Sanzi Kermes – C.V.
Education:
2008, M.A. | Masters of Contemporary Fine Art Practice
Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom.
1989/1990 | Publications Design - Masters program.
University of Baltimore.
1982, A.B. | Advertising
Newhouse School, Syracuse University. Syracuse, NY
1982, A.B. | Geography
College of Arts and Sciences, Syracuse University. Syracuse, NY
Selected Solo And Two Person Exhibitions:
Window Dressing, Bond Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
Hummm Thrummm, Phaze 2 Gallery, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV
soft swish of taffeta ceremonial rites of passage resurrect the muted voices, Waddell Art Gallery, Stirling, VA
Brides Revisited – award granted. Creative York Project Space, York, PA
The September Show, Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, MD
Book of Dreams: PostCards Home, Ferguson Gallery at Notre Dame/Loyola Universities Library, Baltimore, MD
Landscapes of Memory, The Waldorf School of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
Selected Works, Wakefield Gallery, Wakefield, England
England Skies: Renaissance of Spirit, Resurgam Gallery, Federal Hill, Baltimore, MD
For the Love of Wiley, Resurgam Gallery, Federal Hill, Baltimore, MD
Dojahng, Resurgam Gallery, Federal Hill, Baltimore, MD
Spirit Reflections, Minas Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Artina 2026: Ripples of Ten Years, site installation, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD
Overlay, The Galleries at CCBC, Catonsville, MD
Mnemonsyne: Memory as a Voice for Nature, Silber Gallery, Goucher College, Towson, MD
Sacraments, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
Ink, Press, Repeat: National Juried Printmaking and Book Art Exhibition, University Galleries at William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ [Juror: Curlee Raven Holton]
Perennial, Frieda O Weise Gallery, University of Maryland Health and Human Services Library, Baltimore, MD
Raw + Rendered, dual exhibitions, Fox Industry Building Gallery and Mace Street Gallery, Baltimore, MD
The Speed of Fashion: Fibers and Fashion in an Environmental Justice Context, Crows Nest, Baltimore, MD
Framed Experiences: Perceptions of Self, The Galleries at CCBC, Catonsville, MD
Girls on Girls, The Alchemy of Art, Baltimore, MD
Face Forward, XOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Grist, Manor Mill Gallery, Monkton, MD
Clutch, Automat Collective, Philadelphia, PA
Grit, XOXO Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Fragments, AnnMarie Sculpture Garden, Solomons, MD
Brumation, Goxxip Girl Collective group exhibition, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
Baker Artist Off The Web, Peale Museum, Baltimore, MD
Artina: A Point of View, site specific installation, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD
Fragment(ed)ing, curated by Liz Faust, independent curator, Zo Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Pop-Up Summer Solstice Art Exhibition, Caves, MD
Social Contracts and Invisible Architectures, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
~ Curated by Doreen Bolger, retired Director of Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Metamorphosis: Recycled, Repurposed, Reimagined, AnnMarie Sculpture Garden, Solomons, MD
Artina: Queering Nature, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD
Artscape, Project Runway, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair, Baltimore, MD
Arts in Foggy Bottom Biennial, Foggy Bottom Historic District, Washington, DC
31st National Drawing & Print Competitive Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, Baltimore, MD
4th Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition, University of Maryland Global Campus, Adelphi, MD
Athenaeum Invitational: Out Of Our Minds, The Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Under 500, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Couture Trees 2018, Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, MD
Repurposed with Purpose, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
~ Curated by Doreen Bolger, retired Director of Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Artina: Introspective, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD
~ Curator, Cecilia Wichmann, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Artdromeda, Montgomery Business Park, Baltimore, MD
Drawing Set, Jefferson Market Library, New York, NY
Charitable Art, Omanoot l’Tzedekah, Donated “Yellow Moon”, The Art Connection in the Capital Region, Virginia
Chasing Paper, Creative York, York, PA
The Time Machine, Wearable Arts Fest, The D’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
28th National Drawing & Print Exhibition, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Biennial, University of Maryland University College
Emulsion, Gallery O on H, produced by Paul Hutinet; juror, Amy Cavanaugh Royce, Maryland Art Place, Washington, DC
27th National Drawing & Print Exhibition, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Art Registry Juried Show, Maryland Art Place. Curator: Gamynne Guillotte, BMA, Baltimore, MD
Tilling Phase, ArtWorksNow. Curated by Amy Hughes Braden. Hyattsville, MD.
Strictly Painting, McLean Project for the Arts. McLean, VA.
Ideation Experience, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO.
Small Wonders, Jordan Faye Contemporary. Baltimore, MD
Outside the Margins, Pyramid Atlantic. Silver Spring, MD.
Summer Group Show, Jordan Faye Contemporary. Baltimore, MD.
Exhibitor Artist, Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair, Silver Spring, MD
Serene or Surreal Landscapes, Irvine Nature Center, Owings Mills, MD.
Leeds Art Fair, curated by Doug Sandle. The Light Building, Leeds, UK
Leeds Art Fair, Bondage. The Old Post Office Square, Leeds, UK
Saltaire Arts Trail, Saltaire, Bradford, UK
Imprint Leeds, The Light, Leeds, UK
Interim, Institute for Enterprise Old Broadcasting House, Leeds, UK
Piecework, collaborative exhibition with 7 artists (collective named PieceWork), Minas Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Surplus, ArtScape Area 405, Baltimore, MD. Installation work, drawing on vinyl
Conversation, an invitational project, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD
~ A response to text chosen by the participating artist. Curated by Janet Maher
CAmm's Ides Of March Animation Invitational, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
Watercolor Invitational: Artist Pushing Technique, Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD
FLOOR ArtScape, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
~ Installation work, mixed media: shoes, wood, spray paint, polyurethane, screws.
Snapshot, The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD.
Conversation, an invitational project, University of New Mexico Gallery, Gallup, NM
~ A response to text chosen by the participating artist. Curated by Janet Maher
Maryland Regional Art Exhibits, Government House in Annapolis, MD
Baltimore: A Cultural Landscape, City Hall Courtyard Galleries, Baltimore, MD. (Curator and exhibitor)
Maryland Regional Art Exhibits at Government House in Annapolis, MD.
Much Ado About Love, Group Show, Eclectic Junction Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
18th Maryland Art on Paper Show, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD.
Press (All Media) and Awards:
Baltimore City First Place Award to Piecing with Purpose Fiber Group - Award
Meet the Artist, Manor Mill promotional minute, <click here>
BMore Art list of seven best shows to see in DMV area, Baltimore Banner, https://tinyurl.com/246zju9s. Scroll to 'Fragment(ed)ing,' curated by Liz Faust, Zo Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Maryland State Arts Council Grant for Professional Development - Award
Interview, WETA Arts September 2021: An Artful Return
https://weta.org/watch/shows/weta-arts/weta-arts-september-2021
mark 14:57 begins segment on Arts in Foggy Bottom Biennial, duration 6:50
31st National Drawing & Print Competitive Exhibition, Gormley Gallery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufGzLOJq4EA
ArtWorks, Maryland Public Television, Pop-up Exhibition Episode 421, time stamp 17:40
www.video.mpt.tv/video/artworks-episode-421
“Artist Sanzi Kermes Reinvents Age-Old Fashions With A Contemporary Twist,”
DCist
www.dcist.com/2016/09/preview_an_artist_reinvents_age-old.php
“Artists Work: Sanzi Kermes,” BmoreArt
www.bmoreart.com/2016/09/artists-work-sanzi-kermes.html
“Pomp and Circumstance: The Art of M Sanzi Kermes,” BizLinc
www.bizlinc.net/mmelikan/Newsletters.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
“From Mapmaker to Picturemaker," Michelle Sanzi Kermes @ Resurgam Gallery
~ Review by Dr. Michael Salcman, The Baltimore Sun, Thursday:LIVE! edition
Residencies and Workshops:
Artist Workshop – Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME. Graphics workshop led by Taro Takizawa, University of North Carolina Wilmington, NC
Artist in Action Residency – AnnMarie Sculpture Gardens, Solomons, MD
Book Arts Workshop – taught at Goucher College, Towson, MD and AnnMarie Sculpture Gardens, Solomons, MD
Artist Workshop – Snow Farm The New England Craft Program - Piece Together Your Story: Secret Bookbinding & Collage - Melanie Mowinski, professor of art at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, MA.
Artist Workshops (series of 3) – doll making with Gina Pierlioni, Baltimore, MD
Artist in Action Residency – AnnMarie Sculpture Gardens, Solomons, MD
Artist in Action Residency – AnnMarie Sculpture Gardens, Solomons, MD
Artist Workshop – Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME. Graphics workshop led by John Hitchcock, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Artist in Action Residency – AnnMarie Sculpture Gardens, Solomons, MD
Louisa Chase Residency – Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Brice Marden Residency – Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Writings and Curatorial:
XOXO Gallery - Odds and Ends - Curator Group Show w five artists, Baltimore, MD
Critical Writing: RoyCrosse – Radar Magazine, Baltimore, MD
Related Experience:
Gallery Guide and Educator, Baltimore Museum of Art
Educator, Baltimore Museum of Art, Close Encounters Program for 4th graders
Docent, Baltimore Museum of Art
Docent, Baltimore Museum of Art
Collections:
Sinai Hospital Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD
CASA, Baltimore, MD
Heart Association, Baltimore, MD
The Art Connection in the Capital Region, Washington, D.C.
Sanzi Kermes’s work is currently found in private collections across the U.S., the U.K., and Europe: California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, NY, Maine, Vermont, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Leeds, UK; London, UK, Dublin, Ireland; Paris, France; Kassel, Germany
Related Professional Affiliations:
NETVVRK Member founded by Paddy Johnson. Collective member of Sculpture Group
XOXO Gallery Member, Baltimore, MD. Invitation only.
Goxxip Girl Collective, Baltimore, MD. Invitation only.
Mnemosyne International Artist Group. Invitation only.
Docent Reading Group
Washington Sculptor Group
MICA Fiber and Quilt Group, textile arts. Affiliation changed summer 2024 to independent.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Baltimore Museum of Art member
Explorer Member of The Contemporary, Baltimore, MD