Education

1986 MFA- Master of Fine Arts and Visual Journalism, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

1982 BFA- Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2005 Online workshop, instructed by Steve Houston, figure drawing

Solo Exhibitions

2023 - Art Under the Circumstance, Madonna University, Livonia, MI

2009 - Transcendence, Dell Pryor Gallery, Detroit, MI 

1996 - Best of The Best: Selected Works From 20 Years of SVA Portfolio, School of Visual Arts, Savannah, GA, 

1991 - Visual Journalism and Personal Imagery, School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY 

Selected Exhibitions

2024 - DAM Gala Art Auction, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Mi

2024 - Visions 16: Detroit Artists, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI

2023 - Iconic Subway Poster Show, School of Visual Art, New York , NY

2023  - American Illustrators 42nd  Annual, Selected Winner, American Illustration, New York, NY

2022 - Here’s To You Detroit, Detroit Society of Women’s Painters and Sculptors, Detroit, MI

2021 - Unity, Pontiac Creative Art Center, Pontiac, MI

2019 - Celebrating Women as God, Art Basel, Point Comfort Art Fair and Show, Overtown, Miami, FL

2018 - Big Highland Park Show, Annex Gallery, Detroit, MI 

2017 - The Peace, Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit, MI 

2017- Anti- Love Song, NORWEST Gallery, Detroit, MI

2016 - Unveiling Visions: The Alchemy of the Black Imagination, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Harlem, NY 

2015 - Next Step, Next Step Gallery, Ferndale, MI 

 2014 - MFA Visual Essay 30th Anniversary Show, School of Visual Arts, Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY 

2011 - Celebrating the Creative Spirit, Creative Arts Gallery, Pontiac MI

2010 - Art Under the Influence: The Relationship between Teachers and Students, Art House, Northville MI

2009 - Sabbatical Show, Center Gallery, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI 

2008 - The Black West: Buffalo Soldiers, Black Cowboys, and Untold Stories, Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville GA

2002 - 44th Annual Exhibition, New York Society of Illustrators, Messiah College, Grantham, PA 

2001 - Faculty Show, Elizabeth Stone Children’s Book Art Gallery, Birmingham, MI 

2001 - Seoul International Communication Design Exhibition, School of Visual Arts, Seoul, South Korea

1992 - Group Show, Cartoon Museum, San Francisco, CA

1991 - New Images, Leo Barnett US, Chicago, IL

1991 - Group Show, Twilight Studio, Hoboken, NJ

1991 - Master’s Degree Program Exhibition, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY 

1990 - Eusi 90, Lincoln Square Gallery, New York, NY 

1988 - Black Visions: Lady Legends of Jazz, Schomburg Center for Research In Black Culture Gallery, Harlem, NY

Honors, Awards, Commissions

Honors

2011 Distinguished Educator of the Arts, New York Society of Illustrators, New York, NY

2003 Certificate of Merit, Society of Illustrators 26th, New York

2002 44th Annual National Exhibition Certificate of Merit, New York Society of Illustrators, New York, NY

2001 Honorable Mention, The Scarab Club Advertising Art Annual Exhibition, Detroit MI

1994 Teacher of Awardee Arts Recognition and Talent Search For Exceptional Artistic Achievement, National Foundation For Advancement In the Arts, Miami, Fl

1984 Scholarship for Master of Fine Arts Visual Journalism Program, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

1982 Illustration Selected for the School of Visual Arts Senior Portfolio, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY 

Commissions

2020 - Permanent Installation, St. Augustine Catholic Church, Detroit, MI

2008 - Mural project, Pathways to Success Academic Campus, Ann Arbor, MI

2005-07 - 40 Portrait Commission, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI

2005-06 - Mural, Charles H Wright Museum of African American History, Latimer Café, Detroit, MI

Awards

1988 - Appreciation Award, from the Mayor of the City of New York, New York, NY 

In recognition of cover illustration and exhibition, “Black Visions: Lady Legends of Jazz”

Institutional Experience

1999 - Current- College for Creative Studies (CCS), Detroit, MI

Associate Professor (1999-2000 and 2010-Present),

Illustration Department Chair (2000-10)

1998-99- School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Drawing Professor

1996-98 - School of Visual Arts, Savannah, GA

Drawing Professor

Illustration and Fine Art Department

1993 - Kutz Town University, Kutz Town, PA 

Visting Professor

1991-96 - School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Drawing Professor

2016-2018- Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI

Workshop Instructor

1988-1996 The Children’s Art Carnival, New York, NY

Coordinator/Instructor of After School Arts Program

2015 - Boll Family YMCA, Detroit, MI

Adult Workshop Instructor- Visual Thinking Reimagined

Service to the Community

2023 - Panelist- Selection Committee, Kresge Eminent Artist Award, Kresge Foundation, Detroit, MI 

2023 - Portfolio Reviewer, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO

2022 - Juror, Detroit Society of Women’s Painters and Sculptors, Detroit, MI

2021 - Judge and Panelist, Municipal Art Commission of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

2021 - Juror, Annual AIGA World Studio Scholarship, New York, NY

2019 - Program Evaluator, Sheridan College of Art, Toronto, CA 

Lectures

2022 - Artist Talk, N'Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI 

2022 - The Bloomfield Community Television Show, “Visual Artist Journey: From Harlem to Detroit,”

2022 - Guest Speaker, Illustration Academy, Kansas City, MO

2021 - Guest Speaker, Illustration Academy, Kansas City, MO

2019 - Moderator, Art Basel, Point Comfort Art Fair and Show, Overtown, FL

2019 Guest Speaker, St. Augustine Catholic Church, Detroit, MI 

2018, 2017, 2016 Panelist, Detroit Midwest Ethnic Convention of Comics and Arts 

2015 - Panelist, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2014 - Workshop Presenter, AT&T Tech Symposium, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, MI 

2014 - Presenter, Illustration Conference (ICON 2014), Portland, OR

2013 - Guest Speaker, Farmington Community Library, Farmington, MI 

2001, 2002, 2003 - Guest Speaker, Illustration Passages Program, Illustration Academy, New York, NY

2009 - Speaker, Center Galleries, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

Collections

Clients, Commissions, Publications

2021 - American Illustration 40th Annual

2020 - American illustrators 39th Annual (online)

2019 - American Illustrators 38th Annual (online)

2002 - Regional Design Annual, PRINT Magazine—Illustration, New York, NY

2002 - Society of Illustrators Annual, New York, NY

Agency for Interracial Books

Annual Reports

Arista Records

Backer & Spielvogel (advertisement for Miller beer)

Bantam Books

Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn

Beatrice TLCBETBlack Enterprise

Boyds Mils Press

Burgam, Michael. Pecos Bill, Kirchhoff/ Wohlberg Harcourt Brace Little Books

Carpelis Design Associates

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

Chelsea House Publications

Cheryl Miller Design

Circa ‘86

Cold Chillin Records

Correctional Association of New York

D.C. Comics/Piranha Press

DC Heath

Drew University Magazine

EM MagazineEssence

F&W Publications (The Artist)

Foote, Cone, and Belding (advertisement for the US Post Office)

Franklyn Watts

Goldish, Meish. Let’s Put on A Play, McGraw-Hill School Division

Grade Level Readers

Graphic Solutions Inc.

Great Blacks in Wax Museum

Greenfield, Eloise. Rosa Parks, Harper Collins

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc.

Harcourt Brace Little Books

Harper Trophy Publishing

HBO

Houghton-Mifflin Company

Instructional Publishing

Jazziz (advertisement for the Verve Music Group)

Johnson Publications

Kirchhoff /Wohlberg

Lisca Associates Inc.

Macmillan /McGraw-Hill

Marquez Michaellis

Marvel Comics

NAACP Legal Defense Fund

NBC, ABC, Financial News Network

New York Times Book Review

Nicholas, Evangelina. Summer Sands, Wright Group Publishing

Obrien, Anne. Button Time, Kirchhoff/Wohlberg Harcourt Brace Little Books

Osborne Association

Scott Foresman

Sheldon Cotler Associates in Design Group

Silver Burdett & Ginn Inc

SONY Music Entertainment

The Wright Group Publishing

Three Communications

Time-WarnerTrade Books

WNBC News

Wycliffe and Smith Design

Yolen, Jane and Heidi Stemple. Dear Mother, Dear Daughter: Poems for Young People, Wordsong/ Boyds Mills Press

The Bloomfield Community Television Show, hosted by John Sauve, interview, “Visual Artist Journey: From Harlem to Detroit,” 2022.

Detroit Catholic, “St. Augustine and St. Monica Parish pays homage to its history with saint portraits. Kate Lochner,” January 15, 2020,