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