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Biography

Terri Jo Frew is a practicing contemporary artist and Teaching Professor with the Visual & Performing Arts Department at Michigan Technological University, Houghton. Originally from Canada, she holds an MFA degree from Concordia University (Montréal), and exhibits her art internationally. Always working conceptually, her favorite methods of expression include (but aren’t limited to) embroidery and drawing.

 

Through her art, Terri is interested in contributing to the contemporary dialogue concerned with breaking down boundaries between art and craft. By utilizing materials and processes from Fiber Arts (textiles) and Illustration- media commonly considered to be from the realm of craft- in concert with conceptual content, she hopes to confront and challenge antiquated notions of art media hierarchy.

Curriculum Vitae

Education 

2005-2008

2000-2004

MFA Fibre Art, Concordia University, Montréal Canada

BFA Studio Art, Western University, London Canada

1999-2000

Art Fundamentals Certificate, Sheridan College, Oakville Canada

Teaching 

2022-present

Teaching Faculty, Michigan Technological University, Houghton MI

2016-2021

Instructor, Michigan Technological University, Houghton MI

2020-2021

Adjunct Instructor, Finlandia University, Hancock MI

2016-present

Adjunct Instructor, Gogebic Community College, Houghton MI

2008-2015

Adjunct Instructor, Fleming College, Haliburton Canada

Exhibitions 

Solo

2024

2022

Creepshow, Overbrook Gallery, Muskegon Community College, Michigan

Eight Newer Works and One Older One, Concourse Gallery, Michigan Technological University, Houghton Michigan

2020

The Ars Goetiamon, Van Pelt & Opie Library, Michigan Technological University, Houghton Michigan

2018

Terri Jo Frew, Kerridge Gallery, Hancock Michigan

2016

KC Bonker's Café, Hancock Michigan

Select Group

2024

6x6: Kerridge Gallery, Hancock MI
Friends of Finland: Finnish American Heritage Center Gallery,Hancock MI
Daydreams & Tonics: K.C.Bonker's Café, Hancock MI
Clay Space: Crooked Tree Arts Center, Traverse City MI
 Take a Look, It's in a Book: Memento Mori Gallery, Lakewood CO
Art in Silico: Kerridge Gallery, Hancock MI
Lore: Small Works: ArtWise Gallery, Grand Forks ND
Imagining (Im)Possibilities: McArdle Theatre, Michigan Tech University, Houghton MI
Animals of the Kalevala: Kerridge Gallery, Hancock MI

2023

6X6: Kerridge Gallery, Hancock MI
U.P. Cycled Art Show: McArdle Theatre, Michigan Tech University, Houghton MI
Craft: A Force in Contemporary Art: Virtual show, Site: Brooklyn Gallery
GROTA Visions: Groundwork Gallery, Tucson AZ
The Folkschool at Midsummer: Finnish American Heritage Center Gallery,
Hancock MI
We're Doing it All Wrong: Edward A. Dixon gallery, Cincinnati OH
Impact 2023: Neilson Park Creative Centre, Toronto Ontario
North of the 45th: De Los Art Museum, Northern Michigan University,
Marquette MI
The Art of Protest: Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago IL
Snowsports: Visual & Performing Art Faculty & Staff: Rozsa Gallery, Houghton MI
Animals of the Kalevala: Kerridge Gallery, Hancock MI
The Fine Art & Craft of Fiber: Art Works Gallery, Ware MA

2022

6X6: Kerridge Gallery, Hancock MI
Greetings from Krampus: Memento Mori Gallery, Lakewood, CO
Nocturne: Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne IN
The Grand Exhibition: Philadelphia Masonic Temple, Library, & Museum PA
Paradigm-Her Era: Lee & Lee Gallery, Los Angeles CA
North of the 45th: DeVos Museum, Marquette Michigan MI
Spooky Camp: Virtual show, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles CA
WOLFDREAM: Salem Art Gallery, Salem MA
Animals of the Kalevala: Kerridge Gallery, Hancock MI

2021

6X6: Kerridge Gallery, Hancock MI
Memento Mori: Hemlock Art Space & Gallery, Easton PA
Winter Show of Small Works: Parkland Gallery, Kirkland WA
Fine Craft: Indiana University Kokomo Art Gallery, Kokomo IN
Phantasmagoria: Local Folklore & Legends: Jacoby Art Center, Alton IL
Finlandia University Faculty Art Show: Finnish American Heritage Center Art Gallery, Hancock MI
Animals of the Kalevala: Kerridge Gallery, Hancock MI

2020

Animals of the Kalevala: Kerridge Gallery, Hancock Michigan

3x3: Kerridge Gallery, Hancock Michigan.

2019

Salon!: Rozsa Gallery, MTU, Houghton Michigan.
Proof of Concept: MTU Visual Arts faculty show, Rozsa Gallery, Houghton Michigan.

2018

Shaft: Kerridge Gallery, Hancock Michigan.

6x6: Kerridge Gallery, Hancock Michigan.

Residencies

2024

2022

Coutts Centre for Western Heritage, University of Lethbridge, Nanton Alberta

Artists in Action, Annmarie Art Sculpture Gardens & Art Center, Solomons MD.

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