Michele Thrane
Biography
Michele Thrane is a printmaker, painter, and mixed media artist.
She has participated in juried, curated, and invitational exhibits across the United States, and her artwork is in private collections. She has exhibited at Argonne National Laboratory Gallery, and had a solo exhibit at Fermilab Gallery in Batavia.
She is represented by Atelier Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.
Her studio is in the northwest Chicago suburbs.
She grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, and has B.F.A. from Ohio State University and an M.S.W. from Temple University.
Artist Statement
I am primarily a printmaker and mixed media artist. My current work involves a process that integrates encaustic monotypes with mixed media.
I practice a form of “asemic writing” which is a kind of invented calligraphy. My work features seeming-symbols that evoke real letters, musical notations and sometimes, scientific equations. These seeming-symbols are gestural abstractions that invite the viewer to project a variety of meanings into the work.