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1. Emerging Views, offset lithography artist book, edition of 100
2. The Forest Perilous, lithograph, letterpress, and handmade paper,
     8” x 4” closed, 8” x 8” open
3. Word River, cyanotype and gum bichromate , 4” x 2.75” closed, 12” x 18” full spread
4. Vueles (Flights), lithograph, screenprint, letterpress, and handmade paper made
     from clothing of members of the artist’s family, 9” x 9” closed, 9” x 18” open
5. Vueles (Flights), more details

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El Proceso (The Process), handmade flax and abaca paper, letterpress, and screenprint,
12’ x 12’ x variable depth
1. Installation view
2. Details

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Aftermath Installation in the Powel House Museum as part of the Landmarks     
                     Contemporary Projects series
1. Video, burned books, handmade books, museum artifacts
2. Found dishes and utensils, damask fabric, burning, shredded paper, paper shredder,
     light boxes, watercolor, corn starch, bones, fake fruit, museum artifacts, and sound
3. Damask fabric, burned books, light boxes, museum artifacts, and sound

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1. Las Cartas, installation view, lithograph, screenprint, inkjet, and shelf
     Each print 20” x 15”, entire installation approximately 72” x 126” x 12
2. Las Cartas, detail
     South America
3. Las Cartas, detail
     Philadelphia

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Word River, installation view, screenprint on wall
Approximately 17 ft. long, height variable

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1. Some Lines Drawn by Birds, cyanotype, van dyke print, lithograph, and
     screenprint, 30” x 18”
2. Release, lithograph infused in handmade paper, 8” x 4"
3. Watershed, collograph, 2’ x 12’
4. Watershed, detail
5. The Empty Forest 8, woodcut, 12” x 8”
6 . Island Memory, woodcut and collograph, 24” x 10”
7. Shiprock Memory, woodcut and collograph, 24” x 10”
8. A Conversation with the Tree of Knowledge, woodcut, fabric,
     embroidery, and wax, dimensions variable
      Collaborative installation with Marie Elcin
9. A Conversation with the Tree of Knowledge, detail
10. Underneath, lithograph and screenprint inclusion in handmade abaca
       paper, 17” x 15”
11. Revealed, lithograph inclusion in handmade abaca paper, 12” x 10”

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Contact Information
1229 N. Second Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
tel: 215-589-4333
e-mail: michelle_print@yahoo.com
www.rocinantepress.blogspot.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
In my work, I seek to reveal the stories of unseen connections and unconsidered issues that are connected to the experience of the human condition.  Through the use of intersecting narratives that become reflective metaphors for each other, I examine political, historical and ecological links. I aim to capture the moment when history transcends into myth, and these previously unconsidered connections come to light. Through my use of a crossroads of narratives, the reflective metaphors of each story reveal parallels in human activities, behavior, and ignorance.

Education
2007
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
MFA, Printmaking and Book Arts

2000
Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
BFA, Two Dimensional Fine Art, cum laude

Professional Experience
2003 - present
Member, Public Arts Committee, The Philadelphia Print Collaborative

2002-2005
President, Women's Caucus for Art, Philadelphia Chapter

2003-2004
Book Project Coordinator, Who We Are

Awards and Honors
2007
Lenore Adelman Award for Book Art

2004
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Award for Special Merit in Lithography

2003
Artist-In-Residence, The Julia and David White Artists' Colony, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica

Bibliography
2007
D’Amico, Amanda, “Ms Viguers and Mr Powel,” The Philly Book Artist, November 5, 2007

Spears, Dorothy, “Salons History Never Knew,”  The New York Times, July 15, 2007, photo credit

Kirsh, Andrea, “A Book By Any Other Name...” arblog, April 24, 2007

Collections
Hill Memorial Library, Baton Rouge, LA

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

The Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection, South Florida University, Boca Raton, FL

Print and Picture Department, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Franklin Furnace Collection, Museum of Modern Art,
New York, NY

The Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ

Sherman Art Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

The Bibliograph Collection, Montreal, Canada

Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries,
Seattle, WA

President Happy Fernandez, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt

Special Collections, Amherst College Library, Amherst, MA

Selected Exhibitions

Solo/ Installation

2007
Aftermath, Landmarks Contemporary Projects, Powel House Museum, Philadelphia, PA

El Proceso, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of The Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2006
Michelle Wilson, Atrium Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA

2005
A Conversation with the Tree of Knowledge, Collaborative installation with Marie Elcin. Installation traveled to Grace Episcopal Church, Merchantville, NJ, and Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Juried and Invitational

2007
In the Country of Last Refuge, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ

Action/Interaction Book/Art, Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL

East/Midwest, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

2006
Suggested Readings, Hamilton/Arronson Galleries, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia,  PA

2nd International Bienniale for the Artists’ Book, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt

Jump Start: The Lightner Challenge, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Philagrafika at the William Penn Foundation, William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

Pressing Matter, Gallery One, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

The Pressed Image, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

Turning Pages II, Wardman Library, Whittier College, Whittier, CA

2005
philly women, philly books, The Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ

Making History: Here and Now, Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2004
Nasu International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Nasu, Japan

Projet Mobilivre/Bookmobile Project, a traveling artist book exhibition throughout the United States and Canada

Bangain USA, Flusso Gallery, New York, NY

Dream, B Square Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Sumei Print National, Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center, Newark, NJ

Invading Spaces, The Philips Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA

2003
Women for Women, Galeria Tonantzín, San Juan Bautista, CA

On the Record: Documenting Women’s Lives, Greenbelt Community Center, Greenbelt, MD

It’s All About Herstory, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA

2002
Not So Pretty, The Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ

Creative Transitions: Connecting Art and Life, Graffiti the Art Source Gallery, Kensington, MD