Experience

Education

2014 · MFA Wayne State University College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts, James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History, Detroit, MI

2002 · BFA Cum Laude, Painting and Textiles, University of Michigan School of Art and Design, Ann Arbor, MI

Professional Experience

  • 2014-2020 · Adjunct Faculty, Madonna University, Livonia MI
  • 2017-2018 · Instructor, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
  • 2017 · Adjunct Instructor, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI
  • 2015-2016 · Adjunct Faculty, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
  • 2012-2014 · Graduate Teaching Assistant, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (courses taught: Oil Painting I, Drawing I, Drawing II [instructor of record] )
  • 2011-2012 · Art Teacher Secondary level, Beacon Day Treatment, River Rouge, MI,
  • 2011-2012 · Teacher/Intern, The Heidelberg Project Ace2 Education Program at Bates Academy, Detroit, MI

Exhibitions

  • 2022 · 7 + 7 Group Exhibition, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
  • 2022 · Biennial All Media Exhibition, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI (curated by Srimoyee Mitra)
  • 2019 · Solo Exhibition, Prophetic Landscape, Madonna University Art Gallery, Livonia, MI
  • 2018 · Two-Person Exhibition, Bird’s Eye to Fish Eye, Common Cup, Ann Arbor, MI (with painter Dominique Chastenet de Gery)
  • 2018 · Great Mother and New Father Conference Gallery Exhibition, Great Mother and New Father Conference Gallery, Camp Kieve, Nobleboro, ME (curated by Erik Schurink)
  • 2018 · Water Sacred, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI (curated by Clara DeGalan)
  • 2017 · Three-Person Exhibition, Salem 3, Tessellate Gallery, Pontiac, MI (curated by Alexandra Tsocanos)
  • 2017 · Blooms, Bugs, Beasts, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, Third Place Award (curated by Matthew Hanna)
  • 2017 · Round in Circles, N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI (curated by Jennifer Junkermeier)
  • 2017 · Nasty Women, Binders of Them, Cave Gallery, Detroit, MI (curated by Alexandra Tsocanos)
  • 2016 · Two-Person Exhibition, City Pastoral, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI (with painter Tommy Wilson)
  • 2016 · Midwest Mindset, CVA Gallery, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH (curated by Brian Carpenter)
  • 2016 · Three-Person Exhibition, From the Interior! Madonna University Art Gallery, Livonia, MI (with printmaker Jennifer Belair and painter Ani Garebedian)
  • 2015 · The Actual Size Biennial, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
  • 2015 · 93rd Annual All Media Exhibition, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
  • 2015 · Curio Artifacto: The Institute of Lateral Chronology, Madonna University Art Gallery (curated by Clara DeGalan)
  • 2014 · Mid-America College Art Association Members Exhibition, The University of Texas at San Antonio Art Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
  • 2014 · The Women Show, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
  • 2014 · MFA Graduate Thesis Show, Art Department Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
  • 2014 · Solo Exhibition, Undomicile: Recent Works by Clara DeGalan, Madonna University Art Gallery, Livonia, MI
  • 2013 · Actual Size, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
  • 2013 · Detroit Artists Market Scholarship Awards and Exhibition – Wayne State University, Second Place Award, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
  • 2012 · Livonia Arts Commission 15th Annual Exhibition of Fine Arts, Livonia, MI, Third Place Award (curated by Jim Nawara)
  • 2012 · Night Show, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
  • 2011 · Our Town, The Birmingham Community House Exhibition, Birmingham, MI
  • 2011 · Birds, Blooms, Bugs, Beasts, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI (curated by Cedric Tai)
  • 2011 · The Vagina Show, Trumbullplex, Detroit, MI
  • 2011 · Wayne State University Graduate Exhibition, Wayne State University Graduate Studios, Detroit, MI
  • 2009 · University of Michigan Alumni Exhibition, John Paul Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
  • 2008 · University of Michigan Alumni Exhibition, Work Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
  • 2007 · Our Town, The Birmingham Community House Exhibition, Birmingham, MI
  • 2001 · Transformations, John Paul Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
  • 2001 · Solo Exhibition, Loveclots on My Mind, Pierpont Commons Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • 2001 · WhoWhatWhenWearWhy, Warren Robbins Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Selected Publications

  • “Lauren Semivan @ David Klein Gallery,” detroitartreview.com, February 23, 2018
  • “Frederic Edwin Church @ Detroit Institute of Arts,” detroitartreview.com, November 6, 2017
  • “Susan Aaron-Taylor @ NCRC Gallery, Ann Arbor,” detroitartreview.com, October 15, 2017
  • “George Rahme @ Simone DeSousa Gallery,” detroitartreview.com, January 30, 2017
  • “Brittany Nelson & Susan Campbell @ David Klein Gallery,” detroitartreview.com, November 20, 2016
  • “Jetshri Bhadviya,” Essayd.org, Essay #103, July 2018
  • “Millee Tibbs,” Essayd.org, Essay #80, October 2017
  • “Shanna Merola,” Essayd.org, Essay #26, July 2015
  • “Recent Work and a Grounding Ritual for Autumn,” infinitemiledetroit.com, Issue 33, November 2016
  • “I Don’t Know an Empowered Woman when I See One,” infinitemiledetroit.com, Issue 28, May 2016
  • “Cosmo White: Wake the Town and Tell the People,” infinitemiledetroit.com, Issue 17, May 2015
  • “The Curtain Rises on Staging Ground: Alexander Buzzalini, John P. Geiger and Nick Mayer,” infinitemiledetroit.com, Issue 17, May 2015
  • “The Wolf at Our Door: A review of Sarah Wagner: Yard/Zone, Popp’s Packing, Detroit, MI,” infinitemiledetroit.com, Issue 11, November 2014
  • “A Wildcraft Gathering in Detroit: A Look Beneath the Surface of the Summer City,” infinitemiledetroit.com, Issue 8, July/August 2014

Guest Lectures

  • 2018 Lecture/Presentation, The Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, Madonna University, Livonia, MI, February 2018 Society Meeting.
  • 2016 Lecture/Presentation, The University of Toledo Department of Art, Visiting Artist Lecture, October 2016.
  • 2015 Lecture/Presentation for courses Drawing I and II, Charcoal Drawing, James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, March 5.
  • 2014 “Discomfort, The Male Gaze and the Representation Problem: Oppositional Identity in the Work of Contemporary Women Artists,” Women’s and Gender Studies Session, The Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters Conference, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, February 28.
  • 2013 Lecture/Presentation, Department of Arts and Humanities, Madonna University, Livonia, MI, November 14.
  • 2011 Lecture/Presentation, Arthur C. Danto Printmaking Open House and Demonstration, James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, October 15.

Exhibitions Juried

  • 2017 ·  Juried Student Exhibition, CVA Galleries, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH,
  • 2014 · Student Design Exhibition, Art Department Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Curatorial Projects

  • 2018 · Water Sacred, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
  • 2017 · From the Interior, Madonna University Art Gallery, Madonna University, Livonia, MI
  • 2015 · Curio Artifacto: The Institute of Lateral Chronology, Madonna University Art Gallery, Madonna University, Livonia, MI

Artist Residencies

  • 2014 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (October-November 2014)

Collections

  • Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
  • Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI

Professional Organizations

  • College Art Association, (CAA) New York, NY
  • Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI