CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 2001 to 2003, Master of Fine Arts, Photography under Carl Toth.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1987 to 1992, Bachelor of Science in Education Endorsements in English, Reading, and Coaching.
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
The Scarab Club, “2021 Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition”, Detroit
10338 Jos Campau, “Imagine If You Will: The Twilight Zone Project” installation, Hamtramck.
The Scarab Club, “108th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition”, Detroit
2020
Indiana University East, “42nd Annual Whitewater Valley Art Competition”, Richmond, IN.
Detroit Artists Market, “20 Days, 20 Artists”, Detroit.
The Scarab Club, “2020 Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition”, Detroit.
The Scarab Club, “107th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition”, Detroit.
2019
The Scarab Club, “106th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition”, Detroit.
The Scarab Club, “2019 Photography Exhibition”, Detroit.
Black Box Gallery, “Captured in the D’s”, Dearborn, MI.
Janice Charach Gallery, “Origins”, West Bloomfield, MI.
M Contemporary, “Photographs”, Ferndale, MI.
Brick Gallery, Lawrence Technological University, “Sotto Voce”, Southfield, MI. Two person show.
2018
The Scarab Club, “105th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition”, Detroit.
Ann Arbor Art Center, “96th Annual All Media Exhibition”, Ann Arbor, MI.
The Scarab Club, “2018 Photography Exhibition”, Detroit.
Studio D2D at ArtPrize 10, Grand Rapids, MI.
Toledo Arts Commission, “Momentum”, Toledo, OH. Downtown festival featuring “Anonymous” sculpture.
The Scarab Club, “Snowden Exhibition”, Detroit. Honorable mention.
Paint Creek Center for the Arts, “Future of Photography”, Rochester Hills, MI.
2017
Kresge Foundation, “Art in the Office”, Troy, MI
“Anonymous” sculpture installation, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI.
The Scarab Club, “104th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition”, Detroit.
Michigan AIDS Coalition, “ArtWorks Detroit”.
The Scarab Club, “2017 Photography Exhibition”, Detroit. Honorable mention.
ArtPrize 9 Pitch Night Detroit grant winner and top 25 public vote, Grand Rapids, MI. For “Anonymous” sculpture.
Ann Arbor Art Center, “Text/Art”, Ann Arbor, MI.
The Scarab Club, “Silver Medal Exibition”, Detroit.
Farmington Hills Public Art Program, MI. Image from the "Red" series placed in City Hall for two years.
2016
The Scarab Club, "2016 Photography Exhibition", Detroit. One image in group show.
Charles Schridde Gallery, "The Senses", Grosse Pointe Park, MI. Three images from "Another Place, Another Time".
Cafe 1923, "Hamtramck Disneyland", Hamtramck, MI. Solo show.
Services for Older Citizens, "The Senses", Grosse Pointe, MI. Eight images from "Another Place, Another Time" in exhibition to raise awareness about dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Art Prize 8, Western Michigan University, "End of the Line", Grand Rapids, MI. Fifteen image installation.
Michigan AIDS Coalition, "ArtWorks Detroit". Image in exhibition and fundraiser.
The Scarab Club, "Silver Medal Exhibition", Detroit. Two images from "Another Place, Another Time", one of which won Best of Show.
Yorkshire Dementia Creative Arts Exhibition, Yorkshire, England. Showed eight images from "Another Place, Another Time".
2015
The Scarab Club, "2015 Photography Exhibition", Detroit. Best of Show.
Art Prize 7, DeVos Place Convention Center, "Another Place, Another Time".
Detroit Artists Market, "Garden Party", Detroit.
2014
Cranbrook Art Museum, "Serious Moonlight". Five images commissioned and auctioned by Cranbrook.
2013
Butter Projects, "Range", Royal Oak, MI.
Paint Creek Center for the Arts, "Constructed Realities" group show, Rochester, MI.
Detroit Artists Market, Featured Artist, Detroit.
2012
Hatch Gallery, "Underdog" solo exhibition, Hamtramck, MI
Art Prize 4, Grand Rapids, MI. Showed installation of 400 images of red pants at "The B.O.B."
Gallery Project, “Creature” group exhibition, Ann Arbor, MI.
Detroit Artists Market, “Night Show”, Detroit.
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, “Michigan Fine Art Competition, 2012”, Birmingham, MI.
2011
Scarab Club, Jurist for “2011 Photography Exhibition”, Detroit.
Artcite, “Visual Fringe”, Windsor, Canada. Exhibited one image called "Fighting Dogs".
2010
Songjiang Art Museum, “Symbolic City”, as part of Expo 2010, Shanghai, China. Exhibited five images from "After Midnight".
The Center for Fine Art Photography, “Mind’s Eye” group exhibition, Denver, CO.
Gallery Project, “Obsession” group exhibition, Ann Arbor, MI. Installed 450 images of red pants.
2009
Paint Creek Center for the Arts, “Rob Kangas and Christopher Schneider: Photographs of the Ambiguous Landscape”, Rochester Hills, MI. Two-person show.
University of Michigan Schoolof Art and Design, “Semester in Detroit Art Show”, group exhibition, Ann Arbor, MI.
Anton Art Center, “Mailed and Mounted”, group exhibition, Mt. Clemens, MI.
Scarab Club, “Out of Cranbrook and Into the World”, group exhibition, Detroit.
1999-2008
White Wall Gallery, “Speak, Talk, Tell”, Hamtramck, MI
Lawrence Street Gallery, “Exposures: Photography ’07” juried show, Ferndale, MI
555 Gallery, “Show Love” group exhibition, Detroit
Museum of New Art, Group show, Pontiac, MI
Saginaw Art Museum, “Third Annual Michigan Invitational: Photography”, Saginaw, MI
Primary Space, “Potluck” group show, Hamtramck, MI
Hamtramck City Hall, Solo show, Hamtramck, MI
Fluxion Gallery, “3 a.m.” solo show and two other group shows, Omaha, NE.
Postpicasso Gallery, “Digesting Consumerism” online exhibition
Art Center of Northern New Jersey, National Juried Show, New Milford, NJ
Cranbrook Art Museum, Graduate Art Exhibition, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Nexus Gallery, “Photography 2002 Exhibition”, New York City
Forum Gallery, “Instant Gratification: The Polaroid Show”, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Bowman Gallery, “Animals in Art”, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Abercrombie Gallery, “National Works on Paper”, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Books and Books Gallery, “Words” solo show, Coral Gables, FL
Schacknow Museum of Fine Art, “Animalia” solo show, Plantation, FL
The Armory Art Center, “Art of Photography”, West Palm Beach, FL
PUBLICATIONS
Feature article in Detroit Research Journal, entitled "Underdog".
Reviews in The Detroiter, Metromode Media (MI), The Reader (NE), and City Link Magazine (FL).
Featured artwork in Mogoi (Center for Philosophy and Religion, University of Notre Dame), Public Culture (University of Chicago journal), Shots Magazine thrice, and Soul Bowl, a documentary film.
Commercial work for Wired Magazine, Crain's Detroit Business, Cranbrook Academy of Art and Santa Fe Photographic Workshops among others.
EXPERIENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION
Oakland Community College, 2003 to the present, Instructor
Lawrence Technological University, 2003 to 2019, Adjunct Faculty
Washtenaw Community College, 2004 to 2006, 2010 to 2012, Part-time Faculty
Oakland University, 2006 to 2007, Lecturer
College of Creative Studies, 2003-2004, Adjunct Professor
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Hatch: A Hamtramck Art Collective, 2006 to the present, Founder and Gallery Director of non-profit art group that facilitates the making of art and provides access for the community to experience art.
Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, 2003 to 2014, Founder and Program Manager of high school art program at Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Cranbrook Academy of Art, 2006 to 2007, Personal Assistant to Carl Toth, artist-in-residence for the photography department.
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, , 2001, 2002, 2003, Audio Visual Manager; Darkroom Manager