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Adam Shirley at his studio
at Cranbrook Academy of Art
Photo © Simone DeSousa
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| Adam
Shirley |
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| Resides: Hamtramck, MI |
| Education: |
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BFA
College for Creative Studies
Detroit, Michigan
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1993 |
MFA
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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2010 |
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| Exhibitions |
| 2009 |
| Color, Forum Gallery Cranbrook , Bloomfield
Hills, MI |
Stuff and Non Sense Part 2, Forum Gallery Cranbrook,
Bloomfield Hills, MI |
2008 |
| Stuff and Non Sense, Kingswood Gallery, Bloomfield
Hills, MI |
2007 |
| This Week in Art, Motor City Brewery, Detroit,
MI |
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2006 |
| MJSA American Vision Awards, Javitz Center,
New York,NY |
| Stylize, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI |
| CCS at 100, Center Galleries, Detroit, MI |
| Mental Metal, Gallery Function Art, Chicago,
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2005 |
| Hmfrnshngs, Janice Charach Epstein Gallery,W.Bloomfield,MI |
| Actual Size, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit,Detroit,MI |
| Kinder Show, Juris Galleries, Detroit, MI |
| SOFA Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL |
| Work by CCS Faculty and Staff, Center Galleries,
Detroit, MI |
| 2004 |
| Festival of the Masters, Downtown Disney, Orlando,
FL |
| Holiday Show, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit,
MI |
2003 |
| Our Town, Community House, Birmingham, MI |
| The Detroit Design Show, Detroit Artists Market,
Detroit, MI |
| Member’s Invitational, Detroit Artists
Market, Detroit, MI |
2002 |
| Our Town, Community House, Birmingham,
MI |
| Holiday Show, Detroit Artists Market,
Detroit, MI |
2001 |
| Sampler, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI |
| Shop Rats, Center Galleries, Detroit,
MI |
| Actual Size, Detroit Contemporary,
Detroit, MI |
| 22nd Annual Michigan Artists Competition,
Art Center, Battle Creek, MI |
| 2000 |
| 21st Annual Michigan Artists Competition,
Art Center, Battle Creek, MI |
| Three to Go, Bettcher Gallery, Miami,
FL |
| Tabletop Sculpture Invitational,
Rosanne Raab and Associates, New York, NY |
| 1999 |
| SOFA Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago,
IL |
| Insecticide, Thomas Mann Gallery,
New Orleans, LA |
| Festival of the Masters, Downtown
Disney, Orlando, FL |
| Vessels, Boxes, Baskets, Gallery
Function Art, Pontiac, MI |
| 1998 |
| SOFA Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago,
IL |
| Toys and Gadgets, Society of Arts
and Crafts, Boston, MA |
| 1997 |
| SOFA Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago,
IL |
| For Sight, Gallery I/O, New Orleans,
LA |
| 1996 |
| New Millennium, Detroit Artists
Market, Detroit, MI |
| Functional Elegance, Gallery Function
Art, Pontiac, MI |
| 1995 |
| The Commemorative Cup, Rosanne Raab
and Associates, New York, NY |
| Mask Biennial Show, Mask Gallery,
Hamtramck, MI |
| Shelters, Dwellings, Environments,
P.C.C.A., Rochester, MI |
| Vis-à-vis, Focus Gallery,
Detroit, MI |
| 1994 |
| From Hamtramck, Mask Gallery, Hamtramck,
MI |
| Op Art, Hoffman Gallery (traveling
exhibition), Portland, OR |
| 1993 |
| Beat Crucible, Industry, Pontiac,
MI |
| Let’s Face It, L.A. Eye Works,
Los Angeles, CA |
| 1992 |
| Second Annual Tea Infuser Exhibit,
Swidler Gallery, Royal Oak, MI |
| 1991 |
| Metal in Motion, Industry, Pontiac,
MI |
| The Contemporary Tea Infuser, Swidler
Gallery, Royal Oak, MI |
| 1990 |
| Exploration of Jewelry and Sculpture,
Eastern Michigan University |
| 1987 |
| Scholastics 60th Annual National
Art Exhibition, New York, NY |
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| Professional
Experience |
1997 - Present |
| Adjunct Faculty, College for Creative
Studies, Detroit, MI |
| 1997 - Present |
| Jewelry Designer, owner, Adam Shirley
Design, Birmingham, MI |
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