Sylvia Marie MAJEWSKA (pronounced my-ev-ska)
biographical data
biographical data
ProfessionalEXPERIENCE
Director and Co-founder, International Guild of Fine Artists, 1996-2000
Contributing Editor, Ninnau, monthly column on the arts for international Welsh-American newspaper, 1995-2005
Editor/Publisher, The Michigan Art Journal, quarterly Midwest art publication, 1975-77
Contributing Editor, The Oxford Leader newspaper, 1977-1980
Project Director and Co-Founder, The Michigan Artist's Registry, organized first computerized slide directory
Assistant Director and Curator of Prints, The Detroit Workshop of Fine Prints, a lithographic print workshop, 1976-79
Consultant, Christies, Inc., inventory and cataloging of artwork in Detroit area for this NY auction house, 1981
Member of Arts Commission, Detroit Bicentennial Arts Council, 1975-1977
Exhibition Director, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI 1998-99
Executive Director, Starkweather Art & Cultural Center, Romeo, MI 2007 (Exhibit Coordinator 2005-6)
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan B.F.A., M.A.; Center for Creative Studies, summer study in Italy 1972
AwardsEXHIBITIONS
Creative Artist Grant, Arts Foundation of Michigan, 1995-96
Grant recipient to visit Wales for one month to research ancient Celtic manuscripts, sites and cultural institutions, met
with poets and other artists, Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Foundation 1994
Grant recipient to complete body of work on project "Cynghanedd/Harmony", National Welsh-American Foundation 1995
Artist Grant, Arts Council of Wales, 1996
Harvard University, Department of Celtic Studies, Invitation to exhibit and lecture at 17th Celtic Colloquium, Cambridge,
Massechusetts 1997
Touring exhibit of one-person show throughout Wales at venues such as the Welsh National Library in Aberystwyth,
Glynn Vivian Art Museum and Gallery, Oriel Bangor, Brecknock Museum 1996
One-person exhibit at Michigan Library Historical Museum at the Capitol, Lansing, Michigan 1997
One-person exhibit at Elsie Munro Gallery, Albion College, Albion, Michigan 1998
One-person exhibit at Stanley Center for the Performing Arts, Utica, New York 1998
One-person exhibit at the Devorzon Gallery, Los Angeles CA 1994
One-person exhibit at the Women's Art Center, Detroit MI
One-person exhibit at The Galleria, St. Mary's College of Orchard Lake, MI
Exhibited work at Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, England 1995
Invitation to exhibit in Royal National Eisteddfod, Bro Colwyn, N. Wales 1995
Artist-in-Residence, Chalice Well Trust, Glastonbury, England 1996
Ward Nasse Gallery, Soho, NY
New Century Artist's Gallery, Soho NY
Prefecture, Winter Olympics, Nagano City, Japan 1998
Michigan Women Artists, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI 1999
Open Boxes, a touring exhibit in Wales, England and Ireland included Circle Gallery in Pontypridd, Old Hull Gallery in
Cowbridge, St. David's Hall in Cardiff, Llanover Hall Art Center in Cardiff and Wayside Art Center.
Fragments, a touring exhibit in Wales and England included Wrexham Art Center, Llantarnum Grange Arts Centre in
Cwmbran, Denbigh Arts Center and the Woman's Arts Festival in Cardiff
Invited by Francis Balsom Associates for inclusion in publication 'ArtWorks On...Series' Welsh textbooks on art & design.
Ancient Influences, Caladan Gallery, www.caladangallery.com 2005-6
Xochipilli Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, Michigan
Cranbrook Academy - a traveling exhibition, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Oakland Gallery, Farmington Hills, MI
San Jose Museum of Art, CA
Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI
Art Center of Battle Creek, MI
St. John's University, Syracuse, NY
Tatum Gallery, Traverse City, MI
Intercontinental Biennial of Graphics, AIUD, Romania 2006 & 2008
Islands, a touring exhibit in Wales 2006
CommissionsCOLLECTIONS
Buckminster Fuller estate, Philadelphis, PA
Tim Hauser and Alan Paul, The Manhattan Transfer, Los Angeles, CA
Mary Murphy, Editor TV GUIDE, Pacific Palisades, CA
Martin Mull, Actor, Malibu, CA
Juliane Greenwalt, Bureau Chief/People Magazine, Bloomfield, MI
Department of Celtic Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Britt Pederson, Honolulu, HA
Geoff McGregor, Warner Bros., Los Angeles, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Spaulding, Aspen CO
Mary Aubrey, Warren MI
Dennis Barrie, former Dir.. of Cincinnati Inst of Contemporary Art and Founding Director of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Lyndall A. Demere, Princeton NJ
Jane Simon Teller, Princeton NJ
Lynne Arrowsmith Foley, Laurenceville NJ
Claudia Brown, Hollywood CA
Michigan Bell Telephone, Corporate Headquarters, Troy MI
K-Mart World Headquarters, Troy MI
Mr. & Mrs. Will Brown, Bridgend, S. Wales
Janet Reader, Sheffield, England
Adrian Paul Metcalf, Cardiff, S. Wales
Elinor Wyn Reynolds, Camarthen, S. Wales
Anghared Sheridan Jones, Aberystwyth, Wales
Dewi Bowen, Rhondda Valley, S. Wales
Mr. & Mrs. John O'Neill, Birmingham, England
Sandra Sanders, Scottsdale, AZ
Barbara Trombley, Sedona, AZ
Olga Constantine estate, Detroit, MI
Mr. & Mrs. James Keene estate, Birmingham, MI
Cynthia Harris, Lake Forest, IL
Jane Barthomew, Harrisburg PA
Janice Barr, Beverly Hills, MI
travelEXPERIENCE
England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy, Venezuela, Mexico, France, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Peru, Bolivia, Poland,
Greece, Spain, Portugal, Canada, Andorra, Malta/Gozo.
Director and Co-founder, International Guild of Fine Artists, 1996-2000
Contributing Editor, Ninnau, monthly column on the arts for international Welsh-American newspaper, 1995-2005
Editor/Publisher, The Michigan Art Journal, quarterly Midwest art publication, 1975-77
Contributing Editor, The Oxford Leader newspaper, 1977-1980
Project Director and Co-Founder, The Michigan Artist's Registry, organized first computerized slide directory
Assistant Director and Curator of Prints, The Detroit Workshop of Fine Prints, a lithographic print workshop, 1976-79
Consultant, Christies, Inc., inventory and cataloging of artwork in Detroit area for this NY auction house, 1981
Member of Arts Commission, Detroit Bicentennial Arts Council, 1975-1977
Exhibition Director, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI 1998-99
Executive Director, Starkweather Art & Cultural Center, Romeo, MI 2007 (Exhibit Coordinator 2005-6)
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan B.F.A., M.A.; Center for Creative Studies, summer study in Italy 1972
AwardsEXHIBITIONS
Creative Artist Grant, Arts Foundation of Michigan, 1995-96
Grant recipient to visit Wales for one month to research ancient Celtic manuscripts, sites and cultural institutions, met
with poets and other artists, Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Foundation 1994
Grant recipient to complete body of work on project "Cynghanedd/Harmony", National Welsh-American Foundation 1995
Artist Grant, Arts Council of Wales, 1996
Harvard University, Department of Celtic Studies, Invitation to exhibit and lecture at 17th Celtic Colloquium, Cambridge,
Massechusetts 1997
Touring exhibit of one-person show throughout Wales at venues such as the Welsh National Library in Aberystwyth,
Glynn Vivian Art Museum and Gallery, Oriel Bangor, Brecknock Museum 1996
One-person exhibit at Michigan Library Historical Museum at the Capitol, Lansing, Michigan 1997
One-person exhibit at Elsie Munro Gallery, Albion College, Albion, Michigan 1998
One-person exhibit at Stanley Center for the Performing Arts, Utica, New York 1998
One-person exhibit at the Devorzon Gallery, Los Angeles CA 1994
One-person exhibit at the Women's Art Center, Detroit MI
One-person exhibit at The Galleria, St. Mary's College of Orchard Lake, MI
Exhibited work at Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, England 1995
Invitation to exhibit in Royal National Eisteddfod, Bro Colwyn, N. Wales 1995
Artist-in-Residence, Chalice Well Trust, Glastonbury, England 1996
Ward Nasse Gallery, Soho, NY
New Century Artist's Gallery, Soho NY
Prefecture, Winter Olympics, Nagano City, Japan 1998
Michigan Women Artists, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI 1999
Open Boxes, a touring exhibit in Wales, England and Ireland included Circle Gallery in Pontypridd, Old Hull Gallery in
Cowbridge, St. David's Hall in Cardiff, Llanover Hall Art Center in Cardiff and Wayside Art Center.
Fragments, a touring exhibit in Wales and England included Wrexham Art Center, Llantarnum Grange Arts Centre in
Cwmbran, Denbigh Arts Center and the Woman's Arts Festival in Cardiff
Invited by Francis Balsom Associates for inclusion in publication 'ArtWorks On...Series' Welsh textbooks on art & design.
Ancient Influences, Caladan Gallery, www.caladangallery.com 2005-6
Xochipilli Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, Michigan
Cranbrook Academy - a traveling exhibition, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Oakland Gallery, Farmington Hills, MI
San Jose Museum of Art, CA
Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI
Art Center of Battle Creek, MI
St. John's University, Syracuse, NY
Tatum Gallery, Traverse City, MI
Intercontinental Biennial of Graphics, AIUD, Romania 2006 & 2008
Islands, a touring exhibit in Wales 2006
CommissionsCOLLECTIONS
Buckminster Fuller estate, Philadelphis, PA
Tim Hauser and Alan Paul, The Manhattan Transfer, Los Angeles, CA
Mary Murphy, Editor TV GUIDE, Pacific Palisades, CA
Martin Mull, Actor, Malibu, CA
Juliane Greenwalt, Bureau Chief/People Magazine, Bloomfield, MI
Department of Celtic Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Britt Pederson, Honolulu, HA
Geoff McGregor, Warner Bros., Los Angeles, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Spaulding, Aspen CO
Mary Aubrey, Warren MI
Dennis Barrie, former Dir.. of Cincinnati Inst of Contemporary Art and Founding Director of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Lyndall A. Demere, Princeton NJ
Jane Simon Teller, Princeton NJ
Lynne Arrowsmith Foley, Laurenceville NJ
Claudia Brown, Hollywood CA
Michigan Bell Telephone, Corporate Headquarters, Troy MI
K-Mart World Headquarters, Troy MI
Mr. & Mrs. Will Brown, Bridgend, S. Wales
Janet Reader, Sheffield, England
Adrian Paul Metcalf, Cardiff, S. Wales
Elinor Wyn Reynolds, Camarthen, S. Wales
Anghared Sheridan Jones, Aberystwyth, Wales
Dewi Bowen, Rhondda Valley, S. Wales
Mr. & Mrs. John O'Neill, Birmingham, England
Sandra Sanders, Scottsdale, AZ
Barbara Trombley, Sedona, AZ
Olga Constantine estate, Detroit, MI
Mr. & Mrs. James Keene estate, Birmingham, MI
Cynthia Harris, Lake Forest, IL
Jane Barthomew, Harrisburg PA
Janice Barr, Beverly Hills, MI
travelEXPERIENCE
England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy, Venezuela, Mexico, France, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Peru, Bolivia, Poland,
Greece, Spain, Portugal, Canada, Andorra, Malta/Gozo.
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248.628.5986 phone/fax
248.877.7719 mobile
Sylogos@gmail.com