My work is about championing the overlooked. I dig for the moments and stories found in the neglected corners of life (especially the Jewish ones) and retell them in a contemporary way.

Based in Richmond, VA

Select Exhibitions, Anthologies, and Collaborations

2026, CHUTZPAH! A Jewish Celebration In Comics - Issue 2, (comic anthology, coming soon)

2026, Everyday Holiness exhibition; Compassion and Justice, (group exhibitions) American Guild for Judaic Art

2025, Walanka exhibition; David Melekh Yisrael, (group exhibition) American Guild for Judaic Art

2025, Emerging Artists, (collaboration) Brigham Young University, Orem UT

2025, Art Against Antisemitism, (collaboration) Denver, CO

2025 Common Grounds, (group exhibition) Cleveland, OH (cancelled)

2024, Be the Light (group exhibition)

2021, 2022, Arts Fundraiser for Climate (group exhibition) 350pdx, Portland, OR

Media

July 2026, FIELD artist spotlight

Collections

Michelle Garfinkel features in various national private collections

Education

2008-2013: BA Visual Art, Weber State University, Ogden Utah