Migliorino was born in Cleveland Ohio, and grew up in a Chicago Heights, a Chicago suburb. Migliorino's BFA is from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and MFA is from the University of Minnesota. She is a Professor of Art at Anoka-Ramsey Community College near Minneapolis. Migliorino has received numerous grants from the Jerome Foundation, several Minnesota State Arts Board grants, and various exhibition prizes. In 2017 Migliorino was the Community College Humanities Affiliated Fellow at The American Academy in Rome. She is the recent recipient of a 2021 Fulbright Fellowship to The British Library in London. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Walker Art Center, Weisman Museum in Minneapolis, The Minnesota Center for Book Arts and The Warehouse in Atlanta. She has exhibited internationally for over 30 years. Migliorino’s work has been featured in the Huffington Post, DOMUS Magazine, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, and DWELL Magazine.
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