M I C H E L E
F L E T C H E R

Night Study I | oil on arches huile | 2021 | 23vx 31 cm | unique | acquired 2021 | photographed by the artist



Originally from Canada, Michele now lives and works in London. She studied at Goldsmiths (BA hons Fine Art and Critical Theory) and Chelsea, graduating with and MA in 2007. Michele received The Neville Burston Award for Painting (Goldmiths College) and won the inaugural Marmite Prize for Painting. She was also a Royal Overseas League Scholar at Hospitalfields, via the Patrick Alan Fraser Trust, Scotland. Michele ‘s painting Compost was a prize winner in the 2020 John Moores Painting Prize.

This work was acquired through the artist support pledge launced during Covid-19. I was drawn to Fletcher’s work due to her particular confident mark. For me it manages to allude at a narrative within her abstract presentation that draws me into the work in a sybiotic manner.


Further reading  | Michele Fletcher



 






     

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