Michelle Lisa Herman

Multidisciplinary Visual Artist

Exhibitions and Events

Artist Talk December 12 at 2pm

I’ll be giving an artist talk at the Washington Project for the Arts on December 12 at 2 pm. See the WPA website for details and RSVP info

Washington Project for the Arts Commission and Upcoming Exhibition

Video Still of the interactive video installation "Mirror Mirror" by Michelle Lisa Herman

I will be showing an updated and much, much larger scale version of “Mirror Mirror” at the upcoming WPA Exhibition: “Washington Produced Artists” opening November 14, 2015

Save the Date: Solo Exhibition January 2016

I will be having my 2nd solo exhibition at the Hillyer Art Space opening January 8, 2016. The exhibition will consist of new and expanded interactive installations as well as paintings. Be sure to save the date!

Smithsonian Staff Exhibition

My work is currently on view at the S. Dillon Ripley Center in the Smithsonian staff exhibition “Artists at Work.” On view February 4–May 1, 2015.

(inter)Related Exhibition

I’ll be showing 2 new works in this upcoming Sparkplug exhibition—an interactive video installation triggered by facial recognition, and a sculptural installation utilizing 3D printing technology and led lighting. Come on out to see what I’ve been up to! (inter)Related

The Indigo Room

I’ll be at the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art Thursday, October 17 from 6-8 pm for the reunion of The Indigo Room, a permanent installation by Edouard Duval-Carrié that I worked on in 2003. The Indigo Room Reunion Thursday, Oct 17,

2013 James McLaughlin Memorial Staff Show

Come on out on October 10 from 5:30 to 8pm for the opening reception of the 2013 James McLaughlin Memorial Staff Show at The Phillips Collection. You’ll even get to see my stuff! What do you do at The Phillips Collection?

External Memory Exhibition

External Memory June 7 – July 14 Curated by Chandi Kelley External Memory features work by the eight new members of Sparkplug: Amy Hughes Braden, Lee Gainer, Piper Grosswendt, Michelle Lisa Herman, Rebecca Kallem, Corwin Levi, Rachel Schmidt, and Stephanie

New Paintings

Since I’ve joined Sparkplug, I’ve been working furiously on some new ink and mylar paintings. Check them out!

DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous at the National Academy of Sciences

Thursday, May 24th I’ll be speaking at the DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER). This event focuses on recent developments in experimental and interactive technology in art. I’ll be joined by several of the people involved with the recent Experimental Media

Michelle Lisa Herman is a Washington, DC-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans theoretical and philosophical research, feminist and disability politics, comedy, and conceptualism. Herman has shown internationally in both group and solo exhibitions at locations such as the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain), Cinéma du Foyer Saint-François (Bourges, France), the Corcoran (Washington, DC), The Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC), The Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), Goggleworks (Reading, PA), Hillyer Art Space (Washington, DC), Arlington Art Center (Arlington, VA), Visarts (Rockville, MD), and the Washington Project for the Arts (Washington, DC). Herman’s work has been written about and featured in Hyperallergic, New American Paintings, The Washington Post, NPR, and East City Arts. Herman is an alumna of the Maryland Institute College of Art (MFA, 2020) and the Sparkplug artist collective sponsored by the DC Arts Center.