Visiting Artist Talk by Michelle Rawlings on YouTube Live

Wednesday, Oct 14, 2020

Artist Michelle Rawlings will give a virtual talk about her work on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 beginning at 12:30 p.m. as part of the annual Visiting Artist Program. Due to campus social distancing guidelines this semester, Rawlings will be presenting her talk remotely via YouTube Live. The link to the event is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA3KH2uk6Xo&feature=youtu.be

Michelle Rawlings’ practice draws upon the history of painting, and various image tropes investigating the ways in which female identity and adolescence are constructed, displayed, and framed within different visual contexts. Inspired by both a pre-internet experience of thumbing through magazines, and the now ubiquitous experience of scrolling through images, Rawlings plays with different genres of painting and appropriated imagery, resulting in what feels like a deeply personal exploration.

Born in Dallas, Texas, Rawlings currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is represented by And Now in Dallas and Paster Gallery in Warsaw, Poland. She has also exhibited at The Warehouse in Dallas, Night Gallery, Shane Campbell Gallery, Mlsako & Rosen, The Power Station in Dallas, the Dallas Contemporary, and the Goss Michael Foundation. She earned her MFA from The Rhode Island School of Design in 2012.

For more information on the artist and to see examples of her work, see: michellerawlings.com or andnow.biz/mrawlings.html