40 West Howard Street, Studio 116B, Detroit, MI 48342 JeffSchof@yahoo.com
Education
2019 MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2001-05 Non-degree studies, Ateliers des Beaux Arts de la Ville de Paris, France
1986 M Arch, Columbia University in the City of New York, NY
1980 BA cum laude, Washington University in Saint Louis, MO
Public Art Installation
2024 “Core Samples”, Art in the Orchard Sculpture Garden, Easthampton, MA (anticipated)
2022 “Three Triads”, Melvin Johnson Sculpture Garden, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY
2021 “Future Fragments”, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN
2020 “Maple Grove Installations", with Ashley Beatty, Prairie Creek Park, Muncie, IN
2018 “Copper Trees", Art on Campus Initiative, Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, MI
Solo Exhibitions
2025 “Featured Artist”, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI (anticipated)
“Charging Stations”, Hatch Art Gallery, Detroit, MI (anticipated)
2024 “Hair, Teeth and Bones”, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH
“Electric Vehicle Impacts”, Talking Dolls Art Gallery, Detroit, MI (anticipated)
2023 “Return to Sender”, Bread and Circus Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
“ROY Presents”, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH
2022 “Atmospheric Pressures”, Hatch Art Gallery, Detroit, MI
2021 “Seasonal Adjustments”, KINK Contemporary Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2020 “Fragments of Human Geography”, Artlink Contemporary Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
“Rising Water Levels”, Hatch Art Gallery, Detroit, MI
Duo Exhibitions
2020 “Weather Permitting”, with Ashley Beatty, PlySpace Artist Residency, Muncie, IN
2019 “4 Degrees or More”, with Ashley Beatty, Edenton Bay Trading Company, Edenton, NC
“Tension Balance”, with Jetshri Bhadviya, The Peanut Factory Artist Retreat and Residency, Edenton, NC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 “Third Spaces of the Anthropocene”, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
“Arts Thrive”, Albuquerque Museum, NM
“Unbound: Narratives of our Constructed Environments”, A2AC Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
“Annual Juried Exhibition”, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH (also 2023)
“SCULPTURE”, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
2023 “September Competition”, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
“Annual Online Juried Exhibition”, Idaherma Museum of Art, Princeton, NJ
“Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Photography”, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
“Midwest Regional Exhibition 2023”, Artlink Contemporary Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN (also 2022)
2022 “Rising Tides”, Target Gallery, The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
“Celebrating Sound Waterways”, Chowan Edenton Environmental Group Gallery, Edenton, NC
2021 “What’s Certain About Uncertainty?”, Dow Museum of Art and Science, Midland, MI
“Nature Calls”, Bread and Circus Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2020 “The Shape of Sculpture”, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
2019 “Graduate Degree Exhibition”, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
“Greater Michigan Art Exhibition”, Dow Museum of Art and Science, Midland, MI
“Experiencing Perspectives”, Mercedes Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI (also 2018)
“(w)here”, Popps Emporium Gallery, Detroit, MI
“Foresight / for Site”, Burnside Farm Gallery, Detroit, MI
“Collective Terrain”, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2018 “Niche Art Installation”, Revolving Collection, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“The Water that Crosses the Oceans”, travelling exhibition to Brazil, India, UAE, Italy
“Nature Calls”, Forum Gallery, Detroit, MI
2017 “Upcycled Books”, Revolving Collection, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“In Arte Fabriano”, Fabriano, Italy (also 2016)
“Easy Come, Easy Go”, Forum Gallery, Detroit, MI
Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards
2019 Merit Scholarship, Ox Bow School of Art and Artist Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2018 Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Fellowship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2016 Gallery Show Award, International Emerging Artist Award, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Artist Lectures and Workshops
2023 Lecture, Making Ice Art in the Landscape, Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, MN
2022 Workshop, Humanity in Conflict with Nature, Hatch Art Gallery, Detroit, MI
Lecture, Making Landscape Art, Jentel Arts, Sheridan, WY
2021 Workshop, Sustainability in Art, KINK Contemporary Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2020 Lecture, Forest Mychorrizal Networks, PlySpace, Muncie, IN
2019 Workshop Assistant, Radical Repair, Forum Gallery, Detroit, MI
2016 Lecture, Sustainability in Art, thejamjar, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
Workshop, Recycling into Art, The Change Initiative, Dubai, UAE
Workshop, Recycling into Art, Sikka Art Fair, Dubai, UAE (also 2015)
2015 Workshop, Dubai International Art Centre, Dubai, UAE
Lecture, Sustainability in Art, World Art Dubai Expo, World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE
Workshop, Al Quoz Fest, thejamjar, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
2014 Lecture, Sustainability in Art, Art Couture Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Artist Residencies
2023 Chulitna Lodge, Lake Clark, AK
Grand Marais Artist Colony, Grand Marais, MN
2022 Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, NM
Jentel Arts, Sheridan, WY
2021 Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN
Art Farm Nebraska, Marquette, NE
Monson Arts, Monson, Maine
Prairie Ronde, Vicksburg, MI
2020 PlySpace, Muncie, IN
Residency 108, Germantown, NY
Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA
Yellow Bird Art Farm, Woodbury, TN
2019 Edgewood Farm, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
The Peanut Factory Artist Retreat and Residency, Edenton, NC
Spruill Farm Conservation Project, Roper, NC
Publications (by Jeff Schofield)
Schofield, Jeff, “Celebrating World Environment Day: Beat Plastic Pollution”, critical essay in the “Return to Sender” exhibition catalog published by Bread and Circus Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, May 2023
https://issuu.com/home/published/return_to_sender
Schofield, Jeff, “Celebrating World Nature Conservation Day: the Complexity of Environmental Art”, critical essay in the “Atmospheric Pressures” exhibition catalog published by Hatch Art Gallery, Detroit, MI, pages 4-7, July 2022
https://issuu.com/jeffschof/docs/atmospheric_pressures
Schofield, Jeff, “Seasonal Adjustments: the Complexity of Sustainable Art”, critical essay in the “Seasonal Adjustments” exhibition catalog published by KINK Contemporary Gallery, Cleveland, OH, pages 8-10, April 2021
https://issuu.com/jeffschof/docs/seasonal_adjustments_catalog
2021 “Responding to Nature’s Call”, co-author with Madelaine Corbin, critical essay published in the “Nature Calls” exhibition catalog by Bread and Circus Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, pages 9-11
2019 “Contradiction and Absurdity in Sustainable Art”, MFA thesis book, published by Maple Printing Press, Detroit, MI
Neville, Stephanie & Jeff Schofield. Woven Identities exhibition catalog, published on behalf of The Project Space, NYU Abu Dhabi, 5-22 July 2017
https://issuu.com/home/published/final_catalog_pages
Schofield, Jeff. Gallery 76, exhibition catalog published for World Art Dubai Fair, World Trade Center, Dubai, April 2015
Selected Bibliography (about Jeff Schofield)
“Earth Elegy: the Eco-Art of Jeff Schofield” by Matthew Piper, critical essay for the “Atmospheric Pressures” exhibition catalog published by Hatch Art Gallery, Detroit, MI, July 2022
https://issuu.com/jeffschof/docs/atmospheric_pressures
Feighan, Mureen, “Local Environmentally-focused Artists Provoke Questions Beyond Earth Day” (interview and reproductions) The Detroit News, Arts & Style Section, 20 April 2022, pages 9B-10B
“Art Beat: Sustainable Art”, radio transmission by Zinta Aistars about “Toys and Trinkets” exhibition at Prairie Ronde, aired on WMUK (NPR “Between the Lines” arts program) Kalamazoo, MI, 21 Oct 2021
https://www.wmuk.org/post/art-beat-sustainable-art
“Environmental Artist Jeff Schofield Addresses Climate Change with “Seasonal Adjustments” Exhibition at KINK Contemporary”, by Shawn Mishak, Cleveland Scene Newspaper, Arts and Culture Section, Cleveland, OH, 12 May 2021
“KINK Contemporary (In-Person) Opening Reception: Seasonal Adjustments”, by Brittany Hudak, feature article, Collective Arts Journal weekly newsletter, Cleveland, OH pages 11-12, 4 May 2021
“A Matter of Degrees; the Art of Jeff Schofield” by Steve Panton, critical essay for the “Seasonal Adjustments” exhibition catalog published by KINK Contemporary Gallery, Cleveland, OH, May 2021
https://issuu.com/jeffschof/docs/seasonal_adjustments_catalog
“Are we the weed or the wildflower?” by Madelaine Corbin, critical essay for the “Seasonal Adjustments” exhibition catalog published by KINK Contemporary Gallery, Cleveland, OH, May 2021
https://issuu.com/jeffschof/docs/seasonal_adjustments_catalog/s/12105681
“The Best of What’s Certain About Uncertainty?” by Regina Schreck, catalog of shortlisted artists, published by Dow Museum of Science and Art, Midland, MI, April 2021 (forthcoming)
“Charred World”, TV transmission by Eric Olson about “Fragments of Human Geography” exhibition, aired on WPTA Channel 21 (21 Country News program) Fort Wayne, IN, 11 March 2020
“Four Degrees or More”, TV transmission by Kurt Roembke about “Fragments of Human Geography” exhibition, aired on Access Fort Wayne, Channel 2, Fort Wayne, IN, 4 & 20 March 2020
“Final pieces of art show come together”, illustration by Michelle Davies, The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, IN, 19 February 2020, page A1
“Experiencing Perspectives”, exhibition catalog published by Mercedes Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI, October 2019 (also 2018)
“Peanut Factory hosts artists-in-residence”, illustration and interview by Nicole Bowman-Layton, The Chowan Herald (Community Section), 29 May 2019, pages A5-A6
“Collective Terrain”, by Emily Briedenbach, fine arts publication by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, December 2018
“The Complicated Pattern: Unpicking and restitching the threads of Woven Identities”, critical essay by Anna Seaman, published in “Woven Identities” Exhibition catalog by The Project Space, NYU Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, July 2017
https://issuu.com/jeffschof/docs/final_catalog_pages/s/14378078
“Fabriano in Acquarello”, Exhibition catalog published by Fabriano in Arte, Fabriano, Italy, Spring 2017, page 366 (also 2016)
“The Best of 2016, International Emerging Artist Award”, Catalog of shortlisted artists, published by Pixalib, France, March 2016, page 55
Professional Experience
2022-Present Artistic Director, Spruill Farm Conservation Project, Roper, NC
2018-19 Coordinator, Forum Gallery, Detroit, MI
2017 Co-Curator, World Art Dubai Expo, World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2011-17 Art Director, Gallery 76, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2009-11 Operations Director, Dubai International Art Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates