The Young and the Restless Closing party for exhibition at CAID
Formerlly know as Yelp's Art Attack (see images and reviews of the event), the Young and the Restless exhibition was such a success that juror Aaron Timlin decided to give it additional exposure by holding a special exhibition closing reception on February 13 from 6pm to 11pm.
During the reception CAID members will be able to vote for three artists for an opportunity to exhibit a larger body of work. The top vote getter will receive their own solo exhibition in the second floor gallery at the CAID. This time CAID members decide who will exhibit at CAID. Each member may cast one vote for up to three artists during the exhibition reception on February 13th between 6pm and 11pm. The winner will be announced in the CAID e-newsletter sent out the week of February 15th.
The exhibition reception is free and open to the public. Only members of CAID will be permitted to vote for their favorite artists. Anyone can become a member by joining online or at the gallery in person. To join online go to: www.thecaid.org/join.html
Exhibiting Artists
A. M. Martens is a ceramics and installation-based artist. She grew up in South Dakota and began working with clay in 1998. After acquiring a BFA in 2003 at Minnesota State University, Mankato she went and studied at Penland School of Crafts and at the University of Tennessee. In 2006, A. M. Martens returned to Minnesota State University where she began exploring the installation art form and received an MA degree in 2008. She is currently pursuing a MFA degree at Michigan State University.
Ben Reynaert received his BFA and BARCH from the Rhode Island School of Design and is pursuing artist books. He has worked for the Center for Book Arts in New York and was a fellowship recipient at the Paper and Book Intensive at Ox-Bow in 2009. In Ann Arbor, MI he has worked for Bloodroot Press and currently coordinates and teaches workshops for Hollander’s School of Book and Paper Arts. He recently curated (Un)Bound: Artist Books and Prints for the University of Michigan Gifts of Art. [top]
Daniel Menzo is an artist residing in Ann Arbor, MI, who currently utilizes the medium of photography (both digital- and film-based) to help convey ideas of possibility, whether it be sustainable energy here in Southeast Michigan, equality for marginalized sexualities, or the security of controversial topics and thoughts. Menzo also gets involved with local events, acting as party photographer for different groups, including Yelp's Art Attack. He can be found on Flickr, but keep posted as there will be a website launch come Spring.
Dennis O. is a Michigan native and a permanent Detroit lurker. A sneaky, crouchingphotographer with a penchant for macro shots. As an artist he is interested in pointing out the absurdities of society and the world at large. He is considered extremely handsome according to his mother and her sisters, his aunts. [top]
Emily Whitehead was born into a family appreciative of the arts, she was exposed to music, painting, and dance at a very early age. Influenced by Bach, Whistler, and Nurive, Emily began to dabble in various mediums prior to focusing on drawing and painting. She studied at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan and the University of Michigan and emulated many visual artists; working on everything from rendering the human form as accurately as possible to pushing the medium into abstract realms others had gone before. [top]
James Dubay received recognition for his art and writing through high school and college. However, excelling in math and science, civil engineering and business were pursued academically, graduating from MSU with a BA in marketing and a BS in civil engineering. James Dubay's art is informed and influenced by engineering, nature, and storytelling, integrating his interests and aptitudes. His mixed media and mixed style artwork compliments the conflict between applied scientist and creator. James Dubay is an engineer by degree, and artist and storyteller by nature. [top]
Jason Gibner, hailing from Ann Arbor, uses acrylic paint & marker to create paintings that are not afraid to be cute. He has a Bachelor's degree in fine arts and uses it every day. Jason is well known as the co-founder and co-mixtape DJ from The Bang! dance party. Jason spends his spare time taking care of an baby girl & watching Star Trek. [top]
Jeremy Wheeler is a cartoonist/dj/designer/B-movie critic who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with his gal, Mariah Cherem. By day he is an Associate Editor at the All Movie Guide, along with a movie reviewer for TV Guide. By night, he self-publishes his own comics and is the co-founding member of The Bang! mixtape dance party, making fantastic people dance since 2001. Additionally, Wheeler has clocked in over 120 pieces of poster art in the last 10 years, designing posters for such bands as The Dirtbombs, The Von Bondies, The Hentchmen, Holly GoLightly, The Muggs, The Gore Gore Girls, The Hard Lessons, Saturday Looks Good to Me, and all of the posters in the extensive Bang! catalog. [top]
Kenny Corbin (aka Karpov the Wrecked Train) describes his works as “rawness”. In the digital age, Kenny Corbin photography is an art form and a journey. His images are always inventive, fearless, and sharp-eyed. Filled with a view of an intimate portrait or a stark, gritty landscape, the images relive moments and bring smiles or cries. “I love documenting everyday life, from the gritty streets of the world to the normal or un-normal people inhabiting this earth,” says Corbin. [top]
Lisa Marie Krug is originally from Lansing Michigan and moved to Ferndale over six years ago. She keeps the original sketches of her paintings in journals and often includes them in her pieces. Her pieces are multi-media explorations of color reflecting emotion. [top]
Loreen Bahri enjoys photography and has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Oakland University. She is currently in the Media & Communications Arts program for Interactive Web Media at MCC (south campus). [top]
Marian Short is a printmaker of ten years residing in Ann Arbor, MI. Following an intro woodblock class, she has pursued printmaking independently. Marian’s kind of a foodie and never got over children’s picture books, so both influence her frequently whimsical and off-kilter designs. She has sold and displayed prints locally, including at The Side Door Gallery in Dexter, MI. When not carving or developing “monitor eyes” at her office, she is likely to be cooking, reading or getting up to other crafty highjinks.
Megan Leonard is a freelance photographer residing in the midst of Mid-Michigan. When she's not out and about taking photographs, Megan spends her days laying in front of her space heater, Sula, contemplating many things. She thinks about future photographs in the upcoming opaque fog of the spring, all the different films she aspires to shoot with, and which of the six new Hello Kitty chap sticks she's going to use next. [top]
Sarah Burger is a Detroit based artist who received her BFA from the University of Michigan. Her work is based in topography, but instead of using existing places she maps her own coastal lines, rivers, and peninsulas. Armed with a tiny pair of scissors, she layers these land formations with intricately hand cut pieces of felt. The resulting image becomes a three dimensional relief, that is yet flat and graphic at the same time. Her work has been shown at CPop Gallery, Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit Artists Market, and the Anton Art Center. [top]
Tomo Kobayashi was born in Tokyo, Japan. After earning her B.F.A degree in ceramics and photography from Arizona State University in 2007, she moved to Grand Rapids, MI. She became an associate artist at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) until 2009. She is currently a MFA candidate at Michigan State University concentrating on ceramic study. Her most recent Reconstructed Teapots series has been exhibited at Studio2Gallery in Austin, Texas, Barrett Art Center in Poughkeepsie, NY, Rosewood Arts Center in Dayton, OH, and Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, OH. [top]
Tracey Tilley is a Detroit based photographer and mixed media artist. She photographs strange and interesting people, Detroit ruins, and anything creepy (but not too creepy). She uses a diverse assortment of cameras including 35 mm, medium format, lomography, digital, and old polaroid land cameras. Her images tend to deliver a timeless, surreal and often vintage panache. Her work has been on display at Scarab Club, Marygrove Art Gallery, 323 East, Izzy's Raw Art Gallery and more. Her work has also been featured in the Metro Times, Real Detroit Weekly and Detroit Free Press. [top]
Vicki A. Barker was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and continues to reside in the area. She is an inspired, self-taught painter with technique enhancement through various courses of study. Vicki creates abstract images that are color, pattern, and shape motivated and breath directed. Her work is perspectively interpretational and personal - each person sees something uniquely different. Her paintings consist of oil, acrylic and mixed media. Vicki has exhibited her work in solo and group art shows and has been featured in and written articles about art for publications. [top]
Zachary McInchak is an artist and designer born and living in the suburbs of Detroit. He is primarily self-taught in the arts, finding inspiration in life. [top]
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