About
Katie Shulman is an artist from Washington, DC who currently resides in Detroit, Michigan. She holds an MFA in Studio Art from Syracuse University and a BFA in Fine Art from The Penny W. Stamps School at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Her work has been shown nationally including at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY, The Strohl Art Gallery in Chautauqua, NY, I.M Weiss Gallery and Reyes|Finn in Detroit, Michigan.
In addition to her art practice, Katie has an over ten-year career as an arts administrator. She has worked in various institutions of higher learning and nonprofit education spaces like The 92nd Y, The Studio Institute, Hunter College and Design for America.
She has taught at The 92nd Street Y, Syracuse University, College for Creative Studies, The Boys and Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design where she currently works in Alumni Relations.
In 2022 Katie founded Fiber Club*, a monthly meet-up and community of artists and creative practitioners working in the Detroit metro area. Fiber Club*’s first group exhibition will open at The Convent in September 2023 as part of Detroit Month of Design.
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Midwest Regional, Curated by Joey Quiñones, Art Link, Fort Wayne, IN (Honorable Mention)
2024 14 x 14, WSG Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2023 Comm[unity] II, Playground Detroit, Detroit, MI
2023 Form and Formless: Constellations of Knowledge, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Mending the Net, The Congregation, Detroit, MI
2023 Kehilla, The Downtown Synagogue, Detroit, MI
2023 Rituals, Wavelength Space, Chattanooga, TN
2023 Myrrah, I.M.Weiss Gallery, Detroit MI
2023 State of the Art, Adrian Art Center, Adrian, MI
2023 Get Together, Reyes|Finn, Detroit, MI
2022 In Situ with Mark Johnson and Marc Zupmore, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2022 Shinola Woodward x I.M Weiss Gallery, Detroit Month of Design, Shinola,
Detroit, MI
2022 Design Visions, Shinola Hotel, Detroit, MI
2022 Handwerk: Craft Traditions for Contemporary Living, Next:Space, Detroit, MI
2022 OH+5, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH
2021 5th Midwest Open, Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021 Geometric Gestures (online exhibition), dōdōmu gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Black Mountain College, Ivy League Online Gallery
2021 34th Annual Materials: Hard + Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
2020 A Waltz Between Worlds, Random Access Gallery, Syracuse, NY
2020 Appositions, The Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
2020 Summer Invitational at White Rock Center for Sculptural Arts, Holmes, NY
2020 CVA School of Art Emerging Artist Exhibition, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, NY
2020 March Six Show, 321 Canal Street, New York, NY
2019 Rubbish, The Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
2019 Similar Divergence, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2019 When We Get There, The Loft, San Pedro, CA
2018 An Anthology of Irreverence, Smith Hall, Syracuse, NY
2018 No Body No Crime, 619 Jamesville Ave, Syracuse, NY
2018 Godforsaken, extra projects, Syracuse, NY
2018 Dark Matter, extra projects, Syracuse, NY
2017 Milling, Shoppingtown Mall, Syracuse, NY
2017 Second Nature, SALTQuarters, Syracuse, NY
2017 Print Pulse 30, McMaster University, Nipissing University, and Queen’s University (traveling)
2017 Myrtle/Fulton Summer Art Walk, Baba Cool Café, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Restrict/Reward, Dub Pies, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Known Unknowns, 86 Orchard Street, New York, NY
2016 University of Michigan Alumni Exhibition: “Horror Vacui”, Ann Arbor, MI (catalog)
RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS
2023 Witt Visiting Artist, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI
2021 Witt Visiting Artist, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI
2021 Visiting Artist, Department of Fiber and Textiles, College for Creative Studies, Detroit MI
2021 Mentorship and Collaboration with Lauren Fensterstock, Haystack Mountain School of Craft (online)
2020 Chautauqua School of Art Residency, virtual
2019 The Embodied Line with Courtney Puckett, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Haystack ME
2019 The Body: Material Exploration with Jina Sieo, Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
2019 Turner Semester, Art in LA Residency, Syracuse University
2016 Fix and Flux with Lisa Bulawsky, Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
2016 Intaglio, Chine Collé and the Figure with Brian Shure, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO
2015 Survey of Printmaking with Thomas Lucas, Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2023 Creator of Culture, Culture Source, Grant Recipient
2020 2020 Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship nominee
2019 VPA Graduate Memorial Scholarship and Fellowship Grant Recipient
2019 Work-Study Scholarship Award, Penland School of Crafts
2018 Graduate Student Organization Travel Grant, Recipient Syracuse University
2018 Creative Opportunity Grant, Syracuse University
2016 Printmaking Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center
2016 Rob Williams and Warren Womble Scholarship Award, Penland School of Crafts
SELECTED LECTURES
2023 In the Making, 2019- Present, Sam Fox School of Art & Design, St. Louis, MO
2023 Artist Talk: Intro to Fiber Structures, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2022 An Introduction to Iterative Thinking in the Studio, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
2021 Artist Talk, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI
2021 From Rope to Baskets (&more!), College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2021 Skin to Skin, Chautauqua School of Visual Art, Chautauqua, NY
2021 From Rope to Baskets: A Deep Dive into Iterative Thinking in the Studio, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2021 Body Language: Accessing the Extensive Vocabulary of Human Form Through Printmaking, Remote Contact Virtual Printmaking Symposium, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2020 Appositions Panel Discussion, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
2020 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
2020 Interview with Caitlin Albright, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
2019 Artist Talk, LocalFiber, Ithaca, NY.
2019“ Yoko Ono’s Mend Piece”, The Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY.
2018 Artist Presentation, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME.
2016 Artist Talk, University of Buffalo Printmaking Seminar, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 Alpesh Kantilal Patel, “Curatorial Perspective: Form and Formless” Surface Design Journal, Winter 2023. 28-30
2023 Suzanne Chessler, “Katie Shulman and Detroit’s Vibrant Fiber Club Community”, The Detroit Jewish News, [Link]
2023 Sarah Rose Sharp “Katie Shulman’s Delicate Dance with Fiber”, Hyperallergic, [Link]
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 Fashion Elective Workshop Leader, The Boys and Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan, Detroit, MI
2022 Instructor, Portfolio Studio, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI
2022 Workshop Instructor, All About Rope: Transforming Lines to Forms, A Mighty Practice, Virtual
2022 Adjunct Instructor, Intro to Fiber Structures, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2020 Lead Facilitator, SEM100, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
2019-20 Adjunct Instructor, Sculpture, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
2018 Adjunct Instructor, Printmaking, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
2018 Co-Teaching Assistant and Course Creator, 3D Art Studio, Summer College, Syracuse, NY
2017-20 Teaching Assistant, Senior Capstone Course, Syracuse University, Syracuse,
NY
2017 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Printmaking, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
2022 Major Gifts Officer, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI
2022 Pre-College Counselor, Stamps School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI
2022 Special Projects Coordinator, Design for America, Detroit MI
2021 Program Coordinator, Design for America, Detroit, MI
2020 Contact Tracer, New York State Department of Health, Syracuse, NY
2019 Visitor Services Assistant, Everson Museum, Syracuse NY
2019 Studio Assistant, Tanya Aguiñiga Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Director, Talent Agency Summer Intensive Portfolio Preparation Program, Syracuse, NY
2017 Printmaking Shop Technician, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2017 Manager, Teen Apprenticeship Program, Studio Institute, New York, NY
2015-17 Special Assistant to the President of Hunter College, New York, NY
2013-15 Manager, After-school and Evening Programs, The 92nd Street Y, New York,
NY
EDUCATION
2020 Syracuse University, Master of Fine Arts
2010 University of Michigan, Bachelor of Fine Arts
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2024 Mentor, Wyoming’s Creative Economy Program, Laramie, WY
2023 Visiting Artist and Critic, Sam Fox School of Art & Design, St. Louis, MO
2023 Visiting Critic, Second Year Studio, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2022 Founder, Fiber Club*, Detroit, MI
2022 Textile Fabricator, Deviate Fashion, Detroit, MI
2022 Open Studio Program Participant, Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
2022 Visiting Critic, Second Year Studio, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2021 Visiting Artist, Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY
2020 Member, Spaceless Pod Virtual Artist Collective
2020 Exhibition Coordinator, Syracuse University MFA Thesis Show, New York, NY
2018-19 Treasurer, Student Art Advocacy and Special Programing, Syracuse
University, Syracuse, NY
2018 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Art Schools Collective Participant, Deer Isle, ME
2018 Graduate Student Faculty Liaison, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2017 Committee Member, Syracuse University Travel Grant Committee, Syracuse, NY
2017 Academic Program Senator, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY