Lily Selavie Art Gallery

Michelle Baharier is a distinguished contemporary artist, Julian Sullivan Award winner, GlaxoSmithKline Impact Award recipient, and Slade graduate, internationally admired for vibrant portraits and richly layered digital collages. Her work radiates colour, strength, and psychological intensity, transforming personal narrative into unforgettable statements of human resilience.

Rooted in her lived experience as a dyslexic working-class woman, her practice carries rare authenticity and cultural significance, deeply resonating with collectors and institutions. Her work is held in the London Transport Museum and the Tate sound archive, and she has exhibited extensively, including the Arts Council-funded Solo shows, Filling in the Gaps (2026) and How Do I Make You Feel (2022).

For collectors, Baharier’s work offers museum-level credibility, emotional brilliance, and enduring social relevance. Transforming histories of exclusion, disability discrimination, and prejudice into radiant celebrations of identity, courage, and belonging, her visually commanding works hold profound significance within contemporary British art and important long-term collector appeal.