Alumni Relations at Grand valley State University

Alumni Artists Compete in ArtPrize 2010

Image credits: Kevin Schmitz, Dan Watts, Melissa Selmon

A host of talented Grand Valley State University artists are scheduled to exhibit at venues throughout downtown Grand Rapids during ArtPrize September 22 - October 10, 2010. GVSU alumni will compete against artists from around the world for prizes totaling nearly half a million dollars, including $250,000 for the artist who receives the most public votes. 

Show Your Support
Vote for fellow GVSU graduates! Get an exclusive look into alumni exhibitions during the GVSU ArtPrize Reception and Alumni Art Tour on September 28, 2010 - 5:30 p.m.
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Alumni Artists*
Venue
Medium
Robert Jonas Allyn, '99 Ottawa Tavern Oil on Canvas
Purple East
Fiber
Joel Berry, '05 LaFontsee Galleries Acrylic on Canvas
Adam Bird, '06 Bar Divani A4 Print
Michael Bosman, '07/John Otterbacher, '03 & '05
HopCat
Video installation
Jackie Cuppy, '87
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Collage
Eila Grahn, '94 Riverfront Cafe' Acrylic on Canvas
Ryan Greaves, '08/ David Schofield, '08
UICA
Wall with Typography
Spectrum Health Cancer Pavillion
Digital Infrared Photography
Kyle Hilla, '00
BIGGBY Coffee
Archival B&W Prints Mounted in Handmade Sustainably Harvested Bamboo Panels
Amy Hofacker, '09
Plaza Towers
Stop motion animation, watercolor, textile
Shilin Hora, '02 Waters Building Mixed Medium
Grand Rapids Public Museum
Copper, sterling silver, 23-kart gold leaf
Andrew Jagniekci, '77 Grand Central Market & Deli Wood
Kevin Kammeraad, '98 Ah-Nab-Awen Park Mixed
Jo Anna Kelly, '09
Open Concept Gallery
Photography/Poetry
Christina Mrozik, '09
WMCAT
Pen, Ink, and Watercolor
GVSU-Pew campus
Metal/plastic
Timothy Oliphant, '09
The B.O.B
Pastel pencil on paper
Patrick Richardson, '09
God's Kitchen
Mixed Media
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
Installation
Sharon Sandberg, '72 The GRAM Oil on canvas
Lynell Shooks, '95
Monroe Community Church
Photography
Laura Strait, '02
Art Addiction and Oddities
fiber mixed media
Jennifer Surine, '08
Grand Rapids Public Museum
Sterling Silver
Scott Travis, '07
UICA
graphite, charcoal, ink
Ian Vanderhill, '08
WMCAT
Digital Illustration
Jennifer K. Waldner, '99
BIGGBY Coffee
Archival Giclée on Stretched Canvas of Original Mixed Media Watercolor Painting
Tyler Way, '09 Lambert Ewards and Associates Acrylic paint
Christina Wiese-DeLeeuw, '05 Grand Valley Artists at Alten Place Oil

*If you are an alumni artist participating in ArtPrize but are not listed, please contact proctors@gvsu.edu.