Mic Boekelmann was born in Quezon City, Philippines, then uprooted and replanted in Germany, Israel and the US where she received her BA from UC Berkeley. Her work has been shown at Princeton University, Salmagundi Club, Allied Artists of America, Phillips Mill, Princeton Public Library, Trenton City Museum and Sardenhaus Munich. She has been awarded the Sustainable Arts Foundation Fellowship, the Chautauqua Visual Arts Residency and was accepted to the NYFA Immigrant Artist Program, Creative Capital Professional Development Program and Emerging Programs Institute with the Alliance of Artists Communities. Boekelmann lives and works in Princeton, NJ where she runs an artist run space for classes, exhibits and retreats.