Profile
Michelle Shofet is a visual artist & landscape architectural designer based in NYC. She is Co-founder of Nocturnal Medicine, a nonprofit design studio dedicated to building spiritual resiliency in the face of ecological crisis. The studio creates collective experiences, spaces, & media centering climate grief, environmental justice, & healing. Nocturnal Medicine has been celebrated in The New York Times & Bloomberg’s CityLab as bringing a cutting-edge, soul-centered approach to addressing the climate crisis & its psycho-emotional impacts.
Shofet’s creative approach is informed by her formal training as a landscape architect. Prior to initiating her own practice, she worked as a landscape designer at Snohetta. She has presented her work at The New Museum, The Brooklyn Museum, & universities across the country. She has designed & produced immersive social experiences across diverse platforms, including in nightlife (Nowadays, Gospel), cultural institutions (Lincoln Center, Opus 40), & academic spaces (MIT, Harvard, Yale).
Shofet has been teaching at Parsons School of Design since 2018, and is a part-time lecturer teaching Sustainable Systems.
Degrees Held
Masters in Landscape Architecture, Harvard Univeristy Graduate School of Design, 2016
Bachelors of Arts in Art History & Urban Planning, UC Berkeley, 2010
Recent Publications
2023 "Making the Real Alive," Party Planner Journal, Volume 2
2022 “Crafting Regenerative Culture,” LUNCH Journal, Issue 17
2019 “Ample Spheres of Yew: Topiary as Co-Existent,” Paprika, Volume 5, Issue 3
2019 “Guide to Contemporary Ecological Ethics,” Nocturnal Medicine, Self-Published
2018 “Dark Freak,” Scapegoat Journal, LIFE Issue
2018 “Party: Ecological Architecture for Intimate Relations,” Thresholds Journal, Volume 46
2015 “Airborne,” Landscape Architecture Magazine
Performances and Appearances
2022, “In the Valley Pools Our Sorrow,” Performance Space New York, New York, NY
2022, “Sun, Stone, Abyss: A Solstice Journey Through Land, Pleasure & Sorrow,” Opus 40, Saugerties, NY
2022, “An Evening of Access Magic,” Lincoln Center, New York, NY
2022, “Over, Under, Through,” NEW LAB, Brooklyn, NY
2022 “Chaos Blossoms,” Nowadays, Queens, NY
2022 “A collaborative archeology of design infrastructures,” Yale University, New Haven, CT
2021 “Under the Tongue,” Nowadays, Queens, NY
2021 “Fingerbowl Bathhouse,” for NEW INC, Honey’s, Brooklyn, NY
2020 “Fertility in Death,” Feng Sway, Brooklyn, NY
2019 “The Wet Lounge,” SMUSH Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2019 “Momentary Chapel for Insect Loss,” Plant Material, Los Angeles, CA
2019 “Elegy for Insects,” Talk|Show, Brooklyn, NY