STEPHANIE SARRIS
sarrisstephart@gmail.com
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills--Drawing and Painting
B.F.A. & B.A.E. University of Michigan
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
Eastern Michigan University, Florence, Italy
University of Michigan, Dearborn
Wayne State University, Detroit
CURRENT TEACHING
Adjunct Associate Professor/Art Department, –Art Department Rep-1990—-Present
Schoolcraft College, Livonia
Oakland Community College-Royal Oak, Michigan-2018--Present
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Michigan 2017--Present
TEACHINGEXPERIENCE
College For Creative Studies-Fall 2018,Drawing Instructor
Oakland Community College, Royal Oak-Art Instructor Fall 2018-Present
Art Institute of Michigan/ 2008-Full-Time Art Instructor -2018
Novi, Michigan- Foundation Art Instructor
Associate Adjunct Professor/Art Department, 1990- Present
Schoolcraft College, Livonia
Wayne State University- Drawing Instructor
Wayne State University, Visiting Lecturer
Hired by Professor Eric Bockstael of the Interdisciplinary Department
Henry Ford Community College-Foundation & Fine Arts Instructor
Oakland Community College-Orchard Ridge/Auburn Hills, Mich- Painting, Watercolor , Drawing and Two Dimensional Design Instructor
College for Creative Studies-Detroit –Foundation Art Instructor
Kendall College of Art & Design-Fine Arts & Foundation Instructor
Madonna University-Humanities Instructor
Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham-Adult & Children’s Art Instructor
HONORS
Artists Studio,
Arts Foundation of Michigan
COLLECTIONS
Neiman Marcus
Somerset Collection/Troy, Michigan; Tysons II/ McClean, Virginia; Dallas, Texas;
Fort Worth, Texas; Las Vegas, Nevada
Ameritech, Detroit
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan, Lansing
Galleria Offices, Southfield
Steelcase Corporation, Grand Rapids
CompuWare, Farmington Hills and Detroit
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
SELECTED SOLO/GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Faculty Art Exhibition, Washtenaw Community College 2023
Solo Exhibit University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 2021 NCRC
Detroit Artist Market, Cranbrook Alumni/Scholarship Exhibition, 2020
Our Town Art Exhibit, Community House-Summer 2019
Two Person Exhibit Level One Bank Gallery 2019
Honingman Law Office—Cranbrook Alumni Art Exhibit- 10 works in two different exhibits.
From Then Till Downtown-Group Cranbrook Alumni Exhibit, Summer 2018
Detroit Artists Market-Solo Wall Exhibit, Winter 2018
Solo Exhibit- Level One Bank Gallery- Ferndale Michigan
Solo Exhibit, Providence Hospital, Novi, Michigan
Solo exhibit: Studio 427/Northville
Solo exhibit: Birmingham/Bloomfield Art Center/Beverly Hills
Solo exhibit: Zodiac Café, Neiman Marcus, Somerset Collection/Troy
Solo exhibit: Japanese Interiors, Ben Wearley Studio Gallery/Royal Oak
Solo exhibit: Detroit Council for the Arts, City Arts Gallery/Detroit
Solo exhibit: Arkitektura Showroom/Soho, New York
Solo exhibit: WDIV-TV4 Gallery/Detroit
Solo exhibit: J. Walter Thompson Gallery/Detroit
Solo exhibit: Marygrove College/Detroit
Solo exhibit: Carol Hooberman Gallery/Birmingham
Two-person exhibit: Dancing Eye Gallery/Northville
Two-person exhibit: Washtenaw Community College/Ann Arbor
Three-person exhibit: Detroit Focus Gallery, Artists Studios/Detroit
Three-person exhibit: Urban Park Gallery/Detroit
Solo & faculty exhibit: Birmingham/Bloomfield Art Center/Beverly Hills
Faculty exhibit: Center Gallery/Detroit
Faculty exhibit: Kendall School of Design/Grand Rapids
Faculty exhibit: Smith Gallery, Oakland Community College/Farmington Hills
Group Exhibit: Cranbrook Alumni, Detroit Artists Market
Group The Story of the Creative, New York City
Group exhibit: Ariana Gallery/Royal Oak
Group Exhibit: Cranbrook Alumni, Detroit Artists Market
Group exhibit: Hellenic Cultural Arts Exhibit, Michigan Union, University of Michigan/Ann Arbor
Group Exhibit: Serious Moonlight Exhibit, Cranbrook Academy of Art/Bloomfield Hills
Group exhibit: Our Town Exhibit, Community House/Birmingham
Group exhibit: It’s All Academic, Paint Creek Center for the Arts/Rochester
Group exhibit: Oakland Community College, Orchard Ridge Campus/Farmington
Group exhibit: Ann Arbor Art Center/Ann Arbor
Group exhibit: Michigan Annual XXV, The Art Center/Mount Clemens
Group exhibit: Rubiner Gallery/West Bloomfield
Group exhibit: Abstractions, Sisson Gallery/Dearborn
Group exhibit: Bell Gallery/Harbor Springs, Michigan & Memphis, Tennessee
Group exhibit: Introduction to Color, G. R. Namdi Gallery/Birmingham
Group exhibit: Detroit Artists Market/Detroit
Group exhibit: Broadway Gallery/Detroit
Group exhibit: Festival 84, Grand Rapids Art Museum/Grand Rapids
Group exhibit: 13th Biennial Michiana Regional, Art Center/South Bend, Indiana
Group exhibit: 25th Annual Mid-Michigan, Midland Center for the Arts/Midland
Group exhibit: Images, The City Gallery/Dearborn
Group exhibit: Designer’s Show House/Grosse Pointe Park
Group exhibit: Auction Benefit, Northville Hospice/Northville
Group exhibit: Artworks for AIDS – Midwest AIDS Prevention, Masonic Temple/Detroit
B.F.A. exhibit: Rackham Gallery, University of Michigan/Ann Arbor
M.F.A. exhibit: Cranbrook Academy of Art/Bloomfield Hills
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
M Stamps School of Art and Design, Alumni Stephanie Sarris, Rhythmic Patterns at NCRC, 2021
M Happening at Michigan Presented by NCRC, North Campus Research Center, 2021
News Heralad, Cranbrook pop-up exhibit showcases artists who stayed around Detroit. 2018
Oberserver Eccentric, From then till downtown, 2018
Honingman Business Law Firm, Honingman Partners with Cranbrook Academy of Art for Detroit Offices Exhibitions, 2017
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Alumni Awards and Exhibitions at the Detroit Artist Market, 2017
Oakland County Legal News, Art On Display, 2017
Observer Eccentric, Walled Lake, Local artist helps aids fight, 2003
Rosenblum/Sarris explore their palattes, Ann Arbor News, 2000
Abstraction,From Artists Studios/Current Work, Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit News1989
Women artists featured at Focus, Detroit Free Press, 1989