KRISTIAN C. VARANO
Artist, Educator, Detroiter
EDUCATION
2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 Community Arts Coordinator, Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI
2023 - 2024 Gallery Teacher, Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI
2020 - 2022 Museum Attendant, Dabls MBAD African Bead Museum, Detroit, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 The Jewels She Lost at Sea, Annex Gallery, Highland Park, MI
2016 Impressions, Bottom Line Coffee House, Detroit, MI
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 d.Tree Studio: The Past, Present, and Future of Detroit Trees, Charles H. Wright Museum, Detroit, MI
2022 d. Tree Exhibition, CCS Center Galleries, Detroit, MI
2021 Champloo Anthology, Annex Gallery, Highland Park, MI
2019 States of Flux: ZIM to DET, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
2017 Venus Rising: All Women Art Exhibition, Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI
COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS
2021 Community Participant, d.Tree Studio, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2018 Creative Director, Stableheed Artist Collective, Detroit, MI
2016 DETZIM Educational Exchange, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
2015 - 2018 Mentor, Focus on the Mission Photography Program, Focus: HOPE, Detroit, MI
2015 Community Arts Liaison, Junction Hall Artist Gallery, Detroit, MI
RESIDENCIES
2022 Artist Residency in Motherhood: Lenka Clayton Project, Detroit, MI
AWARDS
2021 d.Tree Studio Scholarship, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
