Michelle Yegros

“Explosive brushstrokes and frenetic scribbles burst forth onto the wood. Oil pastels. Acrylic. These are grand scale portraits plucked from the commotion of red-raw emotion, intellectual reflection and the story that is born there. When there is darkness, I seek out the cracks. That’s where the narrator finds the light... as she paints. Inspired by the energy of the great Expressionists and Surrealists, this is intensely executed art that conflates the human figure and persistent motifs: silhouettes, eyes, animals and the mundane. Follow the white rabbit and see how deep the rabbit hole goes, as they say.” - MY.

Michelle Yegros, a seasoned and prolific artist across many disciplines, from Illustration to CG Animation to Advertising Design, has recently put a welcome end to a 15-year hiatus in her classical painting. An impromptu trip to Spain managed to dislodge an artistic kidney stone and the rush for her paintbrush couldn’t have been quicker. The floodgates of creativity are now well and truly open. Welcome to the journey as it unfolds...

Ringling College of Art and Design Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
BFA, Computer Animation
1992 – 1996

Syracuse University, Florence, Italy
Humanism and Arts in Renaissance Italy Program
1994

Universidad del Sagrado Corazón
BA, Communications in Visual Arts
1992

AWARDS & EXHIBITS
- 2021 Winner - Veracross, Best in Branding
- 2009 Silver ADDY® Award (Holidays Campaign)
- 2008 Best Brochure Award Optimus 12 -American Paper Corp.
- 2003 New York’s Puerto Rico Institute Award Nominee
- 1998 IMAGINA—Paris, France
- 1998 Chicago Underground Film Festival (Chicago, USA)
- 1998 Ottawa International Animation Festival SAFO97 (Ottawa, CANADA)
- 1998 Filmland, SPLAT! (Toronto, CANADA)
- 1997 1st Place Narrative Animation Award - Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens (Ohio, USA)
- 1997 World Animation Festival (Pasadena, CA, USA)
- 1997 Festival du dessin animé et du film d'animation Bruxelles (Brussels, BELGIUM)
- 1997 VENTE, Fujita Corp. (Tokyo, JAPAN)
- 1997 Computer Illusions TV Show, PBS (USA)
- 1996 SIGGRAPH 1996 - Electronic Theater Viewing Room, New Orleans, USA)
- 1996 3rd Place Award - ENZIAN, Florida Film Festival (Florida, USA)
- 1996 7th Symposium in Electronic Art (Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS)
- 1996 NICCOGRAPH Grand Prix ‘96 (Tokyo, JAPAN)
- 1996 4th Annual Digital Salon (School of Visual Arts, New York, USA)
- 1996 Metropolis, TVE Television Española (Madrid, SPAIN)