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Michelle Sider
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Michigan-based mixed media artist known for a use of bold, imaginative colors and creating a sense of movement and flow. Mosaics are developed in a painterly style, which adds realism and detail to the finished product.
Recent Exhibitions and Awards
Art Prize 2024
Grand Rapids, MI
Sep 2024
Michigan Regional Glass Exhibit
Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
May 5- June 26, 2024
Perspectives: Jewish American Artists
Southfield City Hall, Southfield, MI
May 16- July 31, 2024
Ethereal Forms Exhibit
Art-Collide.com,
Mar 1- Apr 1, 2024
Juror for the Silence and Noise CMA2 Members Exhibition
CMA2
Nov 5 - Dec 31, 2023
Art Leelanau Exhibition
Old Art Building, Leland, MI
Jul 2023
Art Beat, Exhibition and Demonstration
Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids MI
Jun 2023
Art House Annual Exhibit
Old Art Building, Leland, MI
Aug 2023
Invitational Mosaic Exhibition
Centennial Gallery, Peabody, MA​
Art Prize
2022
Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI
Sep 16-Oct 9, 2022
Mosaics Today: Ancient Art Through a Contemporary Lens
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Jul 2-Dec 4 2022
Michigan Regional Glass Exhibition
Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
Apr-May 2022
Mosaic Artists of Michigan Exhibit
Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI
Jan 2022
2021 Canvas Pontiac 3rd Place
Pontiac, MI. 2021
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Terra and Tide III
Envision Arts, Sep 2021
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“Aqua II” Art Exhibit
Envision Art, Aug 2021
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Best in Show and Judge’s Choice Awards
“Take Me Away"
New England Mosaic Society, Boston, MA., Jul 2021
Artist’s Presentation
Tuesday Night Study Group
Jun 2021
“Juxtaposed,” Ceramic and
Mosaic Art 2
Jan 2021
Mosaic Arts International, Society of American Mosaic Artists
Jan 2021
Perspectives: Jewish American Artists
Southfield City Hall, Southfield MI
May - July, 2024
CMA2 Members’ Exhibit
New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR
Apr 30 -May 31, 2024
CMA2 Members’ Exhibition- Juror's Award
The Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR
May 2024
Skies Exhibit, Colors of Humanity
Art Gallery
Mar 2024
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Top 25 Finalist in ArtPrize 2023
Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI
Sep 2023
Centennial Gallery
Peabody, MA
Jan 2023
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The Art of Summer Exhibit
Main Street Gallery, Leland MI
Jul 2023
Modern Mosaic Arts
2023
"Paintbrush to Nippers and Back"
Solo Show Michelle Sider
CMA2
Dec 4- Jan 31, 2023
Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast
Club Exhibit
Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, MI
Jul 23-Oct 14, 2022
American Mosaics Now
The Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics, Chicago, IL Jun-Jul 2022
Landscape Exhibit
CMA2, March 2022
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Solo Art Show
Gallery 118, Jan-Feb 2022
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Unity and Balance
Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI
Nov-Dec 2021
Art Prize 2021
Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI
Sep 16-Oct. 3, 2021
Second Place Award
Summertime Exhibition
Helvet Art Exhibition, Jul, 2021
Artist’s Presentation, Ceramic and
Mosaic Art 2
Jun 14, 2021
Women in Arts
Las Laguna Art Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA. Feb 2021
Artist’s Presentation, SAGE Metro Detroit and Ellen Kayrod Gallery,
Detroit, MI. Jan 2021
Featured Cover Story, Society of
American Mosaic Artist Magazine “Groutline”
Jan 2021
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1982: Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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1980-1981: Junior year abroad at Center for Creative Studies in Detroit.
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1980-1981: Junior year abroad at Wayne State University Art Department, Detroit.
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1985: M.A. in Clinical Psychology, University of Detroit, Detroit.
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1992: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Detroit, Detroit.
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Society of American Mosaic Artists
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Mosaic Artists of Michigan
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Ceramics and Mosaics 2
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Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club
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Embrace Creatives
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British Association of Mosaic Artists
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Mosaic Association of Australia and New Zealand
Continued art education, learning with painters and mosaic artists including: Verdiano Marzi, Toyoharu Kii, Robert Wilbert, Leslie Masters, Robert Schefman, Mireille Swinnen, Yulia Hanansen, Carol Shelkin, Stanley Rosenthal, Dani Katzir, Barbara Cashman, Gail Rosenberg, Pini Gur, Edna Segev, Laura Rendlen, Yael Draznin Blumberger, Kelly Knickerbocker, Tami Macala, Gila Rayburn, Donna VanHooser,
Publications
Dr. Michelle Sider is the co-author and illustrator of two books: “Never Long Enough: Finding Comfort and Hope Amidst Grief and Loss,” 2017 and “Never Long Enough Workbook/Coloring Book,” 2019.
Education
Memberships