GRACEANN WARN
EDUCATION
2001-2002 University of Michigan, Theater Design, coursework
1990-1993 University of Michigan, Classical Art and Archaeology, coursework
1983-1984 University of Michigan, Landscape Architecture, graduate studies
1973-1978 Michigan State University, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture,
Recipient ‘Certificate of Honor’, American Society of Landscape Architects
Various professional workshops in bookbinding, papermaking, metalwork, prop building
SELECTED SHOWS and EXHIBITIONS
2014 Art Palm Beach, Exhibiting with Next Step Gallery
Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI: Group show
Modern Arts Midtown, Cool Abstractions, Omaha, NE
Snyderman Works Gallery Philadelphia, Spring show
Left Bank Gallery Wellfleet, MA: Lines of Position
Bennett Gallery, Knoxville, TN: Three person show
Snyderman Works Gallery Philadelphia, PA: Three person show
SOFA Chicago/Next Step Gallery , Chicago, IL
2013 Art Palm Beach, Exhibiting with Next Step Gallery
Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, British Columbia: 3 person show
Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI: Group show
Modern Arts Midtown, Of Common Ground, Omaha, NE
Left Bank Gallery Wellfleet, MA: Proof
Hoadley Gallery Lenox, MA: Thomas Hoadley + Graceann Warn
Snyderman Works Gallery Philadelphia, PA: Solo show
River Gallery Chelsea, MI: Solo show
SOFA Chicago/Next Step Gallery , Chicago, IL
2012 Art Palm Beach, Exhibiting with Next Step Gallery
Altered Space Gallery, Venice, CA
Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI: Group show
Next Step Gallery, Ferndale, MI: Spring Happening
Modern Arts Midtown, Trace Elements, Omaha, NE
MA Doran Gallery New Paintings, Tulsa, OK
Left Bank Gallery Wellfleet, MA: So Far, August 2012
Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, British Columbia: 4 person show
SOFA Chicago/Next Step Gallery , Chicago, IL
2011 Artist Project, New York, NY
Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, OH: Specimens
Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH : 3 person show
Side Street Gallery, Gloucester, MA: Graceann Warn + George Peterson
Hoadley Gallery Lenox, MA: Thomas Hoadley + Graceann Warn
Left Bank Gallery Wellfleet, MA: 2 person show
SOFA Chicago and New York/Next Step Gallery , Chicago, IL
Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, British Columbia: 2 person show
Philadelphia Craft Show Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art Sponsor
American Craft Exposition, Evanston, Ill
2010 Altered Space Gallery, Venice, CA
Architectural Digest Show, New York, NY
Modern Arts Midwest, Lincoln, NE: Summer Abstraction
Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI: Lost and Found
Detroit Artist’s Market, Detroit, MI: Wordage
Next Step Gallery, Ferndale, MI: Spring Happening
Hoadley Gallery Lenox, MA
Left Bank Gallery Wellfleet, MA: New Paintings
River Gallery Chelsea, MI: Sotto Voce
SOFA Chicago/Next Step Gallery , Chicago, Ill
American Craft Exposition, Evanston, Ill
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Rooney, E. Ashley, Artist's Homes and Studios, Schiffer Pub., 2014
Day, Mary,Review of Trace Elements, The Reader, July, 2012
Krainak, Michael, Trace Elements: Graceann Warn, Omaha Reader, July, 2012
The Briar Cliff Review, Vol. 24 2012, pg. 69.
Cover art for Sailing through Cassiopeia, poetry by Dan Gerber, Copper Canyon Press, November 2012
Rooney, E. Ashley,100 Artists of the Midwest, Schiffer Pub., 2012, pg 82-83.
Moriarty, Laura, R+F Blog, Artist of the Month, Oct. 2011
Cover art for Measuring The Dark, poetry by Kate Gleason, Zone 3 Press, 2009
The Briar Cliff Review, Vol. 23 2011, pg. 24
Bigner, Melissa "Natural Instincts " Charleston Home, Summer 2011, pg 59.
Clark, Philip F., The Artist Project: New Art for New Perspectives, Featured, The Artpoint, Feb 2011
Eberbach, Jennifer, Trust the Senses: The Art of Graceann Warn, Ann Arbor News, Nov 2009
Del Valle, Robert, Graceann Warn at Next Step Studios, Metromix, Nov 2009
Del Valle, Robert, Graceann Warn, Detroit Weekly, Nov 2009
Perrella, Lynne Art-Making , Collections & Obsessions, 2007
Owen, Carol The Art and Craft of Making Shrines, Lark Books, 2004
Detroit Free Press, feature article, July 2003
Ann Arbor News, feature article, July 2003
HGTV Interview and studio tour, Spring 2002
Opera News, Review for Orfeo ed Euridice
Dance Magazine, Review for Orfeo ed Euridice
Ann Arbor News ‘A Passion for Art’ 2000
American Craft ‘Portfolio’ April/May 1998
American Style ‘Art With Words’ Fall 1996, pp. 22-26.
Roukes, Nicholas Sculpture in Paper Worcester, MA: Davis Pub., 1993, p. 143.
Creative Ideas For Living ‘A Life in Crafts’, Sept/Oct 1990, pp. 70-77.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Toscana Americana, Santorini, Greece, October 2007
Toscana Americana, Cortona, Italy, May 2007
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, June 2007
Jackson Hole Art Association, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, March 2007
Toscana Americana, Cortona, Italy, October 2006
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, July 2004
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, Fall 2003
Hollander’s School of Book and Paper Arts, various times 1995-currently
University of Michigan Cancer Center, Art Therapy Program, Workshop instructor
Ann Arbor Art Center, Various times 1990-1995
COLLECTIONS and COMMISSIONS
MNP LLC, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Yale-New Haven Hospitals, New Haven, CT
Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
US Embassy, Sarajevo ‘Arts in Embassies Program’
Peter Sparling Dance Company/University Musical Society, Set designer Orfeo ed Euridice
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
US Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya
Royal Carribean Cruiselines
Rand McNally, Chicago, IL
Pew Charitable Trust, Philadelphia, PA
Bell-Atlantic Headquarters, Philadelphia, PA
Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, VA
General Motors, Detroit, MI
University of Michigan School of Business, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
Meijer Corporation Headquarters, Grand Rapids, MI
Wheels, Inc, Des Plaines, IL
Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, MI
US Comptroller of the Currency, Chicago, IL
Alberto Culver Corporation, St. Louis, MO
Delta Airlines, Pittsburgh, PA, Salt Lake City, UT and Orlando, FL
St Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
Sprint Corporation, St. Louis, MO
J. Walter Thompson, New York, NY
Numerous private commissions