1967, Boston, MA, American

Michele Renée Ledoux is best known for using fire + wax to create contemporary abstract paintings using the ancient technique of encaustic. The work has a heavily sculptural aspect, features uneven surfaces, cuts, cracks and chips; and often incorporates recycled materials.

The work is neutral in palette, architectural in style and organic in process and texture and aims to reflect the artist’s belief that art is transformative—a reflection point and acknowledgment of how powerfully we can actively create our own experience and how form affects and informs both ourselves and our space.

Her work is held in numerous private collections and has been widely exhibited nationally and internationally, garnering multiple “Best of Show” awards.

Selected Exhibitions                                                                                                                

Smithsonian Craft Show | Washington, DC

Architectural Digest | New York, NY

SOFA Chicago | Chicago, IL

Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show | Philadelphia, PA

Bellevue Arts Museum Show | Bellevue, WA

In addition to both national and international recognition, recent accolades include:

• Best of Show | Mixed Media | Park City Kimball Arts Festival | Park City, UT | 2019
• Award of Excellence—Juror Distinction | Plaza Art Fair | Kansas City, MO | 2018
• Best of Show | Mixed Media | Park City Kimball Arts Festival | Park City, UT | 2018
• Best of Show | Lakefront Festival of Art Milwaukee Art Museum | Milwaukee, WI | 2018
• Award of Excellence—Juror Distinction | Plaza Art Fair | Kansas City, MO | 2017
• Best Colorado Artist | Golden Fine Arts Festival | Golden, CO | 2017
• Best in Category | Mixed Media | Bethesda Row Fine Arts Festival, Bethesda, MD | 2014 
• Best in Category | Mixed Media | Bethesda Row Fine Arts Festival, Bethesda, MD | 2013
• Best of Show | 2D | Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL | 2013
• Best of Show | Printmaking | Park City Kimball Arts Festival, Park City, UT | 2012
• Best of Show | 2D | Open Arts Fest, Boulder, CO | 2012
• Best of Show | Center for the Arts Evergreen, Evergreen, CO | 2012
• Best of Show | Mixed Media | The Woodlands Waterway Fine Arts Festival, The Woodlands, TX | 2012
• Best of Show | Highland Park Festival of Fine Craft, Highland Park, IL | 2010
• Best of Show | Morton Street Gallery, Richmond, TX | 2009