Michelle Montjoy (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary visual artist based in Oceanside, California. Her intimate embroidered textiles, whimsical drawings and ceramics and large scale knitted installations all consider community, connection and the tension of the present time. Her process is both thoughtful and playful. She strives to expand the realm of forgotten domestic textiles, reimagine used clothing into a sustainable material, consider stitched language as a launching place. She is also involved in numerous social practice projects, both on her own and with a collective called To Do.  Whether knitting on giant handbuilt looms, or mending clothes, the core of these projects is about offering space and time to gather community, share stories and connect.  Michelle is a recipient of a 2016 California Arts Council Artists in Residency grant and the Creative Catalyst grant from the San Diego Foundation in 2017. Her work has been exhibited at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Oceanside Art Museum, Lux Art Institute, Art Produce Gallery and others, and has public art works installed at San Diego International Airport and Liberty Station. She has taught and lectured widely in the area, served as a juror for numerous exhibitions and is the embedded artist with the Cultural Art Department for the City of Carlsbad, California. She has attended artist residencies at Painting’s Edge, IPark and Brush Creek Ranch. 
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Selected Exhibitions
               2020    Mesa Drive-In: a drive-thru art exhibition  Mesa College, San Diego, CA
                              Borrow Pit  Brandes Gallery, Lux Art Institute,  Encinitas, CA
                           Edges Frayed with Bhavna Mehta and Irma Sophia Poeter, Cannon Gallery, Carlsbad CA
               2019     A Dime to Call Home, public art installation at Liberty Station, Point Loma, CA 
                              Faculty + 1,  San Diego City College, San Diego, CA
                             To Do - a mending project, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
                            Correspondence, 1805 Gallery, San Diego, CA
              2018     Being Here With You/ Estando Aquí Contigo, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego,
                              To Do-a mending project, 1805 Gallery, San Diego, CA           
                              That’s What She Said, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College San Marcos, CA
                              Terra Infirma, Space4Art, San Diego, CA
                            Figure of Speech, installation at San Diego International Airport, San Diego, CA                            
                         Dia de Mujer, The Front/ Arte Cultura, San Ysidro, CA
               2017    The Maker’s Eye, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College San Marcos, CA
                             New Contemporaries, San Diego Art Prize, CM Curatorial, San Diego, CA
                          DomesticACTion, Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA
                          River, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA                          
                          Nasty Women, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA
              2016    Michelle Montjoy, Sophies Gallery, Kensington  San Diego, CA
                          UnRest: Carrie Minikel, Michelle Montjoy and Lissa Corona  Linksoul Lab/HSCC, Oceanside, CA
                          Flat Earth, Ship in the Woods, Escondido, CA     
                          Looking Back/Forward: 20 years of Art Produce, Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA 
Socially Engaged Projects
                To Do: a mending project  Michelle Montjoy, Siobhan Arnold, and Anna O’Cain
                DomesticACTion California Arts Council-Artists Engaging Communities grant with Art Produce Gallery
               River  Creative Catalyst grant project with Oceanside Museum of Art
               Around the Corner, Uncommon Core,  Interchange, Espero Sparrow
              Co-facilitator: Community Art Projects: 1+1=1, Coordinates and Request
Awards
               2020   Artist Residency: Brush Creek Art Foundation, Saratoga, WY          
               2018   Excellence in Fibers IV: Fiber Arts Now, Winter 2018
               2017   Artist Residency: Ipark Foundation, East Hadaam, CT            
               2017   San Diego Art Prize nominee, Emerging Artist category, San Diego, CA
               2017   California Arts Council/Artists Engaging Communities grant with Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA                        
               2016   Creative Catalyst Grant fellowship, San Diego Foundation, San Diego, CA 
      2007-8   Artist Residency: Painting’s Edge, Idyllwild, CATeaching, Speaking, Employment               Embedded Artist  Veteran’s Park Project, City of Carlsbad, CA
               Juror:  San Diego Airport Arts program, Mesa College Museum Studies Program  MCASD Artist under 25                 
              Artist lectures/panel discussions : Gensler Architecture, San Diego State University, San Diego Art Institute, Cal State
                   University San Marcos Art Media & Design Program, MiraCosta College Art Department, Mesa College Museum Studies,                                   Canyon Crest High School, North Coastal Knitters Guild, Textile Guild of San Diego, San Diego, CA
             Visiting Artist/Instructor  Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA Athenaeum School of the Arts
             Teaching Artist  Monte Vista Elementary, Vista, CA  1998 -2014               
             Art Instructor- Studio Art  Guajome Park Academy Vista, CA 2005-2007  
             Commissioner- Vista Arts Council  Vista, CA 2005-2007      
Education 
             Illinois State University  B.S. Visual Arts/Visual Communications