Micheline Klagsbrun

Micheline Klagsbrun is a visual artist whose multi-media work focuses on transformation and displacement. She studied in Paris with Alfredo Echeverria and at the Corcoran with William Newman and Gene Davis. She has exhibited widely, and is in private collections nationally as well as in Europe and the Middle East. Solo and group exhibits in Washington D.C. include the Katzen Museum at American University, Arena Stage, gallery plan b, Studio Gallery, Exhibit9 Gallery, Goldman Gallery, the Embassies of Finland and Venezuela, Smith Center for the Healing Arts, Covington and Burling, Adah Rose Gallery, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art; elsewhere, Macy Gallery (New York City), William Ris Gallery (Cape May NJ), MiXX Projects and Gallery 81435 (Telluride CO), Aswan, Egypt and Delhi, India. Her work is represented by William Ris Gallery (Jamesport NY) and Studio Gallery (DC).

Born and raised in London, a graduate of the University of Cambridge, she received a clinical doctorate in psychology (D.C.P.) from the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations. For many years she co-chaired the Forum for the Psychoanalytic Study of Film and edited its journal “Projections”. She is co-founder and President of CrossCurrents Foundation (founded in 2006) which as part of its mission sponsors art to promote social justice and to heighten public engagement with key social issues. In addition to CCF, she serves on several boards, including the Phillips Collection (DC), Transformer (DC), and Telluride Arts (CO). She is a Signature Member of the National Association of Women in the Arts and in 2025 was appointed Managing Editor for their NOW magazine. Through the Corcoran Outreach program, she served for a number of years as a mentor for inner-city youth.

Website: michelineklagsbrun.com

Instagram: @mklagsbrun