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Michelle Rawlings (b. 1980), lives and works in Dallas, TX. She received her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2012. Rawlings has had recent solo exhibitions at Chapter, NY, And Now, Dallas, TX; Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL; and Raster, Warsaw, POL. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at The Rachofsky Warehouse, Dallas, TX; And Now, Dallas, TX; The Power Station, Dallas, TX; Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, JPN; Galleri Rostrum, Malmö, SWE; KoncertKirken, Copenhagen, DNK; and the Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX; among others. Rawlings’ practice is inspired by collections of images, both art historical and contemporary. Her figurative paintings are conceived as portraits of images rather than portraits of people—not painted from life but derived from fashion photography and familiar representations of women found in contemporary media.