Michele Bourgeau
Michele is a visual artist who grew up in the Midwest, six in line of nine children. Whether in or out of school, art making was a constant throughout Michele’s life as she was inspired by creative parents, nature, recycling materials and a dynamic junk drawer. Michele celebrates the gifts of her youth through her art by embracing quirky elements of design and color to express ironic or poignant narratives. This playfulness invites the observer to see the unremarkable as quite extraordinary. Michele’s work includes more traditional paintings in oil, watercolor or acrylic as well as printmaking, ceramic, sculpture and mixed media. In 2022, Michele collaborated with master chocolatier, Michael Nichols of m cacao in Amesbury, MA, to create six unique designs for edible cocoa butter screen print art bars. Four art bars are currently available with two additional to be unveiled by the end of 2023.
Michele currently lives and works in Andover, Massachusetts with her husband, Timothy, and terriers, Zuzu and Malcolm. In June 2022, Michele opened ONE19 Gallery, a small studio/gallery
space on her residence property at 119 Lowell Street, Andover, MA. Contact Michele at michelebourgeau@gmail.com.
Michele’s work is displayed in the circulation area and the display case in the reference room.