Michele Théberge

Michele Théberge’s work employs drawing, painting, installation, and interactive projects to explore connections between the material and immaterial worlds. Her work is known for its quiet, meditative quality stemming from a long-standing meditation practice and deep study of nature through native traditions. “Seeds of Hope,” an interactive installation at New Museum Los Gatos invited visitors to contribute wishes, each represented by small watercolor painting of a seed. Hospitals such as Kaiser Permanente and UCSF Medical Center have sought out her meditative repeated marks paintings to create a calming atmosphere for their patients. Théberge’s works have also been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, including the Museum of Kyoto, Sharjah Art Museum (United Arab Emirates), Sakai City Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk Art. She has been an affiliate artist at the Headlands Center for the Arts and a resident artist at the Morris Graves Foundation in Arcata, California and at In Cahoots Residency in Petaluma, California. She is also the recipient of two grants from the Center for Cultural Innovation.