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:

2026

Window Dressing, Bond Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD

2025

Hummm Thrummm, Phaze 2 Gallery, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV

2022

soft swish of taffeta ceremonial rites of passage resurrect the muted voices, Waddell Art Gallery, Stirling, VA

2018

Brides Revisited – award granted. Creative York Project Space, York, PA

2016

The September Show, Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, MD

2014

Book of Dreams: PostCards Home, Ferguson Gallery at Notre Dame/Loyola Universities Library, Baltimore, MD

2013

Landscapes of Memory, The Waldorf School of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

2008

Selected Works, Wakefield Gallery, Wakefield, England

2004

England Skies: Renaissance of Spirit, Resurgam Gallery, Federal Hill, Baltimore, MD

2003

For the Love of Wiley, Resurgam Gallery, Federal Hill, Baltimore, MD

2001

Dojahng, Resurgam Gallery, Federal Hill, Baltimore, MD

1997

Spirit Reflections, Minas Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2026

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

2025

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

2024

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

2023

Artina: Queering Nature, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD

Artscape, Project Runway, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Baltimore, MD

2022

Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair, Baltimore, MD

2021

Arts in Foggy Bottom Biennial, Foggy Bottom Historic District, Washington, DC

2020

31st National Drawing & Print Competitive Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2019

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

2018

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

2017

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

2016

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

2015

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.

2014

Small Wonders, Jordan Faye Contemporary. Baltimore, MD

Outside the Margins, Pyramid Atlantic. Silver Spring, MD.

Summer Group Show, Jordan Faye Contemporary. Baltimore, MD.

2012

Exhibitor Artist, Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair, Silver Spring, MD

2010

Serene or Surreal Landscapes, Irvine Nature Center, Owings Mills, MD.

2008

Leeds Art Fair, curated by Doug Sandle. The Light Building, Leeds, UK

2007

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

2004

Surplus, ArtScape Area 405, Baltimore, MD. Installation work, drawing on vinyl

2003

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

2002

CAmm's Ides Of March Animation Invitational, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD

Watercolor Invitational: Artist Pushing Technique, Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD

2001

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

2000

Maryland Regional Art Exhibits, Government House in Annapolis, MD

1998

Baltimore: A Cultural Landscape, City Hall Courtyard Galleries, Baltimore, MD. (Curator and exhibitor)

Maryland Regional Art Exhibits at Government House in Annapolis, MD.

1996

Much Ado About Love, Group Show, Eclectic Junction Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1995

18th Maryland Art on Paper Show, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD.

Press ^{(All Media)} and Awards:

2026

Baltimore City First Place Award to Piecing with Purpose Fiber Group - Award

2025

Meet the Artist, Manor Mill promotional minute, <click here>

2024

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

2023

Maryland State Arts Council Grant for Professional Development - Award

2021

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

2020

31st National Drawing & Print Competitive Exhibition, Gormley Gallery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufGzLOJq4EA

2016

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

2003

“From Mapmaker to Picturemaker," Michelle Sanzi Kermes @ Resurgam Gallery
~ Review by Dr. Michael Salcman, The Baltimore Sun, Thursday:LIVE! edition

Residencies and Workshops:

2026

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

2025

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

2024

Artist in Action Residency – AnnMarie Sculpture Gardens, Solomons, MD

2023

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

2001

Louisa Chase Residency – Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL

2000

Brice Marden Residency – Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL

Writings and Curatorial:

2026

XOXO Gallery - Odds and Ends - Curator Group Show w five artists, Baltimore, MD

2003

Critical Writing: RoyCrosse – Radar Magazine, Baltimore, MD

Related Experience:

2023 - present

Gallery Guide and Educator, Baltimore Museum of Art

2018 - 2020

Educator, Baltimore Museum of Art, Close Encounters Program for 4th graders

2018 - 2022

Docent, Baltimore Museum of Art

1996 – 2005

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:

2026-present

NETVVRK Member founded by Paddy Johnson. Collective member of Sculpture Group

2025-present

XOXO Gallery Member, Baltimore, MD. Invitation only.

2024-present

Goxxip Girl Collective, Baltimore, MD. Invitation only.

2023-present

Mnemosyne International Artist Group. Invitation only.

2019-present

Docent Reading Group

2018-2025

Washington Sculptor Group

2021-present

MICA Fiber and Quilt Group, textile arts. Affiliation changed summer 2024 to independent.

2020

National Museum of Women in the Arts

1995-present

Baltimore Museum of Art member

1995-2003

Explorer Member of The Contemporary, Baltimore, MD