gypsyschindler@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE:
Being a working artist requires tenacity, grit, optimism and a sense of humor. I welcome the abundance, growth, change and joy I find within the making, facilitating, collaborating and instruction of art. I am open to all the possibilities, opportunities and connections that will elevate me to my highest self along this journey.
EDUCATION:
2007 • MFA - Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2001 • BFA - Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
1999 • Study Abroad -Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS:
2020 • Artistic Merit Award, Real People Group Exhibition, Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, IL
2020 • First Place Award: A DECADE OF GOLDEN APPLE ARTISTS
Online Exhibition, Golden Apple Studio and Art Residency
2019 • Anderson Ranch, summer residence scholarship, Aspen CO
2007 • Visual Resources Graduate Assistantship Award,
Eastern Michigan University
2007 • Teaching Assistantship Award, Eastern Michigan University
2005-07 • Dorothy Lamming Scholarship, Eastern Michigan University
2005-07 • Painting Graduate Assistantship Award, Eastern Michigan University
1999 • Studio Art Centers International Travel Assistantship,
Studio Art Centers International, Italy
1997-2001 • Merit Scholarship, Kendall College of Art and Design
1995-97 • Presidential Scholarship, North Central Michigan College
MURAL AND COMMERCIAL EMPLOYMENT:
2020 • Historical restoration and decorative painting, Capitol Building, Lansing, MI
2020 • Macy's Lobby Mural Project, Marshall Field's Building, Chicago, Illinois
2019 • Bloomington Health Department Mural Project, Bloomington, IN
2019 • Perrin Brewing Company Mural Projects, Grand Rapids, MI
2017 • Martin Stein Mural Project, Grand Rapids, MI
1997 - 2017 • Carlson Design - Independent Contractor, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 • Arts Council of White Lake Mural Project
2016 • Carlson Design Mural Collaboration with Penny Schindler, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 • Mary Free Bed Hospital Mural Project, Grand Rapids, MI
2014 - 18 • Perrin Brewing Company Mural Projects, Grand Rapids, MI
2013 • Raddix Tavern Mural Project, Grand Rapids, MI
2000 • Carlson Design Mural Collaboration with Penny Schindler, Grand Rapids, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2019 • Real Estate gallery, Bloomington, IN
2018 • Vesak, Fountain Street Church chapel gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2017 • Opportunity, A Solo Exhibition, Mad Cap Coffee, Grand Rapids, MI
2017 • Artist in Residence Solo Exhibition, Arts Council of WhiteLake,
White Hall, MI
2016 • Practice: Gypsy Schindler, AM Yoga Studio, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 • Trans-Lucent, Gallery 194, Lapeer, MI
2011 • Gallery 31 presents: Gypsy Schindler, Gallery 31, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 • Transparent, Newaygo County Council for the Arts, Freemont, MI
2007 • Thicker Than Water, MFA Thesis Exhibition, EMU, Ypsilanti, MI
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2020 • Real People Group Exhibition, Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, IL
2020 • 7th Annual Living Mark, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
2020 • National Juried Exhibition "Paint: Medium as Power in a Time of
Crisis.", Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
2020 • A DECADE OF GOLDEN APPLE ARTISTS Online Exhibition,
Golden Apple Studio and Art Residency
2020 • Abstraction, Michigan Institute for Contemporary Art, Lansing, MI
2020 • Selected works exhibition, Leeds Gallery, Earlham College, Richmond, IN
2019 • Whitewater Valley Art Competition, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN
2018 • Ivy Tech Faculty Exhibition, Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2018 • Coexhist: A Collaborative Exhibition, Fuller Gallery, Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN
2018 • Real People Group Exhibition, Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, IL
2017 • ArtPrize Collectors Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 • Cartulary: Alluvium Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 • ArtPrize, GRCC Spectrum Theatre, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 • 87th Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2014 • “Burning Desires” Group Exhibition, Michigan Institute for Contemporary
Arts, Lansing, MI
2014 • Northern Michigan University Faculty Exhibition Devos Art Gallery,
Marquette, MI
2014 • Greetings from the East to the West, Shanghai Meilidao International
Art Institute, Shanghai, China
2014 • Contemporary Motherhood, Kendall College of Art and Design,
Grand Rapids, MI
2013 • Civil Rights: Then, Now, and When, I.P. Stanback Museum and
Planetarium, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
2013 • Heroes Surround Us, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2013 • Renaissance n’ Ruckus, Network LGBT Community
Center, Grand Rapids, MI
2013 • Detroit Artist Market Group Exhibition, Detroit Artist Market Detroit, MI
2013 • Devos Place Faculty Exhibition, Devos Place, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 • Figure Drawing, Duderstadt Center Gallery, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI
2012 • ArtPrize, CODA Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 • Kendall College of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition Woodbridge N. Ferris
Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 • Interplay, Faculty Invitation, CODA Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 • Kendall College of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition Rankin Art Gallery,
Big Rapids, MI
2011 • City Streets Exhibition, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI
2011 • Figurative Works, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2011 • Live Coverage, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
2010 • Kendall College of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, Kendall Gallery,
Grand Rapids, MI
2010 • ArtPrize, 800 Monroe Venue, Grand Rapids, MI
2010 • Women and Water, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2010 • Kendall College of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition Rankin Art Gallery,
Big Rapids, MI
2009 • Live Coverage, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
2008 • Pathways, Graduate Student Exhibition, Work Gallery, Detroit, MI
2008 • Art Masters Association, Riverside Arts Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
2008 • Great Lakes Drawing Biennial, Juried Exhibition, Eastern Michigan
University, Ypsilanti, MI
2007 • Spring Fling, Riverside Arts Council, Ypsilanti, MI
2007 • Graduate Juried Exhibition, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2007 • Art Masters Association Exhibition, Riverside Arts Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
2007 • Installation/Installed, Eastern Michigan University, Student Gallery,
Ypsilanti, MI
2007 • Laboratory, Juried Exhibition, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2006 • Eastern Michigan University Graduate Show, Juried Exhibition,
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2000 • Love of the Figure, Dual Exhibition, Kendall College of Art and
Design Student Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
1999 • Student Exhibition, Studio Art Center International, Florence, Italy
CURATORIAL/EXHIBITION INSTALLATION:
2014 • Juror, Student Art Gallery, Northern Michigan University
2010 -14 • Co-Curator, Kendall College of Art and Design, MFA Spring Exhibition
2013 • Curator, Radix Tavern Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
2013 • Curator, The Network - LGBT Community Center, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 • Juror, Kendall College of Art and Design, Scholastic Achievement Awards
2010 • Juror, Kendall College of Art and Design, The Scholastic Art and Writing
Awards
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:
2019 • Martin Stein Collection, Grand Rapids, MI
2017 • Michael Coleman Collection, Grand Rapids, MI
2014 • Emily Loeks Collection, Grand Rapids, MI
2007 • Eastern Michigan University Collection, Ypsilanti, MI
2006 • Phillip Menard Collection, Ann Arbor, MI
2001 • Dan Carlson Collection, Grand Rapids, MI
1997 • North Central Michigan College Collection, Petoskey, MI
PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES, SEMINARS, RESIDENCE:
2020 • Artist Talk: "Paint: Medium as Power in a Time of Crisis.",
Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
2019 • Anderson Ranch, summer residence, Aspen CO
2017 • Artist in Residence, Arts Council of White Lake,White Hall, MI
2016 • Penland School of Arts and Craft, summer residence, Penland NC
2016 • Artist Talk, Practice - Solo Exhibition, AM YogaStudio, Grand Rapids,
MI https://www.facebook.com/pg/amyoga111/videos/
2016 • Pechakucha - Speaking event,Grand Rapids, MI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM0sFwVJen8
2012 • Tour Guide, Kendall ArtPrize Educational Exhibition, Grand Rapids Michigan
2012 • Program Presenter, Kendall ArtPrize Educational, Grand Rapids Michigan
2012 • Guest Critic, Margaret Vega Graduate Thesis Painting Class, Kendall College,
Grand Rapids ,Michigan
2011 • Artist Talk, Transparent-Solo Exhibition, Newaygo County Council for the
Arts, Freemont Michigan
2011 • 194 Gallery, Gallery Talk, Lapeer Michigan
2010 • Kendall/Ferris Faculty Exhibition, Grand Rapids Michigan
2010 • Public Artist Talk and Exhibition, Art Prize, Grand Rapids Michigan
2010 • Guest Critic, Stephen Halko Graduate Thesis Drawing, Kendall College,
Grand Rapids Michigan
2010 • Guest Critic, Patty Constantine Thesis Drawing Class, Kendall College,
Grand Rapids Michigan
2010 • Guest Critic, Diane Zeeuw Thesis Painting Class, Kendall College,
Grand Rapids, Michigan
2004 • Visiting artist instructional seminar: Artist talk, Guest Critique,
In-class instruction, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan
TEACHING EMPLOYMENT:
2018-19 • Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington IN, Art Department,
Adjunct Instructor
Spring: Foundations of Printmaking
Fall: Life and Object Drawing II
2017-18 • Hope College, Art Department, Adjunct Instructor
Fall: Basic Painting–2 sections
• Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington IN, Art Department,
Adjunct Instructor
Spring: Foundations of Printmaking, Life and Object Drawing I
Summer: Art Appreciation
Fall: Life and Object Drawing II
2016-17 • Hope College, Art Department, Adjunct Instructor
Fall: Basic Drawing, Basic Painting
Spring: Basic Painting–2 sections
• Kendall College of Art and Design, Adjunct Instructor
Fall: Drawing I
Spring: Figure Drawing I, Figure Drawing II
2015-16 • Hope College, Art Department, Adjunct Instructor
Fall: Basic Drawing
Spring: Basic Drawing
• Kendall College of Art and Design, Adjunct Instructor
Spring: Figure Drawing II, Figure III/IV
2014-15 • Northern Michigan University, Assistant Professor,
Director - Drawing/Painting/Printmaking
Fall: Painting I, Drawing/Painting(figure), Printmaking II
Winter: Advanced Seminar, Drawing/Painting(figure), Printmaking I
2013-14 • Kendall College of Art and Design, Full-time Instructor
Fall: Figure III/IV, Studio Drawing I&II, Drawing/Materials/Processes
Spring: Figure Drawing II, Studio Drawing I&II,
Drawing/Materials/Processes
Summer: Figure Drawing I, Graduate Painting - Studio/Thesis
2012-13 • Kendall College of Art and Design, Full-time Instructor
Fall: Figure I, Studio Drawing I&II/Thesis I, Drawing I, Undergraduate
Independent Study
Spring: Drawing II, Studio Drawing I&II, Figure III&IV, Graduate Figure
Drawing/Special Problems
Summer: Figure Drawing
2011-12 • Kendall College of Art and Design, Full-time Instructor
Fall: Figure I, Studio Drawing I&II, Drawing Materials and Processes
Spring: Drawing, Materials and Processes, Studio Drawing
I&II, Graduate Drawing/Thesis
Summer: Figure Drawing I
2010-11 • Kendall College of Art and Design, Full-time Instructor
Fall Overload: Drawing I, Drawing II, Figure I, Figure III&IV
Spring Overload: Drawing II, Figure Drawing II, Studio Drawing
I&II, Chromatic Drawing
Summer: Figure Drawing I
2009-10 • Kendall College of Art and Design, Full-time Instructor
Fall Overload: Drawing I, Drawing II, Figure II, Figure III&IV
Spring Overload: Drawing I, Drawing II, Figure II, Figure III&IV
Summer: Figure Drawing I
2009-08 • Kendall College of Art and Design, Adjunct Instructor
Fall: Figure Drawing I, Figure Drawing II
Spring: Drawing II, Figure Drawing II
Summer: Figure Drawing
2007 • Eastern Michigan University
Fall: Visual Resource GA, Librarian Assistant, Art 101
Spring: Art 101
SERVICE/LEADERSHIP POSITIONS:
2012 • Instructor, New York Study Away Trip, Kendall College of Art and Design
2011 • Guest Speaker for the Kendall College of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition
speaker series
2011 • Bodies Exhibit Facilitator, Grand Rapids Public Museum
2011 • Juror, Kendall College of Art and Design Scholastic Achievement Awards
2010 • National MFA Portfolio Day, Chicago IL
2010 • Curator, Kendall College of Art and Design MFA Spring Exhibition
2009 • National Portfolio Day, University of Michigan ,Ann Arbor MI
2007 • Juror, Greenhill’s High School Art Exhibition
2007 • President, Eastern Michigan University Art Masters Association
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE:
2015 • Wildcat Weekend, Department Presentation, Northern Michigan University
2014-15 • Tour Guide, Department Tour, Northern Michigan University
2010-13 • MFA and BFA - program and final reviews, Kendall College of Art and Design
2010-13 • Spring Commencement Ceremonies, Kendall College of Art and Design
2011-13 • MAE Artprize Educational Committee, Kendall College of Art and Design
2012 • New York Study Away Trip, Kendall College of Art and Design
2009-13 • MFA and BFA Student Advising, Kendall College of Art and Design
2011-12 • Merit Scholarship Committee, Kendall College of Art and Design
2012 • BFA National Portfolio Day, Kendall College of Art and Design
2011 • MFA National Portfolio Day, Chicago, Kendall College of Art and Design
2010 • Drawing and Printmaking Career Day, artists Joe Biel and Justin Quinn,
Kendall College of Art and Design
2010 • MFA Student Spring Exhibition, Co-Curator, Kendall College of Art and Design
2009 • BFA National Portfolio Day, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
TECHNICAL SKILL AND EXPERTISE:
- Oil, Acrylic and Encaustic Painting
- Pastel Drawing- Chalk and Oil
- Observational Drawing- Sighting processes, 3D-2D translation
- Line/value, wet/dry mediums, additive/subtractive processes
- Figure Drawing and Painting-Proficiency in Skeletal and Superficial Muscle Anatomy
- Color Theory and 2-D Design
- Technical Linear Perspective and Transparent Construction
- Intuitive Drawing and Conceptual Expression
- Abstraction in Drawing and Painting
- Printmaking- Intaglio, monotypes, screen-printing.
- Mixed Media
- Installation and Inter-disciplinary presentation
- Mural painting
- Faux finish and historical restoration
- Curatorial and Exhibition and Installation
- Proficient on both Mac and Windows platforms
- Spoken Word Poetry
- Public Speaking
PUBLICATIONS/BOOKS:
2020 • Drawing Essentials: A Guide to Drawing from Observation by Deborah
Rockman, Revised edition III, Oxford University Press
2016 • Drawing Essentials: A Guide to Drawing from Observation by Deborah
Rockman, Revised edition II, Oxford University Press
2014 • Greetings from the West to the East, Exhibition and Seminar of American
artworks, Trojan Art Services Co. Ltd
2012 • Drawing Essentials: A Guide to Drawing from Observation by Deborah
Rockman, Revised edition I, Oxford University Press
2008 • Drawing Essentials: A Guide to Drawing from Observation by Deborah
Rockman, Oxford University Press
2000 • The Art of Teaching Art: A Guide for Teaching and Learning the Foundations
of Drawing Based Art by Deborah Rockman, Oxford University Press
MEDIA COVERAGE:
2014 • TV 6, WLUC , Northern Michigan University Faculty Exhibition, Interview,
Marquette, MI
2012 • “Gallery Opens Innovative New Exhibit”, The County Press, Lapeer, MI,
09/06/2012
2012 • Brandy Arnold, “Southern Art and Local Eats” GRNow.com, 08/03/2012
2008 • Featured artist, The Nimble Few, volume 1, issue 6, 06/01/2008
2007 • Rebecca Mazzei, “Self-Possessed”, The Metro Times, published self-
portrait,10/24/2007
2006 • Rebecca Mazzei, “Below the Surface”
The Metro Times, feature article, 12/20/06
2006 • John Carlos Cantu, The Ann Arbor News, Feature in Gallery Project show
review, 12/24/2006
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
2013 • Curator, The Network- LGBT Community Center, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 • Volunteer, Grand Rapids Triathlon, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 • Guest Critic and Facilitator, Bodies Revealed Life Drawing Nights, Grand
Rapids Public Museum
2011 • Volunteer Artist, Live Coverage, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts,
Grand Rapids, MI
2010 • Juror, The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Grand Rapids, MI
2009 • Volunteer Artist, Live Coverage, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts,
Grand Rapids, MI
REFERENCES:
- Heather Gray (Creative Director/Ceramicist) Portland, Oregon Heatgray@gmail.com, (503)724-2451
- Dan Carlson, (Proprietor) Carlson Design, Grand Rapids MI, dan.carlson@comcast.net
- Penny Schindler, (Commercial Artist) Carlson Design, Grand Rapids MI, penjasch@gmail.com
- Kristi Gotenrath, (Interior Designer) Infinite Concepts, Grand Rapids MI, kristi@icgr8.com
- Melissa Sheilds, (Interior Designer) Infinite Concepts, Grand Rapids MI, melissa@icgr8.com
- Donna St.John (Professor)Art Education Department, Kendall College of Art and Design 1-800-676-2787 donnafstjohn@gmail.com, 17 Fountain St. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503-3002
- Darlene Kaczmarczyk (Retired Dept.Director-Photography) Kendall College of Art and Design 1-800-676-2787 DarleneKaczmarczyk@ferris.edu,17 Fountain St. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503-3002
- Joann Quinones (Professor) Earlham College, 765-977-5296 jquinones73@gmail.com, 801National Road West, Richmond, Indiana, 47374- 4095
- Deborah Rockman (Retired Professor) Kendall College of Art and Design1-800- 676-2787 DeborahRockman@ferris.edu, 17 Fountain St. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503-3002
- Christine Lenzen (Professor) Northern Michigan University, School of Art and Design, 906–227–2194, clenzen@nmu.edu, 1401 Presque Isle Ave Marquette, MI 4985-5301
- Margaret Davis (Professor) Eastern Michigan University 734-487-1268 mdavis@emich.edu 114 Ford Hall, Art Department, Ypsilanti, MI. 48197
- Taylor Greenfield (Student Coordinator, Administration), Calvin College. 1-616-745-6325 Taylor.greenfield@gmail.com, 208 Warren Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506
