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SHERRY A. MOORE

HARPER WOODS, MICHIGAN   48225

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EDUCATION:

 

1994                       WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, Detroit, Michigan

                               MASTER OF FINE ARTS, Concentration: Painting, WITH HIGHEST HONORS

1989                       WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, Detroit, Michigan

                               BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, Major: Painting, SUMMA CUM LAUDE

1987                       MACOMB COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Clinton Township, Michigan

                               ASSOCIATE OF ARTS, Major: Fine Arts, SUMMA CUM LAUDE

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EMPLOYMENT:

 

1994-2021:            COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES, Detroit, Michigan, Instructor: Two-Dimensional Design,  

                              Foundations Department.  Retired to devote attention to creating art.

2001-2021:            HENRY FORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Dearborn, Michigan, Instructor: Drawing, Fine Arts       

                              Department, Re-Developed the Two-Dimensional Design Program for the School.

1996-2001:            OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Waterford, Michigan, Instructor: Ceramics, Humanities  

                              Department

1994-1996:            WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, Detroit, Michigan, Instructor: Painting, Department of Fine Arts 

                              and Art History

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SELECTED ONE TO THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

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September 2011   "THREE VIEWS",  Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI

September 2010   "CONNECTIONS", ROSE DESLOOVER, SHERRY MOORE AND LOIS TEICHER, The Scarab

                                 Club, Detroit, MI                                                                                                                         

March 2008            "LANDSCAPES AND DWELLINGS" SOLO EXHIBIT, Paint Creek Art Center, Rochester, MI

September 2001   "ART IN THE SANCTUARY", SOLO EXHIBIT, Congregational Church of Birmingham,

                                 Birmngham, MI           

January 2001         "TAPESTRY, WORKS BY JEANNE BIERI AND SHERRY MOORE", Marygrove College, Detroit,

                                MI 

July 1998               "ROBERT BAILEY, SHERRY MOORE, KATHLEEN RASHID", Cass Café, Detroit, MI

November 1997   "MARIA DIMITROFF, DEBRA KNEAL, SHERRY MOORE", Hattie's Gallery, Sutton's Bay, MI

December 1994   "WHY HORSES?" SOLO EXHIBITION, A.C.T. Gallery, Detroit, MI

February 1993      "PAINTINGS BY MCCOLL, MOORE, SUKENIC", Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI

January 1992        "WOMEN WHO RUN WITH WOLVES", TWO PERSON EXHIBIT, A.C.T. Gallery, Detroit, MI

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 

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February 2025      " ACTUALLY WORKING" , Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI

​October 2024       "ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE", Pioneer Building Studios, Detroit, MI

August 2024         "PAWS AND CLAWS", The Art Garage, Green Bay, WI 

December 2023   "ACTUAL SIZE BIENNIAL", Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI

October 2023       "OPEN HOUSE", Pioneer Building,  Detroit, MI

August 2023         "EMERGE", Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit, MI, FIRST PLACE AWARD

December 2022   "POP-UP", Detroit Banner Company, Detroit, MI

May 2022               "MANY VOICES: The Fine Art of Craft", Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI 

December 2021   "ACTUAL SIZE BIENNIAL", Michigan Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI

Nov 2020               "107TH GOLD MEDAL EXHIBITION", Scarab Club, Detroit, MI

Oct 2019               "FACULTY NOW", Valade Gallery, Detroit, MI

Oct 2017               "OPEN HOUSE" , Pioneer Building, Detroit, MI

May 2017              "BUGS, BEASTS AND BLOOMS", Scarab Club, Detroit, MI

April 2016            "PIONEERS", Cass Café, Detroit, MI

February 2016     "FACULTY EXHIBITION", Valade Family Gallery, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI 

February 2015     "INSIDE INFORMATION", Henry Ford College, Dearborn, MI

July 2011             "LOOKING INTO THE PIONEER BUILDING", Wayne State University Art Department Gallery, 

                               Detroit, MI

January 2011       "MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES: CCS FACULTY NOW!", Valade Family Gallery, Taubman Center, 

                                 Detroit, MI 

January 2010        "IN SPITE OF THE EVIDENCE" Curated by Jack O. Summers, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

January 2010        "WOMEN IMAGE", Scarab Club, Detroit, MI

September 2008  "VOICES", Scarab Club, Detroit, MI

September 2006  "UNDER THE RADAR: THE WILLIS REMEMBERED", Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

January 2006        "CCS AT 100: FACULTY NOW!", Center Gallery, Detroit, MI

November 2005   "ACTUAL SIZE BIENNIAL", Contemporary Arts in Detroit Gallery, Detroit, MI

February 2005      "THE 2005 MEMBERS INVITATIONAL", Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

April 2004             "FEMMES DETROIT", Ceres Gallery, New York, NY

December 2004  "ACTUAL SIZE BIENNIAL", Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI

April 2003            "THE ANCIENT ELEMENTS", Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI

February 2003     "16824/791", Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

November 2002  "LINK", CAID Gallery, Detroit, MI

October 2001      "ACTUAL SIZE BIENNIAL", Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI

September 2001 "DOCUMENTA USA", Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI

August 2001        "MADE IN MICHIGAN", Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

June 2000            "SUMMER EXHIBITION", Gallery Blu, Pontiac, MI

March 2000          "ACTUAL SIZE", Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI

June 1999            "NUMERICAL EXPRESSIONS", A.C.T. Gallery, Detroit, MI
December 1998  "BUY ART", Cass Café, Detroit, MI

May 1998             "GROUP EXHIBITION", Tvedton Fine Arts, Harbor Springs,MI

September 1996 "OUT OF SOLITUDE", Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI

April 1996            "APRIL SHOWERS", Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI

January 1996       "A GOOD PAINTING SHOW", Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

October 1995      "THE BEST OF THE BEST", Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI

November 1994  "SERIATIM", Mask Gallery, Hamtramck,MI

October 1994      "ARTIST'S BOOKS", A.C.T. Gallery, Detroit, MI

September 1992 "GROUP EXHIBITION", Hattie's Gallery, Sutton's Bay, MI

May 1992              "SEX AND GENDER, FIVE POSITIONS", Space Gallery, Detroit, MI

February 1991      "ALL IN IT", Willis Gallery, Detroit,MI

 

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:

 

                             LITTLE CEASAR'S INCORPORATED, Detroit, MI

                             ALBRECHT AND JENNINGS ENTERPRISES, New York City, NY

                             BOYNE DESIGNS, Boyne Falls, MI

                             NEW METHOD STEEL STAMPS, Fraser, MI

 

ACADEMIC HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS:

 

2023                    First Place: “Emerge”, Ellen Kayrod Gallery

1994                    Wayne State University Graduate Professional Scholarship

1993                    Wayne State University Graduate Professional Scholarship

1993                    Richard and Irene Sowinski Scholarship

1992                    Joe Lewis Mural Project

1990                    Liquitex Achievement Award

1987                    Wayne State University Merit Scholarship

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BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 

September 2010  DEL VALLE, ROBERT, “Stage and Canvas”, REAL DETROIT WEEKLY

April 2003             YOUNG, CHRISTOPHER, "Artists Showcase Grasp of "Ancient Elements", THE FLINT                                              JOURNAL

November 2001  COHEN, KERI GUTEN, "Small Works Pack A Big Punch", THE DETROIT NEWS/FREE PRESS

January 2001       COLBY, JOY HAKANSON, 'Tapestry", THE DETROIT NEWS/FREE PRESS

August 1999        COHEN, KERI GUTEN, "Five Artists Reveal Their Obsessions", THE DETROIT FREE PRESS

May 1996             SHEPARD, CLAUDIA, "A Good Painting Show", GROUND UP, Volume Number Seven

January 1993       COLBY, JOY HAKANSON, "Dancers With Wolves", THE DETROIT NEWS

May 1992             ECHLIN, HOBEY, "Ominous Seductions", THE METRO TIMES

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