About
Michele Guieu is an interdisciplinary artist based in Bend, Oregon. She creates site-responsive installations using natural and found materials to explore our relationship to the living world.
In 2023, she co-founded Authentique Artfarm, a project combining small-scale farming and art, rooted in community, sustainability, and place-based practice.
Education
MA, Graphic Design — ENSAD, Paris, France
Permaculture Design — Oregon State University, OR
Selected Solo Exhibitions & Installations (*participatory)
2026 — Seeds of Abundance: Limits, Loss & Regeneration*, Scalehouse Gallery, Bend, OR
2022 — Slow Down, Desert Dairy Residency, Twentynine Palms, CA
2021 — Our House, Desert Dairy Residency, Twentynine Palms, CA
2020 — Exponential, Desert Dairy Residency, Twentynine Palms, CA
2019 — Plankton Soup*, The Tech Interactive, San Jose, CA
2019 — Keep the Rainforest Alive*, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, CA
2019 — Le Temps que Dure le Chemin, INSERM Marseille, France
2018 — Plankton Soup*, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, CA
2018 — Coastal Cleanup, Palo Alto Baylands Nature Center, CA
2014 — Sip. Do not Gulp*, De Saisset Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2014 — Species Encounter: Dive in!, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, CA
Installations with Children (*participatory)
2019 — Bulles d’Air*, La Timone Hospital, Marseille, France
2017 — Plankton to Constellation, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
Additional Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2012 — Let’s Fight Till Six and Then Have Dinner, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
2010 — Defragmentation, Project X: Art, Solana Beach, CA
2009 — Lucy, Darwin and Me, Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA
2008 — C’est la Vie, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
1997 — Le Guetteur de Rêves, Musée des Merveilles, Tende, France
1995 — Réserve Géologique de Haute-Provence, France
1994 — Gallery Zenit, Copenhagen, Denmark
1993 — Galerie Le Soleil Bleu, Versailles, France
Selected Group Exhibitions (*participatory)
2023 — Down To Earth: Ecolibrium*, Artworks Downtown Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2022 — Down To Earth*, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
2022 — Art Through Action, Bioneers Conference, San Francisco, CA
2022 — Borrowed Time, Roaring Artist Gallery (Virtual)
2021 — Interconnected: Sources of Solace, Euphrat Museum of Art, CA
2021 — Science, Art & Nature: Climate Change, Stanford University, CA
2019 — Fragile Blue Marble, Art Artik: Art and Architecture, San Jose, CA
2021 — The Blue Marble, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
Artist Residencies
2023 — Desert Dairy, Twentynine Palms, CA
2022 — Desert Dairy, Twentynine Palms, CA
2021 — Desert Dairy, Twentynine Palms, CA
2021 — The Verdancy Project, Troutdale, OR
2020 — Desert Dairy, Twentynine Palms, CA
2016 — TechShop, San Jose, CA
Teaching & Leadership
2012–2020 — Teaching Artist, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2014–2022 — Teaching Artist, Alliance for Youth Achievement (AYA), San Jose, CA
2002–present — Independent Art Instructor
2015–2020 — Education Committee, Montalvo Arts Center
2017–2021 — Arts Program Committee, AYA, San Jose, CA
2013–2015 — Board Member, WEAD (Women Eco-Artists Dialog), CA
Selected workshops with:
The Tech Interactive, Montalvo Arts Center, Save the Bay, Foothill College
Lectures & Talks (Selected)
2026 — Artist Talk, Scalehouse Collective for the Arts, Bend, OR
2022 — WEAD Art + Education Series, online
2022 — Ecoartspace with Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute, online
2020 — Montalvo Arts Center, Earth Day, with Paul Ehrlich, online
Professional Experience
2023–pres. — Co-founder, Authentique Artfarm
2020–2024 — Founder & Curator, What’s Next for Earth
2020–2023 — Art Editor & Curator, MAHB Art Page, Stanford University
2022–2024 — Host, Deep Transformation Network
1986–2000 — Independent Graphic Designer
Awards & Grants
2026 — City of Bend — Engaging the Community — for “Seeds of Abundance”
2019 — California Arts Council — Artists in Communities with AYA
2019 — City of San Jose — Arts & Cultural Exchange Program with AYA
2018 — California Arts Council — Activation of Public Spaces with AYA
Collections
Santa Clara Valley Water District, San Jose, CA
The Tech Interactive, San Jose, CA
La Timone Hospital, Marseille, France
Publications & Writing
2023 — From Fear to Action, MAHB Stanford
2022 — Down To Earth: A Tribute to Limits to Growth, MAHB Stanford
2021 — Our House: Fragility and Resilience, MAHB Stanford
2020 — Time to Rethink Business as Usual, MAHB Stanford
Press (Selected)
2026 — Seeds of Abundance, by Nic Moye, The Source Bend
2026 — Community transforms “Seeds of Abundance”, by Tyson Beauchemin, KZTV21
2026 — Seeds of Abundance exhibition feature, by Tyson Beauchemin, KZTV21
2021 — Sunnyvale Artist Raises Awareness About Climate Change, NBC Bay Area
2020 — What’s Next for Earth, Mercury News / MAHB
Additional Press (Selection)
2018 — Featured Artist Interview, My Art Resources
2017 — Artist in Residence, Tech Shop San Jose
2009 — Lucy, Darwin, and me, San Diego Union Tribune
2010 — Defragmentation, San Diego City Beat
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