GILDA SNOWDEN's Reusme
As an active participant in the Detroit art community, Gilda began exhibiting her work while still a graduate student at Wayne State University, where she received a BFA, MA and MFA in Painting. She has been exhibiting her work steadily since 1977, in such varied venues as the Sherry Washington Gallery, Dell Pryor Galleries, O.K. Harris/David Klein Gallery, GR N'Namdi Gallery, Willis Gallery, Focus Gallery, Detroit Artists Market, Feigenson Gallery, JRainey Gallery, Saginaw Art Museum, and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Her exhibition SIGNATURE IMAGES at the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1990 resulted in a major work, MONUMENT, being purchased for the museum collection. The DIA has subsequently acquired five more works.
Snowden has received several Individual Artists Grants from the Michigan Council for the Arts, ArtsMidwest, and the Randolph Street Gallery. In addition to her role as Gallery Director with the Detroit Repertory Theatre, Gilda has curated shows at the Willis Gallery, Pontiac Art Center, Focus Gallery, Dell Pryor Galleries, Zeitgeist Gallery, and the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts. She is a member of the National Conference of Artists, Michigan Chapter, and has written reviews and art criticism for the Atlanta ARTPAPERS, Detroit Focus Quarterly, New Art Examiner, and the National Conference of Artists publications.
Snowden’s exhibitions include a solo show titled SORCERY at the Saginaw Art Museum in Saginaw, Michigan, and GILDASNOWDEN.DETROIT.ART at the Sherry Washington Gallery in Detroit. She has also participated in AFRICAN AMERICAN TEACHING ARTISTS at the Focus Hope Gallery ;ABSTRACT FOR LIFE at the 4731 Gallery in Detroit; ACTUAL SIZE, at the Detroit Contemporary Gallery; DETROIT SAMPLER in Tampa, Florida; THE LORCA SHOW, a series of twenty-two paintings based on the Romancero Gitano poems by Federico Garcia Lorca, at the Cass Café ,and CAN IT!, an invitational exhibition at the GR N’Namdi Gallery in conjunction with the DETROIT PRETTY CITY beautification project. In January of this year she had a number of recent works on display at the NATIONAL BLACK FINE ARTS EXHIBITION in the Puck Building in New York, courtesy of Dell Pryor Galleries in Detroit. Gilda has worked on a series of works commissioned for selected Detroit Public Schools in tandem with the Sherry Washington Gallery, and has a number of works hanging in the Cobo Hall Convention Center. A large Sabbatical Exhibition with fellow faculty member Tom Phardel was on display in the Center Galleries at the College for Creative Studies in 2003. Gilda just completed two shows opening in May, PERSONAL ABSTRACTION at the Zeitgeist Gallery in Detroit and a group show at the NEXT STEP[ STUDIO in Royal Oak.
Gilda is married to actor William Boswell. They are the proud parents of a daughter, Katherine, who is 14 years old and majors in piano in high school.
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EDUCATION:
- 1979 Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan-----M.F.A.; Painting
- 1978 Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan-----M.A.; Painting
- 1977 Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan-----B.F.A ; Advertising Design / Painting
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:
- Professor COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES 1985-present
- Instructor Center for Creative Studies/College of Art & Design. (1981-85)
- Visiting Artist/Lecturer OmniArts In Education (1994-present)
- Gallery Director, Detroit Repertory Theatre (1987--present);
- Writer, Dialogue (Columbus);Artpapers (Atlanta); Ground Up (Detroit); Detroit Focus Quarterly;New Art Examiner; The Griot (NCA)
- 1979-1985 Wayne State Univ. Dept of Art and Art History---Instr. of Painting, Drawing, Design
- 1985-1986 Feigenson Gallery---Assistant
- 1983-1984 Willis Gallery---Gallery Director/Curator
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS:
MUSEUM and CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
- Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
- Neiman-Marcus Corp.,Troy, MI; Las Vegas, Nevada
- Ameritech Co., Detroit, Michigan
- Neiman Marcus Corp., Dallas, Texas; Scottsdale, Arizona
- Dayton Hudson Corp., Detroit, Michigan
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
- United American Healthcare Corp., Detroit, MI
- Dykema Gossett, Detroit, Michigan
- The Art Center Of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI
- Gilreath Corp., Howell, Michigan
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan
- Post/Newsweek Corp., WDIV-4 /Detroit, MI
- Beatrice Foods/Mrs. Loida Lewis
- Wellness Corporation
- Detroit Receiving Hospital
- Mayor Dennis Archer and the Honorable Trudy DunCombe Archer
- Harman/Becker Corp., Farmington Hills, MI
- Wayne County Council for Arts, History, & the Humanities
- Detroit Public School System
- COMPUWARE CORP., Detroit, Michigan
- MGM GRAND CASINO, DETROIT
COMMISSIONS
PUBLICATIONS:
- AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS Charles Forbes [UPCOMING; 2007]
- CREATING THEIR OWN IMAGE:THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS
- Lisa Farrington # Oxford University Press (January 30, 2005) # ISBN: 019516721X
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield Corporate Collection
- DISPATCH DETROIT Vol.4
- Poetry & Prose Anthology; Christine Monhollen, publisher: DoorJambPress
- Cover Art and images in the book. June 2000
- ART CONNECTIONS---LEVEL 1
- SRA McGraw/Hill Publishers [Art Textbook for K-6]
- reproduction of MONUMENT, (collection of Detroit Institute of Arts)
- CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PAINTING--A CHINESE VIEW
- Jilin Fine Arts Publishing House
- Changchun, China. September 1999 Xhang Jue Xie, editor. [G. Snowden, Associate Editor]
- CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN DRAWING--A CHINESE VIEW
- Jilin Fine Arts Publishing House,
- Changchun, China. March 1998 Xhang Jue Xie, editor. [G. Snowden, Associate Editor]
- COLLECTING AFRICAN AMERICAN ART Ms. Halima Taha, author.
- McGraw/Hill Publishers. December 1998 [reproduction of Sorcerer, pg. 128]
- NARRATIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART & IDENTITY
- book accompanying the exhibition.
- Univ. of Maryland Press. David Driskell, author/ editor. September 1998
- FLAT-FOOTED TRUTHS Patricia Bell-Scott, author. Norton Press,publishers. June 1998
- MICHIGAN: A STATE GUIDE
- Various Authors. Children’s Press, a subsidiary of Grolier Press Spring 1998
- ST.JAMES GUIDE TO BLACK ARTISTS
- Thomas Riggs, Editor, Preface by Howard Dodson.
- Published in association with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- St.James Press/an Imprint of Gale Research, Sept. 1997
- DIRECTORY OF MICHIGAN ARTISTS 1997 Edition
- Marilyn Fosburg July 1997
- THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: A Visitors' Guide
- Detroit Institute of Arts & Wayne State
- University Press. Edited by Julia P. Henshaw. Oct. 1995 Pgs. 308, 319.
- GUMBO YA YA: Anthology of Contemporary African-American Women Artists
- Various authors;Introduction by Leslie King-Hammond; Foreword by bell hooks.Essay on
- Snowden by Jan VanDerMarck. Midmarch Arts Press. Feb. 1995
- MANUAL 1993-1994--ART IN GENERAL
- Art In General Gallery, Issue #2. New York, New York.
- Gathering Medicine Exhibiton /Coast to Coast. Essay, Sonia L. Lopez; Snowden artist
- statement reproduction of Album: Fetish For Nadine [in memory of Nadine DeLawrence] June 1995
- CALLALOO--AJournal of African-American and African Arts and Letters, Vol. 17, No.2.Spring, 1994.
- Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press.Sponsored by the Univ. of Virginia.
- Editor: Charles H. Rowell.Cover art by Gilda Snowden, "Self In Storm No. 15".
- THE NINETIES--Moving Forward, Reaching Back/ A Multicultural Odyssey
- (Focus on Coast To Coast: National Women Artists Of Color) IKON #12/13 April 1992
- My Soul Looks Back, 'LesS I Forget
- D.Winbush Riley Harper/Collins, 1993. Anthology
- of quotes on various subjects; G.Snowden, pg.28 (on Art), pg. 260 (on Self)
- THE ART OF BLACK American Women: Works of Twenty-Four Artists of the Twentieth Century
- Robert Henkes. McFarland & Company, Publishers (June 1993)
MEDIA (Film & Television):
- 2005
- IN THE FRAME--African American Art, WTVS CH 56 DETROIT, February 12, 2005 Detroit Institute of Arts
- ARTBEAT WTVS CH 56 DETROIT February 12, 2005 Robert Maniscalco, interview program
- 2003
- ARTBEAT WTVS CH 56 DETROIT October 11, 2003 Robert Maniscalco, interview program
- INSIDE ART WMTV5 Grosse Pointe, Michigan July 17, 2003
- 2000
- LEGENDARY LIVES: A Black History Month Feature Cavalier Pictures WJBK-TV2, Detroit.
- 1997
- NAOMI LONG MADGETT: A POET'S VOICE a documentary film on the work of Naomi Long Madgett Produced by Kathy Vander, Vander Film Company
- 1994
- THE FUTURE OF MEMORY a documentary film on the evolution of WOMEN OF ALGIERS an installation by Patrick Ireland. Produced by Nancy Jones & Joel Silvers.
- 1993
- COLTRANE IN A CADILLAC Episode 3 Tiger Aspec Productions, London, England.
- Television series starring Robbie Coltrane documenting his travels across America in a vintage
- Cadillac, and the people he meets along the way [Detroit: Detroit Inst. of Arts--Rivera Court]
- ABSTRACT REALITIES Sherry Washington Gallery September 1993. Rendall Thomas, Producer.
- 1988
- FIFTEEN BLACK ARTISTS Detroit Black Journal Dec. 9 1988 WTVS-Ch 56;
- Edsel Reid, prod.(video avail.) National Conference of Artists [Michigan Chapter]
MEDIA (Reviews, Articles):
EXHIBITIONS CURATED
- DETROIT REPERTORY THEATRE 2006-2007 SEASON
- KATHERINE LEISEN--Paintings and Mixed Media
- ANTHONY DIXON---Paintings and Works on Paper
- MATTHEW KROLICKI---Drawiings and Pastels
- FRANCES COCAGNE---Abstract Paintings
- PERSONAL ABSTRACTION---ZEITGEIST GALLERY, DETROIT
COMMUNITY ARTS FUNCTIONS
- JUDGE/PAINTNG, ACT-SO ACADEMIC OLYMPICS SPONSORED BY THE NAACP DEARBORN, MI JULY5-7 2007
- ART DONATION--DETROIT INST OF ARTS FRIENDS OF AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN ART / BAL AFRICAIN
- ART DONATION---MICHIGAN AIDS PREVENTION PROJECT 2006
- ART DONATION---MARYGROVE COLLEGE 2006
- Speaker on behalf of the arts community at JOY COLBY RETIREMENT PARTY in Harmonie Park 2006
EXHIBITIONS (One Person Exhibitions)
- 2006
- ABSTRACTIONS OF LIFE-New Paintings Sherry Washington Gallery [June/September]
- THE LORCA SHOW Cass Café, Detroit, Michigan. December 2002 March 2003.
- GILDA SNOWDEN.DETROIT.ART----Sherry Washington Gallery Aug 17-September 28th
- 2002
- SORCERY: Paintings By Gilda Snowden ----Saginaw Museum of Art, Saginaw, Michigan
- RECENT PAINTINGS--- University Liggett Grosse Pointe, Michigan
- 2000-01
- GILDA SNOWDEN---ABSTRACT MEMOIRS Sherry Washington Gallery [Sept.18—Jan 30 2001]
- ‘SCAPES, STORMS, SELF PORTRAITS--- Detroit Repertory Theatre Gallery [June]
- RECENT WORKS---Mirek Gallery Site Online [Internet Exhibition] September 1-December 31]
- 1998
- GILDA SNOWDEN--Painting and Drawings Intermezzo Ristorante, Detroit, MI [Sept-Nov]
- City Albums & Altars Detroit Repertory Theatre Gallery--Detroit, MI (May 16/June 23)
- 1994
- Recent Works GMI Engineering & Management Institute--Flint, MI (Jan. 14-Feb. 16)
- Abstract Realities Sherry Washington Gallery, Detroit, MI (Sept. 30-Feb. 15, 1994)
- Tornados---Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI (Nov.10 1993-Jan. 3 1994))
- Recent Paintings---Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI (Sept. 27-Oct 30)
- City Albums---Mott Community College, Flint, MI (March 1-20)
- 1988
- Gilda Snowden--New Works Broadway Gallery, Detroit MI. (September)
- Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
- Works on Paper: 55 Peterboro Gallery, Detroit, MI
- Recent Work: Detroit Council for the Arts
- Detroit Repertory Theatre Gallery: Bruce Millan, Artistic Director
- •Birmingham Unitarian Church, Birmingham, Michigan
- ...till Human Voices Wake Us; Detroit Artists' Market Other Space in Hudson's Downtown---
- Recent Work:Willis Gallery: Patricia Soderberg, Director
EXHIBITIONS (Two Person Exhibitions)
- 2004
- FOCUS ON FACULTY: GILDA SNOWDEN, TOM PHARDEL SABBATICAL EXHIBITION
- [Jan-April] COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES, DETROIT, MICHIGAN
- 1998
- CARLOS DIAZ & GILDA SNOWDEN Oasis Gallery , Marquette, MI. Sept.29--Oct.31.
- OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND:Carlos Diaz & Gilda Snowden Center Galleries---CCS [Sept. 29-Nov.4]
- 1992
- Gilda Snowden--Lisa Spindler Summer Series at O.K.Harris/ David Klein Galleries-
- Birmingham, MI (July 28-Aug.8)
- SIGNATURE IMAGES: Michael Luchs & Gilda Snowden
- Detroit Institute of Arts , Detroit, Michigan (Sept-Nov.) Jan Van Der Marck, curator (catalog)
- Gilda Snowden--Yolanda Sharpe Mark Masuoka Gallery, Las Vegas, Nev. (Sept-Nov.)
- Gilda Snowden - Chris Whittey: Michigan Gallery
- Two Black Women: Stephanie Crawford & Gilda Snowden, Artist Guild of Detroit Gallery
EXHIBITIONS (Group Exhibitions)
- EIGHT DAYS IN JUNE----MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DETROIT & DET SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
- ZEITGEIST 10TH ANNIVERSARY FUN RAZOR, ART EXTRAVAGANZA & TOTAL SENSORY FREAK OUT
- FRIDAY JULY 6, 7P - 12M ZEITGEIIST GALLERY, DETROIT
- A SPRING HAPPENING Next Step Studio Gallery Ferndale, Michigan
- PERSONAL ABSTRACTION---Zeitgeist Gallery
- MOTT COMM COLLEGE GROUP SHOW- curated by Lester Johnson
- NATIONAL BLACK FINE ARTS EXHIBITION Puck Building New York, NY
- GROUP EXHIBITION: NEAL DAVIS GALLERY
- GROUP EXHIBITION: DELL PRYOR GALLERY
- URBAN ART EXPERIMENTS- THE TOY SHOW Sponsored by The Banana Lab
- THE WILLIS REVISITED Detroit Artists Market, September/October
- CCS AT 100: Centennial Faculty Exhibition Part 2 College For Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
- DETROIT ALL STARS OF ART--Cass Café
- NATIONAL BLACK FINE ARTS EXHIBITION Puck Building New York, NY
- WHAT IS ART Wayne County Community College Gallery, Detroit, MI
- 2005
- MICHIGAN MASTER PAINTERS Delta College Gallery, Midland, Michigan
- GALLERY ARTISTS Sherry Washington Gallery, Detroit
- NATIONAL BLACK FINE ARTS EXHIBITION / Dell Pryor Galleries New York, NY [February]
- Acutal Size Biennial Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit CAI
- BART GROUP SHOW [Black Artists Researcing Trends] Pontiac Art Center, Pontiac, MIchigan
· 2004
o REVERBERATIONS Klemm Gallery/Adrian College Adrian, Michigan. Curated by Prof. Marion Jackosn
- October/December
- SELF PORTRAITS Sherry Washington Gallery Detroit, Michigan
§ TENTH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION Metropolitan Center for the Arts Detroit, Michigan [May/June]
§ 23RD ANNUAL MICHIGAN FINE ARTS COMPETITION March 9/ April 9,
§ Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center Birmingham, Michigan
§ WINTER SOLSTICE Sherry Washington Gallery Detroit Michigan
- NATIONAL BLACK FINE ARTS EXHIBITION / Dell Pryor Galleries New York, NY [February]
- GROUP EXHIBITION Dell Pryor Galleries Detroit, Michigan
- RECENT ACQUISITIONS SINCE 2000 / GRAPHIC DEPARTMENT DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS
- SCHWARTZ GRAPHIC GALLERIES JANUARY/MAY
- 2003
- ACTUAL SIZE-- Detroit Contemporary Detroit, MI November/December
- ABSTRACT FOR LIFE 4731 Gallery Detroit, Michigan [October/November]
- AFRICAN AMERICAN TEACHING ARTISTS Focus Hope Gallery, Detroit, Michigan [October/Nov]
- Lewis / Pak / Snowden Wayne County Community College Detroit, Michigan
§ CHAIR CITY National Conference of Artists
- MEMBER’S INVITATIONAL—Detroit Artists Market
- GROUP SHOW---Dell Pryor Galleries Detroit, MI
- 2002
- Sherry Washington Gallery—Gallery Regulars Jan/Feb 2002
- JRainey Gallery—[group painting show] February 2002
- JRainey Gallery—“ID” :Women’s History Month Exhibition] March 2002
- ARTISTS IN THE SHADOW OF TIGER STADIUM Padzieski Gallery, Dearborn, Michigan
- 2000
- COLOR: The Black Fine Art Exposition at Navy Pier May 18-21 Chicago, Ill.
- Hosted by Oprah Winfrey http://www.colorexposition.com/index.html
- CANVAS: Artists Remember Ann Mikolowski Alley Culture Detroit, MI. April 21-May 21.
- PAINTINGS & SCULPTURES BY NCA ARTISTS-- Krasl Art Center, St Joseph, MI. April/May.
- THE EXQUISITE CORPSE Mirek Gallery Site [http://www.lmstudio/corpse] March --May]
- ECLECTISM JRainey Gallery Detroit, MI February 11-March 24
- ACTUAL SIZE---8 1/2 x 11 Detroit Contemporary Detroit, MI February 26-March
- Group Exhibition Dell Pryor Galleries Detroit,MI January
- NARRATIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART & IDENTITY:The David C. Driskell Collection
- High Museum of Art Atlanta, GA June 20, 2000 - September 10, 2000
- The Newark Museum Newark, NJ October 20, 2000 - Febuary 25, 2001
- RECENT WORKS: DRAWINGS & SCULPTURE BY MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CONF. OF ARTISTS
- November 11--December 15. NCA GALLERY, Detroit, MI. Curated by Shirley Woodson
- NARRATIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART & IDENTITY:The David C. Driskell Collection
- Colby College Museum of Art Waterville, Maine July 21, 1999 - October 17, 1999
- M.H. de Young Memorial Museum San Francisco, CA Nov. 20, 1999 - Feb. 12, 2000
- FLORA BOTANICA II: A Benefit Exhibition for the Belle Isle Conservatory
- Sept.24-Oct 31 curated by Thomas Wojtas
- TWISTER VISION Louisville Visual Arts Center, Louisville, Kentucky. June 11-July 18.
- VISIONS Traffic Jam and Snug Gallery May 7-June 30
- SCULPTURE FROM THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ARTISTS curated by Shirley Woodson
- Krasl Art Center, St Joseph, MI April/June
- ARTISTS FOR A NEW MILLENIUM Part one Charles Wright Museum of African American History March/April
- ARTISTS FOR A NEW MILLENIUM Part two Dell Pryor Galleries, Detroit March/April
- VOICES--AN ARTISTS BOOK PROJECT CAAS Gallery, University of Michigan March/April
- GROUP EXHIBITION Cass Cafe Detroit, MI.
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