CURATED CV
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SOLO & INSTITUTIONAL
Seeking Light : Mixed Media Works by Michelle Sider
Stamelos Gallery Center, University of Michigan - Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan - 2026
Solo exhibition featuring more than 50 works spanning 2009 - 2026; largest solo exhibition to-date.
Mosaics Today : Ancient Art Through a Contemporary Lens
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts - 2022
Detroit Fine Ats Breakfast Club Exhibition
Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, Michigan - 2022
SELECTED JURIED & INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
MOSAIC ARTS INTERNATIONAL - Selected Artist
2025 - Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens, Winter Park, Florida
2024 - Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, Michigan
2023 - Online Exhibition/Selections; work subsequently displayed with the 2024 exhibition
2021 - Heller Museum, Detroit, Michigan
ArtPrize
Grand Rapids, Michigan - 2021 - 2026
Six Consecutive Years of Participation
2023 - I Am Yemenite, Series 1-10 - Top 25 Finalist
CMA2 MEMBERS' EXHIBITION
The Zone Gallery, Eugene, Oregon - 2024
Juror's Award
INVITATIONAL MOSAIC EXHIBITION
Centennial Gallery, Peabody, Massachusetts - 2023
AMERICAN MOSAICS NOW
Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics, Chicago, Illinois - 2022
TAKE ME AWAY
New England Mosaic Society - 2021
Best in Show & Judge's Choice
MICHIGAN REGIONAL GLASS EXHIBITION
Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, Michigan - 2026, 2024
MICHIGAN MOSAIC ARTISTS EXHIBITION
Greater Flint Arts Council, Flint, Michigan - 2025
PERSPECTIVES: JEWISH AMERICAN ARTISTS
Southfield City Hall, Southfield, Michigan - 2024
ArtFULL: ART AT THE HEART OF JEWISH LIFE
Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, Michigan - 2026
SELECTED AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Top 25 Finalist - ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, Michigan - 2023
Best in Show & Judge's Choice - Take Me Away, New England Mosaic Society - 2021
Juror's Award - CMA2 Members' Exhibition, The Zone Gallery, Eugene, Oregon - 2024
Juror's Choice Award - Rippled Sunset, Seasons of Life, CMA2 Art Group Exhibition - 2022
People's Choice Award - Seeking Light, CMA2 Landscape Exhibition - 2022
Second Place Award - Summertime Exhibition, Helvet Art Exhibition - 2021
Third Place, Handmade Category - Canvas Pontiac - 2021, 2020
CURATORIAL & JURY SERVICE
Scholarship Juror - Contemporary Mosaic Artists 2 (CMA2) - 2026
Juror - "Silence and Noise" Members Exhibition, Contemporary Mosaic Artists 2 - 2023
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Artist Talk - Seeking Light
Stamelos Gallery Center, University of Michigan - Dearborn - 2026
A Journey with Light
Artist Presentation, Contemporary Mosaic Artists 2 - 2025
Paintbrush to Nippers and Back
Online Artist Presentation & Exhibition for the CMA2 Membership - 2022-2023
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Twisted Fish Gallery - Elk Rapids, Michigan
Ambleside Gallery - Asheville, North Carolina
LECTURES, TEACHING & WORKSHOPS
Michelle Sider has taught art for more than four decades and has specialized in mosaic instruction for more than 20 years. Her teaching combines technical demonstration, individualized feedback, critique, and the development of an individual artistic vision.
Selected workshops and instruction include:
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Mastering Light, Color & Depth in Glass
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Transparencies in Mosaics
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Capturing Light
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Portraits and Figure Drawing
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Individual and small-group art instruction
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Lectures and artist talks accompanying exhibitions
Sider's studio teaching emphasizes both technical mastery and developing a distinctive artistic voice.
PUBLICATIONS
Never Long Enough: Finding Comfort and Hope Amidst Grief and Loss
Co-author & Illustrator
Never Long Enough: Workbook & Coloring Book
Co-author & Illustrator
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology - University of Detroit - 1992
M.A., Clinical Psychology - University of Detroit - 1985
B.F.A., Fine Arts - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1982
Additional art study at Center for Creative Studies and Wayne State University Art Department, Detroit
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society of American Mosaic Artists
Contemporary Mosaic Artists 2 (CMA2)
British Association of Mosaic Artists
Mosaic Association of Australia and New Zealand
Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club
SELECTED MEDIA
FOX 2 Detroit - CBS Detroit - WXYZ-TV - WDIV/Live in the D - 9 & 10 News - Detroit
News - Detroit Free Press - Detroit Jewish News - Daily Detroit - Voyage Michigan - WGVU Public Media
CONTINUED ARTISTIC STUDY
Michelle Sider has pursued continued study with internationally recognized painters and mosaic artists, including Verdiano Marzi, (Paris, France), Toyoha Kii (Tokyo, Japan),
Robert Schefman (Detroit, MI), Robert Wilbert (Detroit, MI), Stanley Rosenthal (Detroit, MI), Leslie Masters (Birmingham, MI), Kelley Knickerbocker (Seattle, WA), Mireille Swinnen (Ulbeek, Belgium), Yulia Hanansen (Baltimore, MD), Carol Shelkin (Philadelphia, PA), Rachel Sager (Perryopolis, PA), Laura Rendlen (Glen Ellyn, IL), Anabella Wewer (Macungie, PA), Arianna Gallo (Ravenna, Italy), Caitlin Hepworth (Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia), and Darcel Deneau (Detroit, MI)