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CV

  • Education:

2024   Columbia College Chicago- MFA Graduate 

2022   Wayne State University Alumni- BFA Summa Cum Laude 

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  • Artist Residencies:

2025   RagDale, Judy Sigunick Fellowship in the Visual Arts, Lake Forest, IL

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  • Solo Exhibitions:​

2024   "Glimpse of Us" , M Contemporary Art, Ferndale, Michigan

2022   "Turning the Page", Ford House, Grosse Point Shores, Michigan​​

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  • Selected Group Exhibitions:

2024   Inaugural Atlanta Art Fair, Atlanta, Georgia 

2024   Albert P. Weisman Group Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois 

2024   Class of 2024 MFA Thesis Show, "Shifting the Narrative", Columbia College Chicago,

2024   "Interpersonal", M Contemporary Art, Ferndale, Michigan

2023   "Porous Gallery Salon" Columbia College Chicago. Chicago, Illinois

2022   "Exhibizone Grand Prize", International Online Group Exhibition.

2022   "Artist Emerge!!!", Gallery at Brewery Park, Detroit, Michigan

2022   "People, Places, & Things", Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, Michigan

2022   "MEGA 2022", KCAD Alluvium Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan

2022   "Awakening", WSU Graduating Student Undergraduate Exhibition, Detroit, Michigan

2022   "BIPOC Is the Theme!" Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan

2022   "Anti-War" Exhibizone online exhibition, Online

2022   “Art in B & W: 3rd Annual Exhibition”, 3 Square Art, Fort Collins, Colorado

2021   "Resilience Illuminated" WSU Undergraduate Exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
2015   "Graduating Student Exhibition"- HFA: SCS, Detroit, Michigan

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  • ​Teaching Experience:

2024   Adjunct Professor, ADR: Life Drawing, Fall 2024, Wayne State University

2024   Adjunct Professor, CORE STUDIO: Surface, Fall 2024, Wayne State University

2024   Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sculpture 1, Spring 2024, Columbia College Chicago

2024   Graduate Teaching Assistant, Senior BFA Exhibitions Class, Spring 2024, Columbia College Chicago

2024   Graduate Teaching Assistant, Art Now! Section 103, Spring 2024, Columbia College Chicago 

2024   Graduate Teaching Assistant, Art Now! Section 303, Spring 2024, Columbia College Chicago 

2023   Graduate Teaching Assistant, Foundation Studio Section 105-01, Fall 2023, Columbia College Chicago 

2023   Graduate Teaching Assistant, Foundation Studio Section 105-02 Fall 2023, Columbia College Chicago 

2023   Graduate Teaching Assistant, Foundation Studio Section 105- 03, Fall 2023, Columbia College Chicago 

2023   Graduate Teaching Assistant, Foundation Studio Section 105-05, Fall 2023, Columbia College Chicago

2023   Graduate Teaching Assistant, Foundation Studio Section 105-06, Fall 2023, Columbia College Chicago 

2023   Graduate Teaching Assistant, Foundation Studio Section 105-07, Fall 2023, Columbia College Chicago

2023   Graduate Teaching Assistant, Foundation Studio Section 105-09, Fall 2023, Columbia College Chicago

2023   Graduate Teaching Assistant, Art Now! Section 103, Fall 2023, Columbia College Chicago 

2023   Graduate Teaching Assistant, Art Now! Section 303, Fall 2023, Columbia College Chicago 

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  • Lectures, Workshops and more:

2024   Advanced Concepts of Drawing and Painting, Wayne State University, Visiting Artist

2024   Figure Drawing in Color, Columbia College Chicago, Visiting Artist

2023-2024   Graduate Ambassador, Fine Arts MFA, Columbia College Chicago

2024   Senior Studio, Columbia College Chicago, Visiting Artist

2024   Figure Painting, Columbia College Chicago, Visiting Artist

2024   Drawing 1, Columbia College Chicago, Visiting Artist

2023   Black Arts Movement Class, Columbia College Chicago, Visiting Artist

2023   Figure Drawing in Color, Columbia College Chicago, Visiting Artist

2023   MFA Student Representative: Incoming Graduate Student Orientation, Columbia College Chicago

2023   Painting and Drawing II: Digital, Columbia College Chicago, Visiting Artist

2023   Newly Admitted MFA Students Q&A and Tour, Columbia College Chicago

2023   Virtual Newly Admitted MFA Students Q&A, Columbia College Chicago

2023   Black World History Class, Columbia College Chicago, Visiting Artist

2022   Teaching Methods and Pedagogy, Columbia College Chicago, Teaching Class

2022   Black Arts Movement Class, Columbia College Chicago, Visiting Artist

2022   Painting and Drawing II, Columbia College Chicago, Drawing Exercise

2022   Painting and Drawing II: Digital, Columbia College Chicago, Visiting Artist

2021   Senior Seminar, Graduating Senior, BFA Artist Talk​​

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  • Awards / Grants:

2024   Albert P. Weisman Award

2023   Dwight W. Follett Continuing Graduate Student Fellowship - Columbia College Chicago 

2023   Diversity and Inclusion Award - Columbia College Chicago

2023   Graduate Award II - Columbia College Chicago

2022   Graduate Award II - Columbia College Chicago

2022   Art Activity and Achievement Award - Wayne State University

2021   Art Activity and Achievement Award - Wayne State University

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  • Publications:

2024   Shoutout Michigan

2024   Unwoven Literary Magazine

2022   Artistonish: Contemporary Art Magazine- July Edition

2022   Observica Magazine - Special 16th Edition

2025 by Andre L.O Barker Jr.

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