My work focuses on the often missed corners of life. I dig for the moments and stories found there and retell them in my own voice, often through a Jewish lens.

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

Collections

Michelle Garfinkel features in various national private collections

Education

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