Mickel Celest Art

Mickel Celest den Hoed is a non-objective, abstract artist based in Washington State. Her practice centers on mixed media while exploring themes of emotion, memory, and transformation. Working intuitively, she builds layered compositions that reflect the complexity of lived experience, often allowing each piece to evolve through cycles of addition, subtraction, and reworking. Texture, mark making, and color play a role in her process, becoming carriers of emotional tone and visual energy.
Her work is grounded in process-driven exploration, where control and spontaneity exist in constant dialogue. Rather than beginning with a fixed outcome, she approaches each piece as an open field of discovery. Layers are built up, scraped back, or disrupted, revealing traces of what came before. This accumulation of marks becomes a visual language that speaks to change, and imperfection.
Mickel’s work often reflects internal emotional states as well as external influences such as personal memory, human connection, and the natural world. She is particularly drawn to contrasts—softness against tension, movement against stillness, and structure against dissolution. These opposing forces allow her to create depth and ambiguity within her compositions...

Milan Art Institute

Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 — Allied Arts, Local Gallery Exhibition, Richland, WA (May – September 2026)

2026 – “Through the Window”, Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, Post Falls, ID (June 20 - August 01, 2026)

2026 – ARTCO Framing & Gallery, Tacoma, WA (July 2026)

2026 – “Life, Love, Everything She Creates,” Virtual Juried Exhibition, Women in Arts Network (2026)

Solo Exhibitions
2026 – Valo Wine Tasting Room, Ellensburg, WA (August-September 2026)

2027 – Eveleth Green Gallery, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA (March 2027)

Public Installations & Displays
2026 – Artwork on display, Post Falls Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center, Post Falls, Idaho (ongoing)