Mychaelyn Michalec
Mychaelyn Michalec is a textile artist and painter working in Dayton, OH. Her work depicts the mundane matters of domestic life; translating documented scenes into textiles. The advent of motherhood is a familiar motif in the history of art but the narrative of women's lives seems to stop there. Subsequently, Mychaelyn’s work acts as an exploration of midlife women and domestic life; examining the effects of time on the body, self identity, sexuality, and changing familiar relationships as they move through new phases in their lives.
AVAILABLE WORK:
It's not attractive for every use base; 42x42, hand and machine tufted stretched yarn rug. $6,000
Sometimes I forget I am a woman at all; 30x30, hand and machine tufted yarn on stretched cloth. $3,000
I never expect anything to happen now, and so I am never disappointed; 64x64, hand and machine tufted yarn on stretched cloth. $10,000
Some scarlet letters; 70x70, hand and machine tufted yarn on stretched cloth. $15,000
How it had come to this; 48x50, hand and machine tufted yarn on stretched cloth. $6,000
Reality Show; 21x21, hand and machine tufted rug on stretched cloth. $2,500
Who's Zoomin' Who?; 30x30, hand and machine tufted yarn on stretched cloth. $2,500
The Only Way Out is Through; 21x28, hand and machine tufted stretched yarn rug. $1,200
Full Biography
Mychaelyn Michalec is a textile artist and painter working in Dayton, OH. Her work depicts the mundane matters of domestic life; translating documented scenes into textiles. The advent of motherhood is a familiar motif in the history of art but the narrative of women's lives seems to stop there. Subsequently, Mychaelyn’s work acts as an exploration of midlife women and domestic life; examining the effects of time on the body, self identity, sexuality, and changing familiar relationships as they move through new phases in their lives.
Michalec earned a BFA with distinction in Painting and Drawing and a BA in Art History from The Ohio State University and a MLIS in Library and Information Science from the University of Southern Mississippi. She has shown her work internationally, and has been awarded residencies at The Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT, the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Residency in New Berlin, NY, and The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, in Nebraska City, NE. Michalec is a 2021 recipient of an Individual Excellence Award in Craft from the Ohio Arts Council. Her work has been published in Friend of the Artist, Create! Magazine, and Art Maze. A review of her two person show, Femme Maison at Houseguest Gallery in Louisville, KY, was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered.