Michèle Colburn (American/Swiss, b.1953, Washington, DC) is a multi-disciplinary artist who lives and works in Washington, DC.

Colburn received a BA in Art History from Franklin & Marshall College, in Lancaster, PA, and an MFA in Studio Art and art teaching certification from American University. She has been an adjunct art instructor for Arlington Art Center, American University, and Marymount University.

She has received several artist grants and fellowships from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, 2021, 2023, 2024 and from the Puffin Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, and American University.

Colburn has had multiple solo exhibitions in Washington, DC. Her first was with Charles Krause Reporting Fine Art, 2015; MOCA Arlington, 2016; George Mason University’s Founder’s Gallery, 2025/26; and an international solo online exhibition with Ronewa Art Projects, Berlin in 2020 at the height of COVID. She has participated in juried and invitational group exhibitions through the mid-Atlantic, New York City, and in Los Angeles.

Her works are included in the DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities Art Bank, the International Peace Museum in Dayton, OH; The Fletcher Foundation in Johnson, TN; and the Barlow Gilotty Collection in Washington, DC..

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