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EDUCATION

Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Masters of Fine Art, Fiber

2018

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA 

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture/ 3D Studies

2011

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Faculty, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

2019- 2021

Intro to Fiber Structures, an overview of felting, weaving, knitting, and crochet 

Intro to Fiber Surfaces, an overview of printing on fabric, embroidery, and sewing

Hue Dyed Fiber, a dye chemistry class infused with color theory 


Adjunct Faculty, Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills, MI

2020

ART1550, a sculpture course including making, theory, and appreciation

ART2550, a sculpture course for advising advanced students 


Department Assistant, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2017- 2018    

Managed calendar for use of communal department spaces and equipment

Facilitated inter-departmental equipment loans 

Served as liaison between academic department and facilities staff

Repaired weaving and other fiber equipment 

Presented safety procedures to incoming students 

AWARDS

2020 Red Bull Micro-Grant, Detroit, MI

2018 Windgate Foundation Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2011 Merit Prize in Sculpture from the E.K. Johnson Memorial Fund, North Dartmouth, MI

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2018 September Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2018 Spring/Summer Residency, The Studios at Mass MoCa, North Adams, MA

2017 Incubator Residency, Talking Dolls, Hamtramck, MI

EXHIBITIONS

2021

Solo Exhibition, Bodily Autonomy, Stone House Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC 

2020

Annual Exhibition, Honigman, Detroit, MI 

2019

Faculty Now!, Valade Family Gallery, Detroit, MI

We Live Here, 1301 Broadway, Detroit, MI

2018

Future Tense II, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, MO

MEGA, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids,  MI

Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes Benz Financial Services,, Farmington Hills, MI

Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI 

2017

Suspended States, Tessellate, Pontiac, MI

Alcove Display, Cranbrook Art Museum Collections, Bloomfield Hills, MI

I don’t know what you did last summer, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI 

Incubator Residency Open House, Talking Dolls, Hamtramck, MI 

2016

Remedies, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI 

Interference, Installation at Cast Away and Folk, Santa Rosa, CA

Land(ing) Art, Rivertown Revival, Petaluma, CA

2015

Interference, Invited Artist Installation at 33 Arts, Santa Rosa, CA

2013

9th Annual Spring Juried Show, Stove Factory Gallery, Charlestown, MA

Fine Art of Craft, Marblehead Art Association, Marblehead, MA

2010

Thesis Preview Exhibition, Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA

2nd All Media Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, Fall River, MA

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Kilee Price, “Bodily Autonomy Curatorial Statement,” Stone House Art Gallery, February 28, 2021. https://www.stonehouseartgallery.com/bodily-autonomy

A Process Uncontained: Cranbrook Fiber 2008-2019. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2020. 92

Cranbrook Academy of Art 2018. Thesis Exhibition Catalog. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2018. 84-85

Experiencing Perspectives 2018-2019 Art Exhibition. Exhibition Catalog. Mercedes Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI, 2018. 68

“Exposure,” Surface Design Journal. Volume 41 Number 3 (Fall 2017). Las Vegas, NM. 48


LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS

2022 Felt Sculpture Workshop, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2020 Felt Sculpture Workshop, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2018 Artist-in-Residence Lecture, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2017 “Felt as Record”, Pecha-Kucha Lecture, Surface Design Conference, Portland, OR

2017 Direct Flower Dying Workshop, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI


TECHNICAL ABILITIES 

Learning Management Software (Blackboard, Canvas, and Desire2Learn)

Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Bridge, Lightroom, and Rush)

Digital Photography (Color Correction, Studio Lighting, Nikon and Canon DSLRs) 

Textile Fabrication (Felting, Sewing, Weaving, Knitting, Crochet)

Surface Design (Color Theory, Pattern Design, Color Palettes) 

Textile Dye Processes (Natural, Acid and Fiber Reactive Dyes)

Papermaking (Sheet Forming and Sculptural Applications) 

Woodshop (Jigsaw, Tablesaw, Mitersaw, and Hand Tools)

Ceramics (Handbuilding and Kiln Operation) 

Observational Drawing 


PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE)

Surface Design Association (SDA)