presentation “History of Zines” & Zine Workshop, Marvin Camras Children’s Engineering School, Chicago, IL.

April 2016. The Human Mask: Layers of the External, Voices of the Internal.  Deadly Prey Gallery, Chicago, IL.

April 2016. Featured Artist at Atomic Sketch, Green Eye. Chicago, IL.

Feb 2016. 30 Seconds: Guerrilla Pop-up Film Festival, Washington, D.C. (curator)

Oct 2015. Grand Re-Opening of Rep Chi: Sale of 8 Bit Heart Jewelry. Chicago, IL.

Oct 2015. Columbia College Chicago: Alumni on 5. Chicago, IL.

Sept 2015. Ravenswood Art Walk: work displayed at Savvy Seconds & 1sts.

July 2015. West Fest: Live Art 12-4pm with Chicago Truborn, Chicago, IL.

June 2015. State of the Art: Sale of 8 Bit Heart Jewelry. Tradition, Chicago, IL.

June 2015. Presentation “Creative Freedom” Adobe Youth Voices, Chicago, IL

April 2015. Presentation at Focus On The Arts, Highland Park, IL. Apr 2015

Feb 2015. Artist Talk for BREATHS BEATS + BEEPS:  Reed’s Local Bar/Gallery, Belmont and Sacramento.

Feb 2015. Solo Exhibition. BREATHS BEATS + BEEPS: Reed’s Local Bar/Gallery, Belmont and Sacramento.

Jan 2015. Woman Made Gallery: Document.  Jan 16 – Feb 26, 2015, Chicago, IL.

Dec 2014. Atomic Sketch: Featured Artist. Participatory live art event at Green Eye Lounge, Chicago.

Aug 2014. Chicago Truborn: The Vinyl Frontier. OpeningReception, Chicago, IL.

Aug 2014. Tritriangle: Garage Sale (Show). Collaboration with Trisha O. Martin in Hoarded Ephemeralities.

Aug 2014. ArtDeckCo: Artists on Boards. Opening Reception, Chicago, IL.

May 2014.  ArtDeckCo: Artists on Boards. Opening Reception, Portland, OR.

Feb 2014. 32Forty: Love Sick Opening Reception, collaboration with members of Ava Grey, Chicago.

Sept 2013. 32Forty: Grand Opening Exhibition, Chicago. Live Photoshop art demo.

Aug 2013. Northcoast Street Festival, Chicago. Alongside Ava Grey, street art collaborative.

Aug 2013. Chicago Truborn: Grand Opening Exhibition, Chicago. Alongside Ava Grey, street art collaborative.

May 2013. If All Else Fails…, group exhibit at the Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago.

Mar 2013. Commission to install Transgression Through Your Breath at the Luminaria festival, in the Instituto Cultural de Mexico, San Antonio, TX.

April 2013. Presentation on Studies of Social Failure, Columbia College Chicago.

Feb 2012.  Opening night for Jason Salavon’s solo show at Ronald Feldman, NYC. I will be assisting Jason with the installation.

Nov 2012. Word 6, group exhibit at Columbia College Chicago

Oct 2012.  Collaboration with Sean Backus @ Quennect 4, Chicago

Apr 2012.  Opening Reception for my MFA thesis installation Transgression Through Your Breath at The Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College Chicago

April 2012. DEATH->HEART->BREATH on display at the How Performance Thinks conference at The London Studio Centre, London.

Feb 2012.  Chicago Public Radio interview with Frida Kahlo from the Guerrilla Girls.

Feb 2012.  Presentation @ LACDA on my MFA thesis work at CAA/Los Angeles at the New Media Caucus Showcase.

Reviews / Awards

Oct 2023. Stevens, Richard. “In these tough times, new art piece a reminder to ‘Keep Going’,”  pvtimes.com.

Aug 2023. Nevada Arts Council project grant for “KEEP GOING”

Jan 2023. Holmes, Brent. “Rabbit Holes + Seeing Red,” doublescoop.art

Dec 2022. Drummond, Cristen. “Urban farming and mural project underway in Historic Westside,” news3lv.com

Oct 2022. Ahlborn, Madeleine. “American Roulette exhibit points art at gun culture,” alamosacitizen.com

Dec 2021. Hall, Debbie. “American Roulette exhibit examines a difficult subject,” EatMoreArtVegas.com

Nov 2021. Dickensheets, Scott. “Gun violence the subject of art exhibit ‘American Roulette,’” LasVegasReviewJournal.com

June 2021. Ihejirika, Maudlyne. “‘American Roulette’ exhibit examines gun violence in America as Chicago wrestles to rein it in,’” Chicago Sun Times

June 2021. “Chicago marks Gun Violence Awareness Day amid rising shootings,’” WLS-TV ABC 7, Chicago

Feb 2020. Chicago Who’s Who Society 2020 Recipient

Sept 2019. Sharp, Sarah Rose.”In Response to Rappant Mass Shootings, Artists Offer Visceral Reality,” Hyperallergic.com

Sept 2019. Litt, Steven. “Gun rights explored in provocative ‘Well Armed Militias’ exhibit at Spaces,” Cleveland.com

Summer 2018. Packington Review 10th Anniversary Issue

Aug 2018. Kincade, Mike. “We talk about the Order of Time with artist Michelle Graves!” You’re the DJ, I’m the Podcaster

June 2018. CGN Interview Series, Michelle Graves of Agitator Co-operative Gallery, Chicago Gallery News

May 2018. Meet Michelle Graves of Agitator Gallery, Voyage Chicago

July 2017. Artist Michelle Graves, Radio One Chicago, IL

July 2017. Badart.ist, Los Angeles, CA.

June 2017. One, emerging artist Best In Show, Cleve Carney. Glen Ellyn, IL

Winter 2014/15. Packington Review – A Journal of Literature and the Arts

Fall 2013. Frye, Andy. “In The Present Moment Through Art,” Five on Five: Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby Magazine, : 56-57. Print

Feb 2012. Presentation on Masters Thesis ”Transgression Through Your Breath”, New Media Caucus Showcase, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art 

Feb 2012. Interview with Guerrilla Girls' Ask: Does this art museum represent you?  WBEZ Chicago Public Radio interview with the Guerrilla Girls