Education
Master of Fine Arts, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Post Graduate
Ph.D. Student, Educational Technology, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN
Education/Teacher Certification, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

List of Exhibitions
One Person Exhibitions

97/08 Sheree Rensel Online, http://www.wizzlewolf.com
1994 Song of the Snowbird Sheree Rensel, Macomb College, Mt. Clemens, MI
1988 Sheree Rensel Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
1985 Recent Work - Sheree Rensel Paint Creek Center, Rochester, MI
1984 Art Babies Detroit Council of the Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI
1981 Gun Show for Killers and Collectors Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI

Selected Group Exhibitions
2007

Rawls Museum Juried Exhibition Affiliate of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Courtland, VA
Last Gasp Capitol Arts Network, Gaithersburg, MD
Human Artefakts Artpost, Hamilton, New Zealand
2006
Am Fluss (By the River) Kulturehaus Pusdorf, Bremen, Germany
Better World Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Human Artefakts Galeri im Atlierhof, Bremen, Germany
Women, Men, Masculine, Feminine Ayer Lofts, Lowell, MA
50 by 50 Collaboration, online: http://www.markcotton.com/50by50.html
Human Artefakts Jane Sandelin Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2005
Human Artefakts Preliminary for Traveling Exhibition (VA, Germany, New Zealand 2006), - online: http://outofsight.co.nz/Artefakts/default.htm
Re-Visioning National Maitland Art Center, Maitland, Florida
Out of Pocket Gadsden Art Center, Quincy, Florida
Women, Words, Images National Smithtown Township Arts, St. James, NY
Self Portraits Mail Art Project, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
Hope Springs Eternal online: http://virtual.tart.co.nz/exhibit.htm, New Zealand
2003
Powerstories Theater Catherine Hickman Theater, Gulfport, FL
Acts of Creation Women Artists Rising, MAS Gallery, Viva La Frida, Tampa, FL
2002
FAEA Member Juried Exhibition Seminole Comm College, Sanford, Florida
PCCA 20th Anniversary Exhibition Paint Creek Center, Rochester, MI
1996
Faculty Exhibition Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Belleair, FL
Pinellas Art Educators Exhibition Octagon Art Gallery, Clearwater, FL
Out of Solitude Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI
1992
Environmental Issues Florida Center for Contemporary Art, Ybor City, FL
1991
Invitational Exhibition Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
Artists of Florida Sarasota Art Association, Sarasota, FL
Faculty Exhibition The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
Hard Choices Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI
1990
Motor City Revue Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
2-D 3-D Regional Art Exhibition South Bend Indiana Art Center
Art For Life Galleria Officentre, Southfield, MI
Faculty Exhibition Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI
1989
Motor City Revue Institute of Culture, Zacateca, Mexico
AIDS and Art- A Day Without Art Paint Creek Center, Rochester, MI
Urbanology Marygrove College, Detroit, MI
Kost, Rensel, Sepanski Sisson Gallery, Henry Ford College, Dearborn, MI
Weathervanes and Whirligigs Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1988
Hoyt National Drawing and Painting Hoyt Institute, Pennsylvania
Motor City Revue Lee Hall Gallery, Northern Michigan University Gallery, MI
Faculty Exhibition Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI
Art and Architecture of the Birdhouse Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
Matters of the Heart Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI
Glass: Sculpture and Mixed Media Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1987
The Form of Color Nawara Gallery, Walled Laked, MI
8th Michigan Artists Competition Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, MI
Extended Media Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, MI
A Visual Tribute to Martin Luther King N'Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI
Michigan Fine Arts Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Assc., Birmingham, MI
1986
W.S.U. in Michigan Selected Alumni Exhibition, Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI
Detroit and Vicinity Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI
Other Spaces Brooksfield Office Park / Detroit Artists Market, Bloomfield, MI
GM-UAW Human Resource Center Premier Exhibition Auburn Hills, MI
Artists Interpret Fantasy Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI
Jurors Select Artists Pontiac Art Center, Pontiac, MI
Transformations Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Michigan Annual XIV The Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI
1985
Signatures - 21 Michigan Artists Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Picnic on the Grass Meadowbrook Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
1984
Artists Against Apartheid Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI

Curatorial Experience
1991 Curator, "Human / Nature" Henry Ford Comm. College, Dearborn, MI
1990 Project Initiator / Coordinator, "Fax the Facts" Paint Creek Center
1990 Curator, "Satori Circus" Evening of performance art, Paint Creek Center
1990 Curator, "Space, Words, Images" Installations, Paint Creek Center
1989 Curator, "AIDS and Art: A Day Without Art" Paint Creek Center
1989 Co-Juror, with Richard Axsom, "From Artist's Studios" Detroit Focus
1989 Curator, "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back" Paint Creek Center
88/90 Exhibition Committee Member, Detroit Focus Gallery Detroit, MI
1987 Curator, "Little Mysteries" Paint Creek Center, Rochester, MI
1986 Project Initiator / Coordinator, "Transactions" City of Rochester, MI
84/85 Gallery Director, Willis Gallery Artist"s Coop Gallery, Detroit, MI

Artist and Educator Awards and Honors

2001 TIME Inc./Chevy Malibu Teaching Excellence Award, National Grand Prize
1999 Technology Teacher of the Year, Pinellas Computer Using Educators (PCUE)
1998 National Teacher Award, P.B. Moss Foundation, National First Place
1996 Outstanding Educator of the Year, Pinellas County Schools, Semi-Finalist
1996 Portfolio One, Council for Basic Education Fellowship, National Endowment, Washington D.C.
1990 Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Grant, Brooklyn, NY
1989 First Place Exhibition Award, "Celebrate Life" Birmingham, MI
1988 Vermont Studio Colony Fellowship, Artist Residency, Johnson, VT
1988 Awards in Visual Arts (National), Midwest Nominee
1987 Honorarium, Detroit Artists Market, Installation Exhibition
1986 Arts Foundation of Michigan Award, "Detroit and Vicinity Exhibition", Detroit, MI
1986 Merit Award, Michigan Gallery, Installation Exhibition, Detroit, MI
1984 Best of Show, Best Sculpture Award, Rochester Arts Comm. Exhibition, MI
77/79 Graduate Professional Scholarship, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Catalogs/Publications

2008 Art Calendar Magazine "Mind of an Artist", Eric Maisel, "Presenting Yourself", January 2008, pg.31
07/08 Wizzlewolf Channel YouTube Art Video Channel, Wizzle Workz
07/08 Sheree Rensel's "VISUAL BLOG" VISUAL BLOG
07/08 BUY MY ART Blog BUY MY ART
2007 Sheree Rensel - Artist Interview Peach Publishing, August 2007 www.violettereid.com
2007 Fresh Start Peach Publishing, Arts Newsletter, July 2007, www.violettereid.com
2005 Inside the Mind of an Artist Bayside News, Volume 6, #9, pg. 1-2 Sept. 2005
1990 Art For Life Aid for AIDS, Birmingham, MI, pg. 91
1990 Art Faculty Exhibition Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI, postcard page
1989 Urbanology Marygrove College site, Detroit, MI, pg. 10, 62
1989 Weathervanes and Whirligigs Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI, pg. 32
1989 Tenth Anniversary Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI, pg. 9, 14
1988 Glass Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI, pg. 9
1986 WSU in Michigan Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, pg.26
1983 Formed Paper, Sight / Insight Marygrove College, Detroit, MI, pg.4

Published Writing - Sheree Rensel, Author

2007 Mrs. Stone's Rosetta Answers.com Bloggers Challenge online: Mrs. Stone's Rosetta
2002 Through the Eyes of a Child Teachers.net Gazette, online: EYES
98/99 W.O.W. Newsletter Editor-Publisher, web site newsletter distributed to educators
98/03 My "EP", Electronic Teaching Portfolio art and art education web page
1990 Billy Name Detroit Focus Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 2
1990 A Garden of Visions City Arts Quarterly, vol. IV, no. 3-4
1990 Inner Views Detroit Focus Quarterly, Detroit, MI, vol. 9, no. 1
1989 From Artist's Studios Bielat-Eddy Catalog, Detroit Focus Gallery

Visiting Lecturer / Workshops

1996 Pinellas Art Educators Association, "Sheree Rensel- Artist", Florida
1993 Robinson Challenge School, "Teacher's Workshop", Clearwater, Florida
1988 Central Michigan University, "Sheree Rensel", Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
1987 Dominican High School, "Art Careers", Detroit, Michigan
1987 Warren Consolidated Schools, Artist -in-the Schools workshops, Warren, Michigan
85/87 Whitmer Human Resource Center, "Teacher's Workshops", Pontiac, Michigan

Art Administrative Experience

1985-1990
Exhibition Coordinator, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

1985-1987
Education Coordinator, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
-Established, developed, and managed exhibition / education programs
-Developed structure and procedure for exhibition selection committee
-Contracted artists and jurors for exhibitions / teaching positions
-Designed and supervised exhibition installation for two galleries
-Wrote exhibition signage, statements, publicity
-Responsible for artist's payroll, supply inventory, budgetary records
-Maintained computerized database of records

1989-1991
Managing Editor, Detroit Focus Quarterly, Detroit, MI
-Coordinated publication staff
-Created assignments and article development
-Worked with staff and publisher in all aspects of publication of magazine

1988
Supervisor, Pontiac Moving Mural Project, Pontiac, MI
-Directed and facilitated program to take art to the community
-Acted as artist on the street recruiting public to partake in mural project
-Collected citizen self portraits creating a room size mural of city

Employment

93/08 Art Educator, K-12, Pinellas County Schools, St. Petersburg, Florida
94/98 Art Educator, Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Belleair, Florida
91/92 Artist-in-the-Schools, Pinellas County Arts Council, Florida
89/91 Adjunct Faculty, Fine Art Dept., Macomb College, Warren, Michigan
88/91 Adjunct Faculty, Fine Art Dept., Henry Ford Comm. College, Dearborn, Michigan

Affiliations / Memberships

National Museum of Women in the Arts
ArtFlorida listserv, (Founder) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArtFlorida/
Artists Way Cluster, (Founder) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/artistwaycluster/
Women's Caucus for the Arts WCA - National
Dali Museum - St. Petersburg, Florida
Museum of Fine Arts - St. Petersburg, Florida
Art Center - St. Petersburg, Florida
International Society for Technology Educators ISTE - National
Women Artists Rising WAR - Florida


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