2013 Actual Size Biennial

100+ local, national and international based artists return to

Detroit for the largest exhibit of the season.

September 14 – October 19, 2013

Reception: Saturday, September 14, 6 pm – 10 pm

Lead Curator: Aaron Timlin

More than 100 local and national based visual artists will show works in all mediums in the 2013 Actual Size Biennial at Whitdel Arts and detroit contemporary.

“This is an important exhibition for Detroit in that it provides a broad array of our vibrant and talented visual art community here,” said Aaron Timlin, curator of the exhibition.  This year Timlin assembled a curatorial advisory team who invited artists to create one work in any medium, 2-D or 3-D, with the only stipulation being that at least two dimensions are postcard size (4 ¼” x 5 ½”), letter size (8 ½” x 11”) or legal size (8 ½” x 14”).  This is the first year in the biennial’s fourteen-year history that artists have three dimensions to choose from.

The curatorial advisory team includes Gualberto Orozco, Jane Larson, JenClare Gawaran, Rachel Bourgault, and Rebecca Vogel-McGowan.

Participating artists include local, national and a few international based emerging and established artists who, over the last five decades, have each had an impact on the Detroit art scene in one way or another.  A full list of artists is below.

About The Galleries

The multi-media exhibition that includes sculpture, painting, photo, video, assemblage and more will take place at Whitdel Arts located at 1250 Hubbard Street, Suite B1, Detroit MI 48209 and detroit contemporary located at 5141 Rosa Parks Blvd, Detroit MI  48209.  Whitdel Arts and detroit contemporary are divisions of the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID), established in 1979.  The opening reception and exhibition are free and open to the public. The opening reception on  September 14 from 6pm to 10pm provides visitors with an opportunity to meet the artists, curator, and curatorial advisory team.  Visit Whitdel Arts online at www.whitdelarts.com and detroit contemporary online at www.detroitcontemporary.com.  Phone at 313.899-CAID (2243), or via e-mail at info@thecaid.org. Images of artwork available upon request.  For more information, contact Danielle Todd and danielle@whitdelarts.com.

Participating Artists

Linda Allen

Suzanne Andersen 

Kathy Arckles

Spread Art

Alana Bartol

Kristin Beaver          

Douglas Bedard

Jennifer Belair

Thomas Bell

Laura Beyer

Jeanne Bieri

Michael Bogdan

Thom Bohnert

Rachel Bourgault

Jeffrey Bowman       

Jennifer Mercedes Boyak

Sandra   Cardew          

Sue Carman-Vian

Sydney Conaway

Elizabeth Crank       

Robert Brian Cronin

Joe Culver

Joseph DeAngelis

Clara DeGalan

Darcel Deneau

Christina deRoos

Barbara Dorchen

DVS

Andrea  Eis     

M. Esse

Greg Fadell

Joseph Ferraro

Clare Fox

Marcia Freedman

Deborah Friedman

Lynn Galbreath

JenClare B. Gawaran

Bruce Giffin

Charles M. Green

Maurice Joseph Greenia, Jr.

Dennis Guastella   

Matthew Hanna      

Michelle A. Hegyi

Stephanie Henderson

Ayaka Hibino

Jim Hittinger

Anne Harrington Hughes

Scott Hullinger

Robert  Quentin Hyde          

Meighen Jackson

Bill Jackson  

Tina Rene Johnson

Dennis Michael Jones       

Melissa Jones

Gwen Joy      

Deborah Kashdan   

Ray Katz

Dawnice Kerchaert

Jay Knapp

Matt Lachowski

Hiroko Lancour

Sarah Lapinski

Jane Larson              

Yiu-Keung Lee

Shannon Lee

Jay Oscar Lee

Melissa Leeper

Joe Levickas

John Linardos

Julia Maiuri

Donald Mendelson

Linda Mendelson

Toby Millman

Todd Mitchell                      

Jim Nawara

Lucille Nawara

Brigette Neal

Brian L. Nelson

Jill Nienhuis

Craig Paul Nowak

Gualbert Orozco      

Oscar B. Oscar

David Edward Paeker

Frank Pahl    

Shirley A. Parish      

Nancy Patek

Valerie Pearson      

Catherine Peet        

Timothy Pewe

Jon Pickell

Jo Powers

Thomas Pyrzewski

Victor Pytko

PD Rearick

Michael Allan Reid

Rachel  Reynolds

Mel Rosas

Steven Rost

Helena Sadowski

Terri Sarris

Lauren Satlowski

Matthew Scarlett

Marilyn Schechter   

Robert B Schefman

Donita Simpson      

Jack O. Summers     

Ron Teachworth      

Russell Thayer

Nancy Thayer

Rachel Timlin          

Angela Topacio

Wayne  Joseph Tousignant   

Robert Tucker

Cody VanderKaay    

Joan Verla

Rebecca Vogel-McGowan

Margi Weir

Jean Wilson

Tommy Wilson

Phreddy Wischusen

S. Kay Young

Robert Zahorsky

Joe Zajac       

Paula Zammit