Michelle Hinebrook
brooklyn, NY
Michelle Hinebrook is a contemporary painter, and educator based in Brooklyn New York
MessageMichelle Hinebrook is a contemporary NY Painter exploring abstracted representations of the figure, magic, mythology, nature, emotions and spiritual transcendence. Hinebrook’s paintings have been featured in more than 18 solo shows and 50 group exhibitions. Hinebrook’s vibrant oil paintings serve as abstract representations of spiritual and emotional experiences, exploring cosmic consciousness, magic, nature, and spiritual transcendence. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art & Design from the College for Creative Studies.
Her work has been featured in 18 solo exhibitions and over 50 group exhibitions globally and is included in several prestigious public and corporate collections. Including shows at 101 Exhibit Gallery (FL), Hallway Gallery (WA), David Klein Gallery (MI), Foley Gallery (NYC), Helene Nyborg Contemporary (Denmark), FORMah Gallery (NYC), McKenzie Fine Art (NYC), Islip Art Museum (NY), Pratt Manhattan Gallery (NYC), Cranbrook Art Museum (MI), Museum of New Art (MI), and Marlborough Gallery (NYC).
Hinebrook is currently a resident artist at XO Projects in Brooklyn, where she continues to push the boundaries of her mediums. Known for her exploration of mystical, metaphysical, and natural themes. In addition to her studio practice, Michelle curates exhibitions, writes about art, offers art advisory services, and teaches internationally. She is also the director of Artful Edge Academy.
"My paintings are visual meditations on life’s cycles and the unseen forces that shape our existence. To me, nature is sacred and conscious—its patterns and rhythms inspire my work as I explore the relationship between the human spirit and the natural world. Art is my compass to the cosmos.
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Michelle Hinebrook creates luminous abstractions that channel spiritual and emotional experiences beyond the physical plane. Her visionary paintings often depict feminine archetypes—goddesses, deities, and elemental forces—emerging within surreal, fluid environments where boundaries dissolve and forms vibrate with light.
Her process blends oil, watercolor, and pastel, often infused with herbs and flower essences to embed each work with magical, energetic resonance. She places the canvas on the floor and begins by letting the paint move freely across it—pouring, guiding, and observing as color flows into translucent veils. Her process begins with ritual, opening to divine connection and intuitive collaboration with creative guides and art ancestors. Without a fixed image, she allows figures and forms to emerge organically from puddles, drips, stains, and negative spaces. This intuitive approach is a form of visual scrying: she watches the painting unfold before her as flowing colors begin to dry into luminous forms and contours, subconscious imagery—symbols, flowers, and figures—gradually appearing, as the channeled intention of what the painting should become is revealed. Her work attempts to capture these visions, fleeting like fragments of memory or a face recalled from a dream.
Rooted in mysticism, nature-based beliefs, and esoteric traditions, Hinebrook’s art functions as both spiritual practice and transformative tool. Circular forms and flowing lines serve as portals into visionary realms, mapping the resonance between body, nature, and spirit. The canvas becomes a threshold where myth, energy, and emotion converge into radiant worlds of transformation.