About the Artist
Michelle Arnold Paine
Art That Brings You Deeper
Artist Michelle Arnold Paine
Ohio artist Michelle Arnold Paine is a contemporary painter with a unique freshness in her approach to representational painting. Her subjects of landscape, figure, and architecture draw on medieval texts, art historical images and observation of the nature and the built environment. Throughout Michelle Arnold Paine’s painting career she has sought to serve arts communities through connecting people and opportunities and relationships. Her art’s Christian themes have led to collaborating with and serving churches, colleges and non-profit organizations exploring the convergence of art and Christian faith.
Most recently, Michelle has worked to build NCVA (Network of Christians of Visual Arts) as Co-founder. NCVA seeks to create connections, expand opportunities and deepen faith among Christ-seeking artists through online small groups and the occasional in person gathering. Previously, Michelle served as a staff member for Christians in Visual Arts (CIVA). During her three years as Community Ambassador at CIVA, she coordinated the Heart to Heart program and nurtured artists by developing online programming for members.
During the three years she spent in Italy, she found her vocation as an artist and also a connection to history and tradition through the Catholic Church. After her return, she received a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and went on to earn an MFA from University of New Hampshire.
Her work has been published in many publications which seek to explore elements of the divine: Evangelism and Culture, CT (Christianity Today), Ruminate Magazine, Edge of Faith, CIVA’s SEENJournal, Dappled Things, Worship Leader, Imaginatio et Ratio and Intruding Upon the Timeless. She has participated in podcasts, panels and artist lectures focusing on the intersection of art and faith as well as being an artist in residence at the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Toledo, OH, Valparaiso University Chapel at Valparaiso University Indiana, North Shore Chapel, MA and at the Center for Faith and Inquiry at Gordon College, MA.
In addition to private collections across the U.S., her paintings can be found in the collection of the Valparaiso University Chapel, Rivier University, Gordon College, and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Toledo.
She lives near Toledo, Ohio with her husband and two daughters.
Photo Credits: Katherine McClure Photography
Artist Resume
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Painting University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Drawing Marathon, Fordham University/New York Studio School, Orvieto, Italy
Drawing Marathon, Fordham University/New York Studio School, Orvieto, Italy
Continuing Education School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
B. A. summa cum laude, Gordon College, Wenham, MAMajors: English, Art History Minor: Foreign Language (French, Italian)
Italian Language School Summer 1999, Middlebury College, VT
Study Abroad Istituto Lorenzo de Medici, Florence, Italy and Gordon College in Orvieto, Italy
SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Passages, Schnormeier Gallery, Mt. Vernon University, Mt. Vernon, OH
2023 Advent, Coram Deo Gallery, Omaha, NE
2022 Picturing Mary, HeART Gallery, Toledo, OH
2019 Divine Dimensions, (2 person show with Marta Gaustad) 20North Gallery, Toledo, OH
2017 Advent with Mary, International Marian Research Institute, Dayton, OH
Building Inspiration, Perrysburg Municipal Building, Perrysburg, OH
Figures, The Art of Yoga, Columbus, OH
2013 Sacred Pause, Imagine/Northampton, Northampton, MA
Convergence, Ashland Public Library Gallery, Ashland, MA
Pilgrimage, Park Street Church, Boston, MA
2011 Center for Faith and Inquiry, Gordon College, MA
2010 Seeking, Scandinavian Living Center, Newton, MA
2009 Attesa & Ascolto, Rivier College Gallery, Rivier College, Nashua, NH
Mary the Dawn, Chapel of the Resurrection, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
2007 Advent, Preston Cutler Gallery, Christ Church, Hamilton, MA
MFA Thesis Exhibit, The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 National Print Annual, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
2023 Genesis: The Beginning of Creativity, The Interchurch Center, New York, NY
Focus on Figures, River Arts Society, Marshfield, MA
SMFA Art Sale, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Athena Art Society Spring Exhibit, Walter Terhune Gallery, Perrysburg, OH
Athena Art Society Fall Juried Exhibit, TFAS Studio + Gallery, Toledo, OH
2022 SMFA Art Sale, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Alumni Conversations, Barrington Center for the Arts, Wenham, MA
Imagination Redeemed, Glen Eyrie Castle, Colorado Springs, CO
Athena Art Society Fall Juried Exhibit, Wolfe Gallery, Toledo, OH
Atmospheric Perspective, Intersect Arts Center, St. Louis, MO
42nd National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, OH
Athena Art Society Spring Show, HeART Gallery, Toledo, OH
2021 Breath and the Clay Virtual Gallery, Online/in-person exhibit at BC21 Conference, NC
TFAS in the Gardens Juried Exhibit, Schedel Gardens, Elmore, OH
Athena Art Society Juried Exhibit, Toledo Public Library Gallery, Toledo, OH
Cool Yule, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
YES! CIVA Online Exhibition
8th Catholic Arts Biennial, Verostko Arts Center, Latrobe, PA
2020 NOWOH Juried Exhibit, Online exhibit hosted by BGSU Fine Arts, OH
SMFA Art Sale Online auction hosted by School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
CIVA Auction, Online auction hosted by Christians in Visual Arts, WI
Red, White and Blue, Athena Society at the Columbus Statehouse
2019 Athena Art Society Juried Exhibit, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
2018 Exempla, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
G-9: Group of Nine, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
Cool Yule, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
2017 Faces of Mercy, Christians in the Visual Arts Traveling Exhibit; venues include Jubilee Museum, Columbus, OH, Rivier University, NH, Gordon College, MA as well as venues in CA, CO, TX
Northwest Ohio Community Art Exhibit (NOWOH), BGSU Galleries, Bowling Green, OH
2016 NUDE, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Borders, Kreft Center for the Arts, Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI
Gaze, ArtSpace, Maynard, MA
2015 Body and Soul, Kreft Center for the Arts, Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI
Advent Oasis, Southwick, MA
2014 Summer Juried Exhibit, Whitestone Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Patron’s Art Tour, Cairn University, PA
Paint the Hill, Sloane Merrill Gallery, Boston, MA
Waltham Mills Open Studios, Waltham, MA
2013 Inside/Out, Sloane Merrill Gallery, Boston, MA
Just/Art, Hansen Galleries, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
Faculty/Alumni Exhibition, Gallery at Barrington Center for the Arts, Wenham, MA
Faculty Exhibit, Danforth/Art, Framingham, MA
Blitz Media Group, Waltham, MA
Waltham Mills Open Studios, Waltham, MA
2012 Journey of Faith, OSilas Gallery, Concordia College-NY, Bronxville, NY
Off the Wall, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
B+B Gallery, Boston, MA
Waltham Mills Open Studios, Waltham, MA
Run with the Fire, Digital Exhibition created by CANA and Veritasse, UK
2011 Small Works Exhibit, Porter Mill Studios, Beverly, MA
New Members Exhibition, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Members Juried I, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA.
Juror: Nina Gara Bozicnik, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
My Lamp to Light you on Your Way, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Juror: Dina Deitsch, De Cordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Black and White, Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA
New Members Exhibition, Newton Art Association, Newton, MA
Waltham Mills Open Studios, Waltham, MA
2010 Fall Salon, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
New Work 2010, Wadleigh Gallery, Chester College, Chester, NH
Small Works, Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA
GiveArt, Albright Gallery, Concord, MA
South End Open Studios, Boston, MA
Renewal, Grace Chapel, Lexington, MA
2009 Art in the Barn, Essex, MA
Small Works Exhibit, Experimental Art Gallery, Salem, MA
West Campus Lobby, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
Artrageous 09, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2008 InsideOut, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
December Salon, The Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
Open Studios, Redbrick Arts Center, Beverly, MA
Soulfest: Upper Room Gallery, Gilford, NH
Fall Exhibition, Park Street Church, Boston, MA
Small Works Exhibit, Experimental Art Gallery, Salem, MA
Visions of Peace, Preston Cutler Gallery, Christ Church, Hamilton, MA
Water: Redbrick Members Exhibition, Redbrick Arts Center, Beverly, MA
2007 MFA Thesis Exhibit, The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
December Sale, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
To the Least of These, The Gallery at Barrington Center for the Arts, Wenham, MA
Open Studios, Redbrick Arts Center, Beverly, MA
2006 Alumni: Recent Work, Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
December Sale, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Space and Spirit, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
2005 Embracing the Gift: CIVA Juried Exhibit, Asuza Pacific University, Asuza, CA
December Sale, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Hope Fellowship ArtsFest, Cambridge, MA
2004 Annual Gala Auction, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Post-Baccalaureate Student Exhibit, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Journey of the Seeker, Tufts University Hillel Center, Medford, MA
Student Annual Exhibition (juried), School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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