Michael Fadugbagbe
michaelfadugbagbe@gmail.com

EDUCATION

2025    BA in Studio Art, Time-Based Media/Photography 
              Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, HONORS

2025    Jessup Prize, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT   
              BLAC Fellowship, New York, NY
              Trainee, International Center of Photography, New York, NY              
              High Honors Thesis in Studio Art, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

2024    Yale Norfolk School of Art Shortlist, Yale University, New Haven, CT
              Artist-in-Residence, Bailey College of Environment, Middletown, CT
              Bernard J. Zawisa '49 Endowed Studio Art Award, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
              Davenport Scholar, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

2023    Jessica & Josh Goldin ACG Award, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025    Show/Share, BLAC, New York, NY
              e be so!, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT
             Time & Place, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT

2024    and this too will be forgotten, 45 Broad, Middletown, CT
              Lucid Color, Lucid Color Collective, Middletown, CT

2023    The Show, North Studio, Middletown, CT

COLLECTIONS

        Private Collection, Lagos, Nigeria
        Allbritton Center for Public Life, Middletown, CT
        Private Collection, Brooklyn, NY
        Bailey College of Environment, Middletown, CT


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, PUBLICATIONS

2025    Sulan Bailey, “Second Rotation of Senior Art Theses Brightens Rainy Week” The Wesleyan Argus, April 18th, 2025
              Lauren Muchowski. “Lotus Talk, Interview with Michael Fadugbagbe” WESU 88.1 FM, March 30th, 2025

2024    Eugenia Shakhnovskaya, “The Return of the Lucid Color Collective” The Wesleyan Argus, April 25th, 2024 
              Jo Harkless, “Dunking Into the Cold With Wesleyan’s Chillest Cold Plungers” The Wesleyan Argus, February 19, 2024