About
Tricia's career started in 1977 after earning her B.F.A. in Painting from Wayne State University. Her breakout year included shows at the Scarab Club and Detroit Artist's Market, two of the cities most prominent venues for emerging artists.
Since then, Tricia has exhibited expansively across the Metro Detroit Area, New York City and most recently in Denver, Colorado at the D'art Gallery where she is a member artist.
Her interest in printmaking began in 2011 after taking a class at The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center. She is well known for her monotype techniques and incorporating elements of the local landscape and vistas encountered while traveling.
Tricia was a graphic designer and event coordinator for Aon Corporation for 25+ years. After retiring from corporate life in 2021, she moved with her husband to Colorado Springs and became a member of the Manitou Art Center where she takes advantage of their printing press to begin her work. The monotypes are further developed in her home studio in Colorado Springs.
My Process
Known as the most painterly method among the printmaking techniques, a monotype is essentially a hand-printed painting. The appeal of the monotype lies in its unique translucency that creates a quality of light very different from a painting. The spontaneity of mark-making and layering of printing inks creates a surface that is unlike any other art.
- Rebecca Vincent, website.
2024
"Bursting Botanicals", solo exhibition, Dart Gallery, Denver Colorado
2023
"Essentially D'art", annual member exhibtion, D'art Gallery, Denver, CO
"Walking in Wonder", two person exhibition, Surface Gallery, Coloroad Springs, CO
2022
"Spot On 3", juried exhibition, D'art Gallery, Denver Colorado
"Reverse Image", printmaking exhibition, Spark Gallery, Denver Colorado
2020
"Surface Tension" exhibition of 12 printmakers, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
"ImPRESSions X 7", exhibition of 7 printmakers, Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI
"Shear Madness", group exhibition, Northville Art House, Northville, MI
2019
"Celebrate the Print '19, group exhibition, Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI
"West of Center", group exhibition, Northville Art House, Northville, MI
“Earthsongs”, 3 person exhibition, The Art of Custom Framing, Troy, MI
Public Art Program, Farmington Hills City, Hall, Farmington, MI
2018
“Think Small 18”, group exhibition, Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI
“WomenStrong”, group exhibition, Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit, MI
2017
"Hatchback XI", group show, Hatch Art Gallery, Hamtramck, MI
"Women" art show, group show, The Carr Center, Detroit, MI
2015
“Natural Selection Works“, group show, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
“Paintings and Prints”, solo exhibition, University Liggett School, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
2014
“Reaching for the Light”, Rackham Graduate School / University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2013
“From Our Perspectives” National Women’s Art Exhibition, Oakland Community College, MI
“Summer Fest 2013” All Media Group Exhibition, Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit, MI
2012
“Painting and Prints”, solo exhibition, Detroit Repertory Gallery, Detroit Michigan
“Great Lakes Small Works”, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI
2011
“The Impressionists@4731”, 4731 Gallery, Detroit, MI
"Think Small" show at the Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI
DAM Small(er) Show, Detroit Artists Market
BBAC Print Department group show, Birmingham Bloomfield Art, Birmingham | MI
“Hello Again”. Four person show, Skipper’s Hamtown Bar, Hamtramck, MI
2010
“Robert Wilbert, teacher, mentor, friend”, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
(portraits by Robert Wilbert and work by former students)
2008
“With Regards”, 2 person show at the Bohemian National Home Gallery, Detroit, MI
2006
“Our Town”, The Community House, Birmingham, MI
“That DAM Box Show”, Under the Radar: The Willis Remembered, Detroit Artists Market
2004
“Femmes Detroit” Art from the Motor City, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2003
“Intersections”, collaborative, interactive exhibition, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
2002
“Couples”, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association, MI
2001
“Paintings”, solo exhibition, University of Liggett School, Grosse Pointe, MI
2000
Group Show, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
1998
Group Show, Alley Culture Gallery, Detroit, MI
1996
“Peripheries”, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York
“The New Regionalism”, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
“Out of Solitude”, The Michigan Gallery, Detroit, Mi
1995
"Vital Nerve", Cass Cafe, Detroit, MI
“Available Space”, The Weber Bldg., Detroit, MI
1994
"The Detroit Show, Objects for and about Detroit" Center Galleries, Detroit, MI
Fantasy Show, (Benefit for Michigan Opera Theatre) Galleria, Southfield MI
1993
"How You See Yourself as an Artist", Kentler Int. Drawing Space, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1991
20th Anniversary Show (1971-1991), Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI
1990
"Art for Life" (Artists Against Aids), Galleria Office Center, Southfield, MI
1989
"New Work", Feigenson-Preston Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1988
"Classical Themes", Contemporary Approaches", MCA Gallery (Michigan Council for the Arts), Detroit, MI
Holland Area Arts Council Exhibition, Holland, MI
Invitational, Feigenson-Preston Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1987
"BYE", Group Show, Feigenson Gallery, Detroit, MI
1986
"Artists to Watch", Clack Art Center, Alma College, Alma, MI
"Inside View", (Soderberg/Sestok), Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
Group Show, Xochipilli Gallery, Birmingham, MI
"Artists Interpret Fantasy", Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI
"Artists Market's Other Space", Brookside Office Plaza, Farmington Hills, MI
1985
"A Road Show", Traveling Exhibition, Jesse Besser Museum, Alpena, MI. / Race Street Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Detroit Artists Market / Midland Center for the Arts / McCune Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
"Artists to Watch", Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI
1984
"Invited Artists", (Clifford, Resch, Simas, Soderberg) Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1983
Group Exhibition, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
WDIV Gallery, "An Exhibition of Willis Gallery Artists", Detroit, MI
Group Show, Xochipilli Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1982
One Person Exhibition, Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI
"Willis Revisited II", Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI
1981
"Behind the Glass", (Window installation), New Center Area, Detroit, MI
"Detroit Summer Months", Park-West Galleries, Southfield, MI
"Bernhardt Building Artists at D.A.M.", Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1980
"July 6 - August 2, 1980", Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (C.A.I.D.), Detroit, Michigan
Bernhardt Building Group Show, Detroit, MI
"Focus Five" / Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI
1979
"Five More Detroit Artists", Willis Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
1978
"An Exhibition of Independent Artists", McNamara Federal Building, Detroit, MI
1977
Michigan Watercolor Society Annual Show, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
Detroit Artists' Guild / Fisher Building Exhibition, Detroit, MI
Scarab Club Annual Watercolor Show, Detroit Michigan
Farwell Building / MaryAnn Mahaffney fund raiser, Detroit, MI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Stephanie Sokol, "Farmington Hills printmaker grows her images like a garden", The Oakland Press, June
Miro, Marsha, "Motor City Muse" Detroit Free Press, Sunday, July, 1994
Colby, Joy Hakanson, "In this 'Duet', both voices sing sweetly", The Detroit News, Sun., April 6, 1986
Colby, Joy Hakanson, The Detroit News, October 27, 1985, Catalog, "A Road Show", Traveling Exhibition, sponsored by the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, 1985
Colby, Joy Hakanson, "A Road Show: A gamble pays off", The Detroit News, Sunday, May 5, 1985
Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, "Detroit Decay Still Shines in Art", New Art Examiner, June, 1984
Colby, Joy Hakanson, "Self-Starters Happen in Groups and Solos", Detroit News, Sun, May 17, 1981
Miro, Marsha, Detroit Free Press, Sunday, November 9, 1980
GRANTS RECIEVED
1987 Michigan Council for the Arts, Individual Artist Grant
EDUCATION
1976 B.F.A. Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
2000. Certificate in Interactive Marketing, Walsh College, Troy, Michigan