Studies:
Syracuse University, Syracuse, MFA Painting
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI BFA Painting
University of Freiburg, Germany WSU Junior Year
State Academy of the Plastic Arts, Karlsruhe, Germany
Professional Experience:
Free-Lance Illustration: 2004-1980
The Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Detroit Monthly, Metropolitan Detroit,
Unisys Corporation, Michigan Humane Society, Chicago Tribune, LA Times,
Dallas Morning News, Detroit Home
Exhibitions:
Nov 2021 Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit
Actual Size
Curated by Aaron Timlin
May 2021 Detroit Artists Market
Gender / Invitational
Curated by Gary Eleinko
Sept 2017 Art@TheMax
Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center
3711 Woodward Ave. Detroit 48201
Dec 2015 9338 Campau Gallery, Essay’d IV
Joseph Campau, Hamtramck, MI 48212
Curated by Dennis Nawrocki
Jan 2015 Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI 48209
Invitational Group Show
Curated by JenClare Gawaran
Aug 2014 Macomb Community College
Center Campus, Clinton Township Solo Show 'Narratives'
Curated by Narine Kchikian
Nov 2013 Whitdel Arts / “Actual Size”
Mar 2012 Paint Creek Center for the Arts
Rochester MI 48307
Eye Teeth
Curator Ryan Standfest
Apr 2011 Whitdel Arts
Solo
Director Aaron Timlin
Mar 2010 Paramount Bank Ferndale, MI 48220
Invitational Group Show
The Big Read
Curated by Aaron Timlin
May 2009 Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit
5141 Rosa Parks Blvd., Detroit, MI 48208
Actual Size Biennial
Mar 2007 Scarab Club, 2007
Women Image Women
217 Farnsworth, Detroit, MI 48202
Mar 2006 Detroit Artists Market
4719 Woodward Ave. Detroit, 48201
Jo Powers and Brian Kremer
Mar 2006 Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit Real Allegory
Nov 2005 Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit Actual Size
5141 Rosa Parks Blvd., Detroit 48208
Dec 2004 Paint Creek Center for the Arts Transformations of Identity
407 Pine Street, Rochester 48307
Mar 2004 Cass Café
Vision
4620 Cass Ave., Detroit 48201
Nov 2003 Detroit Contemporary
Actual Size
5141 Rosa Parks Blvd., Detroit 48208
Apr 2003 Detroit Contemporary
Three Person Show
5141 Rosa Parks Blvd., Detroit
May 2003 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
Jo Powers and Mary Fortuna
Aug 2001 Paint Creek Center for the Arts “Made in Michigan” Invitational Group Show
407 Pine Street, Rochester, MI 48307
Apr 2001 Detroit Contemporary, Invitational
Psyche
Sep 2000 Washington Street Gallery
215 East Washington, Ann Arbor 48104
Jo Powers Recent Work
Curated by Janet Kellman
Feb 2000 Detroit Contemporary
Actual Size
Jun 1999 Cass Café
Invitational Group Show
4620 Cass Avenue, Detroit 48201
Sep 1998 Cary Galley
Invitational Group Show
226 Walnut Blvd., Rochester
Sep 1996 Michigan Gallery
Out of Solitude Invitational Group Show
Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI 48216
Curated by Marianne Latasi
Aug 1996 Western Illinois University
Artists Detroit Invitational Group show
University Art Gallery
May 1996 Bunting Galley
Jo Powers Recent Paintings
Washington Ave., Royal Oak 48067
Curated by Barbara Bunting
Jun 1995 The Detroit Institute of Arts
Interventions
Syracuse University, Syracuse, MFA Painting
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI BFA Painting
University of Freiburg, Germany WSU Junior Year
State Academy of the Plastic Arts, Karlsruhe, Germany
Professional Experience:
Free-Lance Illustration: 2004-1980
The Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Detroit Monthly, Metropolitan Detroit,
Unisys Corporation, Michigan Humane Society, Chicago Tribune, LA Times,
Dallas Morning News, Detroit Home
Exhibitions:
Nov 2021 Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit
Actual Size
Curated by Aaron Timlin
May 2021 Detroit Artists Market
Gender / Invitational
Curated by Gary Eleinko
Sept 2017 Art@TheMax
Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center
3711 Woodward Ave. Detroit 48201
Dec 2015 9338 Campau Gallery, Essay’d IV
Joseph Campau, Hamtramck, MI 48212
Curated by Dennis Nawrocki
Jan 2015 Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI 48209
Invitational Group Show
Curated by JenClare Gawaran
Aug 2014 Macomb Community College
Center Campus, Clinton Township Solo Show 'Narratives'
Curated by Narine Kchikian
Nov 2013 Whitdel Arts / “Actual Size”
Mar 2012 Paint Creek Center for the Arts
Rochester MI 48307
Eye Teeth
Curator Ryan Standfest
Apr 2011 Whitdel Arts
Solo
Director Aaron Timlin
Mar 2010 Paramount Bank Ferndale, MI 48220
Invitational Group Show
The Big Read
Curated by Aaron Timlin
May 2009 Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit
5141 Rosa Parks Blvd., Detroit, MI 48208
Actual Size Biennial
Mar 2007 Scarab Club, 2007
Women Image Women
217 Farnsworth, Detroit, MI 48202
Mar 2006 Detroit Artists Market
4719 Woodward Ave. Detroit, 48201
Jo Powers and Brian Kremer
Mar 2006 Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit Real Allegory
Nov 2005 Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit Actual Size
5141 Rosa Parks Blvd., Detroit 48208
Dec 2004 Paint Creek Center for the Arts Transformations of Identity
407 Pine Street, Rochester 48307
Mar 2004 Cass Café
Vision
4620 Cass Ave., Detroit 48201
Nov 2003 Detroit Contemporary
Actual Size
5141 Rosa Parks Blvd., Detroit 48208
Apr 2003 Detroit Contemporary
Three Person Show
5141 Rosa Parks Blvd., Detroit
May 2003 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
Jo Powers and Mary Fortuna
Aug 2001 Paint Creek Center for the Arts “Made in Michigan” Invitational Group Show
407 Pine Street, Rochester, MI 48307
Apr 2001 Detroit Contemporary, Invitational
Psyche
Sep 2000 Washington Street Gallery
215 East Washington, Ann Arbor 48104
Jo Powers Recent Work
Curated by Janet Kellman
Feb 2000 Detroit Contemporary
Actual Size
Jun 1999 Cass Café
Invitational Group Show
4620 Cass Avenue, Detroit 48201
Sep 1998 Cary Galley
Invitational Group Show
226 Walnut Blvd., Rochester
Sep 1996 Michigan Gallery
Out of Solitude Invitational Group Show
Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI 48216
Curated by Marianne Latasi
Aug 1996 Western Illinois University
Artists Detroit Invitational Group show
University Art Gallery
May 1996 Bunting Galley
Jo Powers Recent Paintings
Washington Ave., Royal Oak 48067
Curated by Barbara Bunting
Jun 1995 The Detroit Institute of Arts
Interventions