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Biography
Michelle Bratsafolis received her B.A. in American Studies from Brandeis University and her J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law. She has studied digital and alternative photographic processes at both the International Center of Photography and the Penumbra Foundation in New York City. She also completed the Studio Intensive Program of the National Academy School of Fine Arts in New York City, where she pursued her interests in alternative photographic processes, painting and sculpture. She has exhibited her work in the United States and abroad, and her work is in several private collections. Bratsafolis served on the Brandeis University Arts Council from 2015-2020 reviewing faculty proposals seeking funding for special art, music and theater programs to benefit university students and the community at large. She lives and works in New York City.
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, New York, New York
Odyssey
2014 National Academy School Project Wall
Another Look, Image Redux….Cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown
2014 JE Heaton Jewelers, Millbrook NY
Group Exhibitions
2021 SITE:BROOKLYN GALLERY
Black & White, http:// www.sitebrooklyn.com
an online exhibition curated by Shana Nys Dambrot
July 27-August 24, 2021
Annual POSTCARDS From the EDGE, Virtual exhibition to benefit Visual AIDS
January 8-15, 2021
2020 TOGETHER, https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/947723/together-exhibition
Curated by Nadia Martinez, http://www.nowaboutart.com/news/togethervirtualexhibition
Bortolami, 39 Walker Street, New York, NY
Hosts of 21st Annual POSTCARDS from the EDGE exhibition to benefit Visual AIDS
2019 Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Winner, 15th Annual National Alternative Processes Photography Competition
2018 THE IMAGE FLOW Photography Center, Mill Valley, CA
3rd Annual Alternative Process Photography Exhibition
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
Works on Paper, 2018
Gallery 524, 524 West 26th Street, New York, NY
Hosts of 20th Annual POSTCARDS from the EDGE exhibition to benefit Visual AIDS
Galerie Richard, 121 Orchard Street, New York, NY
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Benefit and Exhibition, Buy What You Love!
2017 Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Winner, 13th Annual National Alternative Processes Photography Competition
National Academy Museum, New York, NY
CREATIVE MISCHIEF exhibition
miranda arts project space, 6 North Pearl Street, Port Chester, New York
indecipherable messages
miranda arts project space, 6 North Pearl Street, Port Chester, New York
Exchanges on Paper
121 Varick Street, New York, NY
Louder Than Words
Lyles & King Gallery, 106 Forsythe Street, New York, NY
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Benefit and Exhibition, Buy What You Love!
Metro Pictures 519 W 24th Street, New York, NY
Hosts of 19th Annual POSTCARDS from the EDGE exhibition to benefit Visual AIDS
Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, New York, NY
Mid-year exhibition, National Academy School
2016 Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Winner, 12th Annual National Alternative Processes Photography Competition
National Academy Museum, New York, NY
CREATIVE MISCHIEF exhibition
Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, New York, NY
Black & White Perspectives: Works on Paper
Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, New York, NY
Emotion, Discovery and Illusion-Between Art and Fashion
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
Hosts of 18th Annual POSTCARDS from the EDGE exhibition to benefit Visual AIDS
Oakcliff Sailing Club, 4th Annual Spring Art Show, Oyster Bay, NY
Bailey House Gala & Auction, Pier 60, Chelsea Piers, New York, NY
CARA Gallery, New York, NY
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Benefit and Exhibition, Buy What You Love!
2015 Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Winner, 11th Annual National Alternative Processes Photography Competition
Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, New York, NY
Mid-year exhibition, National Academy School
Salamagundi Art Club, New York, NY
American Artists' Professional League 87th Annual Grand National Exhibition
Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, New York, NY
Year–end exhibition, National Academy School
National Academy Museum, New York, NY
CREATIVE MISCHIEF exhibition
Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, New York, NY
Outdoor Visions
Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY
Hosts of 17th Annual POSTCARDS from the EDGE exhibition to benefit Visual AIDS
Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, New York, NY
Experiments in Self-Portraiture
Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, New York, NY
Mid-year exhibition, National Academy School
2014 Bosi Contemporary, New York, NY
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Benefit and Exhibition, Buy What You Love!
Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, New York, NY
Year–end exhibition, National Academy School
Salamagundi Art Club, New York, NY,
American Artists Professional League 86th Annual Grand National Exhibition
Cristiani Gallery, Torino, Italy
Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Winner, 10th Annual Alternative Processes Photography Competition
Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, New York, NY
Reflections on the Classical
Castle Fitzjohns Gallery, New York, NY
Everybody Will Be Famous for 12 inches exhibition
Casa Menzio, Torino, Italy
National Academy Museum, New York, NY
CREATIVE MISCHIEF exhibition
Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY
Hosts of 16th Annual POSTCARDS from the EDGE exhibition to benefit Visual AIDS
Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, New York, NY
Mid-Year Exhibition, National Academy School
Art Fairs
2016 FRIDGE Art Fair NYC, Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY
Bibliography
2020 Together, Exhibition Catalog
https://issuu.com/nadiamartinez/docs/together_exhibition_catalog
2017 Whitehot Magazine, Discovering Artists, Both Old and New, at Creative Mischief
https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/old-new-at-creative-mischief/3682
National Academy Museum and School CREATIVE MISCHIEF Exhibition Catalogue
Indecipherable Messages Exhibition Catalogue
https://issuu.com/nadiamartinez/docs/indecipherable_messages_-_catalog
2016 Brandeis University Alumni & Friends, News & Publications
http://alumni.brandeis.edu/news-publications/news-archive/bratsafolis.html.
ArtSlant: Creative Mischief 2016
National Academy Museum and School CREATIVE MISCHIEF Exhibition Catalogue
2015 National Academy Museum and School, Emotion, Discovery & Illusion--Between Art and Fashion
Exhibition Catalogue
National Academy Museum and School CREATIVE MISCHIEF Exhibition Catalogue