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Michele Leclaire

Michele Leclaire: ​Sea of Memory

Dear Memory,
​September 11 - October 3, 2020

In Conversation with Michele Leclaire: Virtual Artist Talk

Artist Statement
I move through the fluidity of time as my fingers glide over piles of photographs. My studio is littered with evidence of loved ones and events past. I shuffle these memories, picking and choosing with whom to talk. Conversations direct the paintings, one to the next.

Although my work is highly personal, I hope by closely examining thoughts on family, erosion of memory, the shape of space a person leaves behind, and even the imagination of childhood, that I am creating something universal. Who has not experienced loss, deterioration of time and clung to photographs as artifacts or relics? Who has not dangled their legs over water and imagined the creatures lurking below the surface?

​Artist Biography
Michele Leclaire holds degrees in visual arts from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Her undergraduate work focused on printmaking and drawing, while her MFA concentration was on painting.

Greatly influenced by the Academy’s atelier training, Leclaire left undergrad in love with materials, process, and the human form. Her father’s sudden death occurred during the first year of MFA studies. This traumatic event turned Leclaire’s creative energies inward. She became fascinated with old family photographs and the distortion of memory. Leclaire continues to explore the effects of time on memory in her search to connect with those who have passed from life. Looking to distill the essence of a moment captured by the camera or combine moments that span decades, Leclaire creates new memories to continue the conversation with the past.

Michele currently lives and works in Flint, Michigan.
Buckham Gallery is funded by the following organizations:
Generous support is provided by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. 

Our activities are sponsored in part by an award from the MICHIGAN ARTS AND CULTURE COUNCIL  and the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS. 
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This program is sponsored by the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work!
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  • Home
  • Exhibitions
    • Summer Exhibitions >
      • Heidi Brueckner
      • Craig Hinshaw
      • Michael Weigman
    • Early Summer Exhibitions >
      • Barriers & Preservers | Margaret Davis
      • Endless Endeavors | Benjamin Muñoz
    • Exhibition Opportunities >
      • 2023-2024 Season Call For Entry
      • BIPOC is The Theme
      • PRESENTATION GUIDELINES
    • 2021-2022 Exhibition Schedule
    • Selected Past Exhibitions >
      • BIPOC is The Theme! >
        • BIPOC Artists for Feature Exhibition
        • Viewing Room
      • Late Winter Exhibitions >
        • Dialectics and the Decommodified: The Spectres of Capital- Morgan Craig
        • Textures of the Southwest- Robert Huebel
        • All the Pretty Little Horses- Chris Waters
      • Small Talk >
        • Viewing Room
      • December Exhibitions >
        • Horizons | Emily Legleitner
        • Indexing Schizophrenia | Diane Zeeuw
        • Seeking Solace | Rebecca Zeiss
      • Black & White
      • Entropy >
        • Viewing Room
      • Late Summer Exhibitions >
        • Hyper-Tension: Matthew Owen Wead
        • Nigrescence Comics: Kenish Magwood
      • Summer Exhibitions >
        • Beastly Luster: Kelly Boehmer
        • No Dark In Sight: Bill Davis
        • Penchant: Devan Horton
      • Early Summer Exhibitions >
        • Selvage: Jim Arendt
        • At Home: Candace Compton Pappas
      • Subtle Shifts
      • Disrupted Realism
      • Late Winter Exhibitions >
        • Chad Erpelding: Gains and Losses
        • Deepanjan Mukhopadhyay: Appropriated Figure-Grounds
        • Jordan Vinyard: Summary of A Few Volts
      • JANUARY 2021 >
        • Karen Milito
        • Nancy Pennell
        • Linda Lou Woodruff
      • December 2020: United By One >
        • United By One: Allen
        • United By One: LaBret Einstein
        • United By One: Haylett
        • United By One: Hershman
      • November 2020: BAC Exhibitions >
        • A Climate Of Change: Viewing Room
        • Shadows: 2020 Buckham Print Exchange
      • October 2020: Serious Play >
        • Serious Play: Andy Hill
        • Serious Play: Timothy Kranz
        • Serious Play: Sifus J Thompson
      • September 2020: Dear Memory, >
        • Aj Cooke: Fragmented Place
        • Michele Leclaire
        • Lauren Scavo-Fulk
      • August 2020: Ineffable Benedictions >
        • Matthew Osmon: Private Insurrection
        • 0591: People First
        • Rachel Singel: Metamorphosis
      • July 2020: Verisimilitude
      • Feb. 2020: Eros and Thanatos >
        • Eros & Thanatos: Award Winners
      • Jan. 2020
      • November 2019 Exhibitions
      • Oct.2019 FEVER VESSELS >
        • Press Release: Fever Vessels
      • FIELD WORK: Sept. 2019
      • BIG CLAY - August 2019
      • Crush: July 2019
      • May 2019: Terre Voce
      • April 2019: Allegories to Anatomies
    • Art Money
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    • In Conversation
    • Open Mic
    • Second Friday Art Walk
    • Cider & Slides
    • Past Events
    • Past Artist Talks >
      • Jan. 10, 2020: Artist Talks with Ardea Thurston-Shaine and Dominique Chastenet de Gary
      • Tommy Mintz, Nov. 2019
      • 2019 Smallidge Lecture
      • June 2019: Panel Discussion with John Dempsey, Guy Adamec, and Amy Gibas
      • May 4, 2019- Artist Talk with Stephen Halko and Nick Reszetar
      • April 13, 2019 ​Artist Talk and Deviant Life Drawing Session with Jeanine Leclaire
  • PROJECTS
    • BFAP: On Screen >
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      • FAQ
    • BFAP: Interns
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      • Natasha Thomas
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  • About Buckham
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    • Buckham Community Membership
    • Founders Feature >
      • FOUNDERS FEATURE: THOMAS NUZUM
      • Founders Feature: Sam Morello
      • Founders Feature: Ken Kinyon
      • Founders Feature: John Dempsey
      • FOUNDERS FEATURE: GUY ADAMEC
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