
MICHELLE BENOIT
VALLEY WEAVE | 22.25 x 8.5 x 7.5 inches / 56.5 x 21.6 x 19.1 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, 2022
VALLEY WEAVE - Rear view | 22.25 x 8.5 x 7.5 inches / 56.5 x 21.6 x 19.1 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, 2022
SPEED BUMP | 15.5 x 15.5 inches / 39.7 x 39.7 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, 2022
SPEED BUMP - Detail | 15.5 x 15.5 inches / 39.7 x 39.7 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, 2022
BAD MUSIC | 12.5 x 5.75 x 8.75 inches / 31.8 x 14.6 x 22.2 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, appleply, 2022
BACK - BAD MUSIC | 12.5 x 5.75 x 8.75 inches / 31.8 x 14.6 x 22.2 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, appleply, 2022
WINDROSE SERIES, IN BLUE | 15.375 x 15.375 x 4 inches / 39.1 x 39.1 x 10.2 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, 2022
WINDROSE SERIES, IN BLUE - Side view | 15.375 x 15.375 x 4 inches / 39.1 x 39.1 x 10.2 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, 2022
SKY PIE - Side view | 14.875 x 14.875 inches / 37.8 x 37.8 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, 2022
PINWHEELS FOR ALICE: MARCH LIGHT | 7.5 x 7.25 x 3 inches / 19.1 x 18.7 x 7.6 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, 2022
WINDROSE SERIES, RED BLUE | 16.375 x 15.25 x 4 inches / 41.6 x 38.1 x 10.2 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, 2022
WINDROSE SERIES, RED BLUE - Side view | 16.375 x 15.25 x 4 inches / 41.6 x 38.1 x 10.2 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, 2022
SEABOX | 17 x 9.5 x 3 inches / 43.2 x 24.4 x 7.6 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, 2022
SEABOX - Side view | 17 x 9.5 x 3 inches / 43.2 x 24.4 x 7.6 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, 2022
NINIGRET CLOTH | 18.25 x 11 x 4.125 inches / 46.4 x 27.9 x 10.5 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, wood, 2022
NINIGRET CLOTH - side view | 18.25 x 11 x 4.125 inches / 46.4 x 27.9 x 10.5 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, wood, 2022
SKYBOX | 8.25 x 11.25 x 2.25 inches / 21.3 x 29.5 x 6.7 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, 2022
SKYBOX - Top view | 8.375 x 11.25 x 2.25 inches / 21.3 x 29.5 x 6.7 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, 2022
PINWHEELS FOR ALICE: SUNDAY SKY | 7.5 x 7.5 x 2.25 inches / 19.1 x 19.1 x 6.7 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, 2022
WILLARD STREET PLAID: ONE | 6.5 x 6.5 x 4 inches / 16.5 x 16.5 x 10.2 cm, mixed media on hand cut lucite, 2022
MICHELLE BENOIT embeds her memories of people, places, and events by utilizing combinations of colors. Created with precision, her fragment-like paintings and sculptures bare no mark-making or mounting of any kind. The sheets of lucite refer to physical evidence of time passing like layers of sediment or rings on a tree. Being symmetrical, the work alludes to elements found in nature such as gemstones and insect shells. Despite their material densities, they also have the appearance of fantastic futurist-inspired totems.
Michelle Benoit introduces her series of sculptures the first time. These glass-like objects are created, like her paintings, with lucite. The reclaimed fragments are then cut, painted, and fused together to unveil a new composition of color that glows luminously from the inside out. Made of just one base, Benoit’s astonishing new sculptures appear to defy gravity. Her works have a floating quality that is best revealed as the viewer is moving around the object.

