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Michelle is a local artist, born and raised in L8, with over 20 years experience working in community arts.
A socially engaged artist, activist and videographer, her practice combines photography and design to create digital artworks. Taking inspiration from people, places, symbols within African history and culture.
After graduating from LJMU in 1997 she set up Sojourner Productions a video production company. Produced short films for International Slavery Museum – Slavery Remembrance Day 2017, South West Screen – Reflections 2012. In 2016 she set up Akoma Arts and held a self-funded a digital art exhibition ‘Pieces of Gold’ exploring global Pan-Africanism.

Co-founder of Liverpool Pan African Group (LPAG).

Recently, was Artist in Residence at Metal Liverpool – Remote Residencies.  Michelle is currently working on the film archive project ‘Yore Lens on L8’ a series of short films about cultural creativity in L8; and a short film ‘Meet me at the Spring’.

In 2018 Michelle led a collaborative project with International Slavery Museum and Granby Community Land Trust, a pre-Winter Garden mini-residency ‘Thinking Through Plants’ with Dr Geri Augusto, Brown University (USA).

In 2019 she worked with local residents on Politics of Plants project, recreating African ancestral symbolism that existed in the gardens of enslaved Africans, creating a permanent Dikenga crystal installation in Granby Winter Garden.

In 2020 she moved into Granby Workshop studios, joining the collective of creatives in L8. Michelle is a fellow of School of Social Entrepreneurs. In 2017 setting up  Afrikan Village Market, an indoor cultural market for artisans, craft makers creatives, from the African Diaspora, to showcase and sell their art.