Michelle Boggess-Nunley is an international artist, illustrator, curator, and maze maker based in Metro Detroit. As the current Guinness World Record holder for the Largest Hand-Drawn Maze, she is recognized for her intricate and imaginative illustrated mazes.

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Her work has been exhibited globally, including at Art Revolution Taipei (2020), A.R.T. Taipei (2022), and ArtExpo New York (2018). Michelle has designed mazes for Atlas Obscura, The Guardian, and LA comedian Zach Sherwin’s The Crossword Show, and is featured in New York Times bestselling author A.J. Jacobs’ book The Puzzler.

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Michelle is the owner of Posterity Art Gallery in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and serves on the Board of Directors for Main Street Grosse Pointe, supporting arts, culture, and community development.

As curator and founder of the annual Art Takevover Project, a city-wide, walkable art exhibition spanning district of Downtown Grosse Pointe, Michelle brings artists and local businesses together through immersive public art experiences.

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Her large-scale interactive maze installations include the 18-foot Path to Unity mural, celebrating the words unity and love in languages from around the world, and a 12-foot maze puzzle created for ArtPrize 2021, guiding participants through world wonders, iconic landmarks, and historic moments.

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“We all have little quirks that make us unique. Plant those quirks instead of suppressing them.  Water them.  Let them grow into big, beautiful, weird looking gardens for the world to see.”