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RESUME
EDUCATION:
Wayne State University, M.F.A Major: Fine Arts, Painting 1987
College for Creative Studies, B.F.A Major: Fine Arts, Painting 1985
Wayne County Community College
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2003-04 Macomb Community College Clinton Twp, Michigan: Drawing
1998-00 College for Creative Studies Detroit, Michigan: Painting & Drawing Fundamentals
1994-95 Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan: Design: Color Application and Theory
1989-91 Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan: Survey of Art History
1987-89 Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Michigan: Drawing and Painting
1988-89 Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan: Studio Art Application and Art History
1987 Pontiac Art Center, Pontiac, Michigan: Painting and Drawing
1986-87 Lebaron and Frost Elementary Schools Pontiac, Michigan: Artist in Residence Program
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2022 Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, “Ground Up Reflections on Black Abstraction”, Detroit, MI
Heidelberg Project “Art in Detroit Now”, Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Artist Market, Biennial All Media Exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
College for Creative Studies Valade Gallery, Alumni Exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
Scarab Club of Detroit Michigan Gallery, “Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition”
Dayton Art Institute,” Black Heritage through Visual Rhythms, Dayton, Ohio
Buckham Art Gallery,” BIPOC is the Theme Exhibition”, Flint, Michigan
Greater Flint Art Council, African American Artist Exhibition, Flint Michigan
University of Michigan Hospital,” Gifts of Art Exhibition”, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2021 ArtPrize 2021 DeVoss Place Convention Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Detroit Artist Market All Media Exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
NCA Gallery “, Brilliance Exhibition”, Detroit, Michigan
2020 NCA Invitational, Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina
Ellington White Contemporary Gallery, North Carolina
2019 All Art Works, Grand Haven, Michigan
Greater Flint Arts Council Michigan African American Artist Exhibition, Flint, Michigan
2018 Bob Dykstra Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Richard Bennett & Associates Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
2017 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
ArtPrize Exhibition, Harris Building, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Mixed Media Exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
2016 ArtPrize Exhibition, Harris Building, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Alfred Taubman Center for Design, Valade Family Gallery, Brandi Keeler Chronicles, Detroit, MI
Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Annual Intergenerational Exhibit
Collectors Show / SPRING 2016, ArtPrize HUB, 41 Sheldon Blvd SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2015 Dell Pryor Galley, Detroit, Michigan
University of Leggitt School, Grosse Pointe, Michigan Manoogian Gallery, solo exhibition
Detroit Artist Market Gallery, “Abstraction”
2014 A.Alfred Taubman Center for Design, Valade Family Gallery Exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
2012 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
College for Creative Studies, Center Gallery Exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
2011 Russell Gallery, “Reveal”, Detroit, Michigan
Greater Flint Arts Council Michigan African-American Artist Exhibition, Flint, MI
2010 College for Creative Studies, Center Gallery Exhibition
Greater Flint Arts Council Michigan African-American Artist Exhibition, Flint, Michigan
2009 College for Creative Studies, Center Gallery Exhibition
Greater Flint Arts Council Michigan African-American Artist Exhibition, Flint, Michigan
2008 Greater Flint Arts Council Michigan African-American Artist Exhibition, Flint, Michigan
2007 Pontiac Art Center B.A.R.T Group Exhibition, Pontiac, Michigan
Greater Flint Arts Council Michigan African-American Artist Exhibition, Flint, Michigan
2006 4731 Gallery Group Exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
Johanson Charles Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
2005 Pontiac Art Center, Invitational Duo Artist Exhibition, Pontiac, Michigan
2004 Michigan Fine Arts Competition
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Michigan
2003 4731 Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
“Abstract For Life”
2002 JRainey Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
Johanson Charles Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
2000 Johanson Charles Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
“For Your Interpretation” One Person Exhibition
JRainey Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
1999 JRainey Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
1997 Dell Pryor Gallery, “Art of Jazz”, Detroit, Michigan
1996 New Initiatives for the Arts 1996-97 Ten Year Anniversary Touring Exhibition
New Initiatives for the Arts, Artist Mentorship Michigan Touring Exhibition
Museum of African American History, Detroit, Michigan” Urban Monument Kcalb Gniw Spirit”
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan” Urban Monument Kcalb Gniw Spirit”
1995 Museum of African-American Life and Culture, Dallas, Texas Black Art Invitation Exhibition
Metropolitan Center for the Creative Arts, Detroit, Michigan “Hi-Tech / Lo-Tech / Hi-Art”
1993 Creative Art Center, “Dreams, Hope and Fears”, Pontiac, Michigan
N.C.A. Gallery, Arts Midwest Fellowship Recipients 1989-1992 Exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
1992 Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
1991 Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, African-American Invitational Exhibition, Fort Wayne, Indiana
1990 Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, African-American Invitational Exhibition, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Detroit Artists Market, “Abstraction”, Detroit, Michigan
Sisson Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan
1988 JB Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, 1988
Saginaw Art Museum 1988
Detroit Institute of Arts Museum,
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry 1988
Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center
AWARDS:
Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
MASCO Corporation Foundation Emerald Award; 2004
Arts Foundation of Michigan Creative Artists Grant; 1992-1993
Michigan Council for the Arts Creative Artist Grant; 1989-1990
Arts Midwest Fellowship; 1988
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Black Creativity First Place 1988
JB Speed Art Museum, Louisville Kentucky, Exhibition Merit Award 1987
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
DeVoss Place Convention Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Company, Detroit, Michigan
Poletown Properties / Henry Velleman
Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, Michigan
North Central Community Health Center, Detroit, Michigan
Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, Michigan
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS:
“Patterns of Detroit” Community Mural Project; 2002-2003
Community Mural Advisory Committee, College for Creative Studies,
Art Center Citizens District Council, Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation
“Detroit 300 Connections” Public Art Project; 2001
College for Creative Studies, Detroit Public Schools
Greater Essex County School Broad, Windsor, Ontario
Artist & Children Creating Community Together, Mural Project; 1999-2000
Boggs Center, B.A.R.T, Detroit Public Schools
Pontiac Art Center Mural Project, Pontiac, Michigan; 1987
PUBLICATIONS:
Dayton Art Institute “Black Heritage through Visual Rhythm 2022 Exhibition Catalogue
thedetroiter.com, news critic, art new/events; “Abstract for Life”
Gallery 4731, Detroit, Michigan, 2003
“Legacies of Automotive Impact and African Form”, Joy Colby;
Detroit News; 1996
NIFTA Artist Mentorship Catalog; 1996
Hi-Tech / Lo-Tech / Hi-Art Review, Joy Colby; Detroit News; 1995
“Six Delve Into Abstract at Detroit Artist Market”, Detroit Free
Press; 1990
Arts Midwest Acquisition Catalog; 1989
Artist Liaison Exhibition Catalog; 1988
NIFTA Exhibition Catalog; 1988
“Over The Fence, Art Coordinator Earns Fellowship”,
Oakland Press; 1988
“Pontiac Youths Paint Mural for Papal Visit in September”
Wide Track News; 1987
City Magazine, Michigan Artists; 1987
Detroit Free Press, Eye on Art; 1987
“B.C. Art Center to Open Two New Exhibits, State’s Black Artist
Highlighted”, Battle Creek Enquirer; 1987
“Black Artists, Those Who Are Emerging, Acclaimed Painter Saluted”, Louisville, Kentucky Courier Journal; 1987
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