June 13 – September 1, 2024
Reception for the Artist – June 22, 6 to 8pm
Sue Michlovitz’s beautiful hand made book, Breathe in Water, is one of the four featured artist books highlighted in our 14th Annual Photobook Exhibition in the museum this summer. Michlovitz’s pays careful attention to detail in this stunning monograph, designed by Michlovitz and Caleb Cain Marcus of Luminosity Lab. The book and special editions are available in our Museum Shop here.
The look, sound and smell of bodies of water are prominent in my visual and tactile memories—calm waters invoke a blend of relaxation while revealing memories, reflecting on where I am in my life. Turbulent water stirs up my angst, creating a tension to pull through and restore calm. Visualization of water and breathing techniques are my preferred methods of meditation, which take me back to those reflective times. These feelings are the source of inspiration for my collection ‘Breathe in Water’.
Time spent by and in bodies of water have held importance and significance in my life—ranging from days teaching swimming and canoeing. I gain solace from kayaking in Midcoast Maine region to vacations by mountain lakes and ocean beaches.
This body of work is presented in a series of large scale archival pigment prints and as a fine press book.
About Sue Michlovitz –
Sue Michlovitz is a visual artist working in photography, book arts/artist books, and mixed media. Exploring abstract forms to create her color photographs, her art shows scenes that may go unnoticed by others. Michlovitz is also a physical therapist (hand specialist), was a university professor, and a textbook author/editor. Her clinical practice, medical mission and community outreach volunteerism in Guatemala and on the Navajo Nation required astute observation skills of movement patterns and interpersonal interactions, skills that feed and influence her artistic expression.
Michlovitz’s photographs have been shown at the State of the Art Gallery (Ithaca, NY), Camden Public Library (Camden, ME), Arts in the Barn at Cushing Historical Society (Cushing, ME), Cove Street Arts (Portland, ME), Photoville 2022 & 2023 (Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA), Maine Jewish Museum, (Portland, ME), Rockport Public Library (Rockport, ME), Blue Raven Gallery (Rockland, ME), and The Parsonage Gallery (Searsport, ME). Her books have been displayed at the Michael Good Gallery (Rockport, ME) and the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts (Portland, ME). Her handmade book Arts Muse was featured in the Griffin Museum of Photography virtual exhibit in Photography Book Initiative, Fall 2021.
She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) and is a member of the MidCoast Maine Book Arts collective.
Michlovitz earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Media Arts at Maine Media College, Rockport, ME and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Orthopedic Physical Therapy at MCP-Hahnemann University (now Drexel University), Philadelphia, PA. She lives in Camden, ME.
See more work from Sue Michlovitz on her website and follow her on Instagram on @s_michlovitz_photo
