Michelle Atkinson
Artist @Alkali Arts Inc
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WORK HISTORY
Artist @Alkali Arts Inc
Calgary, AB, CA
I am a Calgary-based artist whose work explores environmental change through abstraction, light, and reclaimed materials. Inspired by the quiet act of cloudgazing, I create layered, light-responsive pieces that evoke memory, place, and shifting ecosystems. My forms often begin with climate data, but dissolve into emotional landscapes — inviting viewers to pause, look closer, and consider their relationship to the world around them.
EDUCATION
NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology)
Personal Fitness Trainer - Honours
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
New Media Production and Design - Honours
Alberta University of the Arts
Typography
University of Calgary
Contiuing Ed
SKILLS
ABOUT MICHELLE ATKINSON
My work begins with observation — like cloudgazing — a way of looking that invites stillness, imagination, and attention to change. I translate that quiet act into visual forms that explore our relationship with the environment and the systems that shape it.Using materials like plastic, glass, and recycled paper, I create layered, light-responsive works that shift with the viewer’s position — much like weather itself. Shapes within the work often emerge from real climate and weather data, but I abstract them to the point where they become memory-like — not exact, but evocative. It’s less about the specifics of the data and more about how it feels to live in a time defined by environmental transformation.Rooted in place yet open to interpretation, each piece becomes a kind of emotional landscape — inviting viewers to slow down, look closely, and consider their own place in the larger ecological story.Let’s build a more sustainable future—visually, physically, and intentionally. michelle-atkinson.ca 🤝 Open to collaborations, commissions, and talks
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