Education

 

Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA, Painting and Drawing, May 2000

The Kansas City Art Institute, BFA, Painting and Drawing, May 1998

Bennington College, Theater,/Fine Art, Fall 1992 - Spring 1994

 

 

Scholarships

 

1999 - 2000 Robert H. Daisley Memorial Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art
1995 - 1998 Trustee Merit Scholarship, The Kansas City Art Institute

 

 

Selected Exhibitions 

 

2008

'hey whats on your mind?'  fake space, los angeles ca sept 2008
'the possibility of love with a stranger', fake space, los angeles, ca  oct 2008
'want and need', parts and labor, new york, ny oct 2008'into infinity', dub lab, los angeles, ca
"red dot", blue star contemporary. san antonio, tx june 2008

 

2006

"9 Steps Closer To a New You", Unity Gallery, M.U.M., Fairfield, IA. January (solo show)

“9 Steps Closer To A New You”, Shareen Downtown, Los Angeles, CA, June/July (solo show)

 

2005

 

Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY, September - Present

 

“The Matzo Files”, Art Auction, New York, NY May

“I Loved My Bat”, The Bower, San Antonio, TX, February

 

2004

 

“The Matzo Files”, New York, NY, August – Present

 

“My Pants As Your Shirt”, New York, NY, July

 

“Shrosbree”, Gallery 51, Fairfield, IA, April

 

“Cut”, Performance, Brooklyn NY, March

 

2003

 

“I am not Afraid Anymore”, Berrel Space, Brooklyn, NY, May

8 x 10”, Arthouse, traveling exhibition

 

2002

 

"Stray Show," Chicago, IL

 

"Fashion Place," The Bower, San Antonio, TX, April (solo show)

 

"Trash Walk," Performance, New York, NY, January

 

2001

 

"9/11," Benefit Auction, Long Island City, NY, November

 

"Stitched," Performance, Brooklyn, New York, August

 

2000

"Cranbrook Academy of Art Graduate Summer Exhibition," Curated by Buzz Spector, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, June - August

"Dress Rehearsal by Gyan," Fashion Show, Cranbrook Academy of Art Student Degree Show Opening, Bloomfield Hills, MI, April 15th

"Cranbrook Academy of Art Student Degree Show," Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, April - May

"Introductions," Suzanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI, May (2-person show)

"Fashion Show by Gyan," Performance, Suzanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI, May 26th

"The Life of A Princess", Performance, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, March

"Air Quotes," Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, March

 

1999

 

"Disposables by Gyan," Fashion Show, Bloomfield Hills, MI, November

"Permission Fashions by Gyan," Collaborative Space/Store with Tao Urban, Bloomfield Hills, MI

"Permission Fashions Live," Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, April

"Cus' We Wanna," Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, March