| 2006 2004 |
Master of Fine Arts Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Bachelor of Fine Arts, graduated w/ honors College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan |
| 2006-
Present 2005 |
Assistant Producer My Active Driveway Animation & Design Studio New York, NY Studio Assistant for artist Sue deBeer Brooklyn, NY Ceramic Instructor Paint Creek Center for the Arts Rochester, MI Roeper School Art Instructor Bloomfield Hills, MI Museum Assistant Cranbrook Art Museum Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| 2006 |
“Nest” Paul Kotula Projects Ferndale, MI Cranbrook Academy of Art Graduate Student Exhibition Cranbrook Art Museum Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| 2005 |
“Actual
Size Biennal” |
| 2004 |
“Here Comes the Sun” |
| 2003 |
“Actual Size Show” |
| 2002 |
“Our Perspective: Women's Invitational” |
| 2001 |
College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition |
| 2000 |
“Celebrate Clay” |
| 2006 2005 2004 |
Mazzei, Rebecca. “Mutant Scribe” Metro Times Detroit, Sousanis, Nick. “The Last Show at Commonwealth” the detroiter Tourtillott, J.E.Suzanne. 500 Cups: Sterling Publishing |
| 2006 2005 |
Daimler Chrysler Emerging Artist Nominee Pauline Hepburn Memorial Scholarship |
Maxine
and Stuart Frankel |
ARTIST
STATEMENT
been replaced by the “Bling Barbie” whose values lie in the exterior world of diamonds and lipstick. My Little Pony, a product that was developed in direct response to the actual dreams little girls had of horses, has now become
remarkably similar in pose and gaze to the overly sexualized women in film
and advertisements.
My work incorporates the manufactured glitter coated-girlhood vernacular, distorting and subverting it to question our perception of popular culture. Through elaborately-layered drawings, self-contained miniature dollhouses,
and large-scale installation I create the enticing and fantastical. Pony Girl is
a fictional character that I have invented to occupy many of the installations
I create. These elaborate "glitter" constructions contain purchased and highly crafted objects that inform the complicated rites of girlhood. As both a product and critic of this world, I address our shifting realities formed by
a consumerist society bent on sexuality and vanity.