Michael Velliquette
Visual Art
Madison, WI
Michael Velliquette (American, b. 1971) is an artist internationally acclaimed for his meticulously crafted paper sculptures. The remarkable textures and details of his pieces reflect a mastery developed over two decades of working with this medium. A leading voice in the current renaissance of paper-based arts, Velliquette’s work has been included in exhibitions such as the Shanghai International Paper Art Biennial at the Shanghai Fengxian Museum; Global Paper at the Stadtmuseum in Deggendorf, DE; The Possibilites of Paper at the Torggler Fine Arts Center in Newport News, VA; Open Hands: Crafting the Spiritual at the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art in St. Louis, MO; Paper Fascination at the Gustav Lübke Museum in Hamm, DE; and the Cheonju Craft Biennale in South Korea. His work is in the permanent collections of the Chazen Museum of Art; the Racine Art Museum; The Progressive Corporation; The John Michael Kohler Art Center; and The Microsoft Collection. He has participated in residencies and cultural exchange programs including the John Michael Kohler Art/Industry program; the Vermont Studio Center; EUARCA, Kassel, DE; Kloster Dornach, Basel, CH; and the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. His work has been featured in Colossal and The New York Times. In 2021 Velliquette appeared as a judge on the Discovery Channel competition series "Meet Your Makers Showdown". Velliquette is an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Additionally, he conducts courses on the Paper Arts at the Haystack Mountain School of Craft, the Pocosin School of Fine Craft, and the Penland School of Craft.