Education
Wayne State University, 2001- 2004 MFA; 2005 Department of Art and Art History, Sculpture,
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1989-1994 BFA Painting
Macomb Community College 2013 Certificate Online Teaching
Teaching Positions Held
2019-2020 Wayne State University Community Outreach The School at Mary Grove Core Foundations
2003-present Wayne State University Adjunct Professor Sculpture/Advanced Sculpture/ Figure Sculpture/ Core Space and Surface (2d and 3d design)
2009, 2013-2016 Oakland Community College Adjunct Instructor Adjunct Instructor Sculpture Arts and Crafts, Sculpture
2005-2014 Macomb Community College Adjunct Instructor Art Appreciation
2011 Macomb Community College Ceramics
2005 Anton Art Center Artists Seminar
2005 Warren Consolidated Schools Adult Enrichment Classes Drawing
2001-2003 Wayne state University Graduate Teacher Assistant Instructor of Record Sculpture, Ceramics
Residencies
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Artist- in Residence Marshall Fredricks Museum, Saginaw Valley State University Saginaw, MI
2017 “Kathyrose Pizzo” Solo exhibit Farnum Galleries, Simpson College Indianola, IA
2017 “After a Thousand Mornings “solo exhibit Hatch Gallery Hamtramck, MI
2016 Café 1923 Hamtramck, MI after the Sustainability: The dysfunction of Misfortune
2004 Macomb Gallery Space and Object Macomb Community College, Clinton Township MI
1993 Gallery X- Filling Space the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
Public Sculpture
2018 Washburn University Outdoor Sculpture Lawrence, Kansas
2017 City of Novi Sculpture Exhibit Novi, Michigan
2016 Public Sculpture exhibit “Lake, Cloud, Sky “at Michigan Legacy Art Park Thompsonville, MI. Juror, Park Committee
2008 “Sterling Scapes IV” Sterling Heights, Mi., 2 years Outdoor Public Sculpture
Group Exhibitions
2019 “Spark” 333 Midland Detroit, MI invited
2019 “Into the Forest”. Buckham Gallery Flint Michigan (3-person exhibit)
2018 “Regional Biannual Sculpture Exhibit Marshall Fredricks Museum Saginaw Valley State University Saginaw, Michigan
2018 “Snowden Exhibition: Scarab Club Detroit Michigan, Juror, Sarah Rose Sharp
2017 "Give me Some Space!" 6th Annual National Juried Exhibit: Carroll Gallery Marshall University Huntington, West Virginia
2016 Detroit Biennale with NY Art Critic Jerry Saltz, Museum of New Art Armada, Michigan Juried Jessica Hopkins
2016 333 Midland “Big Sculpture” Highland Park, MI; Invited -Robert Onnes
Public Sculpture exhibit “Lake, Cloud, Sky “at Michigan Legacy Art Park Thompsonville, Michigan
2016 Hatch Gallery “Hatchback 10” Hamtramck, MI Juror – James Dozier
2015 Community Arts Gallery Faculty Exhibition “Ever last” Wayne State University Detroit, MI
2015 Whitdel Arts Gallery Detroit, Mi. “Full Credit”; Invited JenClare Gawawn
2014 Marshall Fredrick’s Sculpture Museum, “Regional Biannual Sculpture Exhibit 2014” Saginaw Valley State University Saginaw, MI Juried
2014 Detroit Artists Market Gallery, Detroit, MI Biannual All Media Exhibition2014 Juror- Timothy Van Laar
2013 “Documenta USA and Aperto”, with guest art critic Jerry Saltz, Museum of New Art Armada MI
2013 2- person exhibit Knapp/Pizzo Whitdel Arts Gallery Detroit, MI –Gallery committee selection
2013 “Illumination[s] Macomb Gallery Macomb Community College Clinton Township, MI. Juror- Todd Mitchell
2012 “Mid Atlantic College Art Association Members Juried Exhibition” Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit, MI. Juror- Michelle Perron
2012 “84th Regional Exhibition” Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI. Juror Andrew Winship
2011 Macomb Community College Faculty Exhibit invited by Narine Ktichn
2010 “Think Small” Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI.; Juror Margi Weir September-2010, Faculty Exhibition, Community Arts Gallery WSU Detroit MI.
2008 National Women’s Art Exhibition, “From Our Perspective,” Oakland Community College, Orchard Ridge Campus Farmington Hills, MI. Juror Susan Goethel Campbell
2008 Marshall M. Fredrick’s Sculpture Museum, “Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition” Saginaw Valley State University Saginaw, MI. Juror Sergio De Guisti
2008- “Sterling Scapes IV” Sterling Heights, Mi., 2-year Outdoor Public Sculpture Exhibit, Juror Lois Teicher, (five-person exhibit)
2007 “Works on Paper,” Paint Creek Center for the Arts Gallery, Rochester Hills, MI., Juror, Mary Fortuna
2007 “Instrumental,” Project Gallery, Ann Arbor, Mi., invitational, curators Sharon Que and Graem White
2006 “No Rhyme-Nor Reason,” Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI., Juror, Linda Woodson, five-person exhibit
2006” The Body Eclectic,” Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, Mi., Juror, Sergio De Guisti
2006 “3-dimensional and Photography,” Grosse Pointe Art Center, Grosse Pointe, Mi., Juror Charles Mcgee
2005,” Americas 2000,” Eleventh Annual All Media Exhibition, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota, juried
2005, “All Michigan All –Media 2005,” Rankin Art Gallery, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Mi., juried
2004,” Art’s in the City,” Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI., juror Arron Timlin
2004, “The Dishman Competition,” Dishman Museum, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, juried
2004, “MFA Thesis Exhibition,” Community Arts Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mi., two-person exhibit
2003,”43rd Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition,” Arts Midland Gallery, Midland, Mi., juried
2002, “Xchange” Art Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hill, Mi., juried
2002, “Holiday Show,” Museum of New Art, Zoom Gallery, Detroit, Mi., juror, Nolan Simon, invited
2002, “Michigan Now,” Michigan Institute for the arts, Museum of New Art, Detroit, Mi., juror Jeff Bourgreu, invited
2001, “Work’s in Progress,” Community Arts Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mi., juried
1999, “Michigan Women’s Artists Exhibition,” Sisson Gallery, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Mi., juror, Mariana Porter
1999, “The Assistant Show” The Gallery, Macomb Community College, Clinton Township, Mi., four-person exhibit, invited
1994 BFA BIA Exhibition the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill
1988 “All Media Juried Exhibit,” Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Mi., juror, Suzanne Hillberry
1988 “Celebrate Michigan Artists,” Mount Clemens Art Center Gallery, Mount Clemens, MI. Juror, Sergio De Gusti
Grants and Awards
2019 Artist- in -Residence Award, Marshall Fredricks Museum SVSU Saginaw, MI
2018 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit Washburn University Lawrence, KS
Regional Biannual Sculpture Exhibit, Marshall Fredricks Museum SVSU Saginaw, MI
Snowden Award, Scarab Club Detroit, MI
2017 Artist Grant Simpson College Farnum Galleries Indianola, IA
Professional Development Travel Grant PT faculty Department of Art and Art History, Wayne State University Detroit, MI
2016 Grant City of Novi Sculpture Exhibit Novi, MI
Honoree Michigan Legacy Art Park Thompsonville, Michigan
2014 Professional Development Travel Grant PT faculty Department of Art and Art History, Wayne State University
2008, Lois Ann Reed Purchase Award, “Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition,” Marshall M. Fredericks Museum, Saginaw, Michigan
2006, Honoree, “Sterling Scapes IV,” Sterling Heights, Michigan
Second Place Honoree,”3-dimensional and Photography,” Grosse Pointe Art Center Gallery, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan
2003-2001, Graduate Fellowship Award, Wayne State University, Department of Art and Art History, Detroit, Michigan
Lectures/Panels
2019 “Outdoor Sculpture and the Creative Process” by Kathyrose Pizzo Public Lecture, Marshall Fredricks Museum SVSU Saginaw, MI
2019 Artist talk, Into the Forest Buckham Gallery Flint, MI
2018 Artist talk, International Sculpture Day, Michigan Legacy Sculpture Park Thompsonville, MI
2018 “Brown Bag Artists Lecture Series” Artist talk, Marshall Fredricks Museum SVSU Saginaw, MI
2018 Artists Talk “Snowden Exhibition” Scarab Club Detroit, MI
2017 Artist Talk “Kathyrose Pizzo” Simpson College Indianola, Iowa
2017 Artists talk “After A Thousand Mornings” Hatch Gallery Hamtramck, MI
2016 “Hatchback 10” Artist Talk Hatch Gallery Hamtramck, MI
2015 Sculpture X Symposium: Value Added
Mentor for Professional Development Portfolio review sessions for undergraduate sculpture students (Panel)
2006, “Works on Paper,” Artists talk and Panel Discussion Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Mi.
2004, Review Panelist, BFA Artist Seminar, Instructor of Record, Wayne State University, Department of Art and Art History
2004, “MFA Thesis Exhibit,” Gallery Talk, Community Arts Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2004, “Space and Object” Gallery Talk Macomb Gallery, Macomb Community College, Clinton Township, Mi.
Bibliography
November 2019 https://thevalleyvanguard.com/2019/10/21/lunch-and-learn-series-continues-to-talk-public-sculpture/
October 2019 https://www.ourmidland.com/lifestyles/article/What-s-Happening-14537577.php
September 2019 http://marshallfredericks.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Kathyrose-Pizzo-AIR-release_9.17.19.pdf
August 2018 https://twitter.com/mfsm/status/1032659122876043265?lang=en
November 2017 Jonathan Facio the Simpsonian.com https://thesimpsonian.com/26706/lifestyles/artist-uses-art-to-work-through-family-history-of-multiple-sclerosis/
March 2017 KA LETTS Rustbelt Arts.com Review after a Thousand Mornings Hatch Gallery Solo exhibit Kathyrose Pizzohttps://rustbeltarts.com/2017/03/23/kathyrose-pizzo-after-a-thousand-mornings/
September 2016 https://www.333midland.com/big-sculpture.html
June 2014 Marshall Fredrick’s Museum Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition Catalog
October 2007, Detroit arts: Instrumental BlogSpot Gallery Project Ann Arbor, MI
June 2008 Marshall Fredrick’s Museum Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition Catalog
May 2006, Flint Journal, review No Rhyme Nor reason Buckham Gallery Flint MI
May 2006, No Rhyme -Nor Reason Midwest Gallery Guide
June 2006, the Macomb Daily Sterling Scapes IV
January 2006, Grosse Pointe Times and Grosse Pointe News Grosse Pointe Art Center Gallery
February 2004, the Italian Tribune Kathyrose Pizzo to exhibit at Wayne State University Art Gallery
January 2004, Nick Sousanis Review MFA Thesis exhibit Deborah Tomlimson and Kathyrose Pizzo the Detroiter.com
Community Outreach, Workshops, Conferences
2019 Instructor -Mold Making and Casting workshops Marshall Fredricks Museum, SVSU
Saginaw, MI
2017, 2015 Mentor Portfolio Reviews, Sculpture X Symposium Wayne State University Detroit, MI
2015 Instructor Relief and Assemblage workshops, Mobile Arts Detroit, Wayne State University 2009 Heidelberg Sign and Park Project with artist Lisa Rodriguez Detroit, Mi.
2002 Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron” conference to participate and demonstrate WSU’s “Hot- Blast Furnace” Grounds for Sculpture, Johnson Atelier, Hamilton New Jersey, “4th international
Affiliations
2022 Michigan Legacy Art Park Thompsonville, MI
2018-Present Collection Committee Michigan Legacy Art Park Thompsonville, MI
2005-Present College Art Association, Member
Collections
Art Critic, Sarah Rose Sharp
Curator at Museum of New Art, Jessica Hopkins
Art and Art History Department Chair, Brian Kritzman
Reid Kurvink
Artist Nina Caruso
Related Work Abilities
Digital
2016-present Canvas 2001-2016 Blackboard 2005-2014 Angel
2009 -Present Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop ,Laser cutter and printer
Metal Fabrication
2003- Present welding, Mig, Tig, Stick, Oxy -Acetylene
Plasma Cutter, Baleigh pipe Roller, Hossfeld Bender, Sheer and Brake
Foundry
1997– Present Lost wax process, Ceramic shell, burn out kiln, coupla,
Cast aluminum, Cast bronze, Cast iron processes
Clay Modeling
Mold Making
1997- Present Armature Building,
– ridged, flex and bonded sand
Woodshop
1997-Present Table saw, Band Saw, Compound Miter saw, scroll saw, lathe, drill press, drum and belt sanders, router, biscuit joiner, joiner, planer
Surface
1986- present stretching canvas, collage, mixed media, oil and acrylic techniques,
2009-Present lino block printing, sewing machine
Clay
1997-present hand building, throwing, raku, electric and gas kiln