Janet Hamrick
240 West Maplehurst
Ferndale, MI 48220
248-398-4089
janetcolhamrick@gmail.com
Education
1977 Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI B.F.A., Printmaking
1968-70 Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FLA,
Artist-in-Residence and Grants
2014 Jerusalem Studio School, Residency, Civita Castellana, Italy
2001 Center for Creative Studies, Residency, Detroit, MI, Ceramics
2001 ArtServe Michigan, Artist’s Grant
1995 Hambidge Center for the Arts, Residency, Rabun Gap, GA
Selected Public Collections
DaimlerChrysler, Detroit, MI
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Deloitte LLP, Detroit, MI
Oakland Community College, Farmington, MI
Sprint Communications, Kansas City, MO
Stowers Institute, Kansas City, MO
Book Covers
2010 The Imperfect, George Tysh, United Artists Books, New York, NY
ISBN 0-935992-33-2
2000 Continuity Girl, Chris Tysh, United Artists Books, New York, NY
ISBN 0-935992-10-3
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 Weaving With Light And Shadow, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit, MI
2006 George Billis Gallery, Culver City, CA
2004 New Paintings, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2003 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Dreamwalk, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI, review, Art In America
George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Wall Narratives, Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Abstraction, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
Michigan Water Color Society, Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
Annual Group Exhibition, Next Step Studio and Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2014 Women Printmakers and Their Mentors, George N’namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI
Watercolor: Collective Visions, Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit, MI
Michigan Water Color Society, Greater Flint Arts Council, Flint, MI
Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton, Venice Art Biennale, Venice, Italy, Catalogue
The Print, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor MI, Honorable Mention
2012 1982-2012 Art Endures, Paint Creek Center of Arts, Rochester MI
The Print, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor MI, Honorable Mention
Midwest Multiples, Nemeth Art Center, Park Rapids, MN
Monster Drawing Rally, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
Objecthood, Compuware Corporation, Detroit, MI
80+ Works of Art, Detroit Artist’s Market, Detroit, MI
Hardscrabble/Tough, Tahawus Lodge Center, Au Sable Forks, NY
2011 'Group 4 Award" from Dirty Fingernails II, Foundry Art Centre, St.
Charles, MO
2010 Project Space, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Michigan Water Color Society, Dennos Museum, Traverse City, MI,
Traveling Exhibition
Our Rivers Our Lakes, Grosse Pointe Art Center, MI, Best of Show
2009 8th Lessedra World Art Annual Mini Print 2009, Sofia, Bulgaria
2008 Intertwined, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Michigan Water Color Society 61st Annual Exhibition, Ella Sharp Museum,
Jackson, MI, Award
Dirty Fingernails Say A Lot II: A Celebration Of Pure Printmaking, Foundry
Art Centre, St. Charles, MO, Award
Painting, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
2007 The Print, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2007 Windsor Biennial, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
2005 The Dishman Competition, The Dishman Art Gallery, La Mar University,
Beaumont, TX
2004 Fresh Assortment, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
The Print, An Exhibition Of Michigan Printmakers, Ann Arbor Art Center,
Winter Group Show, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2003 Summer Group Show, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2002 Artstravaganza, Hunter Museum of American Art, Association for Visual
Artists, Chattanooga, TN
Summer Group Show, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2001 Actual Size Biennial, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, MI
Texas National 2001, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
October International Competition, The Armory Art Center, West Palm
Beach, FL
Works On Paper 1980- 2001, Center Galleries, College of Creative Studies,
Detroit, MI
2000 Art & Technology, The Polk Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center,
Birmingham, M
Aqueous USA 2000, Louisville, KY
German Art/Michigan Art, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
(catalogue)
Michigan Water Color Society 53rd Annual Exhibition, Ambleside Galleries,
Grosse Pointe Village, MI
DAM 2000: Past, Present, Future, Detroit Artists Market, MI (catalogue)
Actual Size, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, MI
Woman Of CCS, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Group Show, Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1999 Winter Show 1999, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Michigan Water Color Society 52nd Annual Exhibition, Birmingham
Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI, Award
The Dishman Competition, The Dishman Art Gallery, La Mar University,
Beaumont, TX
1998 Painting, The Gallery, Marygrove College, Detroit, MI
The Dishman Competition, The Dishman Art Gallery, La Mar University,
Beaumont, TX
Strength Of The Mind, John McEnroe Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Linear Works, Rankin Center Gallery, Ferris State University, MI
The Detroit Institute of Arts, 50th Michigan Water Color Exhibit, Detroit,
MI, Merit Award
1996 Movable Feast, Bunting Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Primo Del Willis, Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI
1995 Michigan Annual XXIII, The Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI
Third Annual Juried Art Show, Northville, MI
Significant Others, Creative Arts Center, Pontiac, MI
All Media Silver Medal Exhibition, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI Silver award
Carbonari, Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI
1994 Thirteenth Annual Helen DeRoy Art Exhibition, Oakland Community
College, Farmington Hills, MI, Second Place Award
All Media Silver Medal Exhibition, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI Silver award
Small Works, Bunting Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Sketchbooks, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association,
Birmingham, MI
Works On Paper, two-person exhibition, Ann Arbor Art Association,
Ann Arbor, MI
Once Upon A Time...Happily Ever After, benefit for Michigan Opera Theatre,
Galleria Officentre, Southfield, MI
Second Annual Invitational Box Benefit, Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI
1993 Friends For Focus: Benefit Art Exhibition And Gala, Detroit, MI
Focus Gallery @ ArtPack Services, Farmington, MI
Women's Art Works III: National Exhibition of Women's Works On/Off
Paper, Rochester, NY
All Media Silver Medal Exhibit, The Scarab Club, Detroit MI, Silver Award
Invitational Box Benefit, Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI
1992 Celebrate Michigan Artists, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester,MI
All media Silver Medal Exhibition, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, Silver award
Michigan Watercolor Society 45th Annual Exhibition, The Detroit Artists
Market, Detroit, MI
The Home Show, Center Galleries, Detroit, MI
Images Unfold: Contemporary Screens, Detroit Artists Market, Troy, MI
1990 All Media Juried Exhibition, The Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1987 Fall All Media Juried Exhibition, The Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1984 Invitational All Media Exhibition, Rubiner Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
1983 Folding Screens, Campbell Lewis Showroom, Troy Design Center, Troy, MI
1981 Behind The Glass, New Center Building, Detroit, MI
1979 All Media Juried Exhibition, Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI
1978 Michigan Association of Printmakers Sixth Biennial Exhibition, London Arts
Gallery, Detroit,
Bibliography
2008 Warp and Woof, Stage & Canvas, Real Detroit Weekly, Robert del Valle,
April 2-8, p.60
2004 Mixed Media: Details and drama mark two local art shows, Vince Carducci,
MetroTimes, April 7-13, p. 22 (photo)
The arts, Style Magazine, Suxanne Chessler, April, p. 24 (photo)
At the Lemberg Gallery, Detroit Free Press, Keri Guten Cohen, March 21
ART Janet Hamrick, MetroTimes, March 3-9, p. 39 (photo)
2003 Janet Hamrick at Lemberg, Art in America, Lynn Crawford, January, p.116
2001 Five Artists Show New Twists of Style, Detroit Free Press, Keri Guten Cohen,
November 4, p. 6G
Soothing the Easel, MetroTimes, Liz DiDonna, January 17, p.19
2000 Use of Color Ranges From Sparse to Explosive, Detroit Free Press, Keri
Guten Cohen, December 17.
Future On Woodward, Detroit Free Press, Keri Guten Cohen
Exhibit in New DAM Gallery Looks at the Past, Present, Future, Eccentric,
Frank Provenzano
Eclectic Show Opens DAM, The Ann Arbor News, Roger Green
Paint Creek Offers Parallel, Contrasting Art Styles, Detroit News, Joy
Hakanson Colby
Artists Market Drifts in First Show at New Home, The Detroit News,
Joy Hakanson Colby
Gallery Joins Ferndale's Lineup, The Daily Tribune, Beverly Hatcher
1998 Total Fragments, MetroTimes, George Tysh
Artista Emblemsa Enliven Eastern Market, Detroit News, Joy Hakanson
Colby
1993 Art For The Holidays, Detroit Free Press, Marsha Miro
Art and the Shopping Bag, City Newspaper, Rochester, NY
1992 Celebrate Michigan Artists, Detroit Free Press, Marsha Miro
Celebrate Michigan Artists, Spirit Magazine, Andrea Dalzell
1984 Gift for the Holidays, Detroit News, Suzy Farbman
1981 Behind the Glass, New Arts Examiner, Julia Henshaw