Education

MA Graphic Design, ENSAD, Paris, France

Professional Experience

2020 – present	Founder and curator What’s Next for Earth, Online Art Project
2020 – present	Art Editor and curator, MAHB Arts Community Page, Stanford University, CA
2016 – present	Team member of Mon Ocean et Moi An educational project of L’Institut de la Mer de Villefranche, France
2014 – 2022	Teaching Artist, AYA (Alliance for Youth Achievement), San Jose, CA
2002 – present	Independent Art Instructor providing art workshops and classes
2017 – 2021	Served on the Arts Program Committee at AYA, San Jose, CA
2015 – 2020	Served on the Education Committee at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2012 – 2020	Teaching Artist, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2013 – 2015	Board of Directors WEAD (Women Eco-Artists Dialog), CA

PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS (Recent)

2021	Extraordinary Phytoplankton, with AYA Alliance for Youth Achievement, and l’Institut de la Mer, Villefranche Sur Mer, France
2020	Eco Workshop, Tech Interactive, San Jose, CA
2019	Poster Making Art Integration, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2018	Bio Ink Plankton, Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, CA
2018	Maker Mondays, Krause Center for Innovation, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA
2018	Taste of Science, When Art meets Science, Gallery House, Palo Alto, CA
2018	BayDay, with Save The Bay, Mini Mobile Making, Port Fest, Redwood City, CA
2017	Shadow Box, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA, 2017
2017	Activism through Poster Making, Art as Activism Annual Conference, Montalvo, Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2017	Viva Calle, with Alum Rock Education Foundation, flag making, San Jose, CA
2017	BayDay, with Save The Bay, Mini Mobile Making, Port Fest, Redwood City, CA
2017	Sunnyvale Public Library, Ocean Shadow Box, Endangered Species, Sunnyvale

LECTURES (Selection)

2022	WEAD [online] Art + Education Series: Down To Earth
2022	Ecoartspace [online] What’s Next for Earth + Think Resilience, a presentation and a discussion with Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute
2020	Los Gatos High School Art Club [online], 2020
2020	Montalvo Arts Center [online]: Earth Day – What’s Next For Earth, A conversation with Paul Ehrlich (MAHB)
2020	San Jose Museum of Art, Docent Monthly Meeting, San Jose, CA
2019	Montalvo Arts Center, Earth Day presentation, Saratoga, CA
2017	SJSU, School of Art and Art History, San Jose, CA
2016	FabLearn Conference Stanford, Ignite Talk: “The Water Project”, Stanford University, CA
2015	Berkeley City College, Art as Citizen, art class Sharon Siskin, Berkeley, CA
2015	Laney College: Eco-Art Class Sharon Siskin and Andree Thompson, Oakland, CA

Awards and Grants

2019	California Arts Council (CAC) – Artists in Communities, Phytoplankton Project
2019	Arts & Cultural Exchange Program (ACE) City of San Jose, Phytoplankton Project
2018	California Arts Council (CAC) – Activation Public Spaces, The Ocean is Calling
2013	Best Environmental Short Award, Bay Area Women in Film and Media Short Film Festival
2012	Micro-grant – ZERO1 Biennial + The James Irvine Foundation

Art Residencies

2022	Desert Dairy, Twentynine Palms, CA
2021	The Verdancy Project, Troutdale, OR
2021	Desert Dairy, Twentynine Palms, CA
2020	Desert Dairy, Twentynine Palms, CA
2016	Tech Shop San Jose, San Jose, CA
2013	Sausalito Art Festival Foundation, Artist Teaching Art Program, Sausalito, CA
2012	The Billboard Art Project: Sight and Sound, Richmond, VA
2000	College of Santa Fe, Printmaking Center, Santa Fe, NM

Corporate and Public Collections

2017 – present	Santa Clara Valley Water District Headquarters, Coastal Cleanup Installation, San Jose, CA
2019 – present	Tech Interactive, Bio Tinkering Lab, ‘Bio Ink Plankton Wall’, Permanent installation, San Jose, CA, installed in January 2019, San Jose, CA
2019 – present	La Timone Hospital, Paintings, Marseille, France

LARGE SCALE Installations and Solo Exhibitions

2022	Gallery Route One, Down To Earth, part of Terra Art Collective: Ecolibrium, Point Reyes, CA
2022	Desert Dairy Residency, Slow Down, Twentynine Palms, CA
2021	Desert Dairy Residency, Our House, Twentynine Palms, CA
2020	Desert Dairy Residency, Exponential, Twentynine Palms, CA
2019	Tech Interactive, Plankton Soup, Participatory Installation, San Jose, CA
2019	Santa Cruz Museum of Art MAH, Keep the Rainforest Alive, Santa Cruz, CA
2019	INSERM Marseille, Le Temps que Dure le Chemin, France
2019	La Timone Hospital, Bulles D’Air, Collaborative Installation, Marseille, France
2018	Santa Cruz Museum of Art MAH, Plankton Soup with Plastic, Santa Cruz, CA
2018	Palo Alto Baylands Nature Center, Coastal Cleanup, CA
2018	Montalvo Arts Center, From Plankton to Constellations, collective installation, CA
2017	Tech Shop San Jose, Plankton Explorations, San Jose, CA
2016	Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Coastal Cleanup Installation, Environmental Education Center, CA
2016	Sunnyvale Public Library, Coastal Cleanup, installation, Sunnyvale, CA
2014	de Saisset Museum of Art, Sip. Do Not Gulp, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
2012	Kaleid Gallery: “Let’s Fight Till Six and Then Have Dinner,” installation, San Jose, CA
2011	Project X: Art: “Defragmentation“, installation, Solana Beach, CA
2010	Art Produce Gallery: Lucy, Darwin, and Me, San Diego, CA
2010	San Diego Art Institute: C’est la Vie, San Diego, CA
2010	San Diego Art Institute: Here it’s Peace, San Diego, CA
2010	San Diego Art Institute: “Correspondences and Elevation“, installation, San Diego, CA
2009	Art Produce Gallery: “Lucy, Darwin and Me“, installation, San Diego, CA
2008	San Diego Art Institute: “C’est la Vie“, installation, San Diego, CA
2008	Cygnet Theatre Company / Rolando Theatre: “War Days“, San Diego, CA
2007	San Diego Art Institute: “Here it’s Peace”, San Diego, CA
1997	Musée des Merveilles: “Le Guetteur de Rêves”, Tende, France
1995	Réserve Géologique de Haute-Provence, Digne Les Bains, France
1994	Gallery Zenit, Copenhagen, Denmark
1993	Galerie Le Soleil Bleu, Versailles, France

 Group Exhibitions (Recent)

2022	Bioneers Conference, Art Through Action: Restoration and Regeneration, WEAD, San Francisco, CA
2022	Borrowed Time, Roaring Artist Gallery, Virtual Exhibition
2021	Euphrat Museum of Art, Interconnected – Sources of Solace, CA
2021	Stanford University, Science Art-Nature, Challenges of Climate Change, CA
2019	Art Artik: Art and Architecture, San Jose, CA
2019	Pacific Art League, Plankton, Palo Alto, CA
2018	San Diego Art Fair, Plankton Blooms, San Diego, CA
2018	City College, Art in the Age of X, San Diego, CA
2018	Art Ark Gallery, Arousing Biophilia, San Jose, CA
2016	Bioneers Conference, Marin County Civic Center Exhibition Hall, CA
2016	Lancaster Museum of Art and History: WEAD- Women Eco Artists Dialog, CA
2015	Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH): GLOW: Digital Night, Santa Cruz, CA
2014	Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH): GLOW a Festival of Light, Santa Cruz, CA
2014	Tech Museum, San Jose, CA

Articles

2022	MAHB Stanford Arts: Down To Earth: A Tribute to Limits to Growth
2022	MAHB Stanford Arts: Holiday Gifts and Decorations a Different Way – Think Handmade, Local, and Experiential
2021	MAHB Stanford Arts: Our House: A Reflection on Fragility and Resilience
2020	MAHB Stanford: Time To Rethink Business as Usual
2019	MAHB Stanford Arts: Becoming part of the solution: Art and science as a pathway to eco citizenry
2015	WEAD Magazine (Women Eco Artists Dialog), Issue #7 Cultivating Communities

Press Publications

• NBC  Bay Area: Sunnyvale Artist Raises Awareness About Climate Change, 2021
• MAHB Stanford: Time To Rethink Business as Usual, 2020
• Mercury News San Jose – Article Republished on the MAHB website What’s Next for Earth: Sunnyvale Artist Kicks Off Global Dialogue, 2020.
• My Art Resources: Featured Artist: Michele Guieu (interview), 2018
• Tech Shop San Jose: February Artist in Residence: Michele Guieu (interview), 2017
• Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Novel Novel and Creative Outreach Methods and Models II Posters Short Stories About the Ocean (poster), 2016
• Commocean 2nd International Marine Science Communication Conference, Bruges, Belgium: Short stories about the ocean: An art integrated project  (poster), 2016
• ArtAnimal / Elisabeth Coleman: Let’s Fight Til Six and then Have Dinner , 2012
• Mercury News / Alia Wilson: Cumberland Elementary students’ artwork make it onto digital billboards, 2012
• The Grist / Cities/ Greg Hanscom: Fine art, writ large: Billboards become gallery space, 2011
• KPCC / npr / Steven cuevas: Artists Transform Corona billboard into 24-hour art project, 2011
• The Billboard Art Project / Interview, 2011
• San Diego Union Tribune / Paper Edition / Drew Snyder on Michele Guieu, 2011
• San Diego Union Tribune / Visual Arts Blogs / Drew Snyder: “Michele Guieu, Defragmentation”, 2011
• SDVAN / Patricia Frischer: “Michele Guieu: Defragmentation”, 2011
• San Diego City Beat / Erin Glass: “Michele Guieu at the San Diego Art Institute”, 2010
• Archaeoikon: “A Visit with Lucy, Darwin and Michele Guieu,” 2010
• SDVAN / Katherine Sweetman: “Michele Guieu Takes Command of The Art Produce Gallery“, 2010
• San Diego Union Tribune / Keli Dailey: “Darwin and Me,” 2009
• San Diego City Beat / Seth Combs: “Around the corner: From vintage jewelry to modern industrial masterpieces, our takes on five current art shows“, 2009
• San Diego Union Tribune / Blog / Keli Dailey: “‘Lucy Darwin and Me’ and an Afrocentric party at Art Produce Gallery“, 2009
• 944 Magazine / Ashley Lee: “The Top Three Not-To-Be-Missed Art Encounters This Month“, 2009
• KPBS radio / Keli Dailey (San Diego Union Tribune), 2009
• San Diego City Beat / Katherine Sweetman: “Lust for Life“, 2009
• Under the Sun Magazine / Sandra Shrader: “C’est La Vie“, 2009
• San Diego City Beat Cover, 2009
• ArtRocks!(interview) Philly Joe Swendoza: On the occasion of “New Contemporaries II” at Noel-Baza Fine Art, 2009
• San Diego City Beat / Kinsee Morlan: “Experiential Art” (scroll down to “Balboa Park”), 2008
• ArtRocks! Radio Philly Joe Swendoza &Alexandra Rosa / Interview with Ann Berchtold, on the occasion of my participation in the International Digital Show at the SDAI, and of being the selected “Artist of the Month” at SanDiegoArtist.com, 2006
• San Diego Magazine / Marcia Manna: “Paintbrushes and Pixels,” 2006