Darcel Deneau
Education
BFA, College for Creative Studies, 2002
Select Solo Exhibitions
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2024 Solo Pop-Up Show - Motor City Brewing Works, Detroit, MI
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2023 Darcel Deneau - Andamento Gallery, Baltimore, MI
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2023 New Neighbors - Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, MI
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2020 Kaleidoscope City - Northville Art House, Northville, MI
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2019 Picking Up The Pieces - CCS Center Galleries Alumni & Faculty Hallway, Detroit, MI
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2009 Perceived Image - Northville Art House, Northville, MI
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2007 Darcel Deneau: Urban Landscapes - Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
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2007 New Detroit Landscapes - Plymouth Community Art Center, Plymouth, MI
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2006 Detroit Sky - Ambient Gallery, Grosse Pointe, MI
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2005 Darcel Deneau: Solo Exhibition - Studio 427, Northville, MI
Select Group & Juried Exhibitions
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2024 Washington Street Gallery (WSG) - Visiting Gallery
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2024 CCS Alumni Exhibition: ReView 2024 - Valade Gallery, Detroit, MI
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2023 Mosaic Arts International (MAI) - CEPA, Buffalo, NY
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2021 Mosaic Arts International (MAI) - Virtual
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2019 Bond – Mosaic Exhibition, South Haven Center for the Arts, South Haven, MI
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2018 Person, Place or Thing – 3 Person Exhibition, Corktown Gallery, Detroit, MI
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2017 Mosaic Arts International (MAI) - Janice Charach Gallery, W. Bloomfield, MI
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2015 Just Desserts – 3 Person Exhibition, Janice Charach Gallery, W. Bloomfield, MI
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2008 Chairs for Charity Serrano Picks Detroit – CCS Center Galleries, Detroit, MI
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2009 Detroit Frontier – Cass Café, Detroit, MI
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2005 Governor’s Residence Michigan Artist Program - Lansing, MI
Community Contributions
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2012 – 2014: Board Chair, Detroit Artists Market (DAM)
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2008 – 2012: Board Member, Detroit Artists Market (DAM)
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2009 – Present: Alumni Council Member, College for Creative Studies (CCS)
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2007 – Present: Exhibition Committee, Detroit Artists Market (DAM)
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2014 – Present: Honorary Board Member, Detroit Artists Market (DAM)
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October 2024 – Present: President of College for Creative Studies (CCS) Alumni Council
Significant Commissions
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2019 Huntington Place (formerly Cobo Center) Detroit, 4’ x 6 ½’ Mosaic Landscape
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2013 32nd CCS Detroit International Wine Auction, Auction Chair Gifts
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2012 St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Patient Tower 7th Floor, Pontiac, MI – 3’ x 8’
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2007 Detroit International Jazz Festival Poster Art
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2007 Hudson-Webber – 6’ x 6’, Large Scale Lobby Painting
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2013 Mural Garage Restaurant Northville 29’ x 7’
Select Collections
Huntington Place (formerly Cobo Center), Gretchen Valade, Matt & Karen Cullen, Nathan Forbes, Peter Walsh of TLC, Mack Avenue Records, Carhartt, Mark & Molly Valade, Kat Richardson, Michael Farrell, Stan Dickson, Dave Enger, Skip Davis, University of Michigan, St. Joseph Hospital of Pontiac, Henry Ford Hospital, James Duffy, Ameriprise Financial, Ernst & Young, CCS Traveling Exhibition, Visteon Corporation, IAC Automotive
Select Publications
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2024 Issue 8 —Mosaic and Glass Magazine
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October 7, 2020 Detroit News - Review of Solo Exhibition at Northville Art House Gallery, Kaleidoscope City, by Michael Hodges
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May 2019 Detroit News – Review of Corktown 3 person exhibition, Person, Place or Thing, by Michael Hodges
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September 2006 Oakland Press – Muse for the City, by Elizabeth Hobbs
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May 2012 Metro You Magazine – Artist in Residence, Jeanine Matlow
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December 2012 Latino Press Detroit – From Tragedy to Success, by Xiomara Arballo
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December 2007 Detroit News and Free Press – City Slicker, Jeanine Matlow
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May 2005 Detroit News and Free Press – Lower Level Living, Homestyle Magazine Cover Story, by Marge Colborn
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January 2010 Hour Detroit Magazine – Detroit on Canvas, by Suzanne Bilek
Awards and Recognition
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2020 Best in Show, Michigan Fine Arts Competition
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2015 Featured in short documentary video, *Dream in Color: Detroit Artists Market profiles artist Darcel Deneau*
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2016 Chairs for Charity, Hour Detroit Magazine
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Logo Designs: Dirty Dog Jazz Café, Capricious Shoe Store, Morning Glory Coffee, Sweet Melissa’s Restaurant
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2004 1st Place National Award - Best Entertaining Space Indoors, Better Homes Better Living Contest, Better Homes and Gardens Magazine
Guest Juror
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2024 Romeo Guild 2024 Thumb Area Artists Exhibition
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2023 Northville Art House, West of Center All Media Exhibition
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2023 Palette and Brush Club, Impressions Exhibition
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2023 Anton Art Center, Birmingham Bloomfield Women Painters and Sculptors Exhibition
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2023 Down River Council for the Arts, Down River Group
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2022 CCS Alumni Exhibition
Workshops and Classes
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2024: Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA) Annual Conference Workshop, Advancing you Drawing and Composition Skills for Mosaics
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2023-present: Urban Landscape in Stained Glass Mosaic with Darcel Deneau, Mosaic Arts Online
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2023-present: Basic Drawing for Mosaic Art with Darcel Deneau, Mosaic Arts Online
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2023: Bringing Perspective into Your Mosaics with Darcel Deneau - Society of American Mosaic Artists Conference, Buffalo, NY
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2022: Urban Landscapes with Darcel Deneau - Society of American Mosaic Artists Conference, Toledo, OH
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2021-present: Perspective in Mosaic with Darcel Deneau, Mosaic Arts Online