Andrea Eis
Dept. of Art and Art History, OaklandUniversity, 307 Wilson Hall, RochesterMI48309-4401
Office 248.370.3376 Fax 248.370.4208 Email
Education
MFA 1982 Photography; CranbrookAcademy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
BFA 1980 Film, Photography, Video; MinneapolisCollege of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
1974-75 Classics, Archaeology; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; (graduate studies, MA level)
BA 1974 Classics, Archaeology; BeloitCollege, Beloit, WI; Phi Beta Kappa
1971-72 Archaeology, Modern Greek; College Year in Athens, Athens, Greece
Professional Experience
2006-present Chair, Department of Art and Art History, OaklandUniversity, Rochester, MI
2005-present Associate Professor of Art and Art History, OaklandUniversity
2002-present Director, Studio Art Program, OaklandUniversity
1999-2005 Special Instructor of Art and Art History, OaklandUniversity
1983-1999 Special Lecturer of Art and Art History, OaklandUniversity
1997-1998 Visiting Faculty/Acting Chair of Photography, CranbrookAcademy of Art
1993-1999 Adjunct Faculty in Photography, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
1993-1996 Adjunct Faculty in Film Studies, OaklandCommunity College, Auburn Hills, MI
1991-1993 Curator of Exhibitions, CreativeArtsCenter, Pontiac, MI
Grants/Awards
2007 Doris and Paul Travis Endowed Professorship in Art, OaklandUniversity
2006 Faculty Research Fellowship. OaklandUniversity: “Walking the Labryinth”
2005 Phyllis Law Googasian Award, American Council on Education Network for Women Leaders in Higher Education
2002 National Art Education Foundation Grant: “Image, Object, Site: Progressive Perspectives of Greece; A Curriculum
Model for Global Perspectives of Art Resources”
2000 Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs/Arts Foundation of Michigan, “Artists in the Schools
Billboard Project”
1992 Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs/Arts Foundation of Michigan, Creative Artist Grant;
for development and publication of Ancient Finds (book of photographs); now distributed by Printed Matter, NY.
1992 National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places Grant, “Billboard Project”
1988 Arts Foundation of Michigan, Exhibition Award for work exhibited at Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI
1987 Arts Foundation of Michigan, Exhibition Award for work exhibited in “Mythology: Ancient-Contemporary,”
1985 Michigan Council for the Arts, Creative Artist Grant, Media Arts
1986 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Artist-in-residence Grant
Solo Exhibitions/Screenings
2006 Inscriptions: Artworks by Andrea Eis, Oakland Galleria, Pontiac, MI
2004 Andrea Eis: Video Art and Works-in-Progress, Volterra, Italy
Andrea Eis: Artworks, CranbrookAcademy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2003 Selective Memory, Au Courant Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2001 Ancient Finds,
Andrea Eis: Photographs and Installations, Kingswood Gallery, Bloomfield Hills MI
2000 Resonance: Photographs and Installations by Andrea Eis, MeadowBrookArtGallery, RochesterMI (catalogue)
1999 Labyrinthine: Billboard by Andrea Eis, Revolution, FerndaleMI.
1998 Andrea Eis: Films, CranbrookArt Museum, Bloomfield Hills MI
1996 Andrea Eis: Films, Center for Creative Studies, DetroitMI
1992 Film/Poetry, Compartments, Birmingham MI
1990 Andrea Eis: Wall Pieces and Photo Installation, Kingswood Gallery, Bloomfield Hills MI
1987 Andrea Eis: Films, College of Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological University, SouthfieldMI
1986 Andrea Eis: Photographs, The Gallery at Is Inc., PontiacMI
Andrea Eis: Visiting Artist, Center for Creative Studies, DetroitMI
1984 Andrea Eis: Photographs, WayneStateUniversity, Detroit, Michigan MI
1980 “I Always Squint in the Sun”: A Film by Andrea Eis, Gallery Film/Video, MinneapolisCollege of Art and Design
Selected Group Exhibitions/Screenings
2006 Michigan Women’s Invitational Exhibition, SaginawValleyStateUniversity, Saginaw, MI
Embodiment: Gender+Culture+Action, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI
Search, MeadowBrookArtGallery, Rochester, MI
Detroit@00:00:55: This Time It's Personal, CranbrookArt Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2005 Actual Size, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
2003 Members Invitational, Detroit Artists Market, DetroitMI
Detroit@00:00:55, CranbrookArt Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Detroit Focus Portfolio, OaklandCounty Galleria, Pontaic, MI
2002 Image Transfer, Sisson Gallery, Dearborn, MI
Detroit Focus Portfolio, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2001 On Language: Text and Beyond, Center Galleries, Detroit, MI
Detroit Focus Portfolio, Afred Berkowitz Gallery, University of Michigan-Deaborn and Detroit Public Library
2000 Latent Image: Detroit in Time, Center Galleries, Detroit, MI
MFP at the BBAC, BirminghamBloomfieldArtCenter, Birmingham, MI
1999 Family and Friends, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
1998 Photoflux: Lynn Cazabon, Andrea Eis, Steven Rost, Rik Sferra, Network Gallery, Pontiac, MI
Michigan Book Artists, Graduate Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
The Clarity of Seduction, Network Gallery, Pontiac, MI
Telling Stories,
1997 The Clothes Show, Center Galleries, Detroit, MI
1996 Out of Solitude, Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI
Significant Others, CreativeArtsCenter, Pontiac, MI
1995 PhotoNational, EllaSharpMuseum, Jackson, MI
Hanging with the Master, CreativeArtsCenter, Pontiac, MI
1994 Sketchbooks, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1993 Detroit Focus Billboard Project in the DetroitPublic Schools, Galeria Biegas, Detroit, MI
No More Than, No Less Than, Detroit Focus, Detroit, MI
Women Photograph Mythology, Book Beat, Oak Park, MI
1992 20/20 Vision, CranbrookArt Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Image/Text, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1991 Cultural Affinities: Andrea Eis, Kathe Kowalski, Asha Walidah, Detroit Council for the Arts, Detroit, MI
Installations, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1990 Photographers Collect Photography, Center Galleries, Detroit, MI and Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
1989 Michigan Connection: 15 Photographers, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1988 From Artists Studios/Current Work, Andrea Eis, Stephanie Sarris, Carol Schramm, Detroit Focus, Detroit
1987 Mythology: Ancient/Contemporary, PontiacArtCenter, Pontiac, MI
Women and Memory, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1986 Women Behind the Lens, Grand Rapids Film Theatre, Grand Rapids, MI
Selected Publications
Resonance: Andrea Eis (Rochester: MeadowBrookArtGallery, OaklandUniversity, 2000)
“The Epicenter,” Michigan Photography Journal: Gender Issue[s], No. 7, 1995. Author and editor.
Ancient Finds (Royal Oak, Michigan: Eleusinian Publications, 1993; distributed by Printed Matter, New York City, NY).
Michigan Photography Journal: Urban Views, No. 6, 1993. Editor.
Michigan Photography Journal: Michigan Friends of Photography Tenth Anniversary, 1982-1992, No. 5, 1992. Editor.
“On Living with Art,” Michigan Photography Journal, No. 4, 1990.
Selected Visiting Artist and Professional Conference Lectures
American Psychoanalytic Association National Conference, New York City, NY, 2006. Lecture: Girl with a Pearl Earring
College Art Association National Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2005. Discussant: Film and the Visual Arts: A Response
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, 2005. Andrea Eis: Re-envisioning Sculpture
National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of the Artist, New York City, NY, 2004. Presented paper: Narrative
Resonance Imaging; Re-visioning the Short Story in Video Art
College Art Association National Conference, Seattle, WA, 2004. Presented paper: Ancient Subtext, Modern Context in
Myth and Modern Art session
University of Detroit Mercy Architecture Studio, Volterra, Italy, 2004. Artist’s lecture on personal work; lecture on Italian film
Michigan Psychoanalytic Association Conference, Rochester, MI, 2003. Re-directing a Director: Emma on Film
Accent/Lawrence Technological University, Paris, France, 2002. Artist’s lecture on personal work and workshop on photography
InternationalAcademy Enrichment Program, Athens, Greece, 2001. Lecture: Ancient Sites, Contemporary Art
Midwest Art History Society Conference, Tulsa, OK, 2000. Art[ist] History: A Studio Artist’s Reading of Aesthetic Choice
in Maya Relief Sculpture
Photographs, Films and Videos in Collections
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN; Minnesota Touring Film Program, Minneapolis,
MN; Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI; University of Michigan Art Museum, Ann Arbor, MI; University of Michigan
Graduate Library, Ann Arbor, MI; Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI; Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI