GYPSY SCHINDLER
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 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 and Acrylic 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                •  7th Annual Living Mark, exhibition book, Verum Ultimum Gallery

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:

  • 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​
  • 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
  • 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
 


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