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 About 
 Michelle Vitale Loughlin has created large-scale fiber installations for a variety of national and international venues including the Hogar Collection, NY, the Casaterra Residency Program, Italy and the Object and Thought Gallery, Colorado. She has received numerous grants from institutions including Goldman Sachs, the Puffin Foundation, the Dodge Foundation and the Fine Arts Work Center. She has participated in many national and international exhibitions, including the New Jersey Arts Annual, Sculptoure at the Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, the Arts and Crafts Museum, Itami, Japan and Galerie Kurt im Hirsch, Berlin, Germany. Her embroidery and installations have been featured in publications such as Interweave Knits, Embroidery Magazine, and Surface Design Journal.
Artist Resume
"Waterfalls" by Michelle Vitale, currently in St. John  the Divine's "The Value of Water Exhibit"


Solo Exhibitions: 
2012 We Make Things Greener, Brunswick Window, Jersey City, NJ
2011 Interference, Lion Brand Yarn Studio, NYC
2010 Water falls., Grey Locke Arts, North Adams, MA
2009 Water falls.,Hunterdon Museum, NJ
2008 Threads, Object And Thought Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2007 Knot Constructs, The Garage, Jersey City, NJ 
2006 Communal Ties, City Hall, Jersey City, NJ
2005 Bound, Jersey City Museum, NJ
2003 Shroud Series, Salve Regina Gallery, Washington, DC 
2002 Re-Form, Brunswick Window, Jersey City, NJ
2001 Knitting Lessons, Rutgers University Galleries, NJ

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2012 Digital Weavings, WOOLPUNKstudios, Jersey City, NJ
2011-12 Value of Water, St John's Divine Cathedral. NYC
2011 Refashioning Fibers, Green Spaces, NYC
2010 Collective Consumption, Artist Studios Tour, Brooklyn, NY
2008-10 Your Documents Please, Arts and Crafts Museum, Itami, Japan traveling to Slovakia, Mexico, and New York
2008 Sprawl: New Jersey Arts Annual, Jersey City Museum, NJ
2007 This Is That, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY and NYC
2007 Lateral Attitudes, Raritan Valley Community College, NJ
2007 Noah’s Ark, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, NJ
2006 (K)nots, NJCUniversity, NJ
2006 The Sum Of All Parts, The Hogar Collection, Williamsburg, NY
2005 Circa Craft: Crafts Art Annual, Jersey City Museum, NJ
2005 Contemporary Drawing, Brookdale Community College, NJ
2004 Open Studios, Fine Art Work Center, MA
2004 Nomadic Poets, Puligia, Italy
2004 A.V. Club, Victory Hall Cultural Center, NJ
2003 Drift 2, Bedminster, NJ
2003 Built To Form, Victory Hall Cultural Center, NJ
2002 Drift, Manasquan Beach, Manasquan, NJ
"Cast" at Casa Terra Residency...Puglia, Italy 2004