Resume

Education

1995-1997 MFA – Eastern Michigan University – Painting – studied with Prof Margaret Davis
1993-1995 BFA – University of Michigan – Sculpture & Painting
1987-1988 University of California, Long Beach – Drawing – studied with Prof Dominic Cretara
1983-1987 Cerritos Jr. College, CA. (Drawing & Painting)
1981 Cerritos Jr. College, CA – (W81) Studied with Prof. Manuel De Leon
1978-1983 Private education in drawing & painting with Prof. Julio Vanzo, Rosario, Argentina
1975-1978 Cerritos Jr. College, CA. (Drawing & Painting)

Workshops Attended

2010 Steven Assael – portrait workshop NY, NY (attendee)
2001-2007 Prof. Robert Wilbert – figure painting, BBAC, MI (Intermittently)
2003 Lois Griffel – landscape painting, Mackinaw Is, MI
2000 Prof. Larry Blovitz – portraiture, Grand Rapids, MI

Represented By

WSG Gallery Member of WSG Gallery since 2006 – in charge of ExhibitionsWSG Gallery located at: 306 S.Main Ann Arbor MI 48104
www.wsg-art.com

Solo Exhibits

2012 Vice-Versa – WSG Gallery – Ann Arbor, MI
2011 Perennial – Kerrytown Concert House – Ann Arbor, MI
2009 Figures & Spaces – WSG Gallery – Ann Arbor, MI
2006 Drawings – Gallery Next Door – Leeland, MI
2005 Indoors & Out – Saline Picture Frame Co. – Saline, MI
2004 Journey – Arts Council of Moore County – Southern Pines, NC
2002 Bagley Art Gallery – Detroit, MI
1997 MFA Exhibit – Eastern Michigan University – Ypsilanti, MI
1981 “Café de las Artes” – Rosario, Argentina
1981 “Galería Buonarotti” – Rosario, Argentina

Selected Group Exhibits

2014 Women Painting Women – Richard J Damato Gallery, Sag Harbor NY
Everywoman – Chelsea River Gallery – Rackham Bldg, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2013 Woman – Detroit Contemporary Gallery – Detroit, MI
Images of Montecastello – Montecastello di Vibio, Italy
2012 Romancing the Figure – Sisson Gallery, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI
2011 Union Columbia College – Chicago, IL
California Open – TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Four Seasons Group Exhibit – Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI
Collective 7 – Trace point – BBAC – Bloomfield. MI
2010 Four Seasons Group Exhibit – Lansing Gallery, Lansing, MI
Four Seasons Group Exhibit – Chelsea Center for the Arts, Chelsea, MI
Cities, Towns & Villages – The River Gallery, Chelsea, MI
2009 CALOSS – Buckham Gallery – Flint MI
2008 Chicago Meets Argentina – Robert Morris College, Chicago, IL
Four Seasons ~ EMU University Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
Aging with Attitude ~ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2007 Watermedia + ~ Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti – MI
2006 Michigan Fine Arts Competition – BBAC – Birmingham, MI
2005 Derby Days – 20 North Gallery – Toledo, OH
The Body Eclectic – Lawrence Street Gallery – Ferndale, MI
2004 “Latin American Artists Show” – Capitol Building, Sacramento, CA
Go Figure! – Art Oasis, Ann Arbor MI
2003 Four Perspectives in Landscape – Ave Maria Gallery, Ann Arbor MI
9 Latinas/One Spirit – Bagley Art Gallery, Detroit MI
2002 Figuratively Speaking – Holland Area Arts Council, Holland -MI
2001 Latino Artist Exhibition, Saginaw Art Museum – Saginaw MI
1998 National Drawing ’98 – The College of New Jersey, NJ
Michigan Art Competition – Holland Arts Council – Holland, MI
1995 Michigan Drawing Exhibit – Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI
“Carbonari” Drawing Show – Detroit, MI
1993 Group show – French Alliance – Buenos Aires, Argentina
1991 Teatro Laserre – Rafaela, Argentina
1990 Group show – Rafaela, Argentina
1987 State student competition, Gavilan Jr. College, CA. (Best of show-purchase award)
1985 “Latin American Artists Show” – Capitol Building, Sacramento, CA

Teaching Experience

2014 La Romita School of Art, Umbria, Italy – Landscape drawing & painting 2 week workshop
2002-present University of Michigan (Lecturer II) – Drawing, Figure Drawing, Watercolor & Painting
1996-2012 Eastern Michigan University (adjunct) – Drawing, Watercolor and Painting
1998-2003 Ann Arbor Art Center – Fall: Drawing, Beg. Painting, & Figure Drawing
1999-2001 Washtenaw Community College – Drawing
1999-2003 Ann Arbor Art Center – Winter & Spring: Draw/Painting (non-art majors)
1994 Howell Community Ed.: Fundamentals of Drawing & Painting (adult courses)
1990-1992 Private Studio – Rafaela, Argentina – all levels adult Drawing & Painting

Awards

2005 The Body Eclectic – Lawrence Street Gallery – Ferndale, MI – Drawing
1998 The College of New Jersey National Drawing ’98 Purchase Award
1996 Dorothy Lemming Award – EMU
1996 Provost’s Scholarship for 1996-1997 academic year EMU
1996 Eastern Michigan University Graduate Purchase Award – Painting.
1995 Albert Mullen Award – Painting U of MRobert D. Richards Memorial Fund Award – Watercolor – University of Michigan
1994 Merit awards in Painting, Drawing and Sculpture – University of Michigan
1987 Student show, Gavilan Jr. College, CA. Best of show-purchase award – painting.
1985 Student show, Cerritos Jr. College, CA.First prize in drawing & Honorable mention in painting.
1984 Student show – Cerritos Jr. College, CA. Honorable Mention – painting

Competition Juror

2014 Kaleidoscope – 14th Annual Brighton Art Guild – all media competition
2012 Campus Involvement Juried Art Competition, Wall Gallery Univ of MI Pierpont Commons
2007 Fill the Frame – Lawrence St Gallery – Ferndale MI – all media competitionDaisy Lake Art Gallery – Celebrating the Female Figure – all media – 1 of 3 jurors
2007 Brighton Art Guild – Kaleidoscope 2007 – all media, member competition

Curated

2014 Upend Art exhibit “Terra Nova” Power Center, Ann Arbor MI
2013 Upend Art exhibit “About:Face” Rodin, Detroit, MI – all media competition
2011 BBAC Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, MI – Collective 7 – Trace Point, figurative show
2006 Riverside Arts Center – “Michigan Landscapes” – Group show of Michigan artists interpreting the Michigan landscape

Academic Honors

1995 Magna Cum Laude, U of M
1994 Phi-Kappa-Phi Honor Society, U of M.
1994 University of Michigan Honor Roll

Organiations

2006-present Washington Street Gallery (member)
2010 Detroit Artist Market (member)
2007 Great Lakes Plein Aire Painters painting meet – Traverse City, MI (organizer & attendee)
2004-present Great Lakes Plein Aire Painters Association (member)
2000-present Ann Arbor Women Artist – MIOrganizer of weekly figure drawing sessions open to the artist communityActive in plein aire painting activities
1996-2004 Art Masters Assoc. (EMU Graduate/Alumni Organization) Co-Founder and Board Member

Public Demonstrations and Presentations

2012 Harland Middle School & High School – Influences from Argentina (drawing demo)
2009 Ann Arbor Art Fair – WSG Gallery – Ann Arbor, MI (Painting demonstration)
2008 Ann Arbor Art Fair – WSG Gallery – Ann Arbor, MI (Painting demonstration)
2007 Brighton Art Guild – discussion on show juried – Kaleidoscope 2007 – Brighton, MI
The Expressive Figure workshop – Artists Among Us Series – Saline Library, MI (instructor)
Landscape Watercolor workshop – Congregational Summer Assenbly, Crystal Lake, MI
* Artist in Residence
2005 Charcoal portraits on site for choir fundraiser at Huron High School, Ann Arbor, MI
2003 Career Day at Clague Middle School, Ann Arbor, MI
2002 Artists Among Us – Saline District Library, Saline, MI (Guest speaker)
1995 Portrait demo. Art Train – Howell, MI (Guest)
1991 Portrait demo. “Woman and Child show” – San Justo, Argentina.
1989 Portraits on site – Galería Renóm – Rosario, Argentina

Publications

2014 October Issue ~ American Art Collector Mag – Women Painting Women, RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor NY
2012 May/June Issue ~ Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine – Titled: One of Three artists to watch in MIToday’s Masters “Artists Making Their Mark” by Peter Trippi
2011 March 9 ~ ANNARBOR.com by John C Cantu “Self portraiture exhibit…” Link to publication
Jan 7 ~ Birmingham Patch by Brittney Moody Link to publication
2009 Nov 6 ~ The Examiner Link to publication
Nov 14 ~ Annarbor. com Insightful, intense in “Figures & Spaces” at WSG Gallery by John C. Cantu Link to publication
2008 March 10 ~ Eastern Echo “Eastern Gallery has 4 Seasons” by David Wurtsmith
2006 November 5 ~ “See state through the eyes of artists” – “Michigan Landscapes’ a pleasant reminder of beauty surrounding us” by John Carlos Cantu – Ann Arbor News – Entertainment
2005 September ~ Saline Picture Frame Co. Indoors and Out by Peter Bowe
2004 October 7 & 23 ~ The Pilot Newspaper – Southern Pines, NC Arts & Entertainment
2003 March 10 ~ Latino Press Detroit – Arte en el Barrio by Eric Younan
2002 March ~ Idea Magazine – New Latino Gallery by Maureen Electa Monte
March 7 ~ Latino Press Detroit – Arte en el Barrio by Ursula Murray
March 14 ~ El Central – Art in the Barrio
January 3 ~ The Saline Reporter by Valerie Mann
2001 December 27 ~ The Saline Reporter by Valerie Mann
2000 March 23 ~ Ann Arbor News “Drawing Biennial” by John C. Cantu
1999 September 18 ~ Ann Arbor News “Those Who Do, Teach” by John .C. Cantu

Public and Private Collections

First Martin Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI
Deloitte Consulting, Detroit MI offices
Univ of Michigan Student Union; Eastern Michigan University Graduate School; Eastern Michigan University Student Union; St Joseph Hospitals, Ann Arbor & Chelsea, MI.
Private collections in the United States, England, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Argentina and Brazil.

 

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References upon request

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