EDUCATION
- 2004-2006 Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI M.F.A. / Painting
- 2000-2004 Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD B.F.A. / Painting Major, Liberal Arts Minor
PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2006-Present Anton Art Center Mount Clemens, MI Exhibition / Events / Education Coordinator
- 2006-2008 ArtWorks DaimlerChrysler Metro Detroit, MI Curator for traveling exhibition 2006 Cranbrook Art Museum Bloomfield Hills, MI Serious Moonlight Art Auction Coordinator
- 2006 Cranbrook Summer Institute Bloomfield Hills, MI Instructor –Painting in a World of Color
- 2004-2006 Cranbrook Art Museum Bloomfield Hills, MI Preparator’s Assistant
- 2004-2006 Network Gallery (CAA Alumni Gallery) Bloomfield Hills, MI Gallery Assistant 2002-2004 Zolla Lieberman Gallery Chicago, IL Gallery Intern / Seasonal Assistant
- 2000-2002 Contemporary Museum of Art Baltimore, MD Exhibitions Volunteer
LECTURES / WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS
- 2009 “Successful Submissions” Seminar, Anton Art Center Mount Clemens, MI
- 2008 “Changing Cities” Artist Talk, Three Walls Chicago, IL
- 2006 “Studio Practice and Progress” Lecture, Cranbrook Bloomfield Hills, MI
- 2005 Artist Lecture, Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI
- 2004 Artist Talk, Homewood Flossmoor High Flossmoor, IL
AWARDS / GRANTS
- 2008 Daimler Artist Travel Grant
- 2004-2006 Cranbrook Academy of Art Scholarship
- 2003-2004 Competitive Merit Scholarship
- 2003 Winifred M.Gordon Foundation Grant
- 2001-2004 Language and Literature Scholarship
- 2000-2004 Academic Honors Scholarship
- 2000-2004 Presidential Scholarship
- 2000-2004 Maryland Institute College of Art Scholarship
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
- 2010 In Spite of the Evidence Gallery Project Ann Arbor, MI
- 2010 Presence/Absence Paint Creek Center for Art Rochester, MI
- 2009 Vienna Art Fair Vienna, Austria
- 2009 Pure Detroit Art Channel Beijing, China
- 2008 Made in Detroit Galerie Eva Bracke Berlin, Germany
- 2008 Changing Cities: Bregenz Lisi Hammerle Bregenz, Austria
- 2008 Holiday Objects Up & Down Paint Creek Center for Art Rochester, MI
- 2008 People’s Art Festival Russell Industrial Center Detroit, MI
- 2008 BUY THIS Anton Art Center Mount Clemens, MI
- 2008 Moving Walls: Berlin MONA Pontiac, MI
- 2008 Drawn Together Community Arts Gallery Ferndale, MI
- 2008 A Spring Happening Next Step Studios Ferndale, MI
- 2008 Souvenir Gescheidle Gallery Chicago, IL
- 2008 HatchBack Juried Show 1923 Hamtramck, MI
- 2008 Changing Cities: Detroit Three Walls Gallery Chicago, IL
- 2008 Mailed & Mounted The Art Center Mount Clemens, MI
- 2007 Pin Up Museum of New Art Pontiac, MI
- 2007 Art Execution The Art Center Mount Clemens, MI
- 2007 Actual Size Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit Detroit, MI
- 2007 Moving Walls Museum of New Art Pontiac, MI 2007 Mi Casa es Su Casa VCU Residency Studio Richmond, VA
- 2006 Degree Exhibition Cranbrook Art Museum Bloomfield Hills, MI
- 2006 n-tûrprt Northville Art House Northville, MI
- 2006 Just a Squirrel Tryin’ to Get a Nut Forum Gallery Bloomfield Hills, MI
- 2006 Cheap Trick Forum Gallery Bloomfield Hills, MI
- 2006 A Real Allegory Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit Detroit, MI
- 2005 Beggars Can’t Be Choosers Berkley Front Berkley, MI
- 2005 Actual Size Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit Detroit, MI
- 2005 Tiny Billboards Forum Gallery Bloomfield Hills, MI
- 2004 Summer Love Zolla Lieberman Gallery Chicago, IL
- 2004 Valentines Exhibition OXOXO Gallery Baltimore, MD
- 2004 Thesis Show Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD
- 2003 Holiday Invitational OXOXO Gallery Baltimore, MD
- 2003 International Exhibition Center for Art and Culture Aix-En-Provence, France
- 2003 Mobility Exhibition Meyerhoff Gallery Baltimore, MD
- 2003 Painting Exhibition Woodward Gallery Baltimore, MD
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
- John Charnota Detroit, MI
- Judith Etkin Palm Beach Shores, FL
- Mary Fortuna Royal Oak, MI
- Barry Nemett Baltimore, MD
- Marianne Rieppel Chicago, IL
- Jim Vlasic Detroit, MI
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Meyer, Anouk, "Stilvoller Niedergang", Neues Deutschland, December 10, 2008.
- Ruthe, Ingeborg, "Melancholische Grüße aus Detroit", Berliner Zeitung, December 5, 2008. Mazzei, Rebecca, "City of Possibilities", Metro Times, July 23-29, 2008, 24.
- Weinberg, Lauren, “Eminem Domain”, Time Out Chicago, March 20-26, 2008
- Wise, David Mark, “Review: Changing Cities: Detroit / Three Walls”, Newcity Art, March 6, 2008
- Voss, Elizabeth H., "Windy City Trade: Area Artists Send Their Works to Chicago Gallery for Art Exchange", The Oakland Press, February 24, 2008, F-3. Scott, Melanie, “Mt. Clemens curator is artist in her own right”, “Detroit Free Press”, March 18, 2007, 1.
- From Here On Out, Cranbrook Academy of Art Graduate Book, 2006
