Michael Fadugbagbe
michaelfadugbagbe@gmail.com

Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION

2025 - BA (High Honors), Time-Based Media, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, HONORS

Jessup Prize, 2025, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
High Honors Thesis in Studio Art, 2025, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Yale Norfolk School of Art Nomination, 2024, Yale University, New Haven, CT
The Bernard J. Zawisa '49 Endowed Studio Art, 2024, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Bailey College of Environment Fellowship, 2024, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Davenport Grant, 2024, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Jessica & Josh Goldin ACG Grant, 2023, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 - Time and Place: Selections from the 2025 Senior Theses in Studio Art, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT

2024 - L.C.A.S, Lucid Color Collective, Middletown, CT 

2023 - The Painting Show, Studio North, Middletown, CT 

BIBLIOGRAPHY, PUBLICATIONS

Sulan Bailey, “Second Rotation of Senior Art Theses Brightens Rainy Week” Wesleyan Argus, April 18th, 2025
Lauren Muchowski. “Lotus Talk, Interview with Michael Fadugbagbe” WESU 88.1 FM, March 30th, 2025
Eugenia Shakhnovskaya, “The Return of the Lucid Color Collective” Wesleyan Argus, April 25th, 2024 
Jo Harkless, “Dunking Into the Cold With Wesleyan’s Chillest Cold Plungers“ Wesleyan Argus, February 19, 2024