Biography

Michele Ledoux is a self-taught mixed-media encaustic artist based in Evergreen, Colorado. Her work explores the intersection of spirituality, materiality, and transformation through an elemental and intentional aesthetic. While grounded in minimalism, Ledoux's process - combining beeswax with found objects and reclaimed materials - yields sculptural surfaces marked by cuts, cracks, and fissures that expose the raw beauty of imperfection and the quiet tension between control and surrender. Ledoux's work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions across the United States and internationally, earning multiple Best of Show awards. Selected shows include the Hamptons Fine Art Fair in New York, the Smithsonian Craft Show in Washington, D.C., SOFA Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, and the Architectural Digest Show.

Artist Statement

I use beeswax and fire to create contemporary abstract paintings using the ancient technique of encaustic. The work has a heavy sculptural aspect and features uneven surfaces, cuts, cracks and chips: and often incorporates recycled materials. It is an exploration into the organic and raw nature of encaustic, a medium that begs to be layered, heated, carved, scraped and scratched and dictates both an additive and reductive creative process in an effort to expose itself in all its forms. The work is neutral in palette, architectural in style and organic in process and texture and aims to reflect my belief that art is transformative - a reflection point and acknowledgment of how powerfully we can actively create our own experience and how form affects and informs both ourselves and our space.