Darcel Deneau

 

Education

BFA College for Creative Studies 2002

 

Select Solo Exhibitions

• Darcel Deneau - Andamento Gallery, Baltimore, MI, August 2023

• New Neighbors - Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, MI, February 2023

• Kaleidoscope City - Northville Art House, Northville, MI, October 2020

• Picking Up The Pieces - College for Creative Studies (CCS) Center Galleries Alumni & Faculty Hallway, Detroit, MI, October 2019

• Perceived Image - Northville Art House, Northville, MI August 2009

• Darcel Deneau: Urban Landscapes - Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI October 2007

• New Detroit Landscapes - Plymouth Community Art Center, Plymouth, MI October 2007

• Detroit Sky - Ambient Gallery, Grosse Pointe, MI January 2006

• Darcel Deneau: Solo Exhibition - Studio 427, Northville, MI May 2005

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Select Group & Juried Exhibitions

• Mosaic Arts International (MAI) - CEPA, Buffalo, NY 2023

• Mosaic Arts International (MAI) - Virtual, 2021

• Bond – Mosaic Exhibition, South Haven Center for the Arts, South Haven, MI, July 2019

• Person, Place or Thing – 3 Person Exhibition, Corktown Gallery, Detroit, MI, May 2018

• Mosaic Arts International (MAI) - Janice Charach Gallery, W. Bloomfield, MI 2017

• Just Desserts – 3 Person Exhibition, Janice Charach Gallery, W. Bloomfield, MI, October 2015

• Chairs for Charity Serrano Picks Detroit – College for Creative Studies (CCS) Center Galleries, Detroit, MI Juried by Andres Serrano 2008

• Detroit Frontier – Cass Café, Detroit, MI Juried by Taurus Burns September 2009

• Governor’s Residence Michigan Artist Program -  Lansing, MI September 2005

 

Community Contributions

• Detroit Artists Market (DAM) Board Chair – August 2012 – 2014

• Detroit Artists Market (DAM) Board Member – Aug 2008 – Aug 2012

• College for Creative Studies (CCS) Alumni Council Member – January 2009 – present 

• Detroit Artists Market (DAM) Exhibition Committee – 2007 – present

• Detroit Artists Market (DAM) Honorary Board Member – August 2014 – present

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Significant Commissions

• 2019 Huntington Place (formerly Cobo Center) Detroit, 4’ x 6 ½’ Mosaic Landscape

• 2013 32nd CCS Detroit International Wine Auction, Auction Chair Gifts

• 2012 St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Patient Tower 7th Floor, Pontiac, MI – 3’ x 8’

• 2007 Detroit International Jazz Festival Poster Art

• Hudson-Webber – 6’ x 6’, Large Scale Lobby Painting

• 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, Kwame Kilpatrick, 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

• Detroit News - Review of Solo Exhibition at Northville Art House Gallery, Kaleidoscope City, by Arts Writer Michael Hodges, October 7, 2020

• Detroit News – Review of Corktown 3 person exhibition, Person, Place or Thing, by Arts Writer Michael Hodges, May 2019          

• Oakland Press – Muse for the City, by Elizabeth Hobbs, September 2006

• Metro You Magazine – Artist in Residence, Jeanine Matlow, May 2012

• Latino Press Detroit – From Tragedy to Success, by Xiomara Arballo, December 2012

• Detroit News and Free Press – City Slicker, Jeanine Matlow, December 2007

• Detroit News and Free Press – Lower Level Living, Homestyle Magazine Cover Story, by Marge Colborn, May 2005

• Hour Detroit Magazine – Detroit on Canvas, January 2010, by Suzanne Bilek       

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Awards and Recognition

• 2021 Kresge Arts in Detroit Visual Art Fellowship

• Best in Show, 2020 Michigan Fine Arts Competition juried by Det. Institute of Arts Director, Salvador Salort-Pons  

• Featured in short documentary video

  • Dream in Color:  Detroit Artists Market profiles artist Darcel Deneau   

• Chairs for Charity, Hour Detroit Magazine Sept. 2016

  • Designed, built chair and painted

• Logo Designs

  • Dirty Dog Jazz Café, Grosse Pointe, Michigan

  • Capricious Shoe Store, Grosse Pointe, Michigan

  • Morning Glory Coffee, Grosse Pointe, Michigan

  • Sweet Melissa’s Restaurant, Sanibel, Florida

• 1st Place National Award - Best Entertaining Space Indoors, Better Homes Better Living Contest 2004, Better Homes and Gardens Magazine

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Guest Juror

• College for Creative Studies (CCS) Alumni Exhibition, 2022

• Northville Art House, West of Center All Media Exhibition, September 2023

• Palette and Brush Club, Impressions Exhibition, October 2023

• Anton Art Center, Birmingham Bloomfield Women Painters and Sculptors Exhibition, 2023

• Down River Council for the Arts, Down River Group

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Workshops and Classes

• Urban Landscape in Stained Glass Mosaic - Mosaic Arts Online, 2023-present

• Bringing Perspective into Your Mosaics with Darcel Deneau - Society of American Mosaic Artists Conference, Buffalo, NY, 2023

• Urban Landscapes with Darcel Deneau - Society of American Mosaic Artists Conference, Toledo, OH, 2022

• Perspective in Mosaic with Darcel Deneau, Mosaic Arts Online, 2021-present