MICHEL DROGE
EDUCATION
MAINE COLLEGE OF ART Portland, Maine | MFA
THE COOPER UNION New York City | Graphic Design Program
OBERLIN COLLEGE Oberlin, Ohio | BA
TEACHING 2022-present | BATES COLLEGE | Visiting Assistant Professor Art & Visual Culture
2011-2021 MAINE COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN | Visiting Assistant Professor (Printmaking + Foundation)
2011-2016 SOUTHERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | Adjunct Faculty (Printmaking I and II, Art History, Drawing 101)
2009-2010 MAINE COLLEGE OF ART | CS Faculty (Drawing I and II, Art History), TA (Critical Approaches to Contemporary Art, English Language)
2006-2008 COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ART | Faculty (Printmaking, Drawing)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2025 Michel Droge | Paintings and Drawings | Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences| East BoothBay ME 2024 SACRED PROFANE | Biddeford, ME | February 2022 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE | Orono, ME 2022 COVE STREET ARTS| Portland, ME 2021 THE MAINE JEWISH MUSEUM Portland, ME | Michel Droge 2019 STATE CAPITOL Augusta, ME | Michel Droge Paintings and Drawings 2019 SALON GALLERY Boston MA | Navigation 2019 MAINE AUDOBON SOCIETY Falmouth, ME | Native and Endangered Plants
2019 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE Machias, ME | Michel Droge: Hiraeth: Opioid Epidemic
2018 LA ARTS CENTER Lewiston, ME| Michel Droge: Paintings and Drawings
2017 FRANK BROCKMAN GALLERY Brunswick, ME| Michel Droge: Hiraeth
2016 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE Farmington, ME | Michel Droge: Nocturnes
2015 JUNE FITZPATRICK GALLERY Portland, ME | Michel Droge: Tiny Catastrophes
2014 SACARRAPPA ARTISTS COLLECTIVE Westbrook, ME | Michel Droge: Chaos
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2024 UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA - OSCRI | SanJose, CR | OCTOODYSSEY Michel Droge/Carlos Hiller 2020 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE | Farmington, ME | Farm Tools Project Sarah Loftus and Michel Droge 2020 MAINE FARMLAND TRUST GALLERY | Belfast, ME | Farm Tools Project Sarah Loftus and Michel Droge
2018 FRANK BROCKMAN GALLERY | Brunswick, Maine | About Time: Marci Spier and Michel Droge
2015 GOULD ACADEMY Bethel, Maine | Other Landscapes: Michel Droge/Michael Shaughnessy
2011 HARLOW GALLERY Hallowell, Maine | Michel Droge and Rob Lacht
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2025 Envision Resilience: Shifting Tides & Evolving Landscapes | Space Gallery| Portland, ME 2025 For The Love of Art| Gallery Artists| Triangle Gallery |Rockland, ME 2024 Roots and Wings |Seven Artists Collective| Triangle Gallery | Rockland ME 2023 ART BASEL MIAMI | Convention Center Exhibitor and Panelist with Schmidt Ocean Institute, Nautilus Magazine and UNESCO 2023 FROST MUSEUM| | Art Basel | Miami, FLA | Artists at Sea with Schmidt Ocean Institute 2023 BATES COLLEGE | Lewiston,ME | BEYOND MIDNIGHT
2022 GALLERI URBANE| Dallas,TX | The Horse Show 2022 THE PAINTING CENTER | NY,NY| Indivisible Spectrum. 2021 MAYO STREET ARTS | Portland, ME | Pop up Curated by June Fitzpatrick 2021 LC BATES MUSEUM | Hinckley,ME | Marks and Tracks 2020 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE | Farmington, ME | Photographing Nature 2020 CENTER FOR MAINE CONTEMPORARY ART | Rockland, ME | [ON] NOW - Lush Hush 2020 INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART|Maine College of Art| Portland, ME | To Unravel the Bind 2019 SPEEDWELL GALLERY | Portland, ME | 10,000 + Hours
2019 LC BATES MUSEUM Hinckley, ME | Atmospheric Water
2019 RIVER ARTS GALLERY Damariscotta, ME
2019 MAINE FARMLAND TRUST GALLERY Belfast, ME
2019 JOSEPH FIORE FOUNDATION Jefferson, ME | Alumni Exhibition
2019 SOAG Ithaca, NY | Exhibition of Members
2019 GREENHUT GALLERIES Portland, ME | Man Made: A State of Nature
2018 BATES COLLEGE ART MUSEUM Lewiston, Maine | Anthropocenic
2017 ELIZABETH MOSS GALLERIES Falmouth, Maine | Michel Droge, Lisa Hoag, John Knight
2017 L.C. BATES MUEUM Hinckley, Maine | Maine Woods
2016 JUNE FITZPATRICK GALLERY Portland, Maine | Finale
2015 CURRY COLLEGE GALLERY Milton, Massachusetts | Absence & Presence
2015 JUNE FITZPATRICK GALLERY Portland, Maine | Summer Salon
2014 JUNE FITZPATRICK GALLERY Portland, Maine | September Salon
2014 SACARRAPPA ARTISTS COLLECTIVE Westbrook, Maine | Michel Droge
2014 LEWIS GALLERY Portland, Maine | Seasmoke
2014 PROVINCETOWN CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION Provincetown, Massachusetts | Appearances
2014 LC BATES MUSEUM Hinckley, Maine | Maine Nights: Clear Skies
2013 ARTPLAZ Czech Republic Minsk, Belarus
2013 ROSE CONTEMPORARY FINE Art Gallery Portland, Maine | Faculty Exhibition
2012 L.C.BATES MUSEUM Hinkley, Maine | Humanity in Nature
2012 SPACE GALLERY Portland, Maine | Portes
2012 MYTILENE PUBLIC THEATER Mytilene, Greece | Portes
2012 ZHOU B. GALLERY Chicago, Illinois | Wet Paint
2011 L.C.BATES MUSEUM Hinckley, Maine | Drawing from the Collection
2011 CUE ART FOUNDATION New York City | Joan Mitchell Award Recipients Exhibition
2011 AUCOCISCO GALLERY Portland, Maine | Audition
2011 LEWIS GALLERY Portland Public Library Portland, Maine | Visual Poetry
2010 ICA MAINE COLLEGE OF ART Portland, Maine | MFA Thesis Exhibition
2010 BOSTON UNIVERSITY Boston, Massachusetts | Boston Young Contemporaries
2008 THE INK SHOP Ithaca, New York | Printmaker Members Exhibition
2007 SMITHY-PIONEER GALLERY Cooperstown, New York
2007 MAD ART GALLERY Hamilton, New York | Group Invitational
2006 THE NINTH STREET GALLERY Washington, DC | Group Juried exhibition
1996-2000 STATE OF THE ART GALLERY Ithaca, NY | Annual Invitational Exhibition
GRANTS/AWARDS 2020 MAINE ARTS COMMISSION Project Grant 2020 ELLIS- BEAUREGARD FOUNDATION Covid Relief Grant 2020 JOAN MITCHELL FOUNDATION| Covid Relief Grant 2020 AWAW Covid Relief Grant grant
2016 MAINE ARTS COMMISSION Project Grant
2011 MAINE ARTS COMMISSION Good Idea Grant
2010 JOAN MITCHELL FOUNDATION MFA Grant
2010 MAINE COLLEGE OF ART Scholarly Merit Award
2010 MAINE COLLEGE OF ART Dean’s Scholarship
2009 ALBERT K. MURRAY Fine Arts Scholarship
2009 MAINE COLLEGE OF ART Scholarly Merit Award
RESIDENCIES/AFFILIATIONS/PANELS/ARTISTS TALKS 2025 SURFPOINT RESIDENCY | York, ME 2023 ART BASEL MIAMI | Convention Center Exhibitor and Panelist with Schmidt Ocean Institute, Nautilus Magazine and UNESCO 2023 SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE | Artist At Sea Residency | Costa Rica 2021 2021-2024 BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES | Visiting Artist in Residence. 2021 ELLIS-BEAUREGARD FOUNDATION | Fellowship and Residency 2020 HEWN OAKS | Artist Residency
2019 BATES COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART | Anthropocenic Panel on Sea Level Rise
2018 FIORE FOUNDATION | Fellowship and Residency
2018 TIDES FOUNDATION | Fellowship and Residency
2017 VERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS | Vising Artist/Graduate Teacher
2017 STEPHEN PACE HOUSE RESIDENCY | Resident
2016 WHITEHEAD ISLAND RESIDENCY | Resident
2016 VERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS | Visiting Artist Teacher
2015 PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART | Panelist: Communicating Climate Change
2014, 2015 SOUTHERN GRAPHICS COUNCIL | International Member
2013,2014 CONSTANCE SALTONSTALL FOUNDATION | Winter Residency
2013 VERMONT STUDIO CENTER | Fellowship
2004-2014 THE INK SHOP PRINTMAKING STUDIO
2011 BAI ST MARIE | Residency
1980-1985 STYRIA STUDIOS | Master Printer for Donald Judd, Robert Morris, Robert Rauschenberg, Alex Katz, Larry Rivers, Wil Barnet
BIBLIOGRAPHY 2023 BATES NEWS | Freddie Wright| BATES PROFESSOR MICHEL DROGE PAINTS THE OCEAN DEPTHS 2021THE PORTLAND PRESS HERALD | Mysteries of the Deep Sea | Jorge Arango 10.31.2021 2021 THE MAINE ARTS JOURNAL: The UMVA QUARTERLY Carl Little - Records of Existence: “Marks and Tracks” at the L.C. Bates Museum 2021THE PORTLAND PRESS HERALD | True to Form | Jorge Arango 2020THE PORTLAND PRESS HERALD |Michel Droge and Sarah Loftus: Farm Tools Project 2019 THE PORTLAND PRESS HERALD |Cove St. Gallery A Game Changer for Greenhut Owners| Dan Kany. 2018 Michel Droge Paintings and Drawings at LA Arts In Lewiston Maine| Sun Journal|Bill Low
2018 THE PORTLAND PRESS HERALD | Daytrip is a Dialogue Between Two Artists Who Go with the Flow by Daniel Kany
2018 HABITAT MAGAZINE | If You Want Creative Solutions, Start with Creative Partnerships by Elizabeth Jabar
2017 THE PORTLAND PHOENIX | The Work Of Unraveling — Michel Droge's Powerful 'Hiraeth' At The Frank Brockman Gallery by Nick Schroeder
2017 THE MAINE JOURNAL OF CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY | Tiny Catastrophes
2015 THE PORTLAND PRESS HERALD | Michel Droge Show Invites You to Feel for Yourself by Daniel Kany
2015 THE PORTLAND PHOENIX | Michel Droge’s Tiny Catastrophes Matter by Brittan Konau
2014 THE PORTLAND PRESS HERALD | Sea Smoke at the Portland Public Library by Daniel Kany
2012 THE PORTLAND PRESS HERALD | L.C. Bates Romantics Run Happily Amok by Daniel Kany
2011 CUE FOUNDATION | Catalogue for Joan Mitchell Foundation 2010 MFA Grant Recipients by Cameron Shaw
2010 THE PORTLAND PHOENIX | A Cornucopia of Art at Aucosiso by Nick Schroeder
2010 THE BOSTON PHOENIX | Thesis Defense by Nick Schroeder
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2017 MAINE AUDUBON SOCIETY Falmouth, Maine | Field Guide Project
2017 HARLOW GALLERY Hallowell, Maine | Seven-Artists Collective
2016 THE ICA AT MECA Portland, Maine | In This Realm: Five Artists Explore Identity and Transformation
2016 ZERO STATION GALLERY Portland, Maine | Seven-Artists Collective
2000-2006 ITHACA BAKERY Ithaca, New York | Illustrator + Designer
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMITTEES 2024 MAINE GUN SAFETY COALITION | Poster Exhibition | Bates College | Lewiston ME 2023 BATES COLLEGE | THE GOOD FOOD COUNCIL| Poster Exhibition| Lewiston ME 2019 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MACHIAS | HIRAETH: Opioid Epidemic community talk/workshop/exhibition 2019 MAINE AUDUBON SOCIETY | Native and Endangered Project 2017 MAINE AUDUBON SOCIETY | Field Guide Project
2017 MAINE COLLEGE OF ART | Visiting Artist Committee
2016 MAINE COLLEGE OF ART | Visiting Artist Committee
2016 MAINE AUDUBON SOCIETY | Conservation Poster Project
2015 ISLAND INSTITUTE | Climate Change & Maine Island Communities
2014 ISLAND INSTITUTE | Climate Change & Maine Island Communities
MUSEUM WORK
2018 DOROTHEA & LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION Portland, Maine | Collection Management, Digital Cataloguing, Installation
2017 BATES COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART Lewiston, Maine | Marsden Hartley Collection Specialist, Conservation Framing, Installation
2011-present BATES COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART Lewiston, Maine | Museum Preparator, Conservation Framing
2010-2014 COLBY COLLEGE ART MUSEUM Waterville, Maine | Museum Preparator, Assistant to the Registrar
2006-2009 COLGATE UNIVERSITY Hamilton, New York | Museum Preparator