Mikelle grew up in Southern California, USA, and received a B.F.A.– emphasis in photography – from San Francisco State University. During her studies, she integrated 3 years in France to study French, Photography, and Art History. She was then awarded a scholarship to the University of Chicago (M.F.A. 1996). While teaching photography in Chicago at Columbia College, she met her Italian to be husband and moved to Milan in 2000. She exhibits in both the U.S. and Europe and is represented in Milan by the gallery Gli Eroici Furori – Contemporary Art and in L.A. by El Nido.
