Bio

Michelle Paterok (b. 1994 Edmonton, AB) is a painter living and working in Montréal, QC. She received a MFA in Visual Art in 2022 from Western University in London, Ontario and a BFA in Art and Design at University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada in 2016. Paterok has had recent exhibitions at Duran Contemporain, Montréal, QC; Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON; McIntosh Gallery, Western University, London, ON; and SHRINE.

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EDUCATION

2022 MFA Visual Art, Western University, London, Canada

2016 BFA Art and Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025

Summer’s Edge, SHRINE, New York, NY

2024

Quiet Light, Duran Mashaal Gallery, Montréal, QC

2023

To Neither Quite Belonging, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON

2022

At Dusk, McIntosh Gallery, Western University, London, ON

2021

Night on Earth, Satellite Project Space, London, ON

2020

Darkness, Light, Wind then Silence in collaboration with Tomo Endo, Kosho Temple, Himi, Japan

2018

Unauthorized, Vorres Museum, Paiania, Greece (curated by Caterina Pizanias)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

Chloe Chlumecky, Michelle Paterok & Caroline Ji, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON

Summer Salon, Duran Contemporain, Montréal, QC

2024

Où Nous (En) Sommes, Duran Contemporain, Montréal, QC

Chlorophylle et Mélanine, Place du Marché Atwater, Montréal, QC

Hope Bites, SHRINE, New York, NY

Summer Salon, Duran Mashaal Gallery, Montréal, QC

2023

Winter Salon, Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto, ON

2021

Distance Makes the Heart Grow Weak, ArtLAB Gallery, Western University, London, ON

2020

Be Here, Be There, Forest City Gallery, London, ON

Nengajo-ten, Nanto Fukumitsu Art Museum, Nanto, Japan

2019

The Art Thing, HOUSEHOLD Gallery, Himi, Japan

Copper Prints, Mikando Gallery, Tonami, Japan

2017

Schmoozy, Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB

2016

Denouement, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Edmonton, AB

Fresh Prints, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB

Annotations, Rutherford Atrium, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

2023

London Arts Council CAIP Grant, London, ON

Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montréal, QC

Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Creation Project Grant, Toronto, ON

2021

SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master’s Scholarship, Western University

2020

Alberta Foundation for the Arts Visual Arts and New Media Individual Project Grant, Edmonton, AB

Chair’s Entrance Scholarship, Western University

Graduate Research Scholarship, Western University

2018

Alberta Foundation for the Arts Visual Arts and New Media Individual Project Grant, Edmonton, AB

Edmonton Arts Council CIP Travel Grant, Edmonton, AB

2016

Samuel James and Augusta Kreye Deans Award in Art & Design, University of Alberta

Nomination for BMO 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition, University of Alberta

2015

Elizabeth Ann Burgess Award in Contemporary Art, University of Alberta

Roger S. Smith Undergraduate Research Award, University of Alberta

2013–2015

Jason Lang Scholarship, University of Alberta

2013

The Prince Takamado Japan Canada Memorial Fund Travel Award, University of Alberta

RESIDENCIES

2025

Pouch Cove Foundation, Pouch Cove, NL

2023

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2018

Vorres Museum Residency, Paiania, Greece

ART FAIRS

2025

Future Fair, New York, NY (with Duran Contemporain)

Plural, Montréal, QC (with Duran Contemporain)

2024

Plural, Montréal, QC (with Duran Mashaal Gallery)

2023

UNTAPPED, Artist Project Toronto, Toronto, ON

BIBLIOGRAPHY

“A Studio Visit with Michelle Paterok,” Art Forecast, May 8, 2025

“An Interview with Michelle Paterok,” Formation Art, November 12, 2024

“Memory and Place: In Conversation with Michelle Paterok,” Adi Berardini, Femme Art Review, May 24, 2021

“Denouement,” Brenley Charkow, Curious Arts Magazine, April 2

PUBLICATIONS / CATALOGUES

Yolk Literary Journal, Cover Art, Volume 4.1, November 2024

ArtMaze Magazine, Issue 37, March 2024

“Family Doctors’ Burnout is about More than Their Workload,” The Walrus, February 8, 2024

Tomorrow’s Talent III, Booooooom!, July 2023

ArtMaze Magazine, Issue 28, May 2022

The Walrus, Special Winter Edition, December 22, 2021

Distance Makes the Heart Grow Weak Exhibition Catalogue, ArtLAB Gallery, Western University, January 2020

Denouement Exhibition Catalogue, FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, April 2016

Annotations Exhibition Catalogue and Collaborative Criticisms, Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta, March 2016