Micah Mickles is a Cincinnati-based interdisciplinary artist working across photography, printmaking, drawing, sculpture, fiber, and assemblage. Describing his works as assemblage-qua-memorials, Mickles explores storytelling, memory, grief, preservation, and the reconstruction of family histories.

Drawing from the craft traditions of the African diaspora and the American South, he brings together found objects, archival materials, and traditional making processes to consider how objects and inherited practices carry personal and cultural memory. His work moves between intimate family narratives and broader collective histories, creating spaces for introspection, remembrance, resilience, and healing.

Mickles earned an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis in 2024 and a BFA from the University of Missouri–St. Louis in 2022. His work has been presented at venues including STNDRD Exhibitions and the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. His honors and professional appointments include the Jacqueline Ferer Stern Award, the Counterpublic Fellowship, and a 2026 Artist in Residence appointment at the Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati.