↳ ARTIST / PAINTER
Curriculum vitae
EDUCATION↳
2006 ↳ MFA in Visual Art, VERMONT COLLEGE, Montpelier, VT.
1995 ↳ BFA in Visual Art, COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES, Detroit, MI.
1994 ↳ NEW YORK STUDIO PROGRAM, New York, NY.
1995 ↳ BFA in Visual Art, COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES, Detroit, MI.
1994 ↳ NEW YORK STUDIO PROGRAM, New York, NY.
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS↳
OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
↳ 2018-Present, Detroit, MI, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
WAYNE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
↳ 2017-Present, Detroit, MI, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
MARYGROVE COLLEGE
↳ 2015-2018, Detroit, MI, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
THE ART INSTITUTE
↳ 2011-2016, Troy, MI, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES
↳ 2010-2007, Detroit, MI, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
↳ 2018-Present, Detroit, MI, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
WAYNE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
↳ 2017-Present, Detroit, MI, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
MARYGROVE COLLEGE
↳ 2015-2018, Detroit, MI, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
THE ART INSTITUTE
↳ 2011-2016, Troy, MI, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES
↳ 2010-2007, Detroit, MI, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
SOLO EXHIBITIONS↳
2019
I MUST BE CRAZY
↳ Public Pool, Hamtramck MI.
2013
IDEALIZATION OF THE URBAN FRONTIER
↳ A- Smith Gallery, Huntington Woods MI.
2012
UTOPIA
↳ Birmingham Unitarian Church, Birmingham MI.
2010
FUNCTIONS OF EVERYDAY LIFE
↳ Case Gallery, Detroit MI.
2006
THE BOOTH OF CONTINGENT JEOPARDY & HEDONISTIC DELIGHT
↳ Motor City Brewing, Detroit, MI.
CELEBRITY MAKEOVERS
↳ Alumni hall Centers Gallery, Detroit, MI.
THESIS EXHIBITION
↳ Wood Gallery, Montpelier, VT.
2004
MP
↳ BBAC, Birmingham, MI.
THICK & JUICY
↳ Madonna University, Livonia, MI.
2002
PRIMARY
↳ Tangent Gallery, Detroit MI.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS↳
2021
HARD & SOFT
↳Gallery Camille, Detroit, MI
2020
ART MILE
↳ Online Gallery, https://www.artmiledetroit.com
THE SMALL SHOW
↳ Marygrove Gallery, Detroit, MI.
THE 19TH AMENDMENT AT 100
↳ Swords into Plowshares, Detroit, MI.
2019
BIRD CAGE
↳ Popps Packing, Hamtramck, MI.
A THOUSAND COCKS
↳ Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI.
2018
Εντροπία…CHAOS
↳ Level One, Ferndale, MI.
2017
WHITEDEL MEMBERS EXHIBITION
↳ The Gallery, Detroit, MI.
CCS ALUMNI EXHIBITION
↳ Valade Gallery, Detroit, MI.
NASTY WOMEN EXHIBITION
↳ Chizuko, Pensacola, FL.
LOVE LIBRARY: LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE, BABY ↳ Zygote Press Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
2016
MIDWEST ARTISTS
↳ Genesis Art, Chicago, IL.
SMALLISH 2
↳ The Gallery, Detroit, MI.
ANNUAL POSTCARD SHOW
↳ A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
ESAS EXHIBITION
↳ Community Building, St Clair Shores, MI.
SUMMER
↳ The Gallery, Detroit, MI.
2015
SMALL SHOW
↳ The Gallery, Detroit, MI.
FACULTY SHOW
↳ The Gallery, Detroit, MI.
2013
LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE
↳ Printed Matter Inc. New York, NY.
ART FOR THE HOLIDAY
↳ DAM, Detroit, MI.
THE UNTOLD STORY
↳ JCC, West Bloomfield, MI.
2012
MIX, MINGLE, & MACK
↳ Aide’s Project, Ferndale, MI.
OAK TREE, MY BACKYARD
↳ Curator George N’Namdi, Valade Gallery, Detroit, MI.
2011
CONSTANT FLUX
↳ Art Effect, Detroit, MI.
THE APRIL INVITATIONAL: METRO DETROIT FAMILY
↳ Art Effect, Detroit, MI.
WOMEN & THEIR LANDSCAPES
↳ The Garage, San Diego, CA.
THE WELCOMING PARTY
↳ Art Effect, Detroit, MI.
SHALOM STREET
↳ JCC, The Center, West Bloomfield, MI.
2010
2010 ART FOR THE HOLIDAYS
↳ Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI.
LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE, BABY, NINE & A HALF DAYS
↳ Staring Love Librarians Harare Chapter: Curated by Raphael Chikukwa, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVES: A NATIONAL WOMEN’S EXHIBITION
↳ Wallace Smith Theatre Gallery, Farmington Hills, MI.
ARTWORKS
↳ New Center, Detroit, MI.
LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE, BABY, NINE & A HALF DAYS
↳ Staring Love Librarians Chicago Chapter: Sarah Wagner and Jon Brumit, at the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago, IL.
UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE
↳ Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI.
THE ART OF THE ARTIST’S BOOK
↳ Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI.
2009
HOLIDAY EXHIBITION
↳ Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI.
NEW ARTIST, NEW WORKS
↳ Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI.
STAFF MEETING
↳ Centers Gallery, Detroit, MI.
MIDWEST AIDS PROJECT
↳ Ferndale, MI.
2008
LOTION + SALVE + MUD + SHIT = PAINT
↳ Garage, San Diego, CA.
4TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
↳ Brewery, Detroit, MI.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVES: A NATIONAL WOMEN’S EXHIBITION
↳ Smith Theatre Gallery, Farmington Hills, MI.
ANDRES SERRANO PICKS DETROIT
↳ Centers Gallery, Detroit, MI.
WHOLE FOOD
↳ The Space, Long Island City, NY.
THEY PRACTICE WHAT THEY TEACH: A SELECTION OF RECENT PAINTINGS FROM MICHIGAN COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY FACULTY
↳ Saginaw Art Museum, MI.
SPIRIT OF DETROIT
↳ Detroit Artist market, Detroit, MI.
RUBBERNECKERS, A.N.
↳ Bush Gallery, Salem, OR.
MIDWEST AIDS PROJECT
↳ Ferndale, MI.
DALLY IN THE ALLEY
↳ Dally Gallery Art Auction, Detroit, MI.
8 DAYS IN JUNE
↳ Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI.
MIDWEST AIDS PROJECT
↳ Ferndale, MI.
BRIGHTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
↳ Brighton, MI.
THAT DAM BOX SHOW
↳ Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI.
FACULTY EXHIBITION
↳ Wayne State University Art Gallery, Detroit, MI.
THE BOOTH OF CONTINGENT JEAOPARDY & HEDONISTIC DELIGHT
↳ Motor City Brewing, Detroit, MI.
2005
EAT, SUGAR, SEND, MONEY
↳ Nonsense gallery, Lakewood, OH.
AX4
↳ Fine Art Gallery, Detroit MI.
MIDWEST AIDS PROJECT
↳ Ferndale, MI.
2003
ACTUAL SIZE
↳ Detroit Contemporary, Detroit MI.
BEYOND WORDS
↳ Mary Grove, Detroit MI.
AX2
↳ Fine Art Gallery, Detroit MI.
DETROIT & MIAMI
↳ Village Arts, FL.
2002
GROUP
↳ Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI.
AX
↳ U245 Gallery, Detroit, MI.
2000
ALUMNI
↳ Center Gallery, Detroit, MI.
ACTUAL SIZE
↳ Detroit Contemporary, Detroit MI.
HONORS & AWARDS↳
2010 ↳ BEAUTIFICATION, Huntington Woods, MI.
2010 ↳ BEST OF SHOW, Wallace Smith Gallery
2008 ↳ PURCHASE AWARD, Wallace Smith Theatre Gallery
1995 ↳ GRANT, Art on the Move
1994 ↳ RESIDENCY, New York Studio Program
1994 ↳ GRANT, Matilda Wilson
1993 ↳ AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION, Troy MI.
1992 ↳ AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION, Troy MI.
1992 ↳ DETROIT’S WOMEN PAINTER & SCULPTURE, Detroit MI
2010 ↳ BEST OF SHOW, Wallace Smith Gallery
2008 ↳ PURCHASE AWARD, Wallace Smith Theatre Gallery
1995 ↳ GRANT, Art on the Move
1994 ↳ RESIDENCY, New York Studio Program
1994 ↳ GRANT, Matilda Wilson
1993 ↳ AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION, Troy MI.
1992 ↳ AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION, Troy MI.
1992 ↳ DETROIT’S WOMEN PAINTER & SCULPTURE, Detroit MI
PUBLICATIONS↳
THE REVIEW HAMTRAMCK
↳ Volume 11, No. 37, September 2019
STUDIO VISIT MAGAZINE
↳ http://studiovisitmagazine.com, Fall 2017
“SEVEN/TO/THREE”
↳ The Best in Art, Design, Photo, & Video, July 2011
“STAGE & CANVAS”
↳ The Real Detroit, December 21, 2010
“WHAT’S GOING ON”
↳ Detroit Free Press, June 25, 2008
“ART & DESIGN”
↳ Half hour segment on Detroit’s WMTV5 CHANNEL 22, NOVEMBER 17-DECEMBER 17, 2007
AREA ZINC
↳ online arts magazine, Vol. 1, Madrid, Spain, 2007
LIVRAISON
↳ Vol. 3, Stockholm, Sweden 2007
“THE BLEEDING EDGE OF ART IN DETROIT”
↳ by Dave Nelson, growdetroit.com, Dec. 2, 2006
”IN THE BOX/OUT OF THE BOX: THAT DAM BOX SHOW”
↳ thedetroiter.com, Sept. 2006
HUNGER MOUNTAIN
↳ Vermont College Journal Issue #9, Fall 2006
“BACK TO BASICS”
↳ Metro Times, May 5, 2002
“SCULPTURES INVITE VIEWERS TO PLAY”
↳ Art & Entertainment, Eccentric, Dec 28, 1995
↳ Volume 11, No. 37, September 2019
STUDIO VISIT MAGAZINE
↳ http://studiovisitmagazine.com, Fall 2017
“SEVEN/TO/THREE”
↳ The Best in Art, Design, Photo, & Video, July 2011
“STAGE & CANVAS”
↳ The Real Detroit, December 21, 2010
“WHAT’S GOING ON”
↳ Detroit Free Press, June 25, 2008
“ART & DESIGN”
↳ Half hour segment on Detroit’s WMTV5 CHANNEL 22, NOVEMBER 17-DECEMBER 17, 2007
AREA ZINC
↳ online arts magazine, Vol. 1, Madrid, Spain, 2007
LIVRAISON
↳ Vol. 3, Stockholm, Sweden 2007
“THE BLEEDING EDGE OF ART IN DETROIT”
↳ by Dave Nelson, growdetroit.com, Dec. 2, 2006
”IN THE BOX/OUT OF THE BOX: THAT DAM BOX SHOW”
↳ thedetroiter.com, Sept. 2006
HUNGER MOUNTAIN
↳ Vermont College Journal Issue #9, Fall 2006
“BACK TO BASICS”
↳ Metro Times, May 5, 2002
“SCULPTURES INVITE VIEWERS TO PLAY”
↳ Art & Entertainment, Eccentric, Dec 28, 1995