Michelle Lisa Herman

Multidisciplinary Visual Artist

Exhibitions and Events

Artist Panel Thursday October 15 at 5pm

Photograph of the artist book "Let's Talk Art" by Michelle Lisa Herman, Table of Contents View

This Thursday, October 15 at 5 pm I will be talking about my work on view in the Latela Curatorial and Artsy exhibition Women in the Arts.

“Left Space” Exhibition, October 5 & 6th in Baltimore

My work will be included in this upcoming exhibition–mark your calendars for the opening reception: Saturday, October 5th from 3-6 pm! Left Space unites MICA’s Studio Art MFA program in diverse multi-disciplinary pop-up exhibition in Baltimore. 34 alumni, current students, and

“Summer Census” MICA MFA in Studio Art Exhibition

“Summer Census” features the work of MFA in Studio Art students from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Opening Reception: July 13, 2018 5:30–7:00 pm The Sheila & Richard Riggs Gallery Fred Lazarus IV Center 131 W North Ave Baltimore, MD

“Interact + Integrate” Exhibition at Visarts April 6–May 13, 2018

Two new installations will be included in the upcoming interactive art exhibition at Visarts in Rockville on view April 6–May 13, 2018. INTERACT + INTEGRATE is an exhibition that presents the work of four artists whose art practices are concerned with

“Click Here” on View January 21 to March 26, 2017 at the Arlington Arts Center

Part of the Curator’s Spotlight at the Arlington Art Center, I’ll be showing my work in the exhibition Click Here curated by Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell.

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 11, 6–9 pm

Solo Exhibition Opening January 8, 2016 at Hillyer Art Space: “I Just Want to Know You’re There.”

Interdisciplinary artist, Michelle Lisa Herman maintains two artistic practices—painting and new media installations—which will converge in her upcoming exhibition, “I Just Want to Know You’re There” opening January 8, 2016 at the Hillyer Art Space.

More Press for “Washington Produced Artists” Exhibition

A Washington, DC, Nonprofit Reflects on 40 Years of Championing Local Artists in Hyperallergic Washington Produced Artists in The Washington Post

Michelle Lisa Herman is a Washington, DC-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans theoretical and philosophical research, feminist and disability politics, comedy, and conceptualism. Herman has shown internationally in both group and solo exhibitions at locations such as the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain), Cinéma du Foyer Saint-François (Bourges, France), the Corcoran (Washington, DC), The Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC), The Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), Goggleworks (Reading, PA), Hillyer Art Space (Washington, DC), Arlington Art Center (Arlington, VA), Visarts (Rockville, MD), and the Washington Project for the Arts (Washington, DC). Herman’s work has been written about and featured in Hyperallergic, New American Paintings, The Washington Post, NPR, and East City Arts. Herman is an alumna of the Maryland Institute College of Art (MFA, 2020) and the Sparkplug artist collective sponsored by the DC Arts Center.