Curriculum Vitae
Education
2025-present Master of Art, Printmedia, Fresno State University, Fresno, CA
2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, Cum Laude
2010 Illinois Articulation Initiative, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
Professional Experience
2023-present Gallery Technician- California State University-Fresno, Fresno, CA
2018-2023 Gallery Director- Arts Visalia Visual Art Center, Visalia, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Reflections of Bodily Autonomy, The Oval Gallery, Visalia, CA
2020 Life Cycles, Arts Consortium, Visalia, CA
2019 Adventures in Feminism: Works by Michelle Goans, The Source :LGBTQ Center, Visalia, CA
Juried Exhibitions
2025 Sarah J Clark National Works on Paper Biennial, Alexandre Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2021 Visalia Pride, Arts Visalia, Visalia, CA
Flora & Fauna, A Hint of Print, Virtual Exhibition
2020 Kaiju, The Art Bar, Aurora, IL
Halloween, Envision Arts, Virtual Exhibition
2019 13th California Centered:: Printmaking Exhibition, Merced Multicultural Art Center, Merced, CA
2018 Night Terrors Juried Exhibition, Tower Theater, Fresno, CA
2011 Art in Your Eye Juried Exhibition, Gallery 214, Dekalb, IL
Exhibitions
2025 Spoken to Power, The JoyCore Project Gallery, Fresno, CA
Domesticated Fauna, M Street Graduate Studios and Gallery-Fresno State, Fresno, CA
2024 2024 Faculty and Staff Art Show, Phebe Conley Gallery-Fresno State, Fresno, CA
Unforeseen Circumstances, The Oval Gallery, Visalia, CA
2023 Fresno Print Guild Members Exhibition, Lobby Galleries-Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA
Arts Visalia Staff and Volunteers, Arts Visalia, Visalia, CA
2022 No Jury, The Oval Gallery, Visalia, CA
2021 Trumped 2.0,
-Printmaking Showcase Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville T
-Ventura County Arts Council, Ventura, CA
Annual Print Guild Membership Exhibition, Hanford Kings Arts Center, Hanford, CA
2020 Trumped 2.0, FAB Gallery University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri
2019 White Elephant, The Oval Gallery, Visalia, CA
Wintr: Group Holiday Show, The Source :LGBTQ Center, Visalia, CA
12 x 12, The Oval Gallery, Visalia, CA
Primera, The Oval Gallery, Visalia, CA
Oh Yes She Did, Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, IL
Tattoo Stories, Arts Visalia, Visalia, CA
2018 Taste the Arts Exhibition, Arts Consortium, Visalia, CA
Annual Show, Arts Visalia, Visalia, CA
Boards for Breast Cancer, Dew Tour, Long Beach, C
2013 Pictorial Matter, Gallery 215, Dekalb, IL
B.F.A Senior Exhibition, Gallery 215, Dekalb, IL
2012 NIU Printmaking Exhibition, Gallery 215, Dekalb, IL
Permanent Collections
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, CA
Jules Heller Print Study Room, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Artist Printmaker/Photographer Research Collection, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Grants
2020 Seed Grant, City of Visalia 2019 Community Arts Grant Program, Visalia, CA
2010 Academic Merit Grant, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL.
Publications
2020 Arts Consortium July Membership Meeting Featuring: Michelle Goans, Arts Consortium
https://youtu.be/PHyXdFyBOuc
Ham, Lorie Lewis. Arts Visalia During the Pandemic and Beyond, Kings River Life Magazine.
https://kingsriverlife.com/11/14/arts-visalia-during-the-pandemic-and-beyond
2019 “Artist Michelle Goans” Visalia’s Podcast,
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/travis-walters-film-owl-productions-yoga-ins
tructor/id1405884519?i=1000448868197.
“Meet Michelle Goans,” Voyage Phoenix,
http://voyagephoenix.com/interview/meet-michelle-goans/.
Related Professional Experience
2021 Judge, Congressional Art Competition, U.S. House of Representatives, California 22nd District
General Operating Relief grant panelist, California Arts Council, Sacramento, CA
Exhibition Juror, College of Sequoias Student Art Show, Visalia, CA
2020 Video editing consultant, College of Sequoias-Art Department, Visalia, CA
2018-2019 3D trophy creations for women's amateur sports league, Roller Towne, Visalia, CA
2014-2016 Live printing with Full Court Press Print Club, Corpus Christi, TX
2013 Organized the Illustration Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Show, Gallery 215, Dekalb, IL
Installation of the Fall 2013 B.F.A. Senior Exhibition, Gallery 215, Dekalb, IL
2012-2013 Tattoo Artist Apprentice, Andy’s Tat2 Crue, Belvidere, IL
2012 Printing Assistant with visiting artist Sue Coe, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
2011 Printing Assistant for visiting artists Tim Dooley and Aaron Wilson, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb IL
Print Exchanges
2024 Trumped 3.0, Organized by Richard Peterson and Brian Kelly
2021 Fresno Print Guild Print Exchange, Organized by Matt Hopson-Walker and Dan Heskamp
2020 Trumped 2.0, Organized by Richard Peterson and Beauvais Lyons
Memberships
2020-2024 Fresno Print Guild, Exhibition Chair, Fresno, CA
2018-2025 Arts Visalia Art Center, Visalia, CA
Arts Consortium, Visalia, CA
2011-2020 Southern Graphics Council International
2011-2013 Bandolier Press Print Club, Sergeant at Arms, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
Conferences Attended
2018 Altered Landscapes, Southern Graphics Council Conference, Las Vegas, NV
2016 Flux: Portland, Southern Graphics Council Conference, Portland, OR
2013 Print: MKE, Southern Graphics Council Conference, Milwaukee, WI
2011 Equilibrium, Southern Graphics Council Conference, St. Louis, Missouri
Certifications
2021 Leadership Visalia program completion, Visalia Chamber of Commerce, Visalia, CA
2020 Tangible Things: Discovering History Through Artworks, Artifacts, Scientific Specimens, and the
Stuff Around You Professional Certification- Harvard University, HarvardX