

Michelle Ceja (b.1988, Los Angeles) is a Mexican-American artist currently based in Tokyo. Her practice started with investigating the sensory experience of contemporary technologies, special effects, fantasy, and computer graphics; materializing these experiences into sculptures, animations, and installations. Currently, she aims to translate her experience with clinical depression and anxiety into works that can act as a catalyst for liberating oneself from the stigma of mental health. She has shown in group exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Bitforms Gallery, New York; Preteen Gallery, Mexico City; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, and the 10th Lyon Biennale in France.
PROFILE
1988 | Born in Los Angeles, California |
2006 – 2010 | Bachelor of Fine Arts – Individualized Major, California College of the Arts – San Francisco |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 | “M O M E N T U M”Important Projects, Oakland, California |
2010 | “Too Real”California College of the Arts, San Francisco |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 | “UGO Festival 2020”ShinOkubo UGO, Tokyo, Japan |
2016 | “TASTE SPA”Manila Institute, New York |
2012 | “A La Fortune Du Pot”Racebrook lodge, Massachusetts “After_Duccio”Ventenna244, New York |
2011 | “Is This Thing On?”Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati “WET CODE”Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York “A 21ST CENTURY IDEA OF UNHAPPINESS”Preteen Gallery, Mexico City “Origins”Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago “Stone Sky Over Thingworld”Bitforms Gallery, New York |
2010 | “B.Y.O.B”Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York “A Diamond Is Forever”Extra Extra, Philadelphia “Refresh”Axiom Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts “Area/ Zone”Bruce High Quality Foundation University, New York “R E M E M E B E R 2 0 1 0 ?”online Exhibition “CHILLERS IN PARADISE”Jstchillin.org, online exhibition “Avatar 4D”Noma Gallery, San Francisco, California “Sculpture Storage”LaMaMa Gallery, New York “Ride Together”California College of the Arts, San Francisco |
2009 | “The Mashup Show”Noma Gallery, San Francisco “My Biennial Is Better Than Yours (mybiennialisbetterthanyours.com)”10th Lyon Biennale, France “No Hay Banda”Reference Gallery, Richmond, Virginia “The Pleasure Is Mine”Spacekraft Pompadour, Paris, France “Shelfless”The San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California |
2008 | “Banal Strangeness”Kunst Haus Gallery, San Francisco, California |