Michele Burgess

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Michele Burgess
Born1960 (age 6364)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainter, Book artist
Website micheleburgessart.com

Michele Burgess (b. 1960) [1] is an American artist and educator. She attended the University of San Diego and the Cranbrook Academy of Art. [2] She is the director of the Brighton Press, an artist's book publisher founded in 1985. [3] [4] [5]

In 2004 the Musée d'Art Américain Giverny held a retrospective of Burgess' work. [6] Her work is in the collection of the University of Louisville, [7] the Minneapolis Institute of Art, [8] and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. [9]

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