C.V.
EDUCATION
2023
Master of Fine Arts Candidate, University of Southern California
2020
Bachelor of Fine Arts with High Distinction n Painting & Drawing,
California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS/HONORS
2023
Los Angeles Lakers In The Paint Contributing Artist
2022
Los Angeles Lakers In the Paint Grantee
2020
Anderson Ranch Arts Center Scholarship
First Place, AXA Art Prize
Cronan Michael Endowed Scholarship
CCA All-College Honors
Richard K. Price Scholarship
CCA Faculty Honors Scholarship
Artist-in-Residency Scholarship, Studio L, Oakland, CA
EXHIBITION RECORD
Solo Exhibitions
2023
All I Have To Do Is Stay Black and Die, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Let's Keep This Between Us, Giovanni's Room, Los Angeles, CA
i don't do this for just anybody, Friends Indeed Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020
Hidden Wall Artist Series, Berkeley, CA
Cafe Alma Artist Series, San Francisco, CA
Right Window Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019
CCA Open Studio Exhibition, San Francisco CA
Group Exhibitions
2023
Blue is the only color my heart can see, Giovanni's Room, Los Angeles, CA
2021
The Myth Industry, Friends Indeed Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Shape Of Blackness, Virtual Exhibition, Oakland, CA
2020
AXA Art Prize Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
We Are More Than A Moment, Virtual Exhibition (curated by Genevieve Gaignard)
Believe In Truth, Virtual Exhibition (curated by Linda Geary)
Victims of Police Violence Memorials, Ongoing Public Art Exhibition, The Albany Bulb, Albany, CA
2019
Junior Review Exhibition, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2018
Interface Show , California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2016
Rainbow Logic, CounterPulse, San Francisco, CA
Because We Can, UFO Gallery, Berkeley, CA
PRESS
Voyage LA: Local Stories, October 20, 2021. http://voyagela.com/interview/conversations-with-michon-sanders/
Cooper, Alwa. “After the Main Event, a Communal Meal.” The New York Times. The New York Times, July 16, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/t-magazine/michon-sanders-painting-art.html.
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