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.