Michelle Lisa Polissaint

Michelle Lisa Polissaint (b. Delray Beach, Fla.) is a Haitian-American visual artist and arts organizer based in South Florida. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Florida International University in Miami with a concentration in photography and fiber-based painting with a minor in Art History, and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Her artistic practice explores the nature of human interaction, memory and themes related to her ethnic background through textiles, photographs and paintings.

Polissaint’s work has been shown both nationally and internationally in traditional and nontraditional arts spaces, including Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Atlanta Contemporary, the Girls’ Club Collection in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and La Villa du Parc in Annemasse, France.

Learn more about Michelle on her website here.

Commissioned Work

Filmed by Juan Luis Matos