Michel Droge MFA ’10
Michel Droge is a painter and printmaker whose work engages with science, the environment, and the human condition. Inspired by the landscape, mapping, and environmental research, their large-scale abstract paintings model a queer matrix in conversation with nineteenth-century landscape schools, naturalists, and philosophies of the sublime. An element of Michel’s practice is collaborative engagement with scientific researchers, conservation groups, and communities, including the Bigelow Laboratories, Eastport Health Care, and Maine Audubon, and ongoing collaboration with their partner and archaeologist Sarah Loftus. Michel is the recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation award, a co-recipient of a Kindling Fund grant, and three Maine Arts Commission grants. They have been awarded fellowships and residencies at Surfpoint Foundation, Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, Hewnoaks, The Tides Institute, The Joseph Fiore Foundation, The Stephen Pace House, and the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. Their work has been included in national and international exhibitions, including The Cue Art Foundation, Bates College Art Museum, University of Maine, Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA, Maine Jewish Museum, Boston University, and Brandeis University