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Painting of a shipyard. Ship next to pier along left side of image, boats and birds in the background to the right.

Artist Profile: Foster Jewell

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Foster Jewell's landscapes include bodies of water and nautical imagery, prominently from the Great Lakes.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Landscapes Michigan Artists Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

A woodblock print of people carrying items along a path. There is a mountain in the distance.

Artist Profile: Utagawa Hiroshige

Throughout his lifetime, Japanese ukiuo-e woodblock print artist Utagawa Hiroshige created many series of prints that showcase Japan's landscapes.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Printmaking

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Two ceramic figurines, one looks like a nude man with a factory for a head. He carries a briefcase. The other looks female and with a house for a head.

Artist Profile: Mary Ellen McNaughton

Local Grand Rapids artist Mary Ellen McNaughton’s interest in spirituality and nature shines through in her artworks.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Michigan Artists Sculpture

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Male figure made of wood and bark playing a wind instrument.

Artist Profile: Tom Czarnopys

Working with a variety of mediums, artist Tom Czarnopys has used live models, sculptures, photographs, and scientific drawings to explore the relationship between humans and nature.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Sculpture

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Black and white print of a woman with her hands covering her head as she lays on a desk with various planes behind her.

Artist Profile: Enrique Chagoya

Enrique Chagoya is known for his humorous, but politically charged, images that tackle complex issues such as immigration, colonialism, and oppression.

GVSU Art Museum Collection LatinX Artists Printmaking

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Landscape scene in green and yellow. Large tree in foreground along path.

Artist Profile: Mariel Versluis

Mariel Versluis' childhood, which was spent on a farm, influences her work today, whether it be in her woodblock prints, drawings, or 3-dimensional sculptures. Her images includes themes found in the natural world.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Printmaking

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Painting of a blue woman, smoking, with a large swan hanging off her lap as she leans against a piano outside.

Artist Profile: Tim Fisher

GVSU Department of Visual & Media Arts Professor of Drawing and artist Tim Fisher is heavily influenced by his own European culture and the more traditional side of painting with images full of iconography, archetypes, and narratives.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Color lithograph print with multiple people doing different things, mostly in shades of brown. On person in red appears to be dancing, another has yellow wings.

Artist Profile: Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall was a Jewish artist born in Russia who forged a unique career in many artist mediums. He became known for his unique style of dream-like imagery full of Jewish imagery and symbolism.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Printmaking The Holocaust

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Scene includes a stove along the right side. Near center is a table of three men, all wearing hats. Bright windows look out into the street in the background.

Artist Profile: Stewart Ashlee

Throughout his childhood, Stewart Ashlee read adventure stories. These stories and the vibrant illustrations fostered his equally vivid imagination, something he embraced in his artwork throughout his career.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Michigan Artists Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

A print of sunflowers in a vase with a lute and mirror nearby.

Artist Profile: Madeline Devantier

Madeline Devantier's long-standing obsession with books led her to the myths of Ancient Greece, stories that would later become an integral part of her artwork.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Printmaking

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Image of a man showing a child how to use a pottery wheel.

Artist Profile: Lori McElrath-Eslick

Local Michigan artist Lori McElrath-Eslick is an illustrator of children's books, magazines, and greeting cards.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Illustration Michigan Artists Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Four circles in a column in the middle and two on the right side. A wavy line on each side and a double wavy line connecting the center circles.

Artist Profile: Sid Anderson

Sid Anderson lives in Papunya, a remote Northern Australian territory that is recognized as the birthplace of contemporary Indigenous Art.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Print of a man holding a chicken behind a barbed wire fence.

Artist Profile: Leonard Baskin

Leonard Baskin was a sculptor, wood engraver, book illustrator, graphic artist, writer, and teacher who also served in the Navy during WWII. His artwork was influenced by mythology, literature, history and his Jewish religion.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Printmaking

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Two stacked gold circles with different textures.

Artist Profile: Shilin Hora

In her printmaking and sculpture, artist Shilin Hora uses physical elements of the natural world, specifically seeds, to create works of art that speak on themes of sustainability and conservation.

Chicago Artist GVSU Art Museum Collection Printmaking Sculpture

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Colrful abstract print of a parts of a face all jumbled together. There are multiple noses, eyes and mouths.

Artist Profile: Sheefy McFly

Sheefy McFly, is a visual artist, muralist, rapper, and DJ, whose artwork and music can be experienced throughout Detroit. He has quickly become known as a contemporary artist with graffiti-based and counter-culture roots.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Michigan Artists Painting Printmaking

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Brightly colored photograph of a closeup of an orange flower with lots of petals.

Artist Profile: Joyce Tenneson

Joyce Tenneson's portraits, floral or human, strive to expose the inner life of her subjects.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Color photograph of a child wearing ballerina clothing against a blue wall.

Artist Profile: Sarah Wong

From 2003 to 2018, Dutch photographer Sarah Wong followed and photographed the lives of cross-gendered children.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Image is of a catrina, which means well dressed skeleton figure in the Day of the Dead style. It is only the bust of the skeleton and most of the image is taken up by a large hat with flowers on top.

Artist Profile: José Guadalupe Posada

Mexican artist and intellectual José Guadalupe Posada was a prolific lithographer and engraver, who lived and worked in a period of Mexican history characterized by social and political upheaval.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Illustration LatinX Artists

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Black and white photograph, top half is white sky with birds, bottom half is dark water with small waves.

Artist Profile: Sally Gall

Throughout Sally Gall's career she has focused on the natural world, using her keen eye for composition to create abstractions of familiar subjects.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Color photograph of a man carrying to baskets on his shoulders walking up a set of stairs in the snow.

Artist Profile: Ruiyuan Chen

Ruiyuan Chen's photographs reflect the artist's many travels throughout China and Mongolia.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb