POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, 1988 (printmaking specialization)
Master of Visual Arts, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 1991 (printmaking specialization)
Certificate in Digital Communications: Web Design, Continuing Education, NAIT
(Northern Alberta Institute of Technology) Edmonton, 2004.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Term Faculty
Centre for Arts and Communications, MacEwan University Fall 2008, Winter & Fall 2009
• Drawing I and Drawing II
Figure Studies, Anatomy, Portrait, Perspective, Tonal, Contour, Alternate Drawing Media

Sessional Lecturer
Dept. of Art and Design, University of Alberta, 1991 – 1992,1995 -1997, 2000 - 2010
• Intaglio/ Relief Printmaking - woodblock, linocut, collagraph, drypoint (Art 322/323),
• Screen Print - direct and photo, including computer imaging (Art 322/ 323),
• Etching - hardground, softground, aquatint and reston film photo- etching (Art 422)
• Word and Image – word and image intermedia projects (Art 425, 525, 625)
• Lithography -  stone and plate mutiple colour processes (Art 422)
• Independent Studies in Drawing (524)

Dept of Art, Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario, Fall 2002
• Intaglio/ Relief Printmaking - collagraph, woodcut, photo-etching (Artf 227)

Assistant Professor
NSCAD, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Fall 2001
• Introductory Printmaking - etching and photo etching
• Relief Printmaking - all block techniques
• Advanced Printmaking - across all techniques
 • Independant Studies - multi media installation based work

Technician
Dept. of Art and Design, Printmaking Division, University of Alberta, 1992-93
(full time), and 1996-99 (part time)
• Intaglio/ Relief Printmaking
• Screen Print
• Word and Image

Instructor
SNAP (Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists), Edmonton, 1995- 1997, 1999 , 2001, 2006- 2009
Snap Studio/ Gallery -  Introduction to Printmaking ,Etching, Linocut, Woodblock, Color Printing,
Screen, Stone Lithography,  Drawn Plate and Photo Plate Lithography, Photo-etching, Drawing for
Printmaking, Independent Projects, Combined Print Media (Digital & Collagraph, Digital & Screen)

TEACHING AWARDS:

         2006 - Recipient of the Teaching Unit Award,
         given to instructors in the Printmaking Division from the Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta 
        “to celebrate excellence in teaching when a group of individuals consistently work
         together to promote outstanding teaching and learning”
         2006 -  Recipient of the Teaching Unit Award,
         given to instructors the Printmaking Division from the University of Alberta

RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS AWARDED:

Recipient of the Centre for the Arts and Communications Faculty Research Fund
MacEwan University 
      2009 - to create a series of large scale portraits combining digital photography and drawn texts        

Recipient of the MacEwan Faculty Research, Scholarly Activity and Creative Achievements Fund
      2009 - to create a series life size figurative images combining digital printing and drawing        

Recipient of the Cultural Capital of Canada 2007 Edmonton Explorations Grant,
      2007 - to create a series of prints combining traditional printmaking with digital media          
           
 Recipient of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Visual Arts Project Grants
      2009 - to create a series of prints combining digital figurative and traditional printmaking            
      2007 - to create an installation show, with caste paper objects and text                                   
      2005- to create a series of prints combining digital and traditional printmaking media           
      2004 - to create an installation show, with clay elements, print elements and sound           
      2002 - to create, develop and design a web site to promote my installation based artwork           
      2000 - to create an installation based art work, combining printmaking and sculptural forms     
      1998 - to create an installation show, combining traditional printmaking and digital works            
      1996 - to create a suite of photo-etchings      


COLLECTIONS AND PURCHASES:

• TD Canada Trust Bank
• Sakimi Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan
• TAMA Art University Tokyo, Japan
• The Print and Drawing Council of Canada
• The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Visual Arts Collection     
• The Print Study Center, University of Alberta
• Queen University, Corporate Sponsor Collections

     
EXHIBITIONS:

• Synergies 2009, Osmanhamdi Bey Gallery, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey. Feb. 2009.(catalogue)
                                   
• WAVE: Blurring the Boundaries, Art and Design  Traveling Exhibition, FAB Gallery,
University of Alberta, December 2008- January 2009; Ewha Woman’s University, Korea, March
2009; Camberwell College of Arts, UK, April 2009; the University of Creative Arts, UK, May 2009;
Cardiff School of Art and Design, UK, June 2009. (catalogue)

• Edmonton Prints (selected group):  Old Army and Navy Building, Edmonton, Sept 2008. (catalogue)

• Agave (portfolio): celebrating 100 years of University of Alberta, FAB Gallery Sept- Oct 2008.
 
• Dislocations (solo) : 20 new  prints  by Michelle Lavoie, Snap Gallery, Edmonton, July - Sept 2008.
(in press)

• Prints from the University of Alberta (selected group): Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, Oregon,
USA, January 2008.
 
• Prints Tokyo 2007: International Print Competition (juried group): Tokyo Metropolitan Art
Museum, December 2007, Tokyo,  Japan.
 
• In the Gathering Light (solo) : recent works by Michelle Lavoie, Snap Gallery, Edmonton, July -
Sept 2007

• Reverberated Spaces – Tad Warznyski and Michelle Lavoie (duo), Point Gallery, Salt Spring Island,
June 2007.  (in press)

• Close Encounters : a Decade of Discovery (selected group): works from the Print Study Center,FAB Gallery,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, November 2006.

• Collaborations :  Collaborative Print Exhibition between Silpakorn University, 
Thailand, Tama Art University,  Tokyo Japan and the University of Alberta. (selected group):
Silpakorn University,Thailand October 2005; FAB Gallery University of Alberta, Edmonton Canada,
February 2006 and Tama Art University Tokyo, Japan, April 2006. (catalogue)

• Synergies (selected group): Kloster Bentlage, in the Reine region of Germany September 2005.
(International Print Conference). (in press)

• Busan International Print Art Festival (invited), Exhibition Hall, Busan Metropolitan City Hall,
Busan, South Korea, September 2005. (catalogue/ book and International Symposium)

• A&D Index 2 (selected group), Showcasing the Department of Art and Design,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, November 2003.
     
• Junge Kunst im Focus (selected group),  : by special invitation of Wolfgang Trotske)
of the Department of Art and Design, Printmaking Division of the University of Alberta,
by Fachbereich Design and Fachbereich Gestaltung, Museum Waldahof, Bielefelder Kunstverein,
Germany, July 5 - 27th 2003.(catalogue & in press)

• Lines of Site 2003 Confluent Visual Cultures at The University of Alberta, (selected group),
Boston University College of Fine Arts, Boston, February - April 2003,
and FAB Gallery University of Alberta, August 2003. (catalogue)

• Over Earth, Under Sky (solo), screen printing on fabric and a wall
consisting of clay tablets hanging from the ceiling, lettering and screen printing
on the walls. Fringe Gallery, Edmonton, March 2002.

• Perceptions/Conceptions (juried 8 person) - slide projection upon printed fabrics
and sound, FAB Gallery Edmonton, 2001. (in press)

• Of Paper and Skin (solo),  - print & computer image installation,
Snap Gallery, Edmonton, (in press, April - May 2000 reviewed in Vue Magazine May 4-10. )

• Canada/ Japan: 2nd TAMA International (selected group), TAMA Cultural Center,
Tokyo, Japan, March 2000, (catalogue).

• 113 Degrees West (selected group), University of Alberta Faculty, FAB Gallery,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, 2000.

• Degrees of Printmaking  (selected group),  Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design,
Calgary, Alberta, 1999.

• Lines of Sight (selected group), Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan, 1999 and
Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, England, 1999 (catalogue).

• Sight Lines: Master Class (selected group), International Print Symposium, FAB Gallery,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, 1997 ( book Sightlines)

• Western Impressions  (invited group), Western Impressions, Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton, 1996

• KPMG Exhibition  (selected group), FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, 1996

• Corporate Portfolio Exhibition  (selected group),, SNAP Gallery, 1996

• SNAP/ The WORKS  (selected group),, Edmonton Centre, 1993

• Friends of Printmaking  (selected group),, FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 1993

• 5th Biennale Exhibition of Prints  (juried), Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan,1993 (catalogue)

• Imprint: New Alberta Art  (invited 4 person), (Friedrich, Jule, Lavoie, Osborne),
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, 1993

• Edmonton Printmakers  (selected group), Namur, Belgium,1992

• The Politics of the Parts  (solo), Graduate Thesis, FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 1991.
(in press)

• Machida Annual (juried), Tokyo, Japan (toured to Calgary and Edmonton), 1990

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:

2009 
- Instructor for Snap (Society of Alberta Print-Artists ) community outreach programs
- developing courses and teaching Combined Print Media course (screen and digital printing)
 - juror CRUX – Graduate Exhibition of drawing, painting, digital image, installation for MaEwan College
- guest lecturer Word and Image: history and technique for CBBAG (Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild)

2008 
- Instructor for Snap (Society of Alberta Print Artists ) community outreach programs
- developing courses and teaching Combined Print Media course (collagraph and digital printing)

2007      
- Instructor for Snap ( Society of Alberta Print Artists ) community outreach programs
- developing courses and teaching Combined Print Media course (collagraph and digital printing)
- Feature Newsletter artist for Snap Gallery Newsletter feature article & digital, screen print edition 100
- Artist in Residence at Snap Gallery (October 2006 - January 2007) offering workshops to the public
- created and taught plate lithography ( ball ground plate), photo-lithography, woodblock and screen
  printing 
- Global TV morning edition - introducing printmaking  techniques for the public ( screen, woodblock  and
   plate lithography)
- Juror, University of Alberta, Bachelor of Fine Art - Best of Show Award, Fab Gallery, Edmonton
- Centenary Print Portfolio Participant (celebrating 100 years since the beginning of the University of Alberta)  
  portfolio given to distinguished visitors to the University of Alberta
           
2004     
- Publications/ Communications Chair, for the Board of Directors Snap Gallery

2002      
- Juror - Drawing Marathon: a drawing installation show, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD Halifax