IN THE PAINT — Artist Spotlight
“I believe art is important because it’s communication. For me, painting and using a brush, every stroke is a word, it’s a story, it’s a visual manifestation of what’s inside. It’s a way to tell my story and speak my own personal language, and I think art is pretty universal in that way.”
Michon Sanders
Michon Sanders
Michon Sanders is a contemporary figurative painter. Her paintings spotlight the in between moments of pause in Black life.
Having grown up in the South and spending several years in the Bay Area before moving to Los Angeles, CA, her practice carries heavy influence from the Black communities she’s been a part of, offering insight into Black selfhood across different regions of the country. She received her BFA from California College of the Arts in 2020 and is currently an MFA Candidate at the University of Southern California. She won the 2020 AXA Art Prize, juried by Julia Chiang, Erik Parker, Laurie Simmons, and Salman Toor. Michon was also featured in T Magazine, the Arts & Culture magazine of the New York Times.
In addition to receiving a grant from the Los Angeles Lakers’ In the Paint program in 2021, her work was also included in the For Freedoms initiative Hear Her Here. Her Los Angeles solo debut, "Let's keep this between us," opened in 2022 with Giovanni’s Room Gallery, and her MFA thesis exhibition, "All I Have To Do Is Stay Black And Die" opens in the spring of 2023.
I Reckon I’mma Go, 24x48
Lady Soul, 48x44
