Michelle Barisoff, Artist and Art Educator creates artistic images using mixed media, drawings, collage, oil paint, acrylic, watercolors, printmaking and more...
Introduction
I create colorful, vibrant images that capture the essence of my subjects, from portraits and landscapes to still lifes and abstracts. I enjoy working in a variety of mediums and am interested in creating artwork for patrons through commission, as well as to show in gallery shows and competitions.
My Work
Art is my life! I enjoy teaching art full time in a public school sharing my love for the subject with others. I love to inspire and see what creations will evolve from my students.
Feel free to look through my portfolio for a sample of my work. If you have any questions, please contact me.
Approach and Resume' / Gallery Listings
I approach my work through emotional response and beauty. I have developed my drawing and painting style learning from the best, Dominic Cretara, Tom Krumpak, Marie Thiebau, and Hagop Nijarian while working on my BFA in Drawing and Painting at CSULB. I continued my education after receiving my BFA, getting a BA in Art Education working with Liz Hartung and Carlos Silvera to develop my art education profession. I have shown in many gallery shows in Laguna Beach, Huntington Beach, and Long Beach over the past 15 years. I was a showing member of the Gallery Eleven Seven Co-Op Gallery in Long Beach, Ca. from 1999 through 2006 showing monthly and having a one man show once a year.
Graduated Laguna Beach High School in 1989
1996 -AA in Art from Saddleback and IVC Colleges in Orange County / One semester taken at Mira Costa College in San Diego County
BFA in Drawing and Painting from CSULB 1999
BA in Art Education Clear Credential K-12th grade and Adult Art Education 2000, CLAD certified 2002
Arts Bridge Scholarship and Aple Scholarship.
Long Term Substitute Position in Paramount Unified 2000 after completing my student teaching in LBUSD.
Began teaching Art full time in Long Beach Ca in 2001 - currently teaching in LBUSD full time art.
Bancroft Middle School, Centralia, Long Beach, Ca 90808, room 301
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo High School, Santa Fe Street, Long Beach Ca, room 302
Grades 9-12, teaching Drawing and Painting and 3 Dimensional Art/ JV Girls Soccer Coach
Developed an art class for the Summer Enrichment Program in Long Beach through the Long Beach School for Adults - teaching art for 5th graders through 8th graders- Express Yourself Through Art / SEP earned the Golden Bell Award.
Gallery Shows -
Saddleback Student Art Show- earned place awards and Saddleback owns one of my drawings and is on display in their Library 1994 and 1995
CSULB BFA Jurried Show 1998
BFA Student Show Gallery B- shared space 1999
Bank of America in Laguna Beach CA one month show- 2000
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter One Man Show 2001
Gallery Eleven Seven, Long Beach 1999- 2006
Featured Artist in Meltmagazine 2002 (online magazine publication)
Local Coffee Shop in Lakewood/ Long Beach - hung work there for several months while it was open - 2007
Huntington Beach Art Center, Centered on the Center 2007-2011Showing Artist.
Cambria CA, Latatudes Coffee Shop one month show 2008
Furioso Salon, Laguna Beach - Gallery Show- shared with Antoinette Bailey, Artist and Educator, 2010
2010 BRAVO Nominee for Art Education - LBUSD
Art Exchange in Long Beach Gallery Show for Art Educators of LBUSD one month show May-June 2012 "Free Thinking Revisited"
SETAC Commissioned Surfboard Painting - August 2012
Huntington Beach Art Center- Centered on the Center Show Jan-Feb 2013, Showing Artist.
Hunting Beach Art Center, Centered on the Center January 2014-March 2014, Showing Artist..
Lakewood, California
