Michael Sell was born in Detroit and is currently an Associate Professor of Art at Eastern Oregon University. He is a member of the Society for Photographic Education and the Popular Culture Association, and his artwork and research investigates memetics, the digital/analog aesthetic, and media-centric constructed imagery. His photography has been exhibited throughout Michigan and Oregon, and in select shows in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Europe. He has presented his research at SPE Northwest conferences in Portland and Eugene, as well as PCA conferences in Seattle, Chicago, and Washington, DC. In 2014, he was an invited speaker and artist at Hobusepea Galerii in Tallinn, Estonia. Sell is also the chair of the Union County Cultural Coalition, a partner with the Oregon Cultural Trust.
