2014 | Bachelor of Fine Arts | Florida International University - Miami, FloridaStudio Art & Art History |
2011 | Palm Beach State College - Lake Worth, Florida |
2020 | ruining love songs, Arts & Culture Center of Hollywood - Hollywood, FL |
2017 | Finding Home, Spinello Projects - Miami, FL |
2021 | Of Care and Destruction - Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta Contemporary - Atlanta, GA |
2020 | Local Global - The Little Haiti Cultural Complex - Miami, FLWork from Home - The Bass - Miami Beach, FLThe Sunny Project, Design District - Paradise Plaza - Miami, FLDust Specks on the Sea, Little Haiti Cultural Complex - Miami, FL |
2019 | GROUNDED, Spinello Projects - Miami, FLCommuter Biennial - Miami, FLReframe, Various Locations - Miami Beach, FL It will never be quite familiar to you, Oolite Arts - Miami, FLThe Compassion Project, Coral Gables Museum - Miami, FLThe body as a centerpiece, Supplement Projects - Miami, FL |
2018 | COLLECTIVITY, Bakehouse Art Complex - Miami, FLRCS: 1-50. Bakehouse Art Complex - Miami, FLFORGED PATH: Culture, History, & Freedom, Little Haiti Cultural Complex - Miami, FLBECAUSE THE DAWN BREAKS, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery - Detroit, MIsouthXeast: Contemporary Southeastern Art, Ritter Art Gallery - Boca Raton, FL |
2017 | To Love Like a Woman (Curatorial), The Annex - Miami, FLChampions, The Armory Center – West Palm Beach,FL |
2016 | Intersectionality, The Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami, FL |
2015 | 9 Topics, Girls Club Collection – Fort Lauderdale, FLAlternative Contemporaneity – Museum of Contemporary Art – North Miami, FL |
2014 | BFA Thesis Show, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Art – Miami, FLIn Bituin, Girls’ Club Collection – Fort Lauderdale, FLThaw Out, Space Mountain – Miami, FLCEADA, Indigo Sky Community Gallery – Savannah, GA |
2013 | Tezina, Dwelling Projects, Plantation, FLfacesEXPOSED, Art Serve – Fort Lauderdale, FL |
2019 | Talk | Michelle Lisa Polissaint & Terence Price II, Commuter Biennial - Miami, FLHappening @ Elsewhere Museum - Greensboro, NCTalk @ Elsewhere Museum - Greensboro, NC |
2018 | Art in the Development of Urban Miami Neighborhoods, CADA - Miami, FLCreate in Power: Using Art to Dismantle Racial Inequities, CIC - Miami, FLArt Roundtable: Michelle Lisa Polissaint, NSU Museum - Fort Lauderdale, FLLocal Views: Michelle Lisa Polissaint. Perez Art Museum, Miami - Miami, FLNoon Time Artist Talk - Michelle Lisa Polissaint, Florida Atlantic University - Boca Raton, FL southxeast: Contemporary Southeastern Art, Florida Atlantic University - Boca Raton, FL |
2017 | JAM Fest 2017, University of Tennessee - Chattanooga, TN |
2016 | Good Intentions Aren’t Good Enough, Common Field Convening - Miami, FLRoundtable: Gentrification, Locust Projects - Miami, FL |
2015 | Artist Talk – TAZ, Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami, FL |
2014 | Quilting Bee with Michelle Lisa Polissaint, NSU Museum - Fort Lauderdale, FL |
Oct 19 - Present | Oolite Arts | Education & Community Engagement Manager |
Oct 19 - Apr 20 | Opa-Locka Community Development Corporation | Arts Programmer |
Oct 17 - Apr 19 | Locust Projects | Program and Outreach Manager |
Jun 17 - Oct 17 | Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami | Community Engagement Assistant |
Jun 15 - Oct 17 | The Miami Rail | Program Manager |
Aug 15 - Oct 16 | Common Field | Planning Partner |
Oct 16 - Jun 16 | New World School of the Arts | Admissions & Recruitment Coordinator |
Jan 15 - Sep 15 | Hialeah Cultural Center - Miami Dade College | Project Manager |
Awards | Grants
2018 | The Ellies Creator Award, ArtCenter/ South Florida - Miami, FL |
2017 | Grant Recipient, The Awesome Foundation |
Residencies
2019 | Oolite Arts - Home & Away Resident, Atlantic Center for the Arts - New Smyrna Beach, FL Southern Constellations Resident, Elsewhere Museum - Greensboro, NC |
2018 | Resident Artist, Bakehouse Art Complex - Miami, FL |
2019
Estape, Taylor. “Commuter Biennial Takes Public Art to Communities Ignored by Large Cultural Institutions.” The Miami New Times, 13 Aug. 2019.
Estape, Taylor. “Oolite Arts' ‘It Will Never Become Quite Familiar to You’ Considers Cultural Intersections.” Miami New Times, 4, 16 July 2019, Web.
“Sunday Painter x GeoVanna Gonzalez & Michelle Lisa Polissaint.” Sunday Painter, created by Alex Nunez, Jolt Radio, 11 June 2019, Web.
Byrd, Cathy. “Public Art Meets Poetry in O, Miami.” Fresh Art International, 30 Apr. 2019, Web.
Martinez, Alexandra. “Two Little Haiti Artists Are Resisting Gentrification With an Army of Umbrellas.” Miami New Times, 24 Apr. 2019, Web.
2018
Uszerowicz, Monica. “Your Concise Guide to Miami Art Week 2018.” Hyperallergic, Hyperallergic, 6 Dec. 2018, Web.
Martinez, Nicole. “Four Miami Artists Whose Work Expresses Who They Are and Where They Live.” Miami Indulge, Indulge Miami, 24 Nov. 2018, Web & Print.
Moon, Najja. “A Portrait of Michelle Lisa Polissaint.” Edited by Ekaterina Juskowski, Miami Girl Magazine, 20 Nov. 2018, Web.
Miami Times. “Various Local Artists Win Big at The Ellies.” The Miami Times, 31 Oct. 2018, Web.
VoyageMIA. “Meet Michelle Lisa Polissaint in Little Haiti.” Voyage MIA Magazine | Miami City Guide, 13 Sept. 2018, Web.
Spinello Projects, director. “The Annex Walk Through: Michelle Lisa Polissaint. Vimeo, Spinello Projects”, 10 Sept. 2018, Web.
Vailati, Laura. “Michelle Lisa Polissaint between Art and Social Life. – Miami Niche.” Miami Niche, 23 July 2018, Web.
BABA Collective. “RCS Vol. 42 | Michelle Lisa Polissaint.” Season 1, episode Vol. 42, Feb. 2018.
Valys, Phillip. “Hair neckties and other ‘SouthXeast’ art at Florida Atlantic University.” SouthFlorida.com. N.p. 30 Jan. 2018. Web.
Digital Journal. “Seven Miami Artist Speak Up About Gentrification with a Group Exhibit in Little Haiti.” DigitalJournal.com. N.p. 10 Jan. 2018. Web.
Estape, Taylor. “Four Miami Artists to Watch in 2018”. The Miami New Times. N.p. 2 Jan. 2018 Web.
2017
Uszerowicz, Monica. “Caribbean Artists Mine Their Immigrant Identities.” Hyperallergic. N.p. 27 Jan. 2017. Web.
2016
Levin, Jordan. “Which Miami neighborhood will be the next to be ‘Art-Washed’?.” The Miami Herald. N.p. 24 Oct 2016. Web.
Arroyo, Eddie. "A Conversation with Michelle Lisa Polissaint." ArtIsAbout.com. N.p., 22 Feb. 2016. Web.
Rinnhofer, Angelika. "Interviews." Prep 4 Art School. N.p., 20 June 2016. Web.
michelle lisa polissaint | visual arts & arts organizer based in miami, florida
ml@michellelisap.com | @lichellemisa | www.michellelisap.com