Michelle Grabner: Untitled

Michelle Grabner
Untitled, 2017
Silkscreen
22.25 x 15 inches
Edition: 30/50
 
Many of Grabner’s works merge the minimalist aesthetic of the grid with the familiar patterns, colors, and connotations of the domestic and handmade. This print follows suit, as Grabner offers the viewer a close-up view of the red and white gingham pattern that is so often connected to summer picnics or the interiors of small countryside kitchens. The simplicity of the work allows the viewer to draw a range of personal associations connected to emotion, memory, and history. Untitled was produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland's founding, where Grabner’s first comprehensive solo museum exhibition took place in 2013.
 
Michelle Grabner was born in Oshkosh, WI in 1962. She received her BFA in Painting and
Drawing (1984) and an MA in Art History (1987), both from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Additionally, she received an MFA in Art Theory and Practice from Northwestern University (1990). Grabner has been the subject of many solo exhibitions, including at Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI (1999); Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT (2011); Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, OH (2013); Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN (2015); and the Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL (2018). She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, including 25 Americans: Paintings in the 90s, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI (1995); Milwaukee Love, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI (1999); Strange Days, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (2004); Eldorado: with Gaylen Gerber, Musee d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg (2006); Borderland Abstraction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE (2010); and Gray Matters: Art en grisaille, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus (2017). She has also curated several shows, including An American City, FRONT Triennial, Cleveland, OH (2018). Grabner was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship (2021). Grabner currently lives and works in Milwaukee, WI.