b. 1965, Israel
Lives and works in New York City
Solo and Two-person Exhibitions
2022
Night Chorus, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
The Enfolding, 56 Henry, New York, NY
2021
Transmitters & Receivers, lumber room, Portland, OR
2020
Julia Bland & Michelle Segre, Derek Eller Gallery, New York
2018
KUDDELMUDELL: Michelle Segre and Scott Reeder, Reyes Finn, Detroit, MI
2017
Dawn of the Looney Tune, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Nick Irzyk and Michelle Segre: Rough Country, 247365, New York, NY
Satellite, 56 Henry, New York, NY
Sectional Planes and Driftloaves: Michelle Segre, Rosenwald Wolf Gallery of the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Driftloaf, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Porous, Porous, 55 Gansevoort, New York, NY
Michelle Segre and Erica Svec, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
2014
Symptoms of Escape Velocity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Sculpture & Drawings, Cress Gallery, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN
2013
Antecedents of the Astral Hamster, University Art Museum, University at Albany, Albany, NY
2012
Lost Songs of the Filament, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Derek Eller Gallery (North Room), New York, NY
2008
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Murray Guy, New York, NY
2000
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Michelle Segre and Graham Fagen, Murray Guy, New York, NY
Susan Inglett, New York, NY
1996
Michelle Segre and Ragna Berlin, Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Project Room, Elizabeth Koury Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2022
New England Triennial, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA, Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA
2021
Walk the Line, curated by Elizabeth Hazan, Platform Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Colene Brown Art Prize Exhibition, BRIC (virtual exhibition)
2020
All of Them Witches, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
Seeing Oneself In Others, Nancy Margolis Gallery, NY
Cult of the Crimson Queen, curated by Ceysson & Bénétière, New York
2019
Parameters, LES Gallery, The Clemente, New York, NY
Backyard Sculpture, DOMOBALL, London, UK
Yellow, September Gallery, Hudson, NY
A Fairly Secret Army, curated by Paul Whiting, Wild Palms, Düsseldorf, Germany
Intimate Imensity, School of Fine Arts Gallery, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
Notebook, curated by Joanne Greenbaum, 56 Henry, New York, NY
2018
Furies, Helena Anrather, New York, NY
Heat Brain, Derek Eller Gallery, NY
Objects Like Us, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Mixed Bags: Drawings, curated by Joe Bradley and Jeremy Willis, Real Estate Gallery, Brooklyn
2017
Doomtown, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Ephemera, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
A Scream Runs Through the House, Helena Anrather Gallery, New York, NY
Feed the Meter Volume II, Ceysson and Benetiere, Luxembourg
CarlJackieSteveMichelle, Helena Anrather Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Shroom Show, Helper Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Plastic Bag in a Tree, National Exemplar Gallery, New York, NY
At Home, curated by Dan Nadel, LAUNCH F18, New York, NY
Drawing for Sculpture, curated by Courtney Puckett, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, NY
World Made By Hand, curated by Sam Gordon, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
2015
A Rare Earth Magnet, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Rock Hound Swap Meet, Junior Projects, New York, NY
2014
Tossed, curated by Jennifer Coates and Rachel Schmidhofer, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, New York
Awkward Phase, curated by Jeremy Willis, 65 Maspeth Ave., Brooklyn
Two River, curated by Tamara Gonzales, One River Gallery, Englewood, NJ
The Body Metonymic, curated by Dick Goody, Oakland University Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
2013
Come Together: Surviving Sandy, curated by Phong Bui, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY
40 Years at the Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Ambach & Rice, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Hot Time Tub Machine, Canada, New York, NY
THING, curated Susan Jennings, West Cornwall, Connecticut
2011
Of Weeds and Wildness: Nature in Black & White, curated by Sally Apfelbaum and Rachel Seligman, Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY
Points of View: Selections from Seven Colorado Collections, CU Art Museum, Boulder, CO
Awards Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Broodwork: It's About Time, curated by Rebecca Niederlander and Iris Regn, Otis Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Sick!, MISC., The Fuller Building, New York, NY
2010
Obsession, Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
The Visible Vagina, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Set to Manual, Girls' Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL
The Sculpture Show, Patrick Painter Editions, Los Angeles, CA
Garish, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Slough, curated by Steve DiBenedetto, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
2008
It's Gouache & Gouache Only, curated by Geoffrey Young, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
Object Salon, curated by Bob Nickas, Kathy Grayson, Pascal Spengemann, Brooke Geehan, and Thomas Beale, Honey Space, NY
another damned DRAWING SHOW, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
It's Gouache and Gouache Only, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Gouache, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Block Party II: An Exhibition of Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
NeoIntegrity, curated by Keith Mayerson, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Melvins at the Mandrake, curated by Bob Nickas, Mandrake Bar, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Twice Drawn, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
Block Party: An Exhibition of Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Summer Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Drawing III, g-module, Paris, France
Exquisite Corpse, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
Drawing on the Wrong Side of the Brain, curated by Lyle Rexer, Haim Chanin Gallery, New York, NY
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Decelerate, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Radical Vaudeville, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Greater New York 2005, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
The Hills Have Eyes, Ingalls & Associates, Miami, FL
On Paper: Drawings from the 1960’s to the Present, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
A/C, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
Next Next Art, curated by Dan Cameron, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity, curated by Bob Nickas, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Earthly Delights, curated by Lisa Tung, Sandra and David Bakalar
Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Metamorphosis, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Natural Histories: Realism Revisited, Scottsdale Museum of Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2003
Drawings, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
The New Topography, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
A River Half Empty, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield,CT
Melvins, curated by Bob Nickas, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
Ballpoint Inklings, K.S. Art, New York, NY
Manic, curated by Nancy Doll, D.U.M.B.O. Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
UnNaturally, curated by Mark-Kay Lombino, University of Southern
Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL (traveling exhibition)
2002
Road Trip, Murray Guy, New York, NY
On Paper, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Officina America, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna; Palazzo D'Aregno, Rimini, Italy
2001
By Hand: Pattern, Precision, and Repetition in Contemporary Drawing, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Luck of the Drawn, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Drawings By Three Artists, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Definition, Murray Guy, New York, NY
Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY; traveled to Fundacio "la Caixa," Barcelona, Spain
Fresh - The Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, The New Museum, New York, NY
Obsessive Drawing, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
2000
Drawings and Photographs, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
Art on Paper 2000, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
The Living End, curated by Ingrid Schaffner, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
Threeness, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
00, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Loaf, Baumgartner Gallery, New York, NY
Trippy World, Baron-Boisante Editions, New York, NY
Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Matter of Time, curated by Andrew Perchuk, Dorsky Gallery, New York
Another Country: The Constructed Landscape, Brent Sikkema, New York, NY
Behind Outside, Salon 300, Brooklyn, NY
1999 Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, NY
Sliding Scale, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, NC
1998
Here: Artists’ Interventions at the Aldrich Museum, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
The Jewel Box Project, Benefit for Bang On a Can, GAGA Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Supastore de Luxe, UP & CO, New York, NY
Ninety-six Drawings, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
1995
Summer Fling, Basilico Fine Arts, New York, NY
Group Show, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
The Ideal, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
Gramercy Park Hotel Art Fair, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
Now Is The Time, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
The Joy of Painting, Here Center for Art, New York, NY
Critical Mass, curated by Charles Long, Art and Architecture Gallery, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT; traveled to McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
1994
Lethal Inspection (works on paper), Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Living Room, organized by Sante Scardillo, 268 Elizabeth Street, New York, NY
Who Chooses Who - 1994 Benefit Gala & Auction, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
1992
Obsessions, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
Art Workers, A.C. Project Room, New York, NY
1988
Small Works, curated by Lisa Phillips, BACA Downtown, Brooklyn, NY
Awards and Grants
2020
Colene Brown Art Prize
2016
Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow
2014
Artists’ Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts
2011
Arts and Letters Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters
2001
Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award
Bibliography
2022
Bury, Louis. "The Enfolding: Michelle Segre at 56 Henry." Art In America. 14 November 2022. Web.
Keenan, Annabel. "At Independent Art Fair, Young Artists Explore Heritage, Identity, and Healing." Cultured Magazine 6 May 2022. Web.
2021
Roseo, Maria Rosaria. “Interview with Michelle Segre,” ArteMorbida Textile Arts Magazine, Dec. 27, 2021
Butler, Sharon. “Line: Chance drips, hesitant brushstrokes, calligraphic gestures, notional timelines, yarn, and builder’s caulk,” Two Coats of Paint, October 4, 2021
2020
Cohen, Alina. “9 Must-See Shows in New York This March,” Artsy, March 3, 2020. Web
Goldstein, Caroline. “Editor’s Picks: 11 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week,” Artnet News, Feb. 3, 2020. Web
Johnson, Paddy. “Lower East Side’s Best Art Exhibitions Bring Us Brave New Subgenres of Abstraction,” Observer, Feb. 27, 2020
Scott, Andrea K. “At the Galleries: Michelle Segre,” The New Yorker, March 2, 2020, pg. 5 (reproduction)
2019
Beers, Kurt. 100 Sculptors of Tomorrow. London: Thames and Hudson
Isaacs, Susan. “Works by (mostly) women, sensual, whimsical, powerful, in ‘Intimate Immensity’ at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,” Artblog, March 27, 2019
Mir, Stan. “Finding Intimacy in the Immensity of Infinity,” Hyperallergic, April 7, 2019
Newhall, Edith. “Intimacy Writ Large,” The Philadelphia Inquirer,” March 21, 2019
2018
Smith-Stewart, A., Adamo, D., Klein, R., Hart, D., & Essner, E. The Domestic Plane: New Perspectives on Tabletop Art Objects. Ridgefield, CT: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum; New York, NY: Gregory R. Miller & Co.
Scott, Andrea. “Review: Furies at Helena Anrather,” The New Yorker, December 17
2017
Schwendener, Martha, "Review: Michelle Segre, Dawn of the Looney Tune at Derek Eller Gallery", The New York Times, 29 Dec. 2017, Web and print.
Halle, Howard. "Critic's Pick", Time Out New York, 12 Dec. 2017, Web and print.
Yau, John. "Totem for a Religion of One", Hyperallergic, 10 Dec. 2017, Web.
Yau, John. "Hair and Mushrooms, Gnarly Paint and Smooth Pours." Hyperallergic 23 Jul. 2017. Web.
Amy, Michael. "The Dance of Beauty and Failure", Sculpture Magazine June. 2017. Print.
Yau, John. The Wild Children of William Blake: Essays on Art and Poetry, 2017, Autonomedia, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Newhall, Edith. “Michelle Segre at Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia.” ArtNews 15 Apr. 2016. Web.
Greenberger, Alex. “John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Announces 2016 Fellowship.” ArtNews 6 Apr. 2016. Web.
2015
Jurek, Irena. "Michelle Segre with Irena Jurek: On the Uncertain Impermanence of Driftloaf.” (interview) Art F City 15 Dec. 2015. Web.
Cohen, David. "Picasso in 3-D: A Roundtable of Sculptors, With Alain Kirili, Michelle Segre, and Rebecca Smith." Artcritical 1 Dec. 2015. Web
Smith, Roberta. “Review: In ‘A Rare Earth Magnet’ at Derek Eller, a Focus on Repurposed Materials.” New York Times 13 Aug. 2015. Web and print.
Halle, Howard. “The top five New York art shows this week.” Time Out New York 27 Jul. 2015. Web and print.
2014
Hall, Emily. "Michelle Segre: Derek Eller Gallery.” Artforum May 2014 pg 321. Print.
Palmerton, Elwyn. "Michelle Segre: Derek Eller Gallery/New York.” Artillery Magazine May 2014. Web.
Kirkland, Allegra. "Michelle Segre: Symptoms of Escape Velocity at Derek Eller Gallery.” Daily Serving 12 Mar. 2014. Web.
Colvin, Rob. "Michelle Segre's Parallel Universe and Uncanny Completeness.” M 13 Mar. 2014. Print.
Yau, John. "Receiver and Transmitters: Michelle Segre's Recent Sculpture.” Hyperallergic 2 Mar. 2014. Web.
"Michelle Segre.” The New Yorker 28 Feb 2014. Print.
Saltz, Jerry. "See this Art.” New York Magazine 4 Mar 2014. Print.
Courter, Barry. “Free to imagine: Artist finds new inspiration with less structure.” Chattanooga Times Free Press 9 Feb 2014. Print.
2013
Kane, Tim. "On Exhibit: Michelle Segre and William Lamson at UAlbany.” Times Union 13 Aug. 2013. Print.
Brody, David. "Antecedents of the Astral Hamster.” University Art Museum, Albany 2013. Print. (exhibition essay)
2012
Smith, Roberta. "Michelle Segre: 'Lost Song of the Filament.’" The New York Times 22 Jun 2012: C25. Web and print.
Bhabha, Huma, “Michelle Segre.” Bomb, Number 119 Spring 2012. Print.
Brody, David. "Michelle Segre at Derek Eller.” ArtCritical 1 Jul. 2012. Web.
Butler, Sharon. "Michelle Segre: Lost Songs of the Filament.” The Brooklyn Rail July-August 2012: 59. Print.
Kabat, Jennifer. "Michelle Segre: Transmissions From a Land Once Upon a Time.” The Weeklings 7 Oct. 2012. Print.
2010
Pagel, David. "Art Review: Michelle Segre at Danile Weinberg Gallery.” Los Angeles Times 21 Oct. 2010. Web and print.
2009
Singh, Abhilasha. "Intense Personal Process.” ArtSlant 2 Nov. 2009. Print.
Cashdan, Marina. "Group Show: David Nolan Gallery.” Modern Painters Sep. 2009: 71. Print.
2008
Saltz, Jerry. "Critics Pick: Michelle Segre at Derek Eller.” New York Magazine Dec. 2008. Web.
2006
Thorson, Alice. “Deliberate Deceleration.” Kansas City Star 8 Jan 2006: H1-3. Print.
Barker, Ray T. “Tick, Tick.” The Pitch 26 Jan. - 1 Feb. 2006: 33. Print
Smith, Roberta. “Exquisite Corpse - Cadavre Exquis.” The New York Times 10 Mar. 2006. Print.
Pagel, David. “Around the Galleries: A Pop Trip Away From the Big City.” Los Angeles Times 9 Jun. 2006: E23. Print.
2005
Saltz, Jerry. “Lesser New York.” The Village Voice 29 Mar. 2005. Print. (illus. on artnet).
2004
Nickas, Bob. "Michelle Segre’ s Land of Wonder.” Vice Magazine, Vol 10, No 11 Jan. 2004: 48 Print. (reproduction).
Pagel, David. "Art Review: Reality and Irony Collide.” Los Angeles Times 2 Jan. 2004: E1. Print. (reproduction).
Reed, John. “Michelle Segre.” Time Out New York 24 Jun. - 1 Jul. 2004. Print.
Smith, Roberta. “Summertime at P.S. 1: Where Opposites Like Hands On/Hands Off Attract.” New York Times 16 Jul. 2004: E28. Print.
“Decelerate and Foldoverfold: Marcie Miller Gross.” Universal 11 Dec. 2004. Print.
Thorson, Alice. “Take It Slow at the Kemper.” Kansas City Star Dec. 2004. Print. (illust.).
Fischer, Annie. “Slow! Team.” The Pitch, Vol 25, No 23 15-21 Dec. 2004: 16. Print.
2003
Glueck, Grace. "Across Connecticut, A Summer Picnic’ s Worth of Exhibitions on View.” The New York Times 25 Jul. 2003: E35. Print. (reproduction).
Rexer, Lyle. "The Pen: Mightier Than You Thought.” The New York Times 13 Apr. 2003: 31. Print.
Scott, Andrea. "Ballpoint Inklings.” Time Out New York 1-8 May. 2003: 61. Print.
2002
Levin, Kim. "Voice Choices- Michelle Segre." The Village Voice 22-29 May 2002: 11. Print.
"Goings On About Town- Michelle Segre." The New Yorker 17 - 24 Jun 2002: 30. Print.
2001
Cheng, Scarlet. "Look Ma, No Computers.” Los Angeles Times 26 Aug. 2001: 52. Print. (illust.).
DeLong, Talbott, Arenas, et al. Retorn Al Pais de les Meravelles: L'art contemporani i la infancia. Barcelona, Spain: Fondacio la Caixa, 2001. (exhibition catalogue).
Mahoney, Robert. "Fuzzy Logic.” artnet.com Magazine 12 Feb. 2001. Print. (illust.).
2000
Daigle, Claire. "Trippy World.” New Art Examiner Mar. 2000. Print.
Blair, Dike. “00." Time Out New York 10-17 Aug. 2000: 60. Print.
Blair, Dike. Threeness. Deurle, Belgium: Museum Dhondt - Dhaenens, 2000 (exhibition catalogue)
Forgacs, Eva. "Michelle Segre at Daniel Weinberg.” Art Issues Nov/Dec 2000: 49. Print. (illust.).
Karlins, N.F. "Drawing Notebook.” Artnet.com 28 Jul 2000. Web. (illust.)
Kertess, Klaus. 00 Drawings 2000. New York, NY: Barbara Gladstone Gallery, 2000. (exhibition catalogue).
1999
Cotter, Holland. "Matter of Time.” The New York Times 10 Sep 1999: E35. Print.
Johnson, Ken. "Michelle Segre." The New York Times 7 May 1999: E36. Print.
Johnson, Ken. “Loaf." The New York Times 26 Nov 1999. Print.
Perchuk, Andrew. Matter of Time. New York, NY: Dorsky Gallery, 1999. Print. (exhibition catalog).
Scott, Andrea. "Michelle Segre.” Time Out New York 29 Apr 1999: 65. Print. (illust.).
1998
Blair, Dike. "Here: Artists’ Interventions at the Aldrich Museum.” www.thing.net 7 Nov. 1998. Web. (illust.).
Cooney, Beth. "Artists’ Interventions.” The Advocate & Greenwich Time 13 Sep. 1998. Print.(illust.).
Ramp, Stefanie. "It’ s All Here.” Fairfield County Weekly. 24 - 30 Sep. 1998. Print.
Zimmer, William. "A Dozen Artists at Work Within a Challenging Space.” The New York Times 22 Nov. 1998. Print. (illust.).
1997
Perchuk, Andrew. "Ragna Berlin and Michelle Segre." Artforum Jan. 1997: 85. Print. (illust.).
Schwabsky, Barry. “Intercepts." Lacanian Ink, Journal no. 11 1997: 102. Print. (reproduction).
1996
Humphrey, David. "New York Fax: Michelle Segre and Ragna Berlin.” Art Issues Sep. 1996: 32-33. Print. (illust.).
Mahoney, Robert. "Michelle Segre and Ragna Berlin.” Time Out New York 19 Jun 1996: 27. Print.(illust.).
Moody, Tom. "Group Show at Mitchell Algus Gallery.” Art Papers Jan 1996: 54. Print.
Smith, Roberta. "Ragna Berlin and Michelle Segre.” The New York Times 7 Jun 1996: C26. Print.
1995
Clarkson, David. "Now Is The Time.” Flash Art Oct. 1995: 49. Print.
1994
Long, Charles. Critical Mass. New Haven, CT: Yale University, 1994. Print.
1992
Jouannais, Jean-Yves. “Obsessions." Art Press Nov 1992: 95 Print. (illust.).
Public Collections
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Colorado University Art Museum, Boulder, Colorado
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York
The New Museum, New York, New York
The Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, New York