Maria
Prainito-
Winczner



ARTIST




⤷ work ─ cv ─ contact



Maria Prainito Winczner 
EDUCATION


VERMONT COLLEGE
2006 ─ MFA in Visual Art, Montpelier, VT.

COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES
1995 ─ BFA in Visual Art, Detroit, MI.

NEW YORK STUDIO PROGRAM
1994 ─ New York, NY.



SELECTED EXHIBITIONS


XOXO 
2024 (Upcoming) ─ Detroit Contempory, Detroit, MI.


MUST BE CRAZY
2019 ─ Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI.


IDEALIZATION OF THE SUBURBAN FRONTIER 
2013 ─ A-Smith Gallery, Huntington Woods, MI.


UTOPIA
2012 ─ Birmingham Unitarian Church, Birmingham, MI. 


FUNCTIONS OF EVERYDAY LIFE
2010 ─Case Gallery, Detroit, MI.



GROUP EXHIBITIONS


GIFTED
2021 ─ Irwin House, Detroit, MI


ARTIST RESIDENCY
2021 ─ White Column, New York, NY

PINEAPPLES
2021 ─ Public Pool, Hamtramck, NY


HARD & SOFT
2021 ─ Gallery Camille, Detroit, MI


ART MILE
2020 ─ Online Gallery, https://www.artmiledetroit.com

THE SMALL SHOW
2020 ─ Marygrove Gallery, Detroit, MI.

THE 19TH AMENDMENT AT 100
2020 ─ Swords into Plowshares, Detroit, MI.

A THOUSAND COCKS
2019 ─ Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI.


BIRD CAGE
2019 ─ Popps Packing, Hamtramck, MI.

Εντροπία…CHAOS
2018 ─ Level One, Ferndale, MI.

THE LAST SHOW
2017 ─ The Gallery, Detroit, MI.

WHITEDEL MEMBERS EXHIBITION
2017 ─ The Gallery, Detroit, MI.

POEM STUDIO
2017 ─ Online gallery, www.poem.studio

CCS ALUMNI EXHIBITION
2017 ─ Valade Gallery, Detroit, MI.

NASTY WOMEN EXHIBITION
2017 ─ Chizuko, Pensacola, FL.

LOVE LIBRARY: LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE, BABY
2017 ─ Zygote Press Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

MIDWEST ARTISTS
2016 ─ Genesis Art, Chicago, IL.

SMALLISH 2
2016 ─ The Gallery, Detroit, MI.

ANNUAL POSTCARD SHOW
2016 ─ A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

ESAS EXHIBITION
2016 ─ Community Building, St Clair Shores, MI.

SUMMER
2016 ─ The Gallery, Detroit, MI.

SMALL SHOW
2015 ─ The Gallery, Detroit, MI.

FACULTY SHOW
2015 ─ The Gallery, Detroit, MI.

LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE
2013 ─ Printed Matter Inc. New York, NY.

ART FOR THE HOLIDAY
2013 ─ DAM, Detroit, MI.

THE UNTOLD STORY
2013 ─ JCC, West Bloomfield, MI.

MIX, MINGLE, & MACK
2012 ─ Aide’s Project, Ferndale, MI.

OAK TREE, MY BACKYARD
2012 ─ Curator George N’Namdi, Valade Gallery, Detroit, MI.

CONSTANT FLUX
2011 ─ Art Effect, Detroit, MI.

THE APRIL INVITATIONAL: METRO DETROIT FAMILY
2011 ─ Art Effect, Detroit, MI.

WOMEN & THEIR LANDSCAPES
2011 ─ The Garage, San Diego, CA.

THE WELCOMING PARTY
2011 ─ Art Effect, Detroit, MI.

SHALOM STREET
2011 ─ JCC, The Center, West Bloomfield, MI.

2010 ART FOR THE HOLIDAYS
2010 ─ Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI.

LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE, BABY, NINE & A HALF DAYS
2010 ─ Staring Love Librarians Harare Chapter: Curated by Raphael Chikukwa, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.

FROM OUR PERSPECTIVES: A NATIONAL WOMEN’S EXHIBITION
2010 ─ Wallace Smith Theatre Gallery, Farmington Hills, MI.

ARTWORKS
2010 ─ New Center, Detroit, MI.

LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE, BABY, NINE & A HALF DAYS
2010─ Staring Love Librarians Chicago Chapter: Sarah Wagner and Jon Brumit, at the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago, IL.

UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE
2010 ─ Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI.

THE ART OF THE ARTIST’S BOOK
2010 ─ Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI.




PUBLICATIONS


“QUICK HITS”
September 2019 ─ The Review Hamtramck, Volume 11, No. 37,

STUDIO VISIT MAGAZINE
Fall 2017 ─ http://studiovisitmagazine.com, Fall 2017

“POEM STUDIO”
April 2017 ─ Channel 4 News

“SEVEN/TO/THREE”
July 2011 ─ The Best in Art, Design, Photo, & Video

“STAGE & CANVAS”
December 21, 2010 ─ The Real Detroit

“WHAT’S GOING ON”
June 25, 2008 ─ Detroit Free Press

“ART & DESIGN”
November 17-December 17, 2007 ─ Half hour segment on Detroit’s WMTV5 Channel 22 

AREA ZINC
2007 ─ online arts magazine, Vol. 1, Madrid, Spain

LIVRAISON
2007 ─ Vol. 3, Stockholm, Sweden 2007

“THE BLEEDING EDGE OF ART IN DETROIT”
December 02, 2006 ─ by Dave Nelson, growdetroit.com

”IN THE BOX/OUT OF THE BOX: THAT DAM BOX SHOW”
September 2006 ─ thedetroiter.com

HUNGER MOUNTAIN
Fall 2006 ─ Vermont College Journal Issue #9

“BACK TO BASICS”
May 05, 2002 ─ Metro Times

“SCULPTURES INVITE VIEWERS TO PLAY”
December 28, 1995 ─ Art & Entertainment, Eccentric