CURRICULUM VITAE

  • 2024 Woodcarving, Sabiha Mujtaba, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

    2022 Origami: Theory and Craft, Brian Chan, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC

    2004 - 2006 MFA, Sculpture, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    1999 - 2003 BFA, Sculpture, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

    1995 - 1999 Paseo Academy of the Fine and Performing Arts, KCPS, Kansas City, MO

    1992 - 1995 Kansas City Middle School for the Arts, KCPS, Kansas City, MO

  • 2024 AndyT’s Urban Vision 2001-2024, (mid-career retrospective), curated by Nadja Rottner, Stamelos Gallery, Dearborn, MI

    2012 From Here on Out, with Toby Millman, 2739 Edwin Gallery, Hamtramck, MI

    2011 From Room to Room, Installation at the Burton Theatre, Detroit, MI

    2008 Accumulation, with Amanda Thatch, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

    2006 Point of Entry, 60 Seconds of Play Show, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA, via The Artgitator

    2003 Long List No. 22, with Alison Miller, Lynn Foundation, Kansas City, MO

  • 2025 Next/Now Juried Exhibition, FATE Conference, Gillespie Gallery, Mason Exhibitions,
    School of Art & Design, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

    2024 Fiber Club* presents: Environment + Microclimates, Boyer Campbell Building, Detroit, MI

    TOMATOES!!!, Simpson’s Records Detroit, MI

    2023 Fiber Club* presents: Mending the Net, The Convent, Detroit, MI

    GRAPEFRUIT!!!, Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI

    2022 Feel Good Friday, Feel Good Vote, interactive art installations,
    Evening curated by Phillipa Hughes, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI

    STRAWBERRIES!!!, Public PoolHamtramck, MI

    2021 Phase Change, collaborative project w/Amanda Lechner, Vital Spaces, Santa Fe, NM

    PINEAPPLES!!!, Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI

    2019 Uprising, Hatch Art, Hamtramck, MI

    B L U E B E R R I E S !!!, Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI

    PACKAGED, juried exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

    2018 L E M O N S ! ! !, Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI

    OverOverOver, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow, UK

    lol everything matters, Flophouse Gallery, Royal Oak, MI

    House PartY II, Art in Woodbridge, Detroit, MI

    2017 Re:Iterate, Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI

    Art @ the Max III, Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall, Detroit, MI

    C H E R R I E S ! ! ! ! !, Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI

    Cranbrook Academy of Art Scholarship Exhibition, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

    2012-2017 Let’s Talk About Love Baby, Artists books curated by Chido Johnson
    Love Libraries​:
    Zygote Press Inc, Cleveland, OH
    Columbus College of Art & Design, Broad Street Studios, Columbus, OH
    Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
    Printed Matter, New York, NY
    Spencer Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
    Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, DePE Space Gallery, Detroit, MI

    2016 Work, UCEN Fine Art Gallery, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI

    Time Moves in One Direction, Memory Another, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

    PEACHES!, Popps Packing, Hamtramck, MI

    POP-X 2016 Festival, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI

    Re:Formation, Gallery Project & Ann Arbor Art Center, Toledo, OH & Ann Arbor, MI

    2015 WISH LIST, Gallery Project & Ann Arbor Art Center, Toledo, OH & Ann Arbor, MI

    WAAATERMELON!!!, Hatch Art Gallery, Hamtramck, MI

    Porous Borders Festival, with Toby Millman, Hamtramck, MI

    2014 BANANA!, Public Pool Gallery, Hamtramck, MI

    Community Arts Moving Projects, Detroit Techno Foundation, Detroit, MI
    Large-scale sculpture with Louis Casinelli for Movement Festival & Rock Ventures LLC

    2013 U-Build-It!, Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI

    DAM’s Exhibition Committee Pop-Up Show, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

    How is your school?, 2739 Edwin Gallery, Hamtramck, MI 

    Emerging Artists: Detroit, Gallery One, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

    Near Dwellers, Hallway Projects, Russell Industrial Center, Detroit, MI

    2012 Research on the City, The Atlas of Love & Hate: Detroit Geographies,
    Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    Fiber Hybridity, Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI

    Partners in Crime, Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI

    2011 Post Apocalypse, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    Art Party, Hill and Brand Gallery, Rochester, MI

    An Irresistible Impulse, Butter Projects, Royal Oak, MI

    Prime Candidates, 2739 Edwin Gallery, Hamtramck, MI

    Pop Up Detroit Art Exhibition, 71 Garfield, Detroit, MI

    Unhooked From Time, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    2010 Oakland University Biennial Faculty Exhibition, OU Art Gallery, Rochester, MI

    Access Arts, outdoor exhibition on Belle Isle, Detroit, MI 

    In Spite of the Evidence, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    2009 Spring Collection 2010, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    Detroit: Breeding Ground, Museum of New Art, Pontiac, MI

    If/Else, Detroit Industrial Projects, Detroit, MI

    2008 His and Hers, Community Arts Gallery, Paramount Bank, Ferndale, MI

    Dress: Redress, Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, Boston, MA

    Detroit/Toledo Connection, Detroit Industrial Projects and Secor Gallery, Toledo, OH

    Temporal: Semiotics of Time and Place, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    Locate / Navigate, Urban Culture Project, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO

    Detroit to Ann Arbor, Semester in Detroit, Michigan Union Art Lounge, Ann Arbor, MI

    2007 Recycling Holidays, Community Arts @ Paramount Gallery, Ferndale, MI

    Window Shopping, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    September Project, Gallery 555, Detroit, MI

    Head of the Class, Faculty Exhibition, Wayne State Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI

    Earth World, Russell Industrial Center, Detroit, MI

    State of the Union, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    Automation, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI

    2006 Information Systems, Michigan Institute for the Arts, Pontiac, MI

    The Humor Show, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    Experiments, One year anniversary show, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

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

    All Consumed, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Chair Spray, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Poetic Chaotic, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    All About Me, Open End Gallery, Chicago, IL

    2005 All About Me, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Streaming Consciousness, Zoom Studios, Ann Arbor, MI

    Color Show, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Working with Neighbors, Anniversary Show, Gallery 555, Detroit, MI

    Detroit Now: Meditations on Movement, Museum of New Art, Pontiac, MI

    Teachers of Cranbrook Summer Institute, Kingswood Art Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Horror Vacui, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Create Hamtramck 2005, Hamtramck Beautification Society, Hamtramck, MI

    2004 Studio Residents Show, The Bank Gallery, Urban Culture Project , Kansas City, MO

    Trash Show, Pi Gallery, Kansas City, MO

    2003 Urbanflow.org, collaboration with Dustin Dennis and Ian Jennings, Kansas City, MO

    2003 Annual BFA Exhibition, H&R Block, KCAI, Kansas City, MO

    Sculpture Dept Spring Semester Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

    Soul Tube 2, KCAI Sculpture Dept. at The Arthel Bldg., Kansas City, MO

    Kismet: One man’s peril another man’s fortune, Old Post Office, Kansas City, MO

    2002 1+1=1, A collection of autobiographical objects, The Hobbs Bldg., Kansas City, MO

    Sculpture Dept Spring Semester Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

    Students of Paul Sebben & Juan Ormaza, Destination Gallery, KCAI, Kansas City, MO

    Soul Tube, KCAI Sculpture Dept. at The Arthel Bldg., Kansas City, MO

    2001 Sculpture Dept Fall Semester Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

    Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc, The Hobbs Bldg., Kansas City, MO

    Sculpture Dept Spring Semester Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

    Form & Function, Works Inspired for the Home, Derek Porter Studio, Kansas City, MO

    2nd Site, KCAI Sculpture Dept. at The Columbia Bldg., Kansas City, MO

    2000 Sculpture Dept Fall Semester Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

    1999 Self Portrait, Artist Shown As Actual Size, Paseo Academy, Kansas City, MO

  • 2023 LEO Professional Development Fund, University of Michigan
    Travel & Conference fees to attend FATE Conference: Serious Play, Denver, CO

    2021 Kresge Artist Fellowship, Kresge Foundation, $25,000 award, Detroit, MI

    LEO Professional Development Fund, University of Michigan
    Conference fees to attend FATE Conference: Infrastructure, Remote

    2019 LEO Professional Development Fund, University of Michigan
    Conference fees to attend FATE Conference: Foundations In Flux, Columbus, OH

    2017 Inclusive Teaching Grant, Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
    Improve course materials for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    Teaching Innovation Prize, Creative Process, team-taught course led by Stephen Rush, Provost Office, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    2016 Winter Residency Program, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
    Grant by Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    2014 Collaborative Zine Workshop to Power Social Justice & Environmental Action
    with Kim Landsbergen, Antioch College, Grant: Puffin Foundation West, Columbus, OH

    2012 Research Grant Member, Atlas of Love and Hate: Detroit Geographies, Research-on-the-City Grant, $20,000 award
    Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    2004 Teaching Assistantship Award, Sculpture Dept. CAA, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Studio Visit from Ann Pasternak, Director of Creative Time, NY, Kansas City, MO

    Studio Resident, Urban Culture Project, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO

    2003 Mentor Award, Sculpture Dept. Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

  • 2024 Thermal Vent, Fiber Club* presents: Environment + Microclimate, Detroit, MI

    2020 The Indexical Print, RC Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    2018 Love Has A Thousand Shapes, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI

    Matter Out of Place, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

    2017 Millennial Pink, co-curator, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI

    2016 The Scent of Rain on Dry Earth, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

    2015 A: House B: Home, Grosse Pointe Art Center, Grosse Pointe, MI

    Place Names The Place, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

    It’s Like Toys In Here, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

    2014 TAG: Territorial Negotiations, co-curator, Herndon Gallery, Yellow Springs, OH

    Break With Tradition, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

    2013 1º of Separation, Public Pool & HPOP, Hamtramck, MI

    2010 Sub Terrain, Work: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    2008 Gender Agenda, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    Science Fair, Rock Paper Scissors Gallery, Oakland, CA

    One after another…, Detroit Industrial Projects, Detroit, MI

    2007 Turning Points, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    Ay, Madam, it is common, Detroit Industrial Projects, Detroit MI

    2006 “…just a squirrel tryin’ to get a nut…”, Forum Gallery, CAA, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Cranbrook Academy of Art’s Science Fair, Forum Gallery, CAA, Bloomfield Hills, MI

  • 2023 [art]seen, artsatmichigan.umich.edu, REVIEW: girlmuseum, Ava Meester, 09/24/23

    2018 Ann Arbor District Library Blog, Acts of Amore: “Love Has a Thousand Shapes” at A2 Art Center, Elizabeth Smith, 10/24/18 

    Ann Arbor District Library Blog, Love Is All Around: An interview with curator Andrew Thompson, Patti F. Smith, 10/24/18

    2017 Essayd.org, essays on Detroit artists, 74 Andrew Thompson, Steve Panton, 08/01/17

    2016 Exhibition Catalog, Work, UCEN Fine Art Gallery, University of Michigan-Flint

    2015 Hyperallergic.com, An Abandoned Department Store…, Rosie Sharp, 08/27/15

    Hyperallergic.com, In Detroit, an Arts Festival Crosses Borders, Rosie Sharp, 05/19/15

    2014 Knightarts.org, Curator profile: art hero Andrew Thompson, Rosie Sharp, 08/26/14

    2013 artifizz.org, 1º of Separation: One Day Pop Up Show, Jim Welke, 05/29/13

    Washtenaw Voice, One man’s trash… , Michael Hlywa, 03/24/13

    2012 Knightarts.org, 2739 Edwin Gallery: Documenting Hamtramck, Rosie Sharp, 11/02/13

    2011 Knightarts.org, Where we end and nature begins, Matthew Piper, 09/08/11

    AnnArbor.com, Gallery Project finds artists Unhooked from Time, John Carlos Cantu, 04/25/11

    TheDetroiter.com, Unhooked from Time at Gallery Project, Clara DeGalan, 05/01/2011

    TheDetroiter.com, Andrew Thompson, “From Room to Room” review and interview, Michaela Mosher, 02/09/11

    2010 Exhibition Catalog, Oakland University Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Oakland University Art Gallery, 09/22/10

    Ann Arbor.com, U-M's Work gallery goes deep into the 'Sub-Terrain', John Carlos Cantu, 09/22/10 

    The Michigan Daily, 'Sub Terrain' explores states of being at Work Gallery, Brad Sanders, 09/27/10

    2009 Exhibition Catalog, Detroit: Breeding Ground, Museum of New Art, October 2009

    2008 Ann Arbor Observer, Fun for a Boy and a Girl, Katie Whitney, 09/01/08

    Ann Arbor News, ‘Gender Agenda’, John Carlos Cantu, 08/31/08

    Metro Times, Artistic Bent, Norene Cashen, 08/20/08

    Exhibition Catalog, Dress Redress, Kniznick Gallery, Women’s Studies Research Center
    Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 06/16/08

    www.thedetroiter.com, The Overview Two, Nick Sousanis, 01/25/08

    The South End, Detroit Industrial Project uses art to create change, Isaac Elster, 01/23/08

    2007 www.thedetroiter.com, Installation @DIP, 03/29/07

    2006 Ann Arbor News, Gallery Project marks its 1st birthday, 07/09/06

    Ann Arbor News, 'Humor Show' displays a wry eye Politics, 08/20/06

  • 2024 MI LAND Conference Student Competitions: Fine Arts & Graphic Design, Virtual

    2020 Annual Juried Student Show, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

    2018 23rd Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, Ann Arbor, MI

    2016 Student Exhibition, Adrian College, Adrian, MI

    2012 The Original Ann Arbor Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI

    2011 Arts and Apples Festival, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

    2010 Annual Student Exhibition, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

    2007 International Sculpture Center Student Award nominees, CCS, Detroit, MI

    Chancellor’s Art Purchase Award, Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills, MI

    2006 International Sculpture Center Student Award nominees, CCS, Detroit, MI

    2003 Drawing Mania, Destination Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

  • 2011 - 2025 Exhibition Committee Member, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

    2019 - 2025 Union Steward & Chair of Communications Committee, Ann Arbor, MI
    Lecturers’ Employee Organization, AFT-MI local 6244

    Member, Foundations in Art: Theory & Education (FATE) National, USA

    2008 - 2025 Union Member, Lecturers’ Employee Organization, AFT-MI local 6244, Ann Arbor, MI

    2016 - 2018 Board Member, Hatch Art & Hamtramck Disneyland, Hamtramck, MI

    2017 - 2018 Exhibition Committee Member, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI

    2011 - 2014 Curatorial Committee Member, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

    2010 - 2014 Union Member, HFCC-Adjunct Faculty Organization, AFT-MI local 337, Dearborn, MI

    2011 Curatorial Committee Member Access Arts, Belle Isle Exhibit, Detroit, MI

    2007 - 2008 Critique Club Organizer, Raw Dog Critique Club, Detroit, MI

    Union Member, Union of Part-Time Faculty, AFT-MI local 477, Detroit, MI

    2006 - 2008 Collaborator, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

  • 2016 Monster Drawing Rally, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI

    2013 Monster Drawing Rally, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI

    2010 Artworks for life, Michigan AIDS Council, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

    2009 A/V Club, as the He-Bops, Cass Avenue Film Syndicate, The Magic Stick, Detroit, MI

    Summer Social Benefit, as the He-Bops, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    2007 CD Jewel Case Silent Auction, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

    2006 Serious Moonlight, Cranbrook Academy of Art (CAA), Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Student Art Auction, Studio Counsel Scholarship fund, CAA, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    2005 Student Art Auction, Studio Counsel Scholarship fund, CAA, Bloomfield Hills, MI

  • 2024 Artist Talk, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI

    Artist Talk, Virginia Tech SOVA Foundations Visiting Artist, Blacksburg, VA

    Artist Talk, Stamelos Gallery Center, U of M-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI

    2023 Paper Presentations, Foundations in Art: Theory & Education Conference, Denver, CO
    Wednesday Slides: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Happens When Students Lead the Class
    Soft Sculpture: Nostalgia, Pathos, and Design

    2021 Paper Presentation, Foundations in Art: Theory & Education Conference, Remote
    Organizing for Change: How to Act Like a Union Even If You Don’t Have a Union

    2019 Artists Talk: “Explaining Paintings to AndyT” w/ Michael Garguilo & Justin Marshall Interstitial Interruptions
    Lawrence Tech Detroit Center for Design + Technology

    2017 Artist Talk, School of Architecture, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI
    Course: Digital Image in Space, Claudia Bernasconi professor

    2016 Visiting Artist Talk, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA

    Artists’ Meet & Greet special lecture, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
    Collaborative Projects: “You don’t have to say yes, but you can’t say no”

    Artists’ Talk, Moderator, Scent of Rain on Dry Earth, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

    2015 Workshop, STEAM: Melting the ice with Arts & Science Collaborations  
    w/ Kim Landsbergen, Ecological Society of America, 100th annual mtg., Baltimore, MD

    Artists’ Talk, Moderator, It’s Like Toys In Here, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

    2014 Panel Discussion, Co-Moderator, Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH

    2013 Artist Talk, Emerging Artists: Detroit, Gallery One, Washtenaw CC, Ann Arbor, MI

    2012 Artist Talk, Prime Candidates, 2739 Edwin Gallery, Hamtramck, MI

    2011 Artist Talk, From Here On Out, 2739 Edwin Gallery, Hamtramck, MI

    2010 Guest Speaker, Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 
    Graduate Exit Seminar, Brad Smith instructor

    2009 Visiting Artist, Fine Arts Dept, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

    2008 Visiting Artist, Intro to Sculpture, Amy Feigley instructor, CCS, Detroit, MI

    Faculty Candidate Lecture, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA

    Curator Talk, Science Fair, Rock, Paper, Scissors Collective, Oakland, CA

    2007 Artist Talk, “Ay, madam, it is common”, Detroit Industrial Projects, Detroit, MI

    2006 Visiting Artist, CG Apparel Design, Mike Richison instructor, IADT, Troy, MI

    Visiting Artist, Art Appreciation, Ron Pavsner instructor, Oakland CC, Royal Oak, MI

  • 2022 Prison Creative Arts Project, Honorary Critique Writer, Ann Arbor, MI

    2016 University of Michigan, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI
    Senior Integrative Project: Robert Platt & Jessica Frelinghuysen instructors

    Mount Holyoke College, Senior Capstone, Department of Art, South Hadley, MA

    2015 University of Michigan, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI
    Sophomore Studio: Jessica Frelinghuysen instructor

    2008 - 2013 Eastern Michigan University, Fine Arts Department, Ypsilanti, MI
    Special Topics: Installation, Jenn Seibert, Jason Ferguson, & Ryan Molloy instructors
    MFA studio program, Ryan Molloy & Leslie Atzmon instructors
    Professional Practice Seminar, MFA program

    2009 University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning (TCAUP)
    Sustainability Seminar, Steven Mankouche instructor, Ann Arbor, MI

    2006 College for Creative Studies, Fine Arts Department, Detroit, MI

  • 2010 My Band Is Not a Joke, Gimmick and Sub-Genre as the Post-Ironic Way Forward or How Brechtian Alienation Became Fun,
    WHOA Magazine, Detroit, Michigan, Spring 2011 issue

    2008 Exhibition Essay, Audrey Russell: Overlook, Morgan House Gallery, Greenville, TN

  • 2015 - 2025 Independent Contractor for The TreeTop Craftsman, Detroit, MI

    2014 - 2018 Team Member, Afterhouse Detroit, greenhouse designed by Archolab, Detroit, MI

    2017 University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning (TCAUP)
    Research-Through-Making: Thermoplastic Concrete Casting

    2012 Set Designer, The Russell Sessions, Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers, Detroit, MI

    2011 University of Michigan, TCAUP, Research-Through-Making: Morph Faux, Plaster

    2010 University of Michigan, TCAUP, Research-Through-Making: Digital Steam Bending 

    2008 Exhibition Technician, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI 

    Art Handler, Artrain USA, Ann Arbor, MI

    2006 Studio Assistant, Mike Richison, Oak Park, MI

    2004 - 2006 Exhibition Assistant, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    1999 - 2006 Costumer/Assistant Designer/Props Master, Seams-To-Be, Kansas City, MO 

    2005 Technician, custom stainless-steel fabrication, Axion Steel, Troy, MI

    2004 Studio Assistant, Karen McCoy, St. Louis, MO

    Studio Assistant, Miki Baird, Kansas City, MO

    2000 - 2004 Safety Monitor & Woodshop Technician, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

    2002 - 2003 Sculpture Studio & Shop Safety Monitor, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

    1995 - 2001 Contracted Performer & Dance Coordinator, Kansas City Renaissance Festival, Kansas City, MO

  • 2008 - 2025 Stamps School of Art & Design University of Michigan, Lecturer II, Ann Arbor, MI

    3D Studio Art Courses
    Studio: 3D (Foundations)
    Fabrication II: Mold Making & Multiples
    Digital Sculpture
    Working with Wood
    Tools, Materials, Processes I: Construction (3D Foundations)
    Sculpture for Non-Majors: Found Object
    Recycling (Advanced Studio Elective in Sculpture)

    Advanced Interdisciplinary Studio Courses
    Integrative Project (Yearlong Senior Thesis/Capstone)
    Senior Independent Studio
    Gallery As Site For Social Change
    Color in the Expanded Field

    Interdisciplinary Studio Courses
    Second Year Studio
    Creative Process, ArtsEngine (Non-Majors)
    Methods of Inquiry / Creative Process Strategies (Foundations)
    Concept, Form, Context III: Nature (Sophomore Foundations)
    Concept, Form, Context II: Culture (Sophomore Foundations)
    Tools, Materials, and Processes II: Messages (2D & Digital Foundations)

    Lecture & Seminar Courses
    Art & Design History: Discussion Group Leader
    Art & Design in Context: Discussion Group Leader
    Intersections: 1st Year Seminar

    Institutional Service
    Faculty Cohort Leader: Methods of Inquiry
    Sophomore Review: Committee Chair & Panelist
    Integrative Project Consultations: Committee Chair & Panelist

    2008 - 2023 College for Creative Studies (CCS), Adjunct Faculty, Detroit, MI

    MFA Design Program
    Graduate Seminar I & II

    Interdisciplinary Art + Design Program
    Art As Narrative

    Photo Program
    Intermediate Photo Digital Methods
    Basic Digital Imaging for Photographers

    Studio Art & Craft Program
    Introduction to Sculpture

    Continuing Education Program
    Image Management – Digital Photography Certification Program
    Drawing – Young Artists One Week at a Time Program

    2014 - 2015 Antioch College, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture & Installation, Yellow Springs, OH

    3D Studio Courses
    Visual Language: A Focus on 3D (Foundations)
    Introduction to Sculpture
    Intermediate Sculpture
    Installation Art
    Independent Study: Papermaking

    Lecture courses
    Visual and Critical Studies Seminar (Senior level)
    Visual Culture (cross-listed in Arts & Anthropology)
    Independent Study: Literature Inspired Art 

    2006 - 2016 Oakland Community College, Adjunct Faculty, Auburn Hills & Farmington Hills, MI

    Studio Courses
    Woodworking 1&2
    Color Theory
    Intro to Graphic Design 

    2010 - 2014 Henry Ford Community College, Adjunct Faculty, Dearborn, MI

    Graphic Design Studio Courses
    Digital Photography
    Photoshop

    2008 - 2012 College for Creative Studies, Continuing Education, Detroit, MI

    Studio Courses
    Image Management – Digital Photography Certification Program
    Drawing – Young Artists One Week at a Time Program

    2008 - 2011 Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

    Photography Studio Courses
    Digital Imaging: Beyond Point & Shoot
    Digital Photography
    Fun With Photoshop

    2009 - 2010 Oakland University, Adjunct Faculty, Rochester, MI 

    Seminar Courses
    Professional Practices

    Studio Courses
    Drawing for Non-Majors

    2007 - 2008 Wayne State University, Adjunct Faculty, Detroit, MI

    Studio Courses
    2D Design

    2006 - 2007 International Academy of Design & Technology, Adjunct Faculty, Troy, MI

    Seminar Courses
    Studio Senior Portfolio Presentation
    Graphic Design Studio Courses
    Senior Design Project
    Design Fundamentals
    Drawing I
    Digital Imaging
    Digital Photography

    Fashion Design Studio Courses
    Computer Generated Apparel Design

    2006 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Sculpture Department
    Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Cranbrook Summer Institut​e
    Instructor, Sculpture: Getting Down and Dirty
    Assistant Instructor, Fashion Design: From Illustration to Printed Fabrics
    Assistant Instructor, Experimental Fashion

    2004 Kansas City Art Institute, Technical Instructor, Kansas City, MO

    Summer School Program
    Woodshop Orientation

  • 2024

    Woodcarving, Sabiha Mujtaba, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

    2022

    Origami: Theory and Craft, Brian Chan, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC

    2004 - 2006

    MFA, Sculpture, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    1999 - 2003

    BFA, Sculpture, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

    1995 - 1999

    Paseo Academy of the Fine and Performing Arts, KCPS, Kansas City, MO

    1992 - 1995

    Kansas City Middle School for the Arts, KCPS, Kansas City, MO

  • 2024

    AndyT’s Urban Vision 2001-2024, (mid-career retrospective), curated by Nadja Rottner, Stamelos Gallery, Dearborn, MI

    2012

    From Here on Out, with Toby Millman, 2739 Edwin Gallery, Hamtramck, MI

    2011

    From Room to Room, Installation at the Burton Theatre, Detroit, MI

    2008

    Accumulation, with Amanda Thatch, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

    2006

    Point of Entry, 60 Seconds of Play Show, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA, via The Artgitator

    2003

    Long List No. 22, with Alison Miller, Lynn Foundation, Kansas City, MO

  • 2025

    Next/Now Juried Exhibition, FATE Conference, Gillespie Gallery, Mason Exhibitions, School of Art & Design, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

    2024

    Fiber Club* presents: Environment + Microclimates, Boyer Campbell Building, Detroit, MI

    TOMATOES!!!, Simpson’s Records, Detroit, MI

    2023

    Fiber Club* presents: Mending the Net, The Convent, Detroit, MI

    GRAPEFRUIT!!!, Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI

    2022

    Feel Good Friday, Feel Good Vote, interactive art installations, Evening curated by Phillipa Hughes, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI

    STRAWBERRIES!!!, Public PoolHamtramck, MI

    2021

    Phase Change, collaborative project w/Amanda Lechner, Vital Spaces, Santa Fe, NM

    PINEAPPLES!!!, Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI

    2019

    Uprising, Hatch Art, Hamtramck, MI

    B L U E B E R R I E S !!!, Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI

    PACKAGED, juried exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

    2018

    L E M O N S ! ! !, Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI

    OverOverOver, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow, UK

    lol everything matters, Flophouse Gallery, Royal Oak, MI

    House PartY II, Art in Woodbridge, Detroit, MI

    2017

    Re:Iterate, Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI

    Art @ the Max III, Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall, Detroit, MI

    C H E R R I E S ! ! ! ! !, Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI

    Cranbrook Academy of Art Scholarship Exhibition, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

    2012-2017

    Let’s Talk About Love Baby, Artists books curated by Chido Johnson
    Love Libraries​:
    Zygote Press Inc, Cleveland, OH
    Columbus College of Art & Design, Broad Street Studios, Columbus, OH
    Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
    Printed Matter, New York, NY
    Spencer Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
    Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, DePE Space Gallery, Detroit, MI

    2016

    Work, UCEN Fine Art Gallery, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI

    Time Moves in One Direction, Memory Another, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

    PEACHES! Popps Packing, Hamtramck, MI

    POP-X 2016 Festival, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI

    Re:Formation, Gallery Project & Ann Arbor Art Center, Toledo, OH & Ann Arbor, MI

    2015

    WISH LIST, Gallery Project & Ann Arbor Art Center, Toledo, OH & Ann Arbor, MI

    WAAATERMELON!!!, Hatch Art Gallery, Hamtramck, MI

    Porous Borders Festival, with Toby Millman, Hamtramck, MI

    2014

    BANANA! Public Pool Gallery, Hamtramck, MI

    Community Arts Moving Projects, Detroit Techno Foundation, Detroit, MI, Large-scale sculpture with Louis Casinelli for Movement Festival & Rock Ventures LLC

    2013

    U-Build-It! Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI

    DAM’s Exhibition Committee Pop-Up Show, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

    How is your school? Gallery 2739 Edwin, Hamtramck, MI 

    Emerging Artists: Detroit Gallery One, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

    Near Dwellers, Hallway Projects, Russell Industrial Center, Detroit, MI

    2012

    Research on the City, The Atlas of Love & Hate: Detroit Geographies, Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    Fiber Hybridity, Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI

    Partners in Crime, Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI

    2011

    Post Apocalypse, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    Art Party, Hill and Brand Gallery, Rochester, MI

    An Irresistible Impulse, Butter Projects, Royal Oak, MI

    Prime Candidates, Gallery 2739 Edwin, Hamtramck, MI

    Pop Up Detroit Art Exhibition, 71 Garfield, Detroit, MI

    Unhooked From Time, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    2010

    Oakland University Biennial Faculty Exhibition, OU Art Gallery, Rochester, MI

    Access Arts, outdoor exhibition on Belle Isle, Detroit, MI 

    In Spite of the Evidence, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    2009

    Spring Collection 2010, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    Detroit: Breeding Ground, Museum of New Art, Pontiac, MI

    If/Else, Detroit Industrial Projects, Detroit, MI

    2008

    His and Hers, Community Arts Gallery, Paramount Bank, Ferndale, MI

    Dress: Redress, Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, Boston, MA

    Detroit/Toledo Connection, Detroit Industrial Projects and Secor Gallery, Toledo, OH

    Temporal: Semiotics of Time and Place, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    Locate / Navigate, Urban Culture Project, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO

    Detroit to Ann Arbor, Semester in Detroit, Michigan Union Art Lounge, Ann Arbor, MI

    2007

    Recycling Holidays, Community Arts @ Paramount Gallery, Ferndale, MI

    Window Shopping, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    September Project, Gallery 555, Detroit, MI

    Head of the Class, Faculty Exhibition, Wayne State Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI

    Earth World, Russell Industrial Center, Detroit, MI

    State of the Union, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    Automation, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI

    2006

    Information Systems, Michigan Institute for the Arts, Pontiac, MI

    The Humor Show, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    Experiments, One year anniversary show, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

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

    All Consumed, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Chair Spray, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Poetic Chaotic, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    All About Me, Open End Gallery, Chicago, IL

    2005

    All About Me, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Streaming Consciousness, Zoom Studios, Ann Arbor, MI

    Color Show, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Working with Neighbors, Anniversary Show, Gallery 555, Detroit, MI

    Detroit Now: Meditations on Movement, Museum of New Art, Pontiac, MI

    Teachers of Cranbrook Summer Institute, Kingswood Art Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Horror Vacui, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Create Hamtramck 2005, Hamtramck Beautification Society, Hamtramck, MI

    2004

    Studio Residents Show, The Bank Gallery, Urban Culture Project , Kansas City, MO

    Trash Show, Pi Gallery, Kansas City, MO

    2003

    Urbanflow.org collaboration with Dustin Dennis and Ian Jennings, Kansas City, MO

    2003 Annual BFA Exhibition, H&R Block, KCAI, Kansas City, MO

    Sculpture Dept Spring Semester Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

    Soul Tube 2, KCAI Sculpture Dept. at The Arthel Bldg., Kansas City, MO

    Kismet: One man’s peril another man’s fortune, Old Post Office, Kansas City, MO

    2002

    1+1=1, A collection of autobiographical objects, The Hobbs Bldg., Kansas City, MO

    Sculpture Dept Spring Semester Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

    Students of Paul Sebben & Juan Ormaza, Destination Gallery, KCAI, Kansas City, MO

    Soul Tube, KCAI Sculpture Dept. at The Arthel Bldg., Kansas City, MO

    2001

    Sculpture Dept Fall Semester Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

    Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc, The Hobbs Bldg., Kansas City, MO

    Sculpture Dept Spring Semester Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

    Form & Function, Works Inspired for the Home, Derek Porter Studio, Kansas City, MO

    2nd Site, KCAI Sculpture Dept. at The Columbia Bldg., Kansas City, MO

    2000

    Sculpture Dept Fall Semester Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

    1999

    Self Portrait, Artist Shown As Actual Size, Paseo Academy, Kansas City, MO

  • 2023

    LEO Professional Development Fund, University of Michigan, Travel & Conference fees to attend FATE Conference: Serious Play, Denver, CO

    2021

    Kresge Artist Fellowship, Kresge Foundation, $25,000 award, Detroit, MI

    LEO Professional Development Fund, University of Michigan, Conference fees to attend FATE Conference: Infrastructure, Remote

    2019

    LEO Professional Development Fund, University of Michigan, Conference fees to attend FATE Conference: Foundations In Flux, Columbus, OH

    2017

    Inclusive Teaching Grant, Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Improve course materials for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    Teaching Innovation Prize, Creative Process, team-taught course led by Stephen Rush, Provost Office, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    2016

    Winter Residency Program, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, Grant by Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    2014

    Collaborative Zine Workshop to Power Social Justice & Environmental Action with Kim Landsbergen, Antioch College, Grant: Puffin Foundation West, Columbus, OH

    2012

    Research Grant Member, Atlas of Love and Hate: Detroit Geographies, Research-on-the-City Grant, $20,000 award, Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    2004

    Teaching Assistantship Award, Sculpture Dept. CAA, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Studio Visit from Ann Pasternak, Director of Creative Time, NY, Kansas City, MO

    Studio Resident, Urban Culture Project, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO

    2003

    Mentor Award, Sculpture Dept. Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

  • 2024

    Thermal Vent, Fiber Club* presents: Environment + Microclimate, Detroit, MI

    2020

    The Indexical Print, RC Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    2018

    Love Has A Thousand Shapes, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI

    Matter Out of Place, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

    2017

    Millennial Pink, co-curator, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI

    2016

    The Scent of Rain on Dry Earth, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

    2015

    A: House B: Home, Grosse Pointe Art Center, Grosse Pointe, MI

    Place Names The Place, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

    It’s Like Toys In Here, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

    2014

    TAG: Territorial Negotiations, co-curator, Herndon Gallery, Yellow Springs, OH

    Break With Tradition, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

    2013

    1º of Separation, Public Pool & HPOP, Hamtramck, MI

    2010

    Sub Terrain, Work: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    2008

    Gender Agenda,Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    Science Fair, Rock Paper Scissors Gallery, Oakland, CA

    One after another…, Detroit Industrial Projects, Detroit, MI

    2007

    Turning Points, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    Ay, Madam, it is common, Detroit Industrial Projects, Detroit MI

    2006

    “…just a squirrel tryin’ to get a nut…”, Forum Gallery, CAA, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Cranbrook Academy of Art’s Science Fair, Forum Gallery, CAA, Bloomfield Hills, MI

  • 2023

    [art]seen, artsatmichigan.umich.edu, REVIEW: girlmuseum, Ava Meester, 09/24/23

    2018

    Ann Arbor District Library Blog, Acts of Amore: “Love Has a Thousand Shapes” at A2 Art Center, Elizabeth Smith, 10/24/18 

    Ann Arbor District Library Blog, Love Is All Around: An interview with curator Andrew Thompson, Patti F. Smith, 10/24/18

    2017

    Essayd.org, essays on Detroit artists, 74 Andrew Thompson, Steve Panton, 08/01/17

    2016

    Exhibition Catalog, Work, UCEN Fine Art Gallery, University of Michigan-Flint

    2015

    Hyperallergic.com, An Abandoned Department Store…, Rosie Sharp, 08/27/15

    Hyperallergic.com, In Detroit, an Arts Festival Crosses Borders, Rosie Sharp, 05/19/15

    2014

    Knightarts.org, Curator profile: art hero Andrew Thompson, Rosie Sharp, 08/26/14

    2013

    artifizz.org, 1º of Separation: One Day Pop Up Show, Jim Welke, 05/29/13

    Washtenaw Voice, One man’s trash… , Michael Hlywa, 03/24/13

    2012

    Knightarts.org, 2739 Edwin Gallery: Documenting Hamtramck, Rosie Sharp, 11/02/13

    2011

    Knightarts.org, Where we end and nature begins, Matthew Piper, 09/08/11

    AnnArbor.com, Gallery Project finds artists Unhooked from Time, John Carlos Cantu, 04/25/11

    TheDetroiter.com, Unhooked from Time at Gallery Project, Clara DeGalan, 05/01/2011

    TheDetroiter.com, Andrew Thompson, “From Room to Room” review and interview, Michaela Mosher, 02/09/11

    2010

    Exhibition Catalog, Oakland University Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Oakland University Art Gallery, 09/22/10

    Ann Arbor.com, U-M's Work gallery goes deep into the 'Sub-Terrain', John Carlos Cantu, 09/22/10 

    The Michigan Daily, 'Sub Terrain' explores states of being at Work Gallery, Brad Sanders, 09/27/10

    2009

    Exhibition Catalog, Detroit: Breeding Ground, Museum of New Art, October 2009

    2008

    Ann Arbor Observer, Fun for a Boy and a Girl, Katie Whitney, 09/01/08

    Ann Arbor News, ‘Gender Agenda’, John Carlos Cantu, 08/31/08

    Metro Times, Artistic Bent, Norene Cashen, 08/20/08

    Exhibition Catalog, Dress Redress, Kniznick Gallery, Women’s Studies Research Center
    Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 06/16/08

    www.thedetroiter.com, The Overview Two, Nick Sousanis, 01/25/08

    The South End, Detroit Industrial Project uses art to create change, Isaac Elster, 01/23/08

    2007

    www.thedetroiter.com, Installation @DIP, 03/29/07

    2006

    Ann Arbor News, Gallery Project marks its 1st birthday, 07/09/06

    Ann Arbor News, 'Humor Show' displays a wry eye Politics, 08/20/06

  • 2024

    MI LAND Conference Student Competitions: Fine Arts & Graphic Design, Virtual

    2020

    Annual Juried Student Show, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

    2018

    23rd Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, Ann Arbor, MI

    2016

    Student Exhibition, Adrian College, Adrian, MI

    2012

    The Original Ann Arbor Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI

    2011

    Arts and Apples Festival, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

    2010

    Annual Student Exhibition, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

    2007

    International Sculpture Center Student Award nominees, CCS, Detroit, MI

    Chancellor’s Art Purchase Award, Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills, MI

    2006

    International Sculpture Center Student Award nominees, CCS, Detroit, MI

    2003

    Drawing Mania, Destination Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

  • 2011 - 2025

    Exhibition Committee Member, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

    2019 - 2025

    Union Steward & Chair of Communications Committee, Ann Arbor, MI, Lecturers’ Employee Organization, AFT-MI local 6244

    Member, Foundations in Art: Theory & Education (FATE) National, USA

    2008 - 2025

    Union Member, Lecturers’ Employee Organization, AFT-MI local 6244, Ann Arbor, MI

    2016 - 2018

    Board Member, Hatch Art & Hamtramck Disneyland, Hamtramck, MI

    2017 - 2018

    Exhibition Committee Member, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI

    2011 - 2014

    Curatorial Committee Member, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

    2010 - 2014

    Union Member, HFCC-Adjunct Faculty Organization, AFT-MI local 337, Dearborn, MI

    2011

    Curatorial Committee Member Access Arts, Belle Isle Exhibit, Detroit, MI

    2007 - 2008

    Critique Club Organizer, Raw Dog Critique Club, Detroit, MI

    Union Member, Union of Part-Time Faculty, AFT-MI local 477, Detroit, MI

    2006 - 2008

    Collaborator, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

  • 2016

    Monster Drawing Rally, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI

    2013

    Monster Drawing Rally, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI

    2010

    Artworks for life, Michigan AIDS Council, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

    2009

    A/V Club, as the He-Bops, Cass Avenue Film Syndicate, The Magic Stick, Detroit, MI

    Summer Social Benefit, as the He-Bops, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

    2007

    CD Jewel Case Silent Auction, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

    2006

    Serious Moonlight, Cranbrook Academy of Art (CAA), Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Student Art Auction, Studio Counsel Scholarship fund, CAA, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    2005

    Student Art Auction, Studio Counsel Scholarship fund, CAA, Bloomfield Hills, MI

  • 2024

    Artist Talk, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI

    Artist Talk, Virginia Tech SOVA Foundations Visiting Artist, Blacksburg, VA

    Artist Talk, Stamelos Gallery Center, U of M-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI

    2023

    Paper Presentations, Foundations in Art: Theory & Education Conference, Denver, CO
    Wednesday Slides: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Happens When Students Lead the Class
    Soft Sculpture: Nostalgia, Pathos, and Design

    2021

    Paper Presentation, Foundations in Art: Theory & Education Conference, Remote
    Organizing for Change: How to Act Like a Union Even If You Don’t Have a Union

    2019

    Artists Talk: “Explaining Paintings to AndyT” w/ Michael Garguilo & Justin Marshall Interstitial Interruptions
    Lawrence Tech Detroit Center for Design + Technology

    2017

    Artist Talk, School of Architecture, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI
    Course: Digital Image in Space, Claudia Bernasconi professor

    2016

    Visiting Artist Talk, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA

    Artists’ Meet & Greet special lecture, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
    Collaborative Projects: “You don’t have to say yes, but you can’t say no”

    Artists’ Talk, Moderator, Scent of Rain on Dry Earth, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

    2015

    Workshop, STEAM: Melting the ice with Arts & Science Collaborations  
    w/ Kim Landsbergen, Ecological Society of America, 100th annual mtg., Baltimore, MD

    Artists’ Talk, Moderator, It’s Like Toys In Here, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

    2014

    Panel Discussion, Co-Moderator, Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH

    2013

    Artist Talk, Emerging Artists: Detroit, Gallery One, Washtenaw CC, Ann Arbor, MI

    2012

    Artist Talk, Prime Candidates, 2739 Edwin Gallery, Hamtramck, MI

    2011

    Artist Talk, From Here On Out, 2739 Edwin Gallery, Hamtramck, MI

    2010

    Guest Speaker, Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 
    Graduate Exit Seminar, Brad Smith instructor

    2009

    Visiting Artist, Fine Arts Dept, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

    2008

    Visiting Artist, Intro to Sculpture, Amy Feigley instructor, CCS, Detroit, MI

    Faculty Candidate Lecture, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA

    Curator Talk, Science Fair, Rock, Paper, Scissors Collective, Oakland, CA

    2007

    Artist Talk, “Ay, madam, it is common”, Detroit Industrial Projects, Detroit, MI

    2006

    Visiting Artist, CG Apparel Design, Mike Richison instructor, IADT, Troy, MI

    Visiting Artist, Art Appreciation, Ron Pavsner instructor, Oakland CC, Royal Oak, MI

  • 2022

    Prison Creative Arts Project, Honorary Critique Writer, Ann Arbor, MI

    2016

    University of Michigan, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI, Senior Integrative Project: Robert Platt & Jessica Frelinghuysen instructors

    Mount Holyoke College, Senior Capstone, Department of Art, South Hadley, MA

    2015

    University of Michigan, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI, Sophomore Studio: Jessica Frelinghuysen instructor

    2008 - 2013

    Eastern Michigan University, Fine Arts Department, Ypsilanti, MI, Special Topics: Installation, Jenn Seibert, Jason Ferguson, & Ryan Molloy instructors
    MFA studio program, Ryan Molloy & Leslie Atzmon instructors, Professional Practice Seminar, MFA program

    2009

    University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning (TCAUP), Sustainability Seminar, Steven Mankouche instructor, Ann Arbor, MI

    2006

    College for Creative Studies, Fine Arts Department, Detroit, MI

  • 2010

    My Band Is Not a Joke, Gimmick and Sub-Genre as the Post-Ironic Way Forward or How Brechtian Alienation Became Fun, WHOA Magazine, Detroit, Michigan, Spring 2011 issue

    2008

    Exhibition Essay, Audrey Russell: Overlook, Morgan House Gallery, Greenville, TN

  • 2015 - 2025

    Independent Contractor for The TreeTop Craftsman, Detroit, MI

    2014 - 2018

    Team Member, Afterhouse Detroit, greenhouse designed by Archolab, Detroit, MI

    2017

    University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning (TCAUP)
    Research-Through-Making: Thermoplastic Concrete Casting

    2012

    Set Designer, The Russell Sessions, Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers, Detroit, MI

    2011

    University of Michigan, TCAUP, Research-Through-Making: Morph Faux, Plaster

    2010

    University of Michigan, TCAUP, Research-Through-Making: Digital Steam Bending 

    2008

    Exhibition Technician, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI 

    Art Handler, Artrain USA, Ann Arbor, MI

    2006

    Studio Assistant, Mike Richison, Oak Park, MI

    2004 - 2006

    Exhibition Assistant, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    1999 - 2006

    Costumer/Assistant Designer/Props Master, Seams-To-Be, Kansas City, MO 

    2005

    Technician, custom stainless-steel fabrication, Axion Steel, Troy, MI

    2004

    Studio Assistant, Karen McCoy, St. Louis, MO

    Studio Assistant, Miki Baird, Kansas City, MO

    2000 - 2004

    Safety Monitor & Woodshop Technician, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

    2002 - 2003

    Sculpture Studio & Shop Safety Monitor, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

    1995 - 2001

    Contracted Performer & Dance Coordinator, Kansas City Renaissance Festival, Kansas City, MO

  • 2008 - 2025

    Stamps School of Art & Design University of Michigan, Lecturer II, Ann Arbor, MI

    3D Studio Art Courses
    Studio: 3D (Foundations)
    Fabrication II: Mold Making & Multiples
    Digital Sculpture
    Working with Wood
    Tools, Materials, Processes I: Construction (3D Foundations)
    Sculpture for Non-Majors: Found Object
    Recycling (Advanced Studio Elective in Sculpture)

    Advanced Interdisciplinary Studio Courses
    Integrative Project (Yearlong Senior Thesis/Capstone)
    Senior Independent Studio
    Gallery As Site For Social Change
    Color in the Expanded Field

    Interdisciplinary Studio Courses
    Second Year Studio
    Creative Process, ArtsEngine (Non-Majors)
    Methods of Inquiry / Creative Process Strategies (Foundations)
    Concept, Form, Context III: Nature (Sophomore Foundations)
    Concept, Form, Context II: Culture (Sophomore Foundations)
    Tools, Materials, and Processes II: Messages (2D & Digital Foundations)

    Lecture & Seminar Courses
    Art & Design History: Discussion Group Leader
    Art & Design in Context: Discussion Group Leader
    Intersections: 1st Year Seminar

    Institutional Service
    Faculty Cohort Leader: Methods of Inquiry
    Sophomore Review: Committee Chair & Panelist
    Integrative Project Consultations: Committee Chair & Panelist

    2008 - 2023

    College for Creative Studies (CCS), Adjunct Faculty, Detroit, MI

    MFA Design Program
    Graduate Seminar I & II

    Interdisciplinary Art + Design Program
    Art As Narrative

    Photo Program
    Intermediate Photo Digital Methods
    Basic Digital Imaging for Photographers

    Studio Art & Craft Program
    Introduction to Sculpture

    Continuing Education Program
    Image Management – Digital Photography Certification Program
    Drawing – Young Artists One Week at a Time Program

    2014 - 2015

    Antioch College, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture & Installation, Yellow Springs, OH

    3D Studio Courses
    Visual Language: A Focus on 3D (Foundations)
    Introduction to Sculpture
    Intermediate Sculpture
    Installation Art
    Independent Study: Papermaking

    Lecture courses
    Visual and Critical Studies Seminar (Senior level)
    Visual Culture (cross-listed in Arts & Anthropology)
    Independent Study: Literature Inspired Art 

    2006 - 2016

    Oakland Community College, Adjunct Faculty, Auburn Hills & Farmington Hills, MI

    Studio Courses
    Woodworking 1&2
    Color Theory
    Intro to Graphic Design 

    2010 - 2014

    Henry Ford Community College, Adjunct Faculty, Dearborn, MI

    Graphic Design Studio Courses
    Digital Photography
    Photoshop

    2008 - 2012

    College for Creative Studies, Continuing Education, Detroit, MI

    Studio Courses
    Image Management – Digital Photography Certification Program
    Drawing – Young Artists One Week at a Time Program

    2008 - 2011

    Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

    Photography Studio Courses
    Digital Imaging: Beyond Point & Shoot
    Digital Photography
    Fun With Photoshop

    2009 - 2010

    Oakland University, Adjunct Faculty, Rochester, MI 

    Seminar Courses
    Professional Practices

    Studio Courses
    Drawing for Non-Majors

    2007 - 2008

    Wayne State University, Adjunct Faculty, Detroit, MI

    Studio Courses
    2D Design

    2006 - 2007

    International Academy of Design & Technology, Adjunct Faculty, Troy, MI

    Seminar Courses
    Studio Senior Portfolio Presentation
    Graphic Design Studio Courses
    Senior Design Project
    Design Fundamentals
    Drawing I
    Digital Imaging
    Digital Photography

    Fashion Design Studio Courses
    Computer Generated Apparel Design

    2006

    Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

    Sculpture Department
    Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Cranbrook Summer Institut​e
    Instructor, Sculpture: Getting Down and Dirty
    Assistant Instructor, Fashion Design: From Illustration to Printed Fabrics
    Assistant Instructor, Experimental Fashion

    2004

    Kansas City Art Institute, Technical Instructor, Kansas City, MO

    Summer School Program
    Woodshop Orientation