Michelle Rodenberg
Education
MFA 2014-Massachusetts College of Art
BFA 2010-University of Hartford
Biography
Michelle Podgorski received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Hartford. Michelle’s work focuses on the strength and resilience of nature, using negative space in her watercolor paintings to imply the erasure of landscape by man.
Michelle has been included in numerous group shows at institutions like The Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, Duke University and Boston University; as well as solo exhibitions at Wesleyan University, McKinley Arts & Culture Center in Nevada and the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Ohio. In 2015, she was a grant recipient from the North Carolina Arts and Science Council, she has illustrated and published three children’s books, and has participated in residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Wild Acres Retreat in North Carolina, and the Wilderness Workshop in Aspen, CO. Along with continuing her artistic practice, Michelle teaches art at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Wingate University, and Rowan-Cabarrus Community College.
Subjects Taught
- Introduction to Art
Scholarly Creative/Research Activity
Solo Exhibitions
2018 New Growths, Nicholson Gallery, The Artcenter, Carrboro, NC
2016 Adaptation, Cornelius Art Center, Cornelius, NC
2016 The Nature of Wilderness, Durham Arts Council, Semans Gallery,Durham, NC
2015 Edge, The Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH
Two and Three Person Exhibitions
2016 Presence, Artistry Gallery, Greenville, SC
2015 The Forest for the Trees, Artspace Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Down to Earth, The ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC
2018 RCCC Faculty Exhibition, Salisbury, NC
2018 Thump, Red Dog Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
2018 RCCC Faculty Exhibition, Clearwater Studios, Concord, NC
2018 Homegrown, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC
2017 Polarity, The Assembly Downtown, Raleigh, NC
2017 Artfields, Jones-Carter Gallery, Lake City, SC
2017 Homegrown, Cornelius Art Center, Cornelius, NC
2016 80×80, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Residencies
2015 Artist in Wilderness Residency, Wilderness Workshop. Aspen, CO
2011 Artist in Residence, Wild Acres Retreat, Wild Acres, NC
2010 Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT