MICHELLE SAWYER

artist - curator - muralist - educator

Murals

  • Education

    University of South Florida, 2006
    BA in Fine Arts
  • Professional Experience

    2009-present : Freelance Artist and Muralist 
    2022 - 2024 : Art Event Curator at The Bricks
    2015 - 2022 :  Founding partner, designer, and muralist of Illsol duo
    2006 - 2022 : Art Instructor
  • Exhibitions

    2023
    Dark|Space, Space St. Pete, St. Petersburg, FL
    What is Life?, The Bricks, Tampa, FL
    Radicals and Revolutionaries, The Bricks, Tampa, FL
    Title Match, The Bricks, Tampa, FL
    2022
    Alchemy, The Bricks, Tampa, FL
    A State of Mind, Mize Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
    2021
    Ventana Fins Art Project, Ventana Surfboards, Santa Cruz, CA
    Straight From The Sewer, MergeCulture Gallery, Tampa, FL
    A Paradoxical Synthesis, HCC Gallery 114, Tampa, FL (ILLSOL)
    2019
    Alluvium, Hooch and Hive, Tampa, FL
    Ventana Handplane Artist Project, Ventana Surfboards, Santa Cruz, CA
    2018 
    Shine Mural Festival Finale, Florida CraftArt Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL (ILLSOL)
    Classics, Burn Rubber, Tampa, FL (ILLSOL)
    2017 
    Secret Walls, Straz Center, Tampa, FL
    Basement Sessions, Lot 1901, Tampa, FL
    2016       
    YES!, Studio 620, St. Petersburg, FL
    Creative Block, Florida CraftArt Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
    Hueniverse, The Bricks, Tampa, FL
    Mixtape, Black Amethyst, St. Petersburg, FL
    Moleskin Mailer Project, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL
    2015       
    Highlands, Cafe Hey, Tampa, FL
    Blacktides, Green Bench Brewing, St. Petersburg, FL
    Garden Art Party, Green Bench Brewing, St. Petersburg, FL
    Elements, Black Amethyst, St. Petersburg, FL
    Group Art Exhibit, Trinity Graphics, St. Petersburg, FL 
    2014    
    Creature Feature, BlueLucy Ybor, Tampa, FL
    MISC, BlueLucy Ybor, Tampa, FL 
    Innoskate 2014, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
    100Films, BlueLucy Gallery, St. Petersburg FL
    Infectious, BlueLucy Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
    2013     
    Red Bull Wakeboard Art Competition, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL
    Various Group Exhibits, The Bricks, Tampa FL
    2012     
    Retrospective Group Exhibit, Hillsborough Community College Gallery, Tampa, FL 
    Red Bull Wakeboard Art Competition, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL
    Various Group Exhibits, The Bricks, Tampa FL
    2011     
    Various Group Exhibits, The Bricks, Tampa FL
    5 SPoT Charity Event, Skatepark of Tampa, Tampa, FL
    2010     
    Art Auction, Children’s Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
    Art After Dark, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
    2009     
    Charity Event, Skatepark of Tampa, Tampa, FL
    Group Skateboard Deck Art Exhibit, Skatepark of Tampa, Tampa, FL
    Group art events, Tampa Artist Emporium, Tampa, FL 
    2008     
    Charity Event, Skatepark of Tampa, Tampa, FL
    Virgin 2.0, The Ritz, Tampa, FL
    GO!, The Ritz, Tampa, FL
    Canvas 4, Relevant, Tampa, FL
    Mind the Gap, Gallery 209, Tampa, FL
    In : Out, three04, Tampa, FL
    2006    
    Shades of Personality, University of South Florida’s William and Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa, FL
    2005    
    31st Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Hillsborough Community College Gallery, Tampa, FL
    2004    
    30th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Hillsborough Community College Gallery, Tampa, FL
    2003     
    29th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Hillsborough Community College Gallery, Tampa, FL
  • Curated Events

    2023
    Print Mode 2, The Bricks, Tampa, FL (October 2023 - In conjunction with 2023 Ybor Arts Tour)
    What is Life?, The Bricks, Tampa, FL (July 2023)
    Radicals and Revolutionaries, The Bricks, Tampa, FL (July 2023 - part of the 2023 City of Tampa Archives Awareness Week)
    Title Match, The Bricks, Tampa, FL (May 2023)
    Originals, The Bricks, Tampa, FL (April 2023)
    2022
    Print Mode, The Bricks, Tampa, FL (December 2023)
    In Search of..., The Bricks, Tampa, FL (September 2023)
    Alchemy, The Bricks, Tampa, FL (July 2023)
    2021
    Straight From the Sewer, MergeCulture, Tampa, FL