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Biography

Michelle Uckotter (b. 1992, Cincinnati, OH) lives and works in New York.

She received a BFA in Painting from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2015.

Solo and two-person exhibitions include Moviestar, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles (2025); Moviestar, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles (2025); Big Time Shopping is Here, Bernheim Gallery, Zurich, CH (2024); Trap Paintings Vol. 3, King’s Leap, New York (2023); Independent Art Fair, with King’s Leap, New York (2023); Dust Box, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles (2022); Stairwells Ephemera Etcetera, T293, Rome, IT (2021); Trap Paintings Vol. 2, King’s Leap, New York (2021); Murder Time, Springsteen Gallery, New York (2021); Trap Paintings, A.D. Gallery, New York (2020); Cornswoggle, with Ryan Nault, Mole End, Queens (2019); and Chin Up Bar, with Joe. W. Speier, curated by Macgregor Harp, Baltimore (2018).

Select group exhibitions include Exquisite Corpse, King's Leap, New York (2025); FW (pt. 1), High Art, Paris, FR (2025); Recent Acquisitions, Rubell Museum, Miami (2024); Yours Truly, Nahmad Contemporary, curated by Eleanor Cayre, New York (2024); Phantom Hymn, Modern Art, London (2024); The American Baroque, Sebastian Gladstone, Los Angeles (2024); Inside Fibers of the Curtain, As It Stands, Los Angeles (2023); King’s Leap at Freddy, Freddy, Harris, NY (2023); Synthetic Bodies, Lyles & King, New York (2023); Eye to Eye: Works from the collection of Jonathan Travis & Wolf Hill, New York Academy of Art, New York (2023); Something or Other, curated by Isabel Yellin, Bernheim Gallery, Zurich, CH (2023); Civil Twilight, Ginny on Frederick, London (2022); Sinkhole Project is Presenting, Mickey, Chicago (2022); Under the Volcano II, Lomex, New York (2022); Home-made, Sebastian Gladstone Gallery, Los Angeles (2022); The Feeling is Mutual, Valerie Hussenot, Paris, FR (2022); and Center of the Core, Deli Gallery, New York (2021).