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Statement
I use the abstract language of color, form, and shape to explore emotion and the ebb and flow of life—the push and pull between stillness and movement, structure and spontaneity, presence and absence.
In a world that values clear answers and rational logic, my paintings lean into the unknown. I build layered compositions of shifting colors and gestural marks, creating space for contradictions to exist without resolution. Some forms feel solid, others dissolve; some colors anchor, others drift away. It’s all about that in-between space, where meaning isn’t fixed but felt.
For me, painting is a cathartic process—a way to articulate what is often hard to put into words. These works aren’t about solving anything—they’re an invitation to look and feel.
Bio
Michele de la Menardiere is an abstract painter based in San Francisco, California. She has exhibited her work in national and international galleries and her paintings are part of private and corporate collections such as the DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities, Nokia, and the Ritz Carlton.
Michele’s art has also been exhibited and acquired by the U.S. State Department’s Art in Embassies Program and is part of several public art projects indulging a large-scale installation at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Arlington, VA.
Her paintings have been featured in prominent media outlets such as The Washington Post, on the set of KQED’s Check, Please! Bay Area, , and in Sotheby’s residential projects.
Michele is a graduate of Chelsea College of Art and Design in London, England.
Art in Embassies Program
2009: Ouagadougou Embassy, Burkina Faso
2004: Pristina Consolate, Kosovo
2003: US Embassy in Algiers, Algeria
Public Art Projects
2015 Superbowl 50 Artwalk, San Francisco, CA
Art Walls at Hyatt Regency, Crystal City Virginia
Emerge Art Walk, Washington, DC
Art Underground display, Crystal City, Virginia
Residences
2025: Cycladic Arts Residency, Paros, Greece
2023: AIR Ubud, Ubud, Bali
2013: Palette People Artist Residency, Vagamon, India