Graceann Warn, American, was born and raised in New Jersey. From Michigan State University she graduated with a degree in landscape architecture. Later, while pursuing a Master's in Landscape Architecture at the University of Michigan and working as a landscape architect,she visited an exhibition of the last paintings of Mark Rothko. The emotional impact of that exhibition was the catalyst for great change. Within a year she made the decision to devote her life to making art. She has been a full-time studio artist since 1985 with work exhibited and collected nationally and internationally. She lives in in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her husband Geoff.
EDUCATION
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2001-2002 University of Michigan, Theater Design, coursework
1990-1993 University of Michigan, Classical Art and Archaeology, coursework
1983-1984 University of Michigan, Landscape Architecture, graduate studies
1978 Michigan State University, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture,
Recipient ‘Certificate of Honor’, American Society of Landscape Architects
Various professional workshops in bookbinding, papermaking, metalwork, prop building
SELECTED SHOWS and EXHIBITIONS
?Culture Verse, Ann Arbor, MI 'Root' December 2022
Calloway Fine Arts, Washington, DC Two person Show October 2022
Next Step Gallery, Ferndale, MI: Spring Happening, June 2022
Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA, August 2020
Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI, June 2020
Architectural Digest, March 2020
Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, NE, 'Origins' January 2020
?SOFA Chicago, November 2019
Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN: New Work, October 2019
Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI, Plaster and Wax: Painting Beyond the Canvas
Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, NE, Inquiry
Scarab Club, Group show curated by Jack Summers, Detroit, Michigan, WAX
Left Bank Gallery, Odysseys
Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
SOFA Chicago/Next Step Gallery , Chicago, IL
Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, NE, Mysterium
Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Special Exhibitions:Judd, Larrimore, Warn
Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
Modern Arts Midtown, Group show, Omaha, NE, The Abstract Show
Left Bank Gallery, Points of Departure
SOFA Chicago/Next Step Gallery , Chicago, IL
Art Hamptons/Next Step Gallery
Affordable Art Fair/Havoc Gallery, New York, NY
Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, NE, solo exhibit
Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI: Acoustic Abstractions
Modern Arts Midtown, Group show, Omaha, NE, The Abstract Show
University Of Michigan Hospital, Gifts of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, Proof
Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI: Drawn to Scale
SOFA Chicago/Next Step Gallery , Chicago, IL
Art Palm Beach, Exhibiting with Next Step Gallery
Snyderman Works Gallery Philadelphia, PA: Design Perspectives
Left Bank Gallery Wellfleet, MA: Lines of Position
Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI: Group show
Modern Arts Midtown, Cool Abstractions , Omaha, NE
Bennett Gallery, Knoxville, TN: Three person show
SOFA Chicago/Next Step Gallery , Chicago, IL
Art Palm Beach, Exhibiting with Next Step Gallery
Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, British Columbia: 3 person show
Left Bank Gallery Wellfleet, MA: The Way In, group show
Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI: Group show
Modern Arts Midtown, Of Common Ground, Omaha, NE
Hoadley Gallery Lenox, MA: Thomas Hoadley + Graceann Warn
Left Bank Gallery Wellfleet, MA: Proof
Snyderman Works Gallery Philadelphia, PA: Solo show
River Gallery Chelsea, MI: Solo show, Finding True
Art Palm Beach, Exhibiting with Next Step Gallery
Altered Space Gallery, Venice, CA
Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI: Group show
Next Step Gallery, Ferndale, MI: Spring Happening
Modern Arts Midtown, Trace Elements, Omaha, NE
MA Doran Gallery New Paintings, Tulsa, OK
Left Bank Gallery Wellfleet, MA: So Far
Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, British Columbia: 4 person show
SOFA Chicago/Next Step Gallery , Chicago, IL
Philadelphia Craft Show Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Artist Project, New York, NY
SOFA/New York, New York, NY
Next Step Gallery, Ferndale, MI: Spring Happening
Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI: Objects of Desire
Side Street Gallery, Gloucester, MA: Peterson + Warn
Hoadley Gallery Lenox, MA: Abstraction: Two Views
Left Bank Gallery Wellfleet, MA: Jump!
Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH: 2 person show
Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, British Columbia
SOFA Chicago/Next Step Gallery, Chicago, IL
Philadelphia Craft Show Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Architectural Digest Show, New York, NY
Modern Arts Midwest, Lincoln, NE: Summer Abstraction
Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI: Lost and Found
Detroit Artist’s Market, Detroit, MI: Wordage
Next Step Gallery, Ferndale, MI: Spring Happening
Hoadley Gallery Lenox, MA
Left Bank Gallery Wellfleet, MA:New Paintings
River Gallery Chelsea, MI: Sotto Voce
SOFA Chicago/Next Step Gallery, Chicago, Ill
Altered Space Gallery, Venice, CA
Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI: Group show
Next Step Gallery, Ferndale, MI: Spring Happening
Left Bank Gallery Wellfleet, MA: Two person show
Hoadley Gallery Lenox, MA: Two person show
SOFA Chicago/Next Step Gallery, Chicago, IL
TEACHING and PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Snow Farm, Williamsburg, MA September 2022
Bellissima Art Escapes, Bainbridge Is, WA, March 2022
Bellissima Art Escapes, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, October 2018
Penland School, Asheville, NC, August 2018
Bellissima Art Escapes, Oaxaca, Mexico, October 2017
Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, Maine, August 2014
Presenter, Panel 'Raising the Bar' Seventh International Encaustic Conference,
Provincetown, MA, June 2013
Toscana Americana, Santorini, Greece, October 2007
Toscana Americana, Cortona, Italy, May 2007
Haystack Mountain School, June 2007
Jackson Hole Art Association, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, March 2007
Toscana Americana, Cortona, Italy, October 2006
Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, Maine, July 2004
Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, Maine, Fall 2003
Hollander’s School of Book and Paper Arts, various times 1995-2005
University of Michigan Cancer Center, Art Therapy Program, Workshop instructor
Ann Arbor Art Center, Various times 1990-1995
Artist in Residence, Artpark, Lewiston, NY 1989
COLLECTIONS and COMMISSIONS
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Texas Tech University, Health Services Center, El Paso, TX
US Embassy, Kathmandu, 'Arts in Embassies Program’
Bank of Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI
MNP LLC, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Yale-New Haven Hospitals, New Haven, CT
Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
US Embassy, Sarajevo'Arts in Embassies Program’
Peter Sparling Dance Company/University Musical Society, Set designer Orfeo ed Euridice
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
US Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya
Royal Carribean Cruiselines
Rand McNally, Chicago, IL
Pew Charitable Trust, Philadelphia, PA
Bell-Atlantic Headquarters, Philadelphia, PA
Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, VA
General Motors, Detroit, MI
University of Michigan School of Business, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
Meijer Corporation Headquarters, Grand Rapids, MI
Wheels, Inc, Des Plaines, IL
Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, MI
US Comptroller of the Currency, Chicago, IL
Alberto Culver Corporation, St. Louis, MO
Delta Airlines, Pittsburgh, PA, Salt Lake City, UT and Orlando, FL
St Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
Sprint Corporation, St. Louis, MO
J. Walter Thompson, New York, NY
Numerous private commission
PUBLICATIONS
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Rooney, E. Ashley, Artist's Homes and Studios, Schiffer Pub., 2014
Day, Mary,Review of Trace Elements, The Reader, July, 2012
Krainak, Michael, Trace Elements: Graceann Warn, Omaha Reader, July, 2012
The Briar Cliff Review, Vol. 24 2012, pg. 69.
Cover art for Sailing through Cassiopeia, poetry by Dan Gerber, Copper Canyon Press, November 2012
Rooney, E. Ashley,100 Artists of the Midwest, Schiffer Pub., 2012, pg 82-83.
Moriarty, Laura, R+F Blog, Artist of the Month, Oct. 2011
Cover art for Measuring The Dark, poetry by Kate Gleason, Zone 3 Press, 2009
The Briar Cliff Review, Vol. 23 2011, pg. 24
Bigner, Melissa "Natural Instincts " Charleston Home, Summer 2011, pg 59.
Clark, Philip F., The Artist Project: New Art for New Perspectives, Featured, The Artpoint, Feb 2011
Eberbach, Jennifer, Trust the Senses: The Art of Graceann Warn, Ann Arbor News, Nov 2009
Del Valle, Robert, Graceann Warn at Next Step Studios, Metromix, Nov 2009
Del Valle, Robert, Graceann Warn, Detroit Weekly, Nov 2009
Perrella, Lynne Art-Making , Collections & Obsessions, 2007
Owen, Carol The Art and Craft of Making Shrines, Lark Books, 2004
Detroit Free Press, feature article, July 2003
Ann Arbor News, feature article, July 2003
HGTV Interview and studio tour, Spring 2002
Opera News, Review for Orfeo ed Euridice
Dance Magazine, Review for Orfeo ed Euridice
Ann Arbor News ‘A Passion for Art’ 2000
American Craft ‘Portfolio’ April/May 1998
American Style ‘Art With Words’ Fall 1996, pp. 22-26.
Roukes, Nicholas Sculpture in Paper Worcester, MA: Davis Pub., 1993, p. 143.
Creative Ideas For Living ‘A Life in Crafts’, Sept/Oct 1990, pp. 70-77.
I paint and I construct.
Both my paintings and assemblages use the metaphor of excavation.
My formal education in landscape architecture and classical archaeology provides structure to
artistic flights of fancy that always seem to revolve around some form of revelation:
The attempt to unearth an object or solve a mystery.
Uncovering/Covering.
Leaving aTrace,
a Vestige,
a Palimpsest.