Education

2014

Bachelor of Fine Arts | Florida International University - Miami, Florida

Studio Art & Art History

2011

Palm Beach State College - Lake Worth, Florida

Solo Exhibitions

2020

ruining love songs, Arts & Culture Center of Hollywood - Hollywood, FL

2017

Finding Home, Spinello Projects - Miami, FL

Group Exhibitions

2021

Of Care and Destruction - Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta Contemporary - Atlanta, GA

2020

Local Global - The Little Haiti Cultural Complex - Miami, FL

Work from Home - The Bass - Miami Beach, FL

The Sunny Project, Design District - Paradise Plaza - Miami, FL

Dust Specks on the Sea, Little Haiti Cultural Complex - Miami, FL

2019

GROUNDED, Spinello Projects - Miami, FL

Commuter Biennial - Miami, FL

Reframe, Various Locations - Miami Beach, FL

It will never be quite familiar to you, Oolite Arts - Miami, FL

The Compassion Project, Coral Gables Museum - Miami, FL

The body as a centerpiece, Supplement Projects - Miami, FL

2018

COLLECTIVITY, Bakehouse Art Complex - Miami, FL

RCS: 1-50. Bakehouse Art Complex - Miami, FL

FORGED PATH: Culture, History, & Freedom, Little Haiti Cultural Complex - Miami, FL

BECAUSE THE DAWN BREAKS, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery - Detroit, MI

southXeast: Contemporary Southeastern Art, Ritter Art Gallery - Boca Raton, FL

2017

To Love Like a Woman (Curatorial), The Annex  - Miami, FL

Champions, The Armory Center – West Palm Beach,FL

2016

Intersectionality, The Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami, FL
ASCENT, Nova Southeastern University Gallery – Davie, FL

2015

9 Topics, Girls Club Collection – Fort Lauderdale, FL

Alternative Contemporaneity – Museum of Contemporary Art – North Miami, FL

2014

BFA Thesis Show, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Art – Miami, FL

In Bituin, Girls’ Club Collection – Fort Lauderdale, FL

Thaw Out, Space Mountain – Miami, FL

CEADA, Indigo Sky Community Gallery – Savannah, GA
In Bituin, Dwelling Projects – Plantation, FL

2013

Tezina, Dwelling Projects, Plantation, FL

facesEXPOSED, Art Serve – Fort Lauderdale, FL

Workshops | Lectures

2019

Talk | Michelle Lisa Polissaint & Terence Price II, Commuter Biennial - Miami, FL

Happening @ Elsewhere Museum - Greensboro, NC

Talk @ Elsewhere Museum - Greensboro, NC

2018

Art in the Development of Urban Miami Neighborhoods, CADA - Miami, FL

Create in Power: Using Art to Dismantle Racial Inequities, CIC - Miami, FL

Art Roundtable: Michelle Lisa Polissaint, NSU Museum - Fort Lauderdale, FL

Local Views: Michelle Lisa Polissaint. Perez Art Museum, Miami - Miami, FL

Noon 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, FL

Roundtable: Gentrification, Locust Projects - Miami, FL
On Identity & Place, Florida International University - 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
Quilting Bee with Michelle Lisa Polissaint, NSU Museum - Fort Lauderdale, FL

Selected Professional Experience

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

Press

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