Michelle Soslau

Education:

Pennylvania Academy of Fine Arts,  Master of Fine Arts in Painting



Drawing Workshops with Timothy Hawkesworth, Norristown Arts Building, Norristown, Pennsylvania



Barnes Foundation  Seminars  with Barton Church and Fredrick Osbourn   (courtesy of the V. De Mazia Trust)



Arcadia University (Formerly Beaver College), Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting



Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA



New York State University at Brockport, Masters of Science in Education, Bachelor of Science in Education

Solo Exhibitions

2008  Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia PA  July - August

2006 Pagus Gallery, Norristown, PA 



2004 Pagus Gallery, Norristown, PA New Works on Paper with Diane Podolsky

2000 Artist’s House, Philadelphia, PA

2000 Multiple Choice Gallery, Montgomery County Community College, PA

1999 Ellarslie Museum, Trenton Artists Workshop, Trenton, NJ

1993 Skippack Gallery of Contemporary Art, Skippack, PA  

2004  Mercer County Community College, Portrait Exhibition, New Jersey

2004  Gallery 125 ,Trenton, New Jersey

2003  " Break the Blackout", Kensington Rights Welfare Union, The Rotunda, University of Pennsylvania (by invitation)

2002   New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts International Juried Exhibition, Summit, New Jersey

2001  Work on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Morristown, New Jersey

2000   Boxes Inside Out-A View in Trenton, Collaboration at Artworks, Trenton, NJ

1999     Faculty Group Show, Artworks, Trenton NJ

            Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

            Fred Wolf Jr. Gallery, Jewish Community Center, Philadelphia, PA

            Bucks County Sculpture Show, Doylestown, Hospital, Doylestown, PA

            Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1998  Group Exhibition, Artworks, Trenton, NJ



          Faculty Group Show, Artworks, Trenton NJ

          Bucks County Sculpture Show, Doylestown, Hospital, Doylestown, PA

         Work on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Morristown, NJ

1997  Work on Paper, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

          Haverford Fine Art Show, Haverford School, Haverford, PA

         Bucks County Sculpture Show, James A. Michener Museum, Doylestown, PA

          Work on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Morristown, NJ

1996  Bucks County Sculpture Show, Byers Choice, Chalfont, PA

          In Celebration of the Human Figure, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA

1995  Bucks County Sculpture Show, Pearl S. Buck Foundation, Chalfont, PA

          67^th Annual Juried Show, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA

          William Penn Charter School Juried Show, Philadelphia, PA

          Alumni 30 Show, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA

          Muddled Lines to High Art, Artsbridge at Artworks, Artworks, Trenton, NJ

1994 Work on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Morristown, NJ

          Fortieth Anniversary Show, Holy Family College, Philadelphia, PA

         The Philadelphia Art Show, Valley Forge, PA

1993 H2O Group Show, Skippack Gallery, Skippack, PA

         Portraits of Philadelphia Artists, City Hall, Philadelphia PA

1993 First Annual Invitational Show, Lower Southampton Library, Feasterville, PA

1992 Abington Art Center Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA

          Bucks County Sculpture Show, Pearl S. Buck Foundation, Chalfont PA

          Art at the Armory II, The Armory, Philadelphia, PA

1990-91 Holiday Group Show, Nexus Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

            Surface , Texture and the Unexpected, Three Person Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA

            Alumni 25 Show, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA

1989-90 Group Show, Frank Giannetta’s Gallery, Philadelphia, PA



           Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA

            Work on Paper, Abington Art Center (Prize) Jenkintown, PA

            Work on Paper, Larsen Dulman Gallery, New Hope ,PA

Experience

2005 Faculty, Mercer County Community College, Continuing Education

1999-2000 Faculty, Guggenheim Museum, Learning Through Art, Trenton Public Schools, Trenton, NJ                        

1999 Faculty, Womens Studio, Summer Institute, Rosendale, New York

1998-2000 Faculty, Artworks, Trenton NJ, Design by Collage, Drawing and Painting

                  Advanced Painting, Master Critique and Issues of Contemporary Painting

1987-1998 Faculty, Holy Family College, Drawing, Painting, Design, Art Education

1994-96 Faculty, La Salle University, Art History and Art Appreciation

1987-89 Faculty, Abington Art Center, Drawing and Painting

1989-90 Lecturer, Northeast Philadelphia Cultural Council on the Arts

1989 Lecturer, Abington Art Center Symposia, Painting as Process

Collections

Safeguard Corporation, Wayne, Pennsylvania

Bell Atlantic Telephone Company, Philadelphia, PA

Dr.Mrs J. Friedlander, Bryn Mawr, PA

Mrs. T. Cristofaro, Massachusetts

Private Collections in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York

Articles:

               Philadelphia Inquirer-May  16,  2004



              Princeton Weekly Newspaper,  Town Topics, June 25, 2003



              Packet On Line, Princeton, N.J. Janury 21, 2000