tufted yarn on monks cloth

21" x 21"

Artist Bio:

Mychaelyn Michalec is a textile artist and painter working in Dayton, OH. Her work depicts the mundane matters of domestic life; translating documented scenes into textiles. The advent of motherhood is a familiar motif in the history of art but the narrative of women's lives seems to stop there. Moving beyond that, this work is an exploration of midlife women and domestic life; examining the effects of time on the body, self identity, sexuality, and changing familiar relationships as they move through new phases in their lives. 

Michalec earned a BFA with distinction in Painting and Drawing and a BA in Art History from The Ohio State University. She has shown her work internationally, and has been awarded residencies at numerous well-known art centers across the US. Michalec is a 2021 recipient of an Individual Excellence Award in Craft from the Ohio Arts Council. Her work has been published in Friend of the Artist, Create! Magazine, and Art Maze.