Tiamat
oil on canvas, 50 x 40cm
2026 (available)
she kept watering and something grew
oil on canvas, 30 x 20cm
2025 (sold)
i can feel the quiet moving
oil on canvas, (fragment)
2025 (sold)
deposit color pigments to prevent fading
oil on canvas, 20.5 x 25.5cm
2026 (available)
self-portrait
monotype, 21 x 27cm
2025 (available)
silence, blue
acrylic on board, 35 x 20cm
2024 (sold)
About

Michelle’s work emerges from an enduring curiosity for the subtle. Natural spaces have long been her teachers, revealing strength in delicacy and beauty in mystery. This sensibility seeps into the gestures of the everyday: how an exhalation can trace an emotion, or how the texture of fabric can summon a memory. Whether through painting, photography, or mixed media, Michelle approaches the act of making as a form of listening, an attempt to render visible what lies beneath the surface. 


Education

BARD COLLEGE, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Specialization in Photography
2018 — 2022

TACO (Taller de Arte Contemporáneo), CDMX
Diploma in Painting and Interdisciplinary Practice
2025 — Present

Contact

Michelle Mandoki
michelleumandoki@gmail.com@michellemandokistudio



Solo Shows

Woods Studio, NY
Woven Weeds
. Thesis Show
Advisor: Stephen Shore
2022

Independent Studio Exhibition, CDMX
Michelle Mandoki Painting Series
2018

Group Shows

La Mama Galería, NY
Every Woman Biennial

Featured photographs: Portrait Series
2018

Casa de la Cultura de Tlalpan, CDMX
Meraki
Featured Paintings: Autobiographical Series
2017

Galería Dulce Olivia, CDMX
Azotea 26
Featured Paintings
2016


Residencies

(upcoming) Studio Kura, Japan
2026

Publications

(upcoming) Revista Río Seco
Featured Paintings: She Kept Watering and
Something Grew, Deposit Color Pigments
to Prevent Fading

2026

Revista Río Seco
Featured Photograph: Memorias de un
sueño

2024