ABOUT
Tim Michel lives and works in Free Union, Virginia, at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He holds a Master’s in Landscape Architecture from the University of Virginia. Primarily a printmaker, Tim counts among his many teachers Karen Silverman, Akemi Ohira, Dean Dass, Werner Sensback, and Bill Bennett.
His work is in private, public, and corporate collections across the country and abroad, including Lafayette College, Martha Jefferson Sentera Hospital, Virga Ventures LLC, and the University of Virginia Hospital.
Tim has been invited to participate in over 30 group shows, and his art has been the subject of four solo shows. He is an Associate Member of the McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville. Artist residencies have included the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst, Virginia, Anderson Ranch in Snowmass Village, Colorado, and Haystack in Deer Isle, Maine.
Selected recent shows include:
SOLO SHOWS
July–August 2025
The Delta Show
The Vault / Chroma Projects Art Lab, Charlottesville, VA
January 2016
Encounters – Tim Michel, A Retrospective
Connaughton Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
November 2014
Maine And Other States Of Mind
The Art Box, Crozet, VA
February 2014
The Jubilant Now
Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA
GROUP SHOWS
February 2024
Associate Member Show
McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
February 2024
Phaeton Gallery Invitational
Phaeton Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
December 2023
Christmas Show
Phaeton Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
September 2023
Teeny Tiny Trifecta
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
June 2023
Summer Show
McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
April 2023
Sacred and Profane
Ruffin Sculpture Show
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
December 2022
Christmas Show
Phaeton Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Spring 2022
Little Fralin Museum Show
Fralin Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA
Fall 2019
New Member Show
McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
May 2019
Biennial Exhibition
Olin Gallery, Roanoke, VA
November 2018
Ruminant Joint Show
Chroma Project Art Lab, Charlottesville, VA
September 2018
Teeny Tiny Trifecta
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
April 2017
Neighbor
McIntire Department of Art, UVA, Charlottesville, VA
June 2017
Faces – Juried Show
New City Arts, Charlottesville, VA
July 2015
The Tree Show
Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, VA
October 2014
These Things Form An Order
Ruffin Gallery, McIntire Department of Art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
February 2014
The Jubilant Now
Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA
December 2011
December At Chroma
Chroma Project Art Laboratory, Charlottesville, VA
Tim is married to Virginia Michel, and they have two grown sons, Lincoln and Robert.