EDUCATION
1979 M. A., Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
1973 B.F.A., Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2003-2004 Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2000 van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1999 David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1996 David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1994 Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1993-94 O.K. Harris / David Klein, Birmingham, MI
1993 Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1992-93 Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1990-91 Helander Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1987 Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1986 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1984 O.K. Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ
1982 Semaphore Gallery, New York, NY
1981 O. K. Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ
1979 Lee Hoffman Gallery, Birmingham, MI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
"Photorealism: A Closer Look," Scott Richards Contemporary Art,
San Francisco, CA
"The City: Day & Night, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, N.Y.
"Small Paintings From Around the World", Bernarducci-Meisel Gallery,
New York, N.Y.
2008
"Shock of the Real, Photorealism Revisited", Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca
Raton, FL
"Zurich Project", Prince Fine Arts, Monte Carlo, Monaco
2007
"Photorealism Today", Plus One Gallery, London, England
2006
"Photorealism : Cultural Icons", Jonathon Novak Contemporary Art, Los
Angeles, CA
2005
"Industrial Landscapes in Contemporary Painting", Bernarducci Meisel
Gallery, New York, NY
Winter Group Show", Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale MI
2004
Winter Guests, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
The New Photorealists, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2003
10th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Iperrealisti, Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, Italy
2001
8th Annual Realism Invitational, van de Griff Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Near and Far, Perspective and Structure, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2000
7th Annual Realism Invitational: Real Illusions, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
The Photorealists, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
1999
Outward Bound - American Art at the Brink of the 21st Cent., Meridian
Center; Venues: Washington D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam;
Museum of Fine Arts, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Painting Institute,
Shanghai, China; Working People's Cultural Palace, Beijing, China; Singapore
Museum of Art, Singapore; Jakarta Arts Center, Jakarta, Indonesia
See the USA: Travel, Tourism and Design in the 20th Cent., National Building Museum, Washington, DC
6th Annual Realism Invitational: Realism Knows No Bounds, van de Griff
Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Photorealism, The Next Generation, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Fifth Annual Realism Invitational: Realism Knows No Bounds, van de Griff
Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Realism '98, Amarillo Museum of Fine Arts, Amarillo, TX
Photorealism, Jaffe Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1997
The New Photorealists, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
Fourth Annual Realism Invitational: Realism Knows No Bounds, van de Griff
Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Hot Times, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
Ambient Luminosity, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI
1996
Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Robert Kidd Gallery,Birmingham, MI
Realism '96, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Realism-Photorealism, Margulies/Taplin Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
1994
Realism in Our Time, Broden Gallery, Madison, WI
1993
Art Midwest Fellowship Recipients, MCA Gallery, Detroit, MI
Photorealism Since 1980, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1992
Photorealism From Nashville Collections, Cheekwood Fine Arts Center, Nashville, TN
New York: City By Day / City by Night, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
1991
Get Real, North Miami Center of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
1990
New York at Night, Helander Gallery, New York, NY
1988
Four Painters, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI
1987
Mainstream America - The Collection of Phil Desind, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1986
Night Visions, O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, NY
MCA Grant Recipients, Pontiac Art Center, MI
National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1985
Selected American Realists, Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Zimmerman-Saturn Gallery, Nashville, TN
1984
New Realism, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1983
O.K. Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ
1982
Four Poetic Viewpoints, Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI
1979
Urban Landscape, Detroit Artists' Market, Detroit, MI
1978
Return of Realism, Part 2- Detroit Realists, Meadowbrook Gallery,
Rochester, MI
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1989 Michigan Council for the Arts
1988 Arts Midwest - NEA Regional Fellowship
1985 Michigan Council for the Arts
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
"American Art at the Flint Institute of Arts", Hudson Hills Press, 2003. pp. 262-3, illus.
"Iperealisti," Viviani Arte, Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, Italy 2003. pp. 20,118-121 illus.
Meisel, Louis. "Photorealism at the Millennium", Harry Abrams, 2002. pp. 125-130, illus.
"This is America", Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2001 pp. 130-139, illus.
Meisel, Louis. "Photorealism Since 1980," Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1993. pp.7,123, 350-51 illus.
McDougal, Littel. "The Language of Literature," 1997. p.372.
Oates, Joyce Carol. "Das Rendezvous," Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Germany, 1997; Cover.
Bukowski, Charles. "Ein Profi," Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Germany, 1997; Cover.
"American Short Stories 1950 to Present." Penguin Audiobooks LTD., England 1998; Cover.
REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
2005 Mannisto, Glen. Review. "Winter Group Exhibition", Metro Times. Detroit, MI. Feb. 16.
p.24.
2004 Windsor, Shawn. "Detroit is the Artist's Muse," Detroit Free Press, MI Dec. 6. pp.
1B-2B., illus.
2004 Cohen, Keri. "Painter Projects a Multilayerd Detroit," Detroit Free Press, MI. Nov. 21.
p.4G.
2001 Hall, Sheri. "Dearborn Gallery Debuts", The Detroit News, MI. September 11, p. 3-D
Chomin, Linda. "Getting Real", The Observer and Eccentric, Birmingham, MI. May 20, pp. CI-2,
illus.
2000 Nott, Robert. "Show on the Road", The New Mexican, Santa Fe, NM. September 29, p. 22, illus.
1999 Hakanson Colby, joy. "Detroiters Treasure Their Screen Gems", The Detroit News, MI. November 3, pp. 1-2E, illus.
Bulanda, George. "Now Showing", Hour Detroit Magazine. November, p.50. illus.
Provenzano, Frank. Review. "Artful Relevance", Observer and Eccentric,
Birmingham, MI. November, p.50, illus.
DiDonna, Liz. Review. Metro Times, Detroit, MI. November 17, p.51, illus.
1997 New American Paintings, Open Studio Press, Wellesley, MA. August, pp. 36, 37, 118
Hakanson Colby, Joy. Review. "Ambient Luminosity", The Detroit News, MI
1994 Lynch, Kevin. "The Art's for Real, and Easy for the Eye", The Capital
Times, Madison, WI, April 28, pp.1-E, 3-E, illus.
1993 Hakanson Colby, Joy. Review. "City Lights Inspire Glowing Work from
Robert Gniewek", The Detroit News, MI, December 30, p.4-F, illus.
Birmingham Eccentric, Review. December23
1989 Wolff, Millie. Review. Palm Beach Daily News, FL, April 16, p.A-9
1986 Hakanson Colby, Joy. Review. The Detroit News. MI, November
Meilgaard, Manon. "Moving Beyond Photo-Realism", Observer
&Eccentric, Birmingham & Rochester, MI, November, p. 6-E illus.
1985 Miro, Marsha. Review. The Detroit Free Press, MI, January 5, p 5-C
Abatt, Corinne. " A Fresh Glimpse of Reality", Observer & Eccentric, Birmingham & Rochester, MI, January 3, p. 1-D
Cullinan, Helen. Butler Institute Review, Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH, July 24, p.F-8
1984 Hakanson Colby, Joy. Review. The Detroit News. MI, December 23
Miro, Marsha. "The Art of Detroit", The Detroit Free Press, MI, February 28, p. 1-2-C, p. 1-C illus.
1982 Darton, Eric. Review. East Village Eye, NYC, November, p. 24 illus.
Miro, Marsha. Review. The Detroit Free Press, MI, July 18, p 8-D
1981 Bush, Donald. Review. Art Voices, July/August, p. 81, p. 82 illus.
Miller, Marlan. Review. Phoenix Gazette, AZ, May 16
Cortright, Barbara. Review. Scottsdale Daily Progress, AZ, May 8, p.49
Walton, Kelly. "City Lights", Scottsdale Daily Progress, (Weekend Magazine), AZ, May 1, pp. 14-15, p. 14 illus.
1979 Hakanson Colby, Joy. Review. The Detroit News. MI, June 10, p. 6-F illus.
Hakanson Colby, Joy. Review. The Detroit News. MI, March 11, p.6-K
Miro, Marsha. Review. The Detroit Free Press. (Sunday Magazine), MI, May 20, pp. 16-19 illus.
1978 Zucker, Helen. Review. Observer & Eccentric, Birmingham &
Rochester, MI, December 18
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
First USA Bank, Willmington, DE
Ameritech, Detroit, MI
Charles Levy Circulating Company, Chicago, IL
American Republic Insurance Company, Des Moines, IA
K Mart Corporation, Troy, MI
Ambassador Bridge Company, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Brown, Wood, Ivey, Mitchell and Petty, New York, NY
Arthur Sherman Associates, New York, NY
Merit Holdings Company, Des Moines, IA
Vinson and Ellsins, Houston, TX
