Michelle Loughery

Michelle Loughery (born 1961) is a Canadian muralist from British Columbia.

Life and work

Early career Loughery was born in the community of Michel-Natal in the Elk Valley in southeastern British Columbia, but her family was relocated to the nearby mining town of Sparwood when the community of Michel-Natal was dismantled by the provincial government in the 1970s.

Work Loughery has created mural projects in Cuba, Missouri Route 66 Mural City, US; Vernon, British Columbia, Heritage Murals; and country music themed murals in the Country Music Capital of Canada, Merritt, British Columbia. Her 9/11 mural commissioned by the Brooklyn Fire Department is on photographic display in the Smithsonian Museum.

Awards BC Community Achievement Award