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OBJECTIVE:
I am a storyteller. My medium changes often.
I enjoy making, collaborating and facilitating all the ways that untold stories can be born.
“Moving from silence into speech is, for the oppressed, the colonized, the exploited, and those who stand and struggle side by side, a gesture of defiance that heals, that makes new life and new growth possible. It is that act of speech, of ‘talking back,’ that is no mere gesture of empty words, that is the expression of our movement from object to subject — the liberated voice.” - bell hooks
EDUCATION:
2007 • MFA - Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2001 • BFA - Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
1999 • Study Abroad -Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS:
2020 • Artistic Merit Award, Real People Group Exhibition, Old Courthouse Art
Center, Woodstock, IL
2020 • First Place Award: A DECADE OF GOLDEN APPLE ARTISTS
Online Exhibition, Golden Apple Studio and Art Residency
2019 • Anderson Ranch, summer residence scholarship, Aspen CO
2007 • Visual Resources Graduate Assistantship Award,
Eastern Michigan University
2007 • Teaching Assistantship Award, Eastern Michigan University
2005-07 • Dorothy Lamming Scholarship, Eastern Michigan University
2005-07 • Painting Graduate Assistantship Award, Eastern Michigan University
1999 • Studio Art Centers International Travel Assistantship,
Studio Art Centers International, Italy
1997-2001 • Merit Scholarship, Kendall College of Art and Design
1995-97 • Presidential Scholarship, North Central Michigan College
TEACHING EMPLOYMENT:
2021-22
• Alfred University, Art History Department, Adjunct Instructor
Fall: Contemporary Art History, Theory Methods and Practice
Spring: Business of Art, Renaissance and PreColumbian
2018-19
• Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington IN, Art Department,
Adjunct Instructor
Spring: Foundations of Printmaking
Fall: Life and Object Drawing II
2017-18
• Hope College, Art Department, Adjunct Instructor
Fall: Basic Painting–2 sections
• Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington IN, Art Department,
Adjunct Instructor
Spring: Foundations of Printmaking, Life and Object Drawing I
Summer: Art Appreciation
Fall: Life and Object Drawing II
2016-17
• Hope College, Art Department, Adjunct Instructor
Fall: Basic Drawing, Basic Painting
Spring: Basic Painting–2 sections
• Kendall College of Art and Design, Adjunct Instructor
Fall: Drawing I
Spring: Figure Drawing I, Figure Drawing II
2015-16
• Hope College, Art Department, Adjunct Instructor
Fall: Basic Drawing
Spring: Basic Drawing
• Kendall College of Art and Design, Adjunct Instructor
Spring: Figure Drawing II, Figure III/IV
2014-15
• Northern Michigan University, Assistant Professor,
Director - Drawing/Painting/Printmaking
Fall: Painting I, Drawing/Painting(figure), Printmaking II
Winter: Advanced Seminar, Drawing/Painting(figure), Printmaking I
2013-14
• Kendall College of Art and Design, Full-time Instructor
Fall: Figure III/IV, Studio Drawing I&II, Drawing/Materials/Processes
Spring: Figure Drawing II, Studio Drawing I&II,
Drawing/Materials/Processes
Summer: Figure Drawing I, Graduate Painting - Studio/Thesis
2012-13
• Kendall College of Art and Design, Full-time Instructor
Fall: Figure I, Studio Drawing I&II/Thesis I, Drawing I, Undergraduate
Independent Study
Spring: Drawing II, Studio Drawing I&II, Figure III&IV, Graduate Figure
Drawing/Special Problems
Summer: Figure Drawing
2011-12
• Kendall College of Art and Design, Full-time Instructor
Fall: Figure I, Studio Drawing I&II, Drawing Materials and Processes
Spring: Drawing, Materials and Processes, Studio Drawing
I&II, Graduate Drawing/Thesis
Summer: Figure Drawing I
2010-11
• Kendall College of Art and Design, Full-time Instructor
Fall Overload: Drawing I, Drawing II, Figure I, Figure III&IV
Spring Overload: Drawing II, Figure Drawing II, Studio Drawing
I&II, Chromatic Drawing
Summer: Figure Drawing I
2009-10
• Kendall College of Art and Design, Full-time Instructor
Fall Overload: Drawing I, Drawing II, Figure II, Figure III&IV
Spring Overload: Drawing I, Drawing II, Figure II, Figure III&IV
Summer: Figure Drawing I
2009-08
• Kendall College of Art and Design, Adjunct Instructor
Fall: Figure Drawing I, Figure Drawing II
Spring: Drawing II, Figure Drawing II
Summer: Figure Drawing
2007
• Eastern Michigan University
Fall: Visual Resource GA, Librarian Assistant, Art 101
Spring: Art 101
SERVICE/LEADERSHIP POSITIONS:
2018-19 • Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington IN, Art Department
Art club sponsor
2012 • Instructor, New York Study Away Trip, Kendall College of Art and Design
2011 • Guest Speaker for the Kendall College of Art and Design
Faculty Exhibition speaker series
2011 • Bodies Exhibit Facilitator, Grand Rapids Public Museum
2011 • Juror, Kendall College of Art and Design Scholastic Achievement Awards
2010 • National MFA Portfolio Day, Chicago IL
2010 • Curator, Kendall College of Art and Design MFA Spring Exhibition
2009 • National Portfolio Day, University of Michigan ,Ann Arbor MI
2007 • Juror, Greenhill’s High School Art Exhibition
2007 • President, Eastern Michigan University Art Masters Association
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE:
2021 • Alfred University, Art History Department, Field trip chaperone
2015 • Wildcat Weekend, Department Presentation, Northern
Michigan University
2014-15 • Tour Guide, Department Tour, Northern Michigan University
2010-13 • MFA and BFA - program and final reviews, Kendall College of Art
and Design
2010-13 • Spring Commencement Ceremonies, Kendall College of Art and Design
2011-13 • MAE Artprize Educational Committee, Kendall College of Art and Design
2012 • New York Study Away Trip, Kendall College of Art and Design
2009-13 • MFA and BFA Student Advising, Kendall College of Art and Design
2011-12 • Merit Scholarship Committee, Kendall College of Art and Design
2012 • BFA National Portfolio Day, Kendall College of Art and Design
2011 • MFA National Portfolio Day, Chicago, Kendall College of Art and Design
2010 • Drawing and Printmaking Career Day, artists Joe Biel and Justin Quinn,
Kendall College of Art and Design
2010 • MFA Student Spring Exhibition, Co-Curator, Kendall College of Art
and Design
2009 • BFA National Portfolio Day, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
MURAL AND COMMERCIAL EMPLOYMENT:
2021 • ArtWorks - FCC Stadium Heineken mural, Cincinnati, Ohio
2021 • Parkside mural, Richmond, IN
2020 • Perrin Brewing Company Mural Projects, Grand Rapids, MI
2020 • Historical restoration and decorative painting, Capitol Building,
Lansing, MI
2020 • Macy's Lobby Mural Project, Marshall Field's Building, Chicago, Illinois
2019 • Bloomington Health Department Mural Project, Bloomington, IN
2019 • Perrin Brewing Company Mural Projects, Grand Rapids, MI
2017 • Martin Stein Mural Project, Grand Rapids, MI
1997 - 2017 • Carlson Design - Independent Contractor, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 • Arts Council of White Lake Mural Project
2016 • Carlson Design Mural Collaboration with Penny Schindler,
Grand Rapids, MI
2015 • Mary Free Bed Hospital Mural Project, Grand Rapids, MI
2014 - 18 • Perrin Brewing Company Mural Projects, Grand Rapids, MI
2013 • Raddix Tavern Mural Project, Grand Rapids, MI
2000 • Carlson Design Mural Collaboration with Penny Schindler,
Grand Rapids, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2021 • Fluid – A Solo exhibition, Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Saugatuck, MI
2021 • Fluid – A Solo exhibition, Leeds Gallery, Earlham College, Richmond, IN
2019 • Real Estate gallery, Bloomington, IN
2018 • Vesak, Fountain Street Church chapel gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2017 • Opportunity, A Solo Exhibition, Mad Cap Coffee, Grand Rapids, MI
2017 • Artist in Residence Solo Exhibition, Arts Council of WhiteLake,
White Hall, MI
2016 • Practice: Gypsy Schindler, AM Yoga Studio, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 • Trans-Lucent, Gallery 194, Lapeer, MI
2011 • Gallery 31 presents: Gypsy Schindler, Gallery 31, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 • Transparent, Newaygo County Council for the Arts, Freemont, MI
2007 • Thicker Than Water, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Eastern Michigan University,
Ypsilanti, MI
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2021 • The Hear Us! virtual exhibition, Art As Healing Foundation, MI
2021 • Identity, Art Fluent Online Gallery, art-fluent.com
2020 • Real People Group Exhibition, Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, IL
2020 • 7th Annual Living Mark, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
2020 • National Juried Exhibition "Paint: Medium as Power in a Time of
Crisis.", Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
2020 • A DECADE OF GOLDEN APPLE ARTISTS Online Exhibition,
Golden Apple Studio and Art Residency
2020 • Abstraction, Michigan Institute for Contemporary Art, Lansing, MI
2020 • Selected works exhibition, Leeds Gallery, Earlham College,
Richmond, IN
2019 • Whitewater Valley Art Competition, Indiana University East,
Richmond, IN
2018 • Ivy Tech Faculty Exhibition, Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2018 • Coexhist: A Collaborative Exhibition, Fuller Gallery, Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN
2018 • Real People Group Exhibition, Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, IL
2017 • ArtPrize Collectors Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 • Cartulary: Alluvium Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 • ArtPrize, GRCC Spectrum Theatre, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 • 87th Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2014 • “Burning Desires” Group Exhibition, Michigan Institute for Contemporary
Arts, Lansing, MI
2014 • Northern Michigan University Faculty Exhibition Devos Art Gallery,
Marquette, MI
2014 • Greetings from the East to the West, Shanghai Meilidao International
Art Institute, Shanghai, China
2014 • Contemporary Motherhood, Kendall College of Art and Design,
Grand Rapids, MI
2013 • Civil Rights: Then, Now, and When, I.P. Stanback Museum and
Planetarium, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
2013 • Heroes Surround Us, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2013 • Renaissance n’ Ruckus, Network LGBT Community
Center, Grand Rapids, MI
2013 • Detroit Artist Market Group Exhibition, Detroit Artist Market Detroit, MI
2013 • Devos Place Faculty Exhibition, Devos Place, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 • Figure Drawing, Duderstadt Center Gallery, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI
2012 • ArtPrize, CODA Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 • Kendall College of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition
Woodbridge N. Ferris Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 • Interplay, Faculty Invitation, CODA Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 • Kendall College of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition Rankin Art Gallery,
Big Rapids, MI
2011 • City Streets Exhibition, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI
2011 • Figurative Works, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2011 • Live Coverage, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
2010 • Kendall College of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition,
Kendall Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2010 • ArtPrize, 800 Monroe Venue, Grand Rapids, MI
2010 • Women and Water, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2010 • Kendall College of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition Rankin Art Gallery,
Big Rapids, MI
2009 • Live Coverage, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
2008 • Pathways, Graduate Student Exhibition, Work Gallery, Detroit, MI
2008 • Art Masters Association, Riverside Arts Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
2008 • Great Lakes Drawing Biennial, Juried Exhibition, Eastern Michigan
University, Ypsilanti, MI
2007 • Spring Fling, Riverside Arts Council, Ypsilanti, MI
2007 • Graduate Juried Exhibition, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2007 • Art Masters Association Exhibition, Riverside Arts Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
2007 • Installation/Installed, Eastern Michigan University, Student Gallery,
Ypsilanti, MI
2007 • Laboratory, Juried Exhibition, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2006 • Eastern Michigan University Graduate Show, Juried Exhibition,
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2000 • Love of the Figure, Dual Exhibition, Kendall College of Art and
Design Student Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
1999 • Student Exhibition, Studio Art Center International, Florence, Italy
CURATORIAL/EXHIBITION INSTALLATION:
2014 • Juror, Student Art Gallery, Northern Michigan University
2010 -14 • Co-Curator, Kendall College of Art and Design, MFA Spring Exhibition
2013 • Curator, Radix Tavern Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
2013 • Curator, The Network - LGBT Community Center, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 • Juror, Kendall College of Art and Design, Scholastic
Achievement Awards
2010 • Juror, Kendall College of Art and Design, The Scholastic Art and
Writing Awards
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:
2021 • Christopher Villeaux Collection, Texas
2021 • Christopher Maloney Collection, West Virginia
2019 • Martin Stein Collection, Grand Rapids, MI
2017 • Michael Coleman Collection, Grand Rapids, MI
2014 • Emily Loeks Collection, Grand Rapids, MI
2007 • Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2006 • Phillip Menard Collection, Ann Arbor, MI
2001 • Dan Carlson Collection, Grand Rapids, MI
1997 • North Central Michigan College, Petoskey, MI
PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES, SEMINARS, RESIDENCE:
2021 •Artist Talk: Fluid – A Solo exhibition, Leeds Gallery,
Earlham College, Richmond, IN
2020 • Artist Talk: "Paint: Medium as Power in a Time of Crisis.",
Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
2019 • Anderson Ranch, summer residence, Aspen CO
2017 • Artist in Residence, Arts Council of White Lake,White Hall, MI
2016 • Penland School of Arts and Craft, summer residence, Penland NC
2016 • Artist Talk, Practice - Solo Exhibition, AM Yoga Studio, Grand Rapids,
MI https://www.facebook.com/pg/amyoga111/videos/
2016 • Pechakucha - Speaking event,Grand Rapids, MI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM0sFwVJen8
2012 • Tour Guide, Kendall ArtPrize Educational Exhibition,
Grand Rapids Michigan
2012 • Program Presenter, Kendall ArtPrize Educational,
Grand Rapids Michigan
2012 • Guest Critic, Margaret Vega Graduate Thesis Painting Class,
Kendall College, Grand Rapids , Michigan
2011 • Artist Talk, Transparent-Solo Exhibition, Newaygo County Council for the
Arts, Freemont Michigan
2011 • 194 Gallery, Gallery Talk, Lapeer Michigan
2010 • Kendall/Ferris Faculty Exhibition, Grand Rapids Michigan
2010 • Public Artist Talk and Exhibition, Art Prize, Grand Rapids Michigan
2010 • Guest Critic, Stephen Halko Graduate Thesis Drawing,
Kendall College, Grand Rapids Michigan
2010 • Guest Critic, Patty Constantine Thesis Drawing Class, Kendall College,
Grand Rapids Michigan
2010 • Guest Critic, Diane Zeeuw Thesis Painting Class, Kendall College,
Grand Rapids, Michigan
PUBLICATIONS/BOOKS:
2020 • Drawing Essentials: A Guide to Drawing from Observation by Deborah
Rockman, Revised edition III, Oxford University Press
2016 • Drawing Essentials: A Guide to Drawing from Observation by Deborah
Rockman, Revised edition II, Oxford University Press
2014 • Greetings from the West to the East, Exhibition and Seminar of American
artworks, Trojan Art Services Co. Ltd
2012 • Drawing Essentials: A Guide to Drawing from Observation by Deborah
Rockman, Revised edition I, Oxford University Press
2008 • Drawing Essentials: A Guide to Drawing from Observation by Deborah
Rockman, Oxford University Press
2000 • The Art of Teaching Art: A Guide for Teaching and Learning
the Foundations of Drawing Based Art by Deborah Rockman,
Oxford University Press
MEDIA COVERAGE:
2014 • TV 6, WLUC , Northern Michigan University Faculty Exhibition, Interview,
Marquette, MI
2012 • “Gallery Opens Innovative New Exhibit”, The County Press, Lapeer, MI,
09/06/2012
2012 • Brandy Arnold, “Southern Art and Local Eats” GRNow.com, 08/03/2012
2008 • Featured artist, The Nimble Few, volume 1, issue 6, 06/01/2008
2007 • Rebecca Mazzei, “Self-Possessed”, The Metro Times,
published self portrait, 10/24/2007
2006 • Rebecca Mazzei, “Below the Surface.”
The Metro Times, feature article, 12/20/06
2006 • John Carlos Cantu, The Ann Arbor News, Feature in Gallery
Project show review, 12/24/2006
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
2013 • Curator, The Network- LGBT Community Center, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 • Volunteer, Grand Rapids Triathlon, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 • Guest Critic and Facilitator, Bodies Revealed Life Drawing Nights, Grand
Rapids Public Museum
2011 • Volunteer Artist, Live Coverage, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts,
Grand Rapids, MI
2010 • Juror, The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Grand Rapids, MI
2009 • Volunteer Artist, Live Coverage, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts,
Grand Rapids, MI
TECHNICAL SKILL AND EXPERTISE:
• Oil, Acrylic and Encaustic Painting
• Pastel Drawing- Chalk and Oil
• Observational Drawing- Sighting processes, 3D-2D translation
• Line/value, wet/dry mediums, additive/subtractive processes
• Figure Drawing and Painting-Proficiency in Skeletal and Superficial Muscle Anatomy
• Color Theory and 2-D Design
• Technical Linear Perspective and Transparent Construction
• Conceptual Expression and Abstraction in Drawing and Painting
• Printmaking- Intaglio, monotypes, screen-printing.
• Mixed Media
• Installation and Inter-disciplinary presentation
• Mural painting
• Faux finish and historical restoration
• Curatorial and Exhibition and Installation
• Proficient on both Mac and Windows platforms
• Spoken Word Poetry
• Public Speaking
REFERENCES:
• Darlene Kaczmarczyk (Retired Dept. Director - Photography) Kendall College of Art and Design, (616)551-6101 DarleneKaczmarczyk@ferris.edu, 17 Fountain St. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503-3002
• Deborah Rockman (Retired Dept. Director - Drawing) Kendall College of Art and Design, (616)450-3142, DeborahRockman@ferris.edu, 17 Fountain St. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503-3002
• Heather Gray (Creative Director/Ceramicist) Portland, Oregon, dontunderestimateheather@gmail.com, (503)724-2451
• Amy Brier (department director and professor) Ivy Tech Community College, (812) 330-6215, abrier1@ivytech.edu, 101 N. Daniels Way, Bloomington, Indiana 47401
• Joann Quinones (Professor) Earlham College, 765-977-5296, jquinones73@gmail.com, 215 S. 18th st., Richmond, Indiana, 47374
• Penny Schindler, (Commercial Artist) Carlson Design, Grand Rapids MI, penjasch@gmail.com
• Christine Lenzen (Professor) Northern Michigan University, School of Art and Design,
906–227–2194, clenzen@nmu.edu, 1401 Presque Isle Ave. Marquette, MI 4985-5301
• Margaret Davis (Professor) Eastern Michigan University 734-487-
1268 mdavis@emich.edu 114 Ford Hall, Art Department, Ypsilanti, MI. 48197
• Taylor Greenfield (Student Coordinator, Administration), Calvin College. 1-616-745-
6325 Taylor.greenfield@gmail.com, 208 Warren Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506
Gypsyschindler@gmail.com