Michelle Soslau
Fine Art
https://michellesoslau.artspan.com/
Seated Bag Lady
20x16
20x16
Bring Him Home
20x16
20x16
Michelle Soslau's career as a visual artist and art education included an extensive exhibition record and faculty positions with museum, college and community programs. To date, Ms Soslau has had ten solo exhibitions in the Philadelphia/Central New Jersey area including the Ellarslie Museum, Trenton, NJ, the Cerulean Gallery in Philadelphia and the highly respected Artist House, a Philadelphia gallery known for featuring graduates of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) from where Ms Soslau holds an M.F.A. Her work has been included in over twenty juried exhibitions and reviewed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Princeton Weekly Newspaper, and Packet on Line, also out of Princeton.
Aside from her inclusion of her work in private collections along the East coast of the United States, Soslau's work is also included in the corporate collections of the Bell Atlantic Telephone Company and the Safeguard Corporation in Wayne Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Print Collection. Ms Soslau served on the faculty of the Guggenheim Museum's Learning Through Art Program, Women's Studio Workshop in New York, La Salle University, Holy Family College and the Philadelphia Cultural Program. In addition to earning her M.F.A. from PAFA, Michelle studied for several years at the Barnes Foundation courtesy of the Violet de Mazia Trust and earned a B.F.A from Arcadia University and an M.S. in Education at the NY State University at Brockport.
Aside from her inclusion of her work in private collections along the East coast of the United States, Soslau's work is also included in the corporate collections of the Bell Atlantic Telephone Company and the Safeguard Corporation in Wayne Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Print Collection. Ms Soslau served on the faculty of the Guggenheim Museum's Learning Through Art Program, Women's Studio Workshop in New York, La Salle University, Holy Family College and the Philadelphia Cultural Program. In addition to earning her M.F.A. from PAFA, Michelle studied for several years at the Barnes Foundation courtesy of the Violet de Mazia Trust and earned a B.F.A from Arcadia University and an M.S. in Education at the NY State University at Brockport.
Cat Walk
36x24
36x24
Lady at the Louvre
48x36
48x36
Lady During Covid
16x12
16x12
Lady and Helper
12x14
12x14
Lady with Cat and Crows
11x14
11x14
Lady on the Beach
20x16
20x16
Lady Looking at Rothko
14x11
14x11
Lady Clearing Out the White House
14x11
14x11
Lady and de Kooning
Sold
Sold
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Plastic Club, Camac Street, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Cerulean Gallery , Philadelphia PA September
2014 Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Fall
2011 Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia PA May
2008 Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia PA July - August
2006 Pagus Gallery, Norristown, PA
2004 Pagus Gallery, Norristown, PA New Works on Paper
2000 Artist’s House, Phila. PA
2000 Multiple Choice Gallery, Montgomery County Community College, PA
1999 Ellarslie Museum, Trenton Artists Workshop, Trenton, NJ
1993 Skippack Gallery of Contemporary Art, Skippack, PA
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2023-2026 Selected Shows at the Powell Lane Arts, Collingswood, New Jersey
2022 Powell Lane Arts, Collingswood, New Jersey, Paperwork Show
2022 Powell Lane Arts, Collingswood, New Jersey, Juried Show
2021 The Plastic Club, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
2021 629 Gallery, Atlantic City New Jersey, Small Works
2021 The Davis Art Center, Ft Myers, Florida Partners in Painting
2020 Abington Art Center Juried Show, Abington, PA
2019 McLean Project for Arts, "Strictly Painting", McLean VA
2019 FAME, PAFA Juried Alumni Show, Hot Bed Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Pushing 40, Trenton Art Museum, Trenton, NJ
2017 Ocean County Artists, Toms River, NJ
2015 Bucks County Community College 50 Anniversary Alumni Invitational
2013 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Alumni "12x12" Exhibition
2009 Artists House, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Gallery 125, Trenton New Jersey
2008 Trenton City Museum, Trenton New Jersey April -June
2008 Gallery 125, Trenton, New Jersey
2007 Alumni Artworks Exhibition, Trenton New Jersey
2007 Dangerous Women Two, Mercer County Community College, New Jersey
2007 Trenton City Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
2007 Artworks, Trenton New Jersey
2006 Gallery 125, Trenton New Jersey
2006 Gallery 125, Trenton New Jersey
2005 Gallery 125, Trenton, New Jersey
2005 Trenton City Museum, The Best of Mercer County
2005 Gallery 125, Trenton, New Jersey
2004 Mercer County Community College, Portrait Exhibition, New Jersey
2004 Gallery 125, Trenton, New Jersey
2003 "Break the Blackout", Kensington Rights Welfare Union, The Rotunda, University of Pennsylvania
2002 New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts International Juried Exhibition, Summit, New Jersey
2001 Work on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Morristown, New Jersey
2000 Boxes Inside Out-A View in Trenton, Collaboration at Artworks, Trenton, NJ
Education
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts in Painting
Drawing Workshops with Timothy Hawkesworth, Norristown Arts Building, Norristown, Pennsylvania
Barnes Foundation Seminars with Barton Church and Fredrick Osbourn (courtesy of the V. De Mazia Trust)
Arcadia University (Formerly Beaver College), Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA
New York State University at Brockport, Masters of Science in Education, and Bachelor of Science in Education
2026 Plastic Club, Camac Street, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Cerulean Gallery , Philadelphia PA September
2014 Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Fall
2011 Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia PA May
2008 Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia PA July - August
2006 Pagus Gallery, Norristown, PA
2004 Pagus Gallery, Norristown, PA New Works on Paper
2000 Artist’s House, Phila. PA
2000 Multiple Choice Gallery, Montgomery County Community College, PA
1999 Ellarslie Museum, Trenton Artists Workshop, Trenton, NJ
1993 Skippack Gallery of Contemporary Art, Skippack, PA
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2023-2026 Selected Shows at the Powell Lane Arts, Collingswood, New Jersey
2022 Powell Lane Arts, Collingswood, New Jersey, Paperwork Show
2022 Powell Lane Arts, Collingswood, New Jersey, Juried Show
2021 The Plastic Club, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
2021 629 Gallery, Atlantic City New Jersey, Small Works
2021 The Davis Art Center, Ft Myers, Florida Partners in Painting
2020 Abington Art Center Juried Show, Abington, PA
2019 McLean Project for Arts, "Strictly Painting", McLean VA
2019 FAME, PAFA Juried Alumni Show, Hot Bed Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Pushing 40, Trenton Art Museum, Trenton, NJ
2017 Ocean County Artists, Toms River, NJ
2015 Bucks County Community College 50 Anniversary Alumni Invitational
2013 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Alumni "12x12" Exhibition
2009 Artists House, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Gallery 125, Trenton New Jersey
2008 Trenton City Museum, Trenton New Jersey April -June
2008 Gallery 125, Trenton, New Jersey
2007 Alumni Artworks Exhibition, Trenton New Jersey
2007 Dangerous Women Two, Mercer County Community College, New Jersey
2007 Trenton City Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
2007 Artworks, Trenton New Jersey
2006 Gallery 125, Trenton New Jersey
2006 Gallery 125, Trenton New Jersey
2005 Gallery 125, Trenton, New Jersey
2005 Trenton City Museum, The Best of Mercer County
2005 Gallery 125, Trenton, New Jersey
2004 Mercer County Community College, Portrait Exhibition, New Jersey
2004 Gallery 125, Trenton, New Jersey
2003 "Break the Blackout", Kensington Rights Welfare Union, The Rotunda, University of Pennsylvania
2002 New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts International Juried Exhibition, Summit, New Jersey
2001 Work on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Morristown, New Jersey
2000 Boxes Inside Out-A View in Trenton, Collaboration at Artworks, Trenton, NJ
Education
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts in Painting
Drawing Workshops with Timothy Hawkesworth, Norristown Arts Building, Norristown, Pennsylvania
Barnes Foundation Seminars with Barton Church and Fredrick Osbourn (courtesy of the V. De Mazia Trust)
Arcadia University (Formerly Beaver College), Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA
New York State University at Brockport, Masters of Science in Education, and Bachelor of Science in Education
Lady Looking at Turner
16x12
16x12