Michelle Ceja (b.1988, Los Angeles) is a Mexican-American artist currently based in Tokyo. Her practice started with investigating the sensory experience of contemporary technologies, special effects, fantasy, and computer graphics; materializing these experiences into sculptures, animations, and installations. Currently, she aims to translate her experience with clinical depression and anxiety into works that can act as a catalyst for liberating oneself from the stigma of mental health.  She has shown in group exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Bitforms Gallery, New York; Preteen Gallery, Mexico City; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, and the 10th Lyon Biennale in France.

MICHELLE CEJA
1988, Born in Los Angeles, California

EDUCATION

2006 - 2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Individualized Major, California College of the Arts - San Francisco

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 M O M E N T U M , Important Projects, Oakland, California

2010 Too Real, California College of the Arts, San Francisco

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020 UGO Festival 2020, ShinOkubo UGO

2016 TASTE SPA, Manila Institute, New York

2012 A La Fortune Du Pot, Racebrook lodge, Massachusetts

2012 After_Duccio, Ventenna244, New York

2011 Is This Thing On?, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati

2011 WET CODE, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York

2011 A 21ST CENTURY IDEA OF UNHAPPINESS, Preteen Gallery, Mexico City

2011 Origins, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago

2011 Stone Sky Over Thingworld, Bitforms Gallery, New York

2010 B.Y.O.B, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York

2010 A Diamond Is Forever, Extra Extra, Philadelphia

2010 Refresh, Axiom Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

2010 Area/ Zone, Bruce High Quality Foundation University, New York

2010 R E M E M E B E R 2 0 1 0 ?, online Exhibition

2010 CHILLERS IN PARADISE, Jstchillin.org, online exhibition

2010 Avatar 4D, Noma Gallery, San Francisco, California

2010 Sculpture Storage, LaMaMa Gallery, New York

2010 Ride Together, California College of the Arts, San Francisco

2009 The Mashup Show, Noma Gallery, San Francisco

2009 My Biennial Is Better Than Yours (mybiennialisbetterthanyours.com) 10th Lyon Biennale, France

2009 No Hay Banda, Reference Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

2009 The Pleasure Is Mine, Spacekraft Pompadour, Paris, France

2009 Shelfless, The San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California

2008 Banal Strangeness, Kunst Haus Gallery, San Francisco, California