
Michele Pred is a Swedish American conceptual artist whose practice includes sculpture, assemblage, and performance. Her work uncovers the cultural and political meaning behind everyday objects, with a concentration on feminist themes such as equal pay, reproductive rights, and personal security. Pred’s projects also contain social components that drive the conversation into public spaces. Examples include her exploration of the intersection of personal space and security by using airport-confiscated items after 9/11, the cultural background of the fight for reproductive rights, using thousands of expired birth control pills, and the continuing economic and political struggle for women’s rights, represented by her modified vintage handbag editions.
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Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Freedom is For Everybody
Project Plus Gallery, Saint Louis, Missouri (postponed)The Art of Equal Pay
Frieze Art Fair, Los Angeles, California2019
Civil Discourse
Public Action, South Beach, FloridaRadical LOVE Parade
Stocholm, SwedenYour Body Your Business
Billboard; MissouriWage Gaps (performance)
International Center of Photography, New York, New YorkBody Business Parade
Untitled Fair, San Francisco, CaliforniaEqual Pay
Sundance Female Equality Lounge, Park City, Utah2018
Vote Feminist
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, New YorkWe Vote Parade
New York, New York2017
Parade Against Patriarchy
Miami, Florida2015
Choice
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, New York2013
Amendment
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, New York2012
(In)Security
Thompson Art Gallery, SJSU, San Jose, California2011
Confiscated
Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CaliforniaRadical Geographer: Portrait of my Father
Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CaliforniaEncode Me
ArtPAD, San Francisco, CaliforniaEncode Me
Stocholm, Sweden2009
Shopdrop
IKEA, Emeryville, CaliforniaShopdrop
IKEA, Miami, Florida2008
(Dis)possessions
Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin2007
Predilections
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, New York2005
(Re)Collections
Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, California2004
Rem(a)inders
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, New York2002
In Memory
Mission Gallery, San Francisco, CaliforniaGROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Bags: Inside Out
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, EnglandNew Time: Art and Feminism in the 21st Century
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CaliforniaWaves: Feminism, Art and Power
Sonoma Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CaliforniaAbortion is Normal
Eva Presenhuber Gallery, New York, New YorkThe Future is Female
21 C Museum, Durham, North Carolina2019
Female Trouble 2
Cult Exhibitions, San Francisco, CaliforniaWe Rise
Los Angeles, CaliforniaEvery Woman Biennial
Los Angeles, California2018
We Rise
Los Angeles, CaliforniaInto Action
Los Angeles, CaliforniaThe Women Behind
SEAM Museum, Jerusalem, IsraelThe Future is Female
21 C Museum, Cincinnati, OhioMaking Change: The Art and Craft of Activism
Museum of Design, Atlanta, GeorgiaOne Year of Resistance
Untitled Space, New York, New YorkIt’s Time
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CaliforniaThe Summer School
Johansson Projects, Oakland, CaliforniaTrump Card
Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CaliforniaObject Action
State Space, San Francisco, CaliforniaWonder Women
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California2017
Museum of Drug Policy
London, EnglandThe Future is Female
21 C Museum, Louisville, KentuckyIllegal Show
The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CaliforniaGive us the Vote
Arts Westchester, White Plains, New YorkShe Persisted
Contemporary Museum, Cincinnati, OhioPost 11/9
Connect Gallery, Chicago, Illinois2016
For Freedom
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, New YorkYour Body is A Battleground
Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Chicago, IllinoisArt on Paper
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, San Francisco, California2015
(Em)Power Dynamics
Gateway Projects, Newark, New JerseySeattle Art Fair
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Seattle, WashingtonEXPO Chicago
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IllinoisArtMRKT San Francisco
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, San Francisco, California2014
Natural Unnatural Supernatural
Honolulu Museum of Art, HawaiiMiami Project
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Miami, FloridaEXPO Chicago
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IllinoisArtMRKT San Francisco
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, San Francisco, California2013
This is Not America
ASU Museum, Phoenix, ArizonaPulp (ire straits)
Beta Pictoris Gallery, Birmingham, AlabamaPULSE Art Fair
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, New YorkArt Chicago
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois2012
Vote for Me and I’ll Set You Free
Omi International Art Center, Ghent, New YorkSwedish for Argument
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia40 Year Anniversary Exhibition
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, New YorkWomen: By, Of, About
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, New YorkSTOFF
Kulturhuset, Stocholm, Sweden2011
ArtMRKT
Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CaliforniaManufractured
Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CaliforniaRemembering the Fire
FIT, New York, New YorkGood Work
The Textile Center, Brooklyn, New YorkDarkness Falls Upon Us
NIAD, Richmond, California2010
Living With Art: Collecting Contemporary in Metro New York
Neuberger Museum, New YorkMerchandise Add Art Exhibition
Eye Beam, New York, New York2009
Open Source Embroidery
Bild Museet, Umea, SwedenOpen Source Embroidery
Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CaliforniaArt Chicago
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IllinoisLA Art Show
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, California2008
Aqua Art Fair
Johansson Projects, Miami, FloridaVital Signs
Newcomb Gallery, Tulane University, Orleans, LouisianaFilmobile
University of Westminster, London Gallery West, London, United KingdomSignals In the City; Digital Media in the Urban Environment
University of Abertay Dundee, UKCHANGE AMERICA
Berman Gallery, Los Angeles, California01 Festival Subzero
San Jose, CaliforniaCCA Faculty Exhibition
Oliver Arts Center, Oakland, CaliforniaQUORUM
Limm Gallery, Los Angeles, California2007
Civil Twilight
Electric Works Gallery, San Francisco, CaliforniaFaculty Exhibition
Oliver Arts Center, Oakland, CaliforniaRed Dot Art Fair
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Miami, FloridaCode Switching
Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CaliforniaCode Switching
Red House Gallery, Los Angeles, CaliforniaArt Chicago
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IllinoisLA Art Show
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, California2006
Blood for Art
SCOPE, Miami, FloridaNancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, New York
Who’s Afraid of San Francisco?
Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CaliforniaArt Chicago
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IllinoisLA Art Show
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, California2005
Scope Art Fair
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Miami, FloridaScope Art Fair
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, London, EnglandNothing to Fear
Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, New YorkFound: Everyday Objects in Bay Area Art
Di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CaliforniaAesthetics of Ecology
Tecoah Bruce Gallery, Oakland, CaliforniaSan Francisco International Art Exposition
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, San Francisco, California2004
Scope Art Fair
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, London, EnglandSWEA Jublieum
Millesgarden, Stockholm, SwedenScope Art Fair
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, CaliforniaTactical Action
Gigantic Art Space, New York, New YorkFelix Variations
Play Space Gallery, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CaliforniaSan Francisco International Art Exposition
Brian Gross Gallery, San Francisco, California2003
Breaking News
Judson Church, New York, New YorkRemembering 9/11
OIA Gallery, New York, New York -
Education
1991
University of Sorbonne
Certificate in French Language, Paris, France1990
California College of Arts and Crafts
BFA with Distinction, Oakland, California -
Collections
9/11 Memorial Museum, New York
21C Museum, Louisville
Berkeley Art Museum (BAMPFA), California
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York
Contemporary Museum of Honolulu, Hawaii
Zena Hotel, Washington, DC
Private Collection of Hillary Rodham Clinton
Private Collection of Amy Schumer