CURRICULUM VITAE
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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
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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
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2025 Next/Now Juried Exhibition, FATE Conference, Gillespie Gallery, Mason Exhibitions,
School of Art & Design, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA2024 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, MISTRAWBERRIES!!!, 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, MI2016 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 LLC2013 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, MIFiber 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
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2023 LEO Professional Development Fund, University of Michigan
Travel & Conference fees to attend FATE Conference: Serious Play, Denver, CO2021 Kresge Artist Fellowship, Kresge Foundation, $25,000 award, Detroit, MI
LEO Professional Development Fund, University of Michigan
Conference fees to attend FATE Conference: Infrastructure, Remote2019 LEO Professional Development Fund, University of Michigan
Conference fees to attend FATE Conference: Foundations In Flux, Columbus, OH2017 Inclusive Teaching Grant, Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Improve course materials for Diversity, Equity, and InclusionTeaching 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 Arbor2014 Collaborative Zine Workshop to Power Social Justice & Environmental Action
with Kim Landsbergen, Antioch College, Grant: Puffin Foundation West, Columbus, OH2012 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 Arbor2004 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
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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
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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, 06/16/08www.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
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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
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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 6244Member, 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
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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
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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 Design2021 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 Union2019 Artists Talk: “Explaining Paintings to AndyT” w/ Michael Garguilo & Justin Marshall Interstitial Interruptions
Lawrence Tech Detroit Center for Design + Technology2017 Artist Talk, School of Architecture, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI
Course: Digital Image in Space, Claudia Bernasconi professor2016 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, MDArtists’ 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 instructor2009 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
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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 instructorsMount 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 instructor2008 - 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 program2009 University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning (TCAUP)
Sustainability Seminar, Steven Mankouche instructor, Ann Arbor, MI2006 College for Creative Studies, Fine Arts Department, Detroit, MI
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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 issue2008 Exhibition Essay, Audrey Russell: Overlook, Morgan House Gallery, Greenville, TN
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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 Casting2012 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
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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 FieldInterdisciplinary 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 SeminarInstitutional Service
Faculty Cohort Leader: Methods of Inquiry
Sophomore Review: Committee Chair & Panelist
Integrative Project Consultations: Committee Chair & Panelist2008 - 2023 College for Creative Studies (CCS), Adjunct Faculty, Detroit, MI
MFA Design Program
Graduate Seminar I & IIInterdisciplinary Art + Design Program
Art As NarrativePhoto Program
Intermediate Photo Digital Methods
Basic Digital Imaging for PhotographersStudio Art & Craft Program
Introduction to SculptureContinuing Education Program
Image Management – Digital Photography Certification Program
Drawing – Young Artists One Week at a Time Program2014 - 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: PapermakingLecture courses
Visual and Critical Studies Seminar (Senior level)
Visual Culture (cross-listed in Arts & Anthropology)
Independent Study: Literature Inspired Art2006 - 2016 Oakland Community College, Adjunct Faculty, Auburn Hills & Farmington Hills, MI
Studio Courses
Woodworking 1&2
Color Theory
Intro to Graphic Design2010 - 2014 Henry Ford Community College, Adjunct Faculty, Dearborn, MI
Graphic Design Studio Courses
Digital Photography
Photoshop2008 - 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 Program2008 - 2011 Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
Photography Studio Courses
Digital Imaging: Beyond Point & Shoot
Digital Photography
Fun With Photoshop2009 - 2010 Oakland University, Adjunct Faculty, Rochester, MI
Seminar Courses
Professional PracticesStudio Courses
Drawing for Non-Majors2007 - 2008 Wayne State University, Adjunct Faculty, Detroit, MI
Studio Courses
2D Design2006 - 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 PhotographyFashion Design Studio Courses
Computer Generated Apparel Design2006 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Sculpture Department
Graduate Teaching AssistantCranbrook Summer Institute
Instructor, Sculpture: Getting Down and Dirty
Assistant Instructor, Fashion Design: From Illustration to Printed Fabrics
Assistant Instructor, Experimental Fashion2004 Kansas City Art Institute, Technical Instructor, Kansas City, MO
Summer School Program
Woodshop Orientation
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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
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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
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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, MI2016
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
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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
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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
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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, 06/16/08www.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
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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
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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
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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
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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 Design2021
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 Union2019
Artists Talk: “Explaining Paintings to AndyT” w/ Michael Garguilo & Justin Marshall Interstitial Interruptions
Lawrence Tech Detroit Center for Design + Technology2017
Artist Talk, School of Architecture, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI
Course: Digital Image in Space, Claudia Bernasconi professor2016
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, MDArtists’ 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 instructor2009
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
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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 program2009
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
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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
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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 Casting2012
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
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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 FieldInterdisciplinary 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 SeminarInstitutional Service
Faculty Cohort Leader: Methods of Inquiry
Sophomore Review: Committee Chair & Panelist
Integrative Project Consultations: Committee Chair & Panelist2008 - 2023
College for Creative Studies (CCS), Adjunct Faculty, Detroit, MI
MFA Design Program
Graduate Seminar I & IIInterdisciplinary Art + Design Program
Art As NarrativePhoto Program
Intermediate Photo Digital Methods
Basic Digital Imaging for PhotographersStudio Art & Craft Program
Introduction to SculptureContinuing Education Program
Image Management – Digital Photography Certification Program
Drawing – Young Artists One Week at a Time Program2014 - 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: PapermakingLecture courses
Visual and Critical Studies Seminar (Senior level)
Visual Culture (cross-listed in Arts & Anthropology)
Independent Study: Literature Inspired Art2006 - 2016
Oakland Community College, Adjunct Faculty, Auburn Hills & Farmington Hills, MI
Studio Courses
Woodworking 1&2
Color Theory
Intro to Graphic Design2010 - 2014
Henry Ford Community College, Adjunct Faculty, Dearborn, MI
Graphic Design Studio Courses
Digital Photography
Photoshop2008 - 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 Program2008 - 2011
Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
Photography Studio Courses
Digital Imaging: Beyond Point & Shoot
Digital Photography
Fun With Photoshop2009 - 2010
Oakland University, Adjunct Faculty, Rochester, MI
Seminar Courses
Professional PracticesStudio Courses
Drawing for Non-Majors2007 - 2008
Wayne State University, Adjunct Faculty, Detroit, MI
Studio Courses
2D Design2006 - 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 PhotographyFashion Design Studio Courses
Computer Generated Apparel Design2006
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Sculpture Department
Graduate Teaching AssistantCranbrook Summer Institute
Instructor, Sculpture: Getting Down and Dirty
Assistant Instructor, Fashion Design: From Illustration to Printed Fabrics
Assistant Instructor, Experimental Fashion2004
Kansas City Art Institute, Technical Instructor, Kansas City, MO
Summer School Program
Woodshop Orientation