Michelle Schwengel-RegalaFiber |
"Text Message 2013 (after Auntie Kala‘iokamalino 1874)"
knitted textile using naturally-dyed wool yarn
Inspired by the 1874 Makaloa Mat (Bishop Museum collection)
"Musical Medical Model: Dog and Flea" 2009
'Ukulele built from kit, acrylic and watercolor paint, dog whiskers
"Ha'uke'uke kaupali / helmet urchin / Colobocentrotus atratus" 2014
crocheted silk, stainless steel, linen
"Hook the Deep: The Hadal Zone in Fiber" 2015
wool, cotton, and found objects including marine debris
installation at Commons Gallery created as an Artist in Residence, University of Hawai'i - Manoa Art & Art History Department in collaboration with Department of Oceanography in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
"Self portrait with yarnbombed violin / And God Created Great Whales (Hovhaness)" 2012
knitted and crocheted yarns and cassette tape on unplayable violin
auction item for Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra
(cassette tape used in this piece has recording of Hovhaness song I performed as a member of the orchestra in 1989)
Michelle L. Schwengel-Regala schwengala@gmail.com Education 1998 Graduate Certificate in Science Communication Science Illustration, UCSanta Cruz Solo Exhibitions 2015 Hook the Deep: The Hadal Zone in Fiber, Commons Gallery, University of Hawai‘i Mānoa Group Exhibitions 2016 Contact2016, Honolulu Museum of Art School mezzanine installation, Honolulu, HI Residencies & Awards 2016 ArtistatSea Residency, Schmidt Ocean Institute aboard R/V Falkor, Hawai’i to Tahiti
Bibliography 2013 Rasa Fournier, Midweek, www.midweek.com/yarnstormingthefuzz/ Radio/Television 2016 Heather Goldstone, Living Labs, http://capeandislands.org/post/artsciencesynergyworktropicalpacific Guest Lectures/Outreach 2016 “Artists Lunch,” Contact exhibit, Honolulu Museum of Art School, Apr. Professional Experience 2002-05 Scientific Illustrator, Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, CA |