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Color photograph landscape of an industrial area that looks abandoned.

Artist Profile: Caleb Cain Marcus

Caleb Cain Marcus is a New York City-based photographer whose images inspect themes of environmental justice or injustice through depictions of nature, people, and the invisible.

Contemporary Photography Landscapes

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

Abstract digital print of many different colors of square and rectangular shapes stacked on top of each other.

Artist Profile: Javier Torres

Grand Rapids-based Javier Torres is a Puerto Rican American artist who lives with muscular dystrophy. Through digital programs, art and poetry become Torres’ voice and a way to communicate

Digital Art GVSU Art Museum Collection LatinX Artists Michigan Artists

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Artist Profile: Reynold Weidenaar

During his career, Reynold Weidenaar became nationally recognized for his technical abilities as both a draftsman and a printmaker, especially his mezzotint prints.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Michigan Artists Painting Printmaking

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Artist Profile: Ralph Gibson

Ralph Gibson's images are often high-contrast, black and white, abstract photographs that feature everyday objects.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Painting of a tree stump with its own reflection against a white background.

Vera Klement was born in the Free City of Danzig, a city-state in Germany, only a few years before the Nazi party took over the region, an even that would forever influence Klement's life and artwork.

Chicago Artist GVSU Art Museum Collection Painting The Holocaust

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

A digital painting that features parts of the body in purple, blue, orange, red, and green. The right side of the image has many elements that appear to be dripping down it.

Artist Profile: Jasmine Bruce

Through her illustrations and murals, Grand Rapids, Michigan-based artist Jasmine Bruce strives to tell the untold stories of those around her, sending a message of connectivity, harmony, and peace.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Michigan Artists Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Color photograph of a woman wearing all black raising her hands towards the sky.

Artist Profile: Peter Turnley

Peter Turnley's photographs drawn attention to the plight of those who have suffered great hardships or injustice, while finding that many aspects of life are also beautiful, poetic, just, and inspirational.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Colorful print of a house sitting on top of a section of mangrove tree roots that stick out of the water.

Artist Profile: Alynn Guerra

Alynn Guerra is a local Grand Rapids, Michigan artist who utilizes the medium of printmaking to inspire conversation and build community.

LatinX Artists Michigan Artists Printmaking

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Man in a gray zoot suit wearing a hat with hands in his pockets. He is standing with one foot in front of the other.

Artist Profile: Hubert Massey

Painting themes of community, culture, and education, artist Hubert Massey's public artworks can be seen in many different Michigan communities.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Michigan Artists Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Black and white detailed photograph of a large, gnarly tree on the beach.

Artist Profile: W. Howard Bond

A former student of Ansel Adams, Ann Arbor, Michigan-based photographer W. Howard Bond has been regarded as a master of large-frame film photography.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Michigan Artists Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Black and white photograph of an aerial view landscape.

Artist Profile: Douglas Gilbert

Douglas R. Gilbert has been a serious photographer since the age of 14, when he could be found taking pictures of his local Michigan neighborhood and friends.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Landscapes Michigan Artists Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Black and white photograph of a lighted sign that reads "Men Don't Protect You Anymore"

Artist Profile: Donna Ferrato

Donna Ferrato is an internationally recognized photojournalist and activist best known for her documentation of the hidden world of domestic violence.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Bright colors of an abstract sunset with colorful reflections on the water done in yellow, orange, green and blues.

Artist Profile: Don Kerr

Don Kerr's artwork was heavily influenced by his travels, with landscapes near and far from his West Michigan home, dominating his portfolio.

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Small bronze sculpture of a windblown figure with raised right hand to head.

Artist Profile: Dmitry Kaminker

Russian-born artist Dmitry Kaminker uses materials including cast bronze, wood, and granite to create figures and objects that mix mythology and reality.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Sculpture

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Artist Profile: Dick Dokas

Ann Arbor, Michigan-based photographer Dick Dokas' black and white images are most frequently of landscapes and flowers.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Michigan Artists Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Colorful photograph of a female figure nearly camouflaged against the background holding up two decorative porcelain plates while another covers her face and other float agains the background around the figure.

Artist Profile: Patty Carroll

Chicago- based photographer Patty Carroll has become known for her use of highly intense, often life-size, saturated color photographs that address women and their complicated relationships domesticity, identity, and excess.

Chicago Artist Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Photography

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Black and white photograph of a steam ship in water, docked; reflections rippling in water.

Artist Profile: David Plowden

Illinois-based photographer David Plowden's images focus on the struggle between civilization and nature, old and new.

Contemporary Photography GVSU Art Museum Collection Landscapes

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb