Michele Carlson is a practicing artist, writer, educator, and curator whose interdisciplinary research investigates the intersections of history, memory, loss, race, and popular culture. Carlson was born in Seoul, Korea, but grew up in Seattle, WA and attended the University of Washington where she received a BFA in Printmaking and BAs in Interdisciplinary Visual Arts and History. After her undergraduate work, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where she completed an MFA in Printmaking and MA in Visual & Critical Studies from the California College of the Arts.
Her visual work, has been exhibited nationally at venues including Patricia Sweetow Gallery, the San Francisco Arts Commission, Intersection for the Arts, and Cerasoli Gallery, Los Angeles. She has received awards and fellowships from Kala Art Institute, San Francisco Arts Commission, and the Reader’s Digest Museum Foundation. Her critical and creative writings have been published in numerous publications including Art in America, Art Practical, Hyphen, Afterimage, KQED and various exhibition catalogs.
In addition to her visual work and writing practices, Carlson is the Artwell section editor for Hyphen, a national print and online publication focusing on Asian American culture and politics. She is a member of the Curatorial Committee at Southern Exposure, where she recently co-curated an exhibition titled Reverse Rehearsals, which was an iterative collaboration between 18 artists and writers.
She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses California College of the Arts, University of California, Davis and several other San Francisco Bay Area colleges.
Adjunct Professor, Fine Arts
Adjunct Professor, Visual and Critical Studies
mcarlson@cca.edu
BFA, University of Washington; MFA, CCA
