Artist Information
Michelle Griffiths
1973 – 76 Brighton Polytechnic. BA Hons Fine Art
1976 – 77 Brighton Polytechnic. Post-grad diploma, printmaking
1999 Elected Member of Newlyn Society of Artists
2001 Elected Member of RE
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 ‘Habitus: Recent Drawings’, Atrium Gallery, Bournemouth University
2002 The Link Gallery, University of Winchester
2001 White Gallery, Brighton
2000 Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
1999 Quay Arts, Isle of Wight
1995 Gallery Differentiate, London
1992 The Pike Gallery, London
1991 Southampton City Art Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 18th Lessedra International Mini Print Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria.
7th International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak, Bulgaria.
39th Mini Print International, Cadeques, Spain.
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Tokushima, Japan.
4th New York International Miniature Print Exhibition
‘Spotlight’, Bankside Gallery, London
2018 Yangtze Art Fair, Nanjing, China.
National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
6th International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak, Bulgaria.
2017 Lasting Impressions’ (PMC), Scarborough Art Gallery
16th Lessedra International Mini Print Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria.
National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
2016 ‘Painterly Sites’, two person exhibition with Jim Hunter, Artsway, Hampshire
8th Douro Print Biennale, Portugal
36th Mini Print International, Cadeques, Spain.
BIMPE IX, Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver and tour throughout Canada.
‘Pushing Boundaries’, Printmakers Council (PMC) touring Exhibition in Ireland.
Flourish Award, Shortlisted Artists Exhibition, West Yorkshire Print Workshop Gallery.
2015 1st New York International Miniature Print Exhibition, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, USA.
PrintXchange. International print portfolio and exhibitions at Artopie, Centre de Création Artistique, Meisenthal, France, and Gallery N, Dahn, Germany.
2nd Global Print, Douro, Portugal
35th Mini Print International, Cadeques, Spain.
2014 Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London, and touring
2012 'The Sex Lives of the Poor and Unknown', Tallinn, Estonia
2009 Three Galleries Exhibition (NSA) The Great Atlantic Gallery, Falmouth, Westcotts Gallery, St Ives, Rainy Day Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall.
2007 ‘Welsh Contemporaries’, Catey Hillier Fine Art, London.
2006 UK International Miniature Print Biennale
2005 Mini Print International, Cadeques, Spain
2004 ‘Originals’ (National Print Exhibition), Mall Gallery, London
2001 ‘Brilliant Corners’, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall
2000 ‘The Contemporary Print Show’ Barbican Centre, London
1999 Produzenten Gallery, Giessen, Germany
1998 Riverside Studios, London
1997 Cheltenham Open Drawing Exhibition
1993 Maastricht Print Biennale, Holland
Varna Print Biennale, Bulgaria
1990 ‘The Art of the Printmaker’, Royal Festival Hall, London
1989 Cleveland UK International Drawing Biennale
1985 Ljubljana Print Biennale, Yugoslavia
COLLECTIONS
Arts Council of England
Selskapet Kunst Pa Arbeidsplassen, Norway
The University of Kent
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
The University of York
The Aldridge Collection, University of Brighton
Wiltshire Education Authority
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Varna Print Biennale, Bulgaria
Victoria and Albert Museum
PRIZES AND AWARDS
Curwen Chilford printmaking prize.
Barcham Green Printmaking Competition. South East Arts Prizewinner
1976 – 77 Brighton Polytechnic. Post-grad diploma, printmaking
1999 Elected Member of Newlyn Society of Artists
2001 Elected Member of RE
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 ‘Habitus: Recent Drawings’, Atrium Gallery, Bournemouth University
2002 The Link Gallery, University of Winchester
2001 White Gallery, Brighton
2000 Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
1999 Quay Arts, Isle of Wight
1995 Gallery Differentiate, London
1992 The Pike Gallery, London
1991 Southampton City Art Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 18th Lessedra International Mini Print Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria.
7th International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak, Bulgaria.
39th Mini Print International, Cadeques, Spain.
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Tokushima, Japan.
4th New York International Miniature Print Exhibition
‘Spotlight’, Bankside Gallery, London
2018 Yangtze Art Fair, Nanjing, China.
National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
6th International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak, Bulgaria.
2017 Lasting Impressions’ (PMC), Scarborough Art Gallery
16th Lessedra International Mini Print Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria.
National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
2016 ‘Painterly Sites’, two person exhibition with Jim Hunter, Artsway, Hampshire
8th Douro Print Biennale, Portugal
36th Mini Print International, Cadeques, Spain.
BIMPE IX, Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver and tour throughout Canada.
‘Pushing Boundaries’, Printmakers Council (PMC) touring Exhibition in Ireland.
Flourish Award, Shortlisted Artists Exhibition, West Yorkshire Print Workshop Gallery.
2015 1st New York International Miniature Print Exhibition, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, USA.
PrintXchange. International print portfolio and exhibitions at Artopie, Centre de Création Artistique, Meisenthal, France, and Gallery N, Dahn, Germany.
2nd Global Print, Douro, Portugal
35th Mini Print International, Cadeques, Spain.
2014 Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London, and touring
2012 'The Sex Lives of the Poor and Unknown', Tallinn, Estonia
2009 Three Galleries Exhibition (NSA) The Great Atlantic Gallery, Falmouth, Westcotts Gallery, St Ives, Rainy Day Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall.
2007 ‘Welsh Contemporaries’, Catey Hillier Fine Art, London.
2006 UK International Miniature Print Biennale
2005 Mini Print International, Cadeques, Spain
2004 ‘Originals’ (National Print Exhibition), Mall Gallery, London
2001 ‘Brilliant Corners’, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall
2000 ‘The Contemporary Print Show’ Barbican Centre, London
1999 Produzenten Gallery, Giessen, Germany
1998 Riverside Studios, London
1997 Cheltenham Open Drawing Exhibition
1993 Maastricht Print Biennale, Holland
Varna Print Biennale, Bulgaria
1990 ‘The Art of the Printmaker’, Royal Festival Hall, London
1989 Cleveland UK International Drawing Biennale
1985 Ljubljana Print Biennale, Yugoslavia
COLLECTIONS
Arts Council of England
Selskapet Kunst Pa Arbeidsplassen, Norway
The University of Kent
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
The University of York
The Aldridge Collection, University of Brighton
Wiltshire Education Authority
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Varna Print Biennale, Bulgaria
Victoria and Albert Museum
PRIZES AND AWARDS
Curwen Chilford printmaking prize.
Barcham Green Printmaking Competition. South East Arts Prizewinner