Rebecca Zeiss 831 Sandow Rd.

Midland, MI 48640 Cell: 989-948-4400

rzeiss@umflint.edu Portfolio at web site: http://www.zeissworks.com

Education:

M.F.A. 2005 Photography Central Michigan University, Michigan B.F.A. 1979 Painting and Photography University of Michigan, Michigan A.A. 1975 Fine Arts Delta College, Michigan Teaching Positions:

2005-current: Lecturer I: University of Michigan Flint; Photo Survey, Intro to Photography, Advanced Photography, Large and Medium Format Photography, Printmaking and Photography, Off the Wall 3-D Photography, Alternative Photography, Color Photography (film to digital), Digital Photography, Intro to Graphic Design, and Introduction to Visual Arts. 2005-current: Instructor Delta College;

Black and White Photography - Beginning and Advanced, Color Photography, Digital Photography, Art Experience, Digital Imaging I, Digital Imaging II, Digital Illustrator, Introduction of Digital Media for Web and Printmaking 2002-2005: Adjunct and Instructor of Record: Central Michigan University; Photography 101, Design One 2003: Adjunct Kendall School of Art and Design Beginning Black and White Photography 2000: Adjunct: Delta College; Beginning Photography 110 1998-2001: Instructor: Midland Community Center; Black and White Imaging, Alternate Old Processes 1981-1983: The Midland Center For the Arts (MCFA); Art Camp 1980-1981: Instructor: MCFA Arts Midland; Metal and Fabrication 1979-1980: Instructor: MCFA Arts Midland; Enameling Instructor: MCFA Arts Midland; Color Photography Workshops and Lectures:

2005: Northwood University; Sunlight and Cyanotype 2005: Minot State University; Workshop in Van Dyke, Photographic Process, Pinhole Cameras and Book Arts 2000: Northwood University; The Pinhole Camera Workshop Real World Experience:

2000-current: Superior Photo and Design; Co-owner Professional Photography Lab and Studio Providing Museum Displays and Fine Art Prints to the Tri-city Area 2004-current: Central Michigan University; Clarke Historical Library: Graphic Design Artist 1998-2005 Northwood University; Gallery Coordinator of Exhibition and Design

INTERNATIONAL and NATIONAL SHOWS:

2014 Altered Views; LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR, Juror: S. Gail Stevens, Exhibit: Lacemaker’s Promise IV 2014-2015 Best of the Best; Northwest Art Center, Minot, ND, Traveling Exhibit: Engendering Cognition 2013 Art Prize: Fifth Third Bank/Warner Norcross & Judd LLP, Grand Rapids, MI, Curator: Therese Randall Brimmer, Exhibit Resonance of the Machinist Fall In Art & Sol; International Juried Solar Art Exhibit, Saginaw, Bay City, and

Midland, MI, Exhibit: By Day and By Night 2012 Art Prize: Devos Center, Grand Rapids, MI, Curator Eddie Tadlock, Exhibit: Resonance of the Machinist Women Caucus at the 2012 SPE Convention in San Francisco, CA; CIIS Minna

Street Center, Jurors: Joyce Neimanas and Patrick Nagatani, Exhibit: Untitled 4 from Inculcated Domesticity 2011 Women Caucus at the 2011 SPE Convention in Atlanta, GA, Trios Gallery, Atlanta,

GA, Juror: Deb Willis, Exhibit: Watcher Art Prize; San Chez Bistro & Café, Grand Rapids, MI, Exhibit: Engendering Cognition The Arrangement; Vermont Photo Space Gallery; Essex Jct, Vermont Juror: Paula Tognarelli, exhibit: Edge 2010 Art Prize; Grand Rapids, MI, Exhibit: Belonging 2009 Americas 2009, Paper Works: Northwest Art Center, Minot, ND, Juror: Peter Kilian, Exhibit: Collector 2008 Fifth Annual Snap to it Grid; Los Angeles Center for Digital Art; Los Angeles, CA Alternate Photography Book Smart Studio, Rochester, NY, Juror: Mary Taylor exhibit: à la droite, à la gauche 10th Annual All Media Juried Online

www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/gallery/view.asp?RN=9165&AN= Schneider%2C+Barbara&XD=1/1/2008 Juror: Larry Bradshaw

2007 2007 All Media LBA; Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA, Juror: Walter Askin, Exhibit: Concentric Rings Americas 2000, Paper Works; Northwest Art Center, Minot, ND, Juror: Edward Pauley, Exhibit: The Reason 10th National Juried Art Exhibit; Baker Arts Center, Liberal, KS, Juror: Stephen Wicks, Exhibit: The Weight 2006 2006 Photography Exhibition LBA Long Beach Arts; Long Beach, CA, Juror: George Dinhaupt exhibit Solicitor and Passing Glances 2005 38th Annual Juried Show: Papermill Gallery, Todmorden Mills; Toronto, Canada.

Exhibit: Aspirate and Juxtaposition to Belonging Works on Paper LBA Long Beach Arts; Long Beach, CA Juror: Ruth Weisburg, Honorable Mention : The Weight

calladangallery.com, Dreamstates Exhibition Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show; Cambridge, MA Juror: Joseph Thompson, Exhibit: Aspirate 2004 Snap to it Grid: LACDA Los Angeles, CA 31st Annual Juried Competition: Masur Museum of Art; Monroe, LA Juror: Randall R. Griffey, Exhibit: Archimago America’s 2000: Paper Works; Minot State University; Minot, ND Juror: Shelly R. Langdale Best of Show: Metamorphosis 2003 First Annual Snap to it Grid; Los Angeles Center for Digital Art; Los Angeles CA 2002 Expressions of Womanhood National Competition; St Louis Artist’s Guild, Saint Louis, MO exhibit Going thru the Motions Regarding Beauty; National Photographic Competition: Texas Woman’s University;

Denton, TX Juror Deborah Willis exhibit Falling Instructions 2002 Hidden Messages; Truth or Dare; Artisans Center of Virginia; Waynesboro, VA Juror: Michael Hough honorable mention Driven 2001 An American Experience Exhibition; Artisans Center of Virginia, Winston-Salem, NC

Juror: Tom Patterson, Exhibit: Driven

Group Exhibits and Solo Shows: 2016 Solo Exhibition: to be announced; Delta College, University Center, Michigan 2015 Solo Exhibition: Reverence & Irreverence; University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 2014 Cyberspce II: Saginaw Valley University, University Center, Michigan Merit Award, Resonance of the Machinist II 2013 Solo Exhibition: Incongruous Perceptions; Emerald Art Center, Eugene, Oregon 2012 SPE Midwest Region Members Show; The Carnegie Center for Visual and

Performing Arts, Juror: Catherine Evans, Curator of Photography at the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio,

Second Place , Inculcated Domesticity and Empty Page Solo Exhibition: Inculcated Domesticity and Engendering Cognition; Galleria, Delta College University Center, MI 2010 Interstices: The Space Between; 4th Annual School of Art and Design Alumni

Show Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI Forms and Images; Rebecca Zeiss and Pamela Hart Northwood University,

Midland, Michigan 20-40-50 Show; Invitational Alumni Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 2009 Allusion of Color; Solo Exhibit Studio 23 Bay City Michigan Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI Re-Cognize; Solo Exhibit; Baber Room, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 2008 All They Survey; Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI Heart Rate 5”; Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI 2007 Liminal; Jjenna Hupp Andrews, Margie Erlandson and Rebecca Zeiss, Red Ink Studio, Flint Michigan 2006 A View; Solo exhibit; A-City Gallery and Studio, Bay City Michigan Solo Exhibit; Northwood University 2005 Solo Exhibit;; Northwood Gallery “VIEW” MFA Show; Roger Schmidt, Natalie Theis & Rebecca Zeiss

Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 2003 Two Person Exhibit; Kirtland Community College, Kirtland, MI, Co exhibit with Ian MacDonald Solo Exhibit; Park Library ,Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI Invitational Exhibit; Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI 2002 Images in Motion; Solo Exhibition; Saginaw Valley University, Saginaw, MI 2001 Images; Solo Exhibition Kirtland Community College, Kirtland, MI 2000 Points and Edges; Black and White Photography by Rebecca Zeiss-Randall, Digital by

Joe Donna, Experimental Color by Ian MacDonald and Sculpture by Patrick Regan. Grace A Memorial Library, Midland, MI

Invitational Exhibit; Northwood University, Midland, MI

2014 - 2003 Regional Juried Shows:

2013 Fall in ART AND SOL Solar Powered Art Festival, Saginaw, MI

2013 GREATER MICHIGAN EXHIBITION, Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art, Midland MI Juror: Sergio De Giusti, Exhibit: Resonance of the Machinist IV

2012 GREATER MICHIGAN ART EXHIBITION; Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI Juror Robert Schefman,

Best of Show : Inculcated Domesticity and Engendering Cognition

2012 Cyberspace; Saginaw Valley University, MI Best of Show exhibit Watcher Locus and The List

2012 Cyberspace; Saginaw Valley University, Saginaw Valley University, MI

2011 Scarab Club, All Media Show, Detroit, MI. Juror Christine Hagedorn, Exhibit: Watcher and Locus

2009 13th Annual Photography Exhibit, Exposures ’09, Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI. Juror: Marianne Letasi, Exhibit: Solicitor

2008 47th Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition ; Midland Center for the Arts; Midland, MI. Juror: Bernice Steinbaum,

Saginaw Valley Award “Diana’s Vision” Exhibit: Belonging

2008 Scarab Club All Media Show; Detroit, MI. Juror Joy Hakanson Colby, (Critic for the Detroit News) – Exhibit: Collector

2007 27th Annual Printmaking, Alma College, Alma, MI. Juror: Carmen Colangelo, Exhibit: à la droite, à la gauche

46th Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition: Juror: Karl Umlauf, Midland Center for the Arts; Midland, MI. Creative Excellence Award, Concentric Circles

All Area Exhibition, Studio 23, Bay City, MI. Juror: Monte Nagler, Best of Show: à la droite, à la gauche

2006 Scarab Club Photography Show, Detroit, MI. Juror: John Mijatovich, Exhibit: Belonging and The Reason

26th Annual Printmaking; Alma College, Alma, MI Juror Phillia Changi Yi, Purchase Award: Belonging

The Annual All Media; Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI. Juror Gregory Wittkopp, Exhibit: “Falling Instructions”

Scarab Club Silver Show, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI Juror: Sergio De Giusti, First Place : Backdoor and Juxtaposition of Belonging

Sioux City 60th Annual, Sioux City, Iowa. Juror Valerie Cassel Oliver, Exhibit: Aspirate

Michigan Fine Arts Competition; Birmingham Bloomfield, MI. Juror: Jerry Berger, Exhibit: Juxtaposition of Belonging

The Body Eclectic; Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI. Juror: Sergio De Giusti, Second Place : Interfacing collaborative with Clint Burhans

25th Annual Printmaking; Alma College, Alma, M.I Juror: Judy Youngblood, Exhibit: Confinement Theory

44th Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition; Midland Center for the Arts; Midland, MI, Exhibit: Aspirate and The Weight

2005 The Annual All Media; Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI Juror: Dick Goody, Exhibit: Alternate and Juxtaposition of Belonging

All Area Exhibition, Studio 23, Bay City MI. Juror: Don Bulis, Exhibit: Aspirate and The Weight

24th Annual Printmaking; Alma College, Alma, MI Juror: Hugh Merrill, Purchase Award : Archimago, Exhibit: Alternate III and Life

44th Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibit; Midland, MI Juror: Al Gury, Exhibit Metamorphosis, Archimago and Alternate

Annual State of the Arts: Saginaw MI Juror: Maryann Wilkinson, Honorable mention: Alternate III

The Print: Ann Arbor, MI Juror: Norm Stewart, Exhibit: Alternate III

43rd Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition; Midland Center for the Arts; Midland, MI Juror James Hopfensberger Northwood University Award: Confinement Theory, Exhibit: Far

2004 Saginaw All Media Show; Saginaw, MI, Juror: Colin Blakeley, Exhibit: Metamorphosis and Confinement Theory

State of Art; Photography Exhibition Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, Juror: Craig McMonigal

Best of Show : Confinement Theory, Exhibit: Falling Instructions 2003 MICHIGAN ANNUAL XXXI; The Art Center; Mount Clemens, MI, Juror: Patrick McCay “Falling Instructions”

Student Photography Show Central Michigan University, Juror: Bea Nettles, Exhibit: Interfacing

Exhibitions Designed and Curated:

Little Traverse Bay, Then and Now; Little Traverse Bay Museum, Petoskey, MI 2014

Photography, People Process & Preservation, The Clarke Historical Library,

Mount Pleasant MI 2013

Our Front Porch; The Clarke Historical Library, Mount Pleasant MI 2013

Riches of the Clarke; The Clarke Historical Library, Mount Pleasant MI 2013

Drilling for Brine; The Clarke Historical Library, Mount Pleasant MI 2012

Educating the Next Generation; The World of Children’s Literature; The Clarke Historical Library,

Mount Pleasant MI 2009

Rides and Spangles: Michigan Circuses and Carnivals; The Clarke Historical Library, Mount Pleasant MI 2009

Celebrating Two Centuries of Newspapers in Michigan 1809 -2009; with a concurrent State traveling exhibit. The Clarke Historical Library, Mount Pleasant MI 2008

The Presidency and the American Imagination; The Clarke Historical Library, Mount Pleasant MI 2008

The Mackinac Bridge: A Political History; The Clarke Historical Library, Mount Pleasant MI 2008

Hemingway in Michigan, touring as part of the Great Michigan Read Project 2007 sponsored in part by the Michigan Humanities

Arousing Delight: Arthur Rackham Illustrator; The Clarke Historical Library, Mount Pleasant MI 2006

Oil and Natural Gas in Michigan; The Clarke Historical Library, Mount Pleasant MI 2005

The Ann Arbor Railroad; Clarke Historical Library, Mount Pleasant, MI 2005

Clarke Historical 50th Anniversary Celebration; Clarke Historical Library, Mount Pleasant, MI 2004

Native American Treaty Signers; Clarke Historical Library, Mount Pleasant, MI 2004

Hemingway in Michigan; Clarke Historical Library, Mount Pleasant, MI 2003

Book Reviewer:

Exploring Color Photography 6th Edition by Robert Hirsch Photography 10th Edition by Barbara London, Jim Stone, John Upton (Prentice Hall) 2010

Conference Presenter:

International Holistic Learning Conference; Engaging the Creative Spirit: Enacting Change, sponsored by University of Toronto 2014 Mapping Art and Beauty to Solve Problems Land Conference hosted by Delta College 2014 Creating Community in the Classroom through Emergent Teaching International Holistic Learning Conference sponsored by University of Toronto 2011 Collect ive Spiritual Journey and Instal lation International Conference on Arts & Humanities, Orlando, Florida, November 14-16, 2010 To Tell or Not to Tell : The Drama of Ethics in the Humanities International Holistic Learning Conference sponsored by University of Toronto 2009 Writing Mini-Dramas to Awaken the Ethical Soul

Exhibitions Juried and Curated:

2013 32nd Annual Juried Photography Exhibition, Crooked Tree Art Center Petoskey, MI 2010 All Area Show, Studio 23: Bay City, MI 2004 Northwood Gallery Exhibit All Area

Movie Credit: Digital Image Enhancement for 2011 StarbyStar; Naomi Long Madgett Poet & Publisher sponsored by Michigan Humanities Council

Collections:

University of Oregon

Michigan Governors’ Residency

Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI

Alma College, Alma, MI

Saginaw Valley University, Saginaw, MI

Publications:

Little Traverse Bay: Yesterday and Today; by Wayne State University May 2014 by Mike Federspiel with contemporary images by Rebecca Zeiss Shots 84, 2004 American Style Magazine 2001 Niche Magazine 2000

Affiliations / Memberships:

PAO Photography at Oregon SPE Society of Photographic Education Scarab Club, Detroit, Michigan Creative 360 Midland, MI The Ann Arbor Art Center, MI The Detroit Artist Market, MI Northwood Gallery and University, MI Saginaw Art Museum, MI Studio 23 Bay City, MI Midland Center for the Arts Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum