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SCHOOL

23 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
    Masters of Fine Art, 2D Design

13 Taylor University, Upland, IN
    Bachelors of Fine Art, Graphic Design


EXHIBITIONS

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

23 Chris Baker and Mason Goolsby
    Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

22 Two Cool Four School
    Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

22 Cartograffiti
    Forum Gallery Bloomfield Hills, MI

22 Brought To The Table
    Saarinen House, Bloomfield Hills, MI

22 Altars
    Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

22 Greenhouse Group Show
    Goldner Walsh Garden and Home, Pontiac, MI

AWARDS

23 Society of Typographic Arts - STA 100

23 The Robert C. Larson Venture Award

22 GDUSA Students To Watch

21 Cranbrook Academy of Art Merit Scholarship

13 Taylor Unviersity Designer of the Year


TEACHING

22-23 Oakland University,
    Lecturer/Special Lecturer, Graphic Design 1

23 Oakland University
    Guest Critic

22 Lawrence Technical University
    Guest Critic

22 Western Michigan University
    Guest Critic

15 Taylor University
    Visiting Instructor, Digital Tools

SELECT CLIENTS/COLLABORATORS

Ed Ryan
    Senior Designer, Pentagram

Mark Newport
    AIR, Fiber, Cranbrook Academy of Art (2007-2023)

Jane Lackey
    AIR, Fiber, Cranbrook Academy of Art (1997-2007)

Andrew Blauvelt
    Director, Cranbrook Art Museum

Lyla Catellier
    Curator of Public Programs, Cranbrook Art Museum

Cooper Holoweski
    AIR, Print Media, Cranbrook Academy of Art

Joshua Grant Welker
    Artist, Friend, Teacher

Levi McClish
    Owner, McClish Service Company

David Baker
    Managing Director, Bittersweet Creative

AC Roche
    President, Cranbrook Schools

Kevin Adkisson
    Associate Curator at Cranbrook Center for Collections

Julie Fracker
    Director of Communications, Cranbrook Art

Class of '23
    Cranbrook Academy of Art

Class of '24
    Cranbrook Academy of Art

Dot Jackson
    CAA, MFA, 23, Fiber

Tom Caycedo
    CAA, MFA, 23, Ceramics

Michael Candy
    CAA, MFA, 23, 4D

Ian Miller
    CAA, MFA, 22, Painting

Jillian Blackwell
    CAA, MFA, 24, Painting

Evan Mazellan
    CAA, MFA, 24, Painting

Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibitions Skilled Labor: Black Realism in Detroit and LeRoy Foster: Solo Show at Cranbrook Art Museum. 8 x 10 in. 146 pgs. 2024
Masters statement for Evan Mazellan. 8 x 12 in. 146 pgs. 2023
6 Posters for Michael Candy. RISO. 11 x 17". 2023
Ongoing exhibition graphics for Cranbrook Art Museum under the direction of Andrew Blauvelt.
System and ephemera for a window gallery located in the Painting department at Cranbrook Academy of Art. 2022
Publication for Shared Histories fiber symposium with Ed Ryan. 2023
4 paintings with Josh Welker. Diagrams GCPY, KGIX, and AHRN. 25 x 35 in. Oil on panel.
Masters statement for Dot Jackson. 100 pgs. 8 x 12 in. 2022
Ongoing exhibition graphics for Cranbrook Art Museum under the direction of Andrew Blauvelt.
Scumble, Sunset, and Mirror. 32" x 24" each, Oil on upholstery.
Fountainswimming posters printed in an edition of 36 with metallic and black ink bringing attention to Cranbrooks second edition of its student journal, "Residue."
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Entanglements - 15 years of Cranbrook Fiber with Ed Ryan for artist in residence Mark Newport. 127 pgs. 4.25 x 6 in. 2023.
Clocks, noon and midnight. Acrylic on MDF. 12 in.
Graduate Degree Exhibition identity, book, and website. All things designed and coded with Luis Quintillia for Cranbrooks class of 2023.
Cranbrook's student journal Fountainswimming. Inked with the help of William Lanzillo.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Clepsydrae, 8' x 4' Oil on Upholstery
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