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EDUCATION:
1996 BA Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
EXHIBITIONS:
2009 Pure Detroit, Art Channel, Beijing, China
2008 Made In Detroit, Galerie Eva Bracke, Berlin, Germany
Changing Cities Detroit/Bregenz, Galerie Lisi Hammerle, Bregenz, Austria
Changing Cities Berlin/Detroit, Museum of New Art, Pontiac, MI
All Area/All Media Statewide Exhibition, The artcenter Traverse City, Traverse City, MI
27th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
2007 Our Town Show and Sale, The Community House, Birmingham, MI
26th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
2007-2005 Cameron Scott Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2006 25th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
2005 Holiday Mini Masterpiece Collection, Cameron Scott Gallery, Birmingham,MI
Gallery 167, Birmingham, MI
24th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
2005-2001 Tvedten Fine Art, Harbor Springs, MI
2003 Efflorescence, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2003-2002 Goldfish Galleries, Sarasota, FL
2001 National Juried Competition, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
2-3-4 Dimensional International Juried Art Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
AWARDS:
2008 Daimler Artist Travel Grant, Changing Cities: Berlin Exchange
Honorable Mention, 27th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
2001 Special Recognition, 2-3-4 Dimensional International Juried Art Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
PUBLICATIONS:
Hodges, Michael H., “Berlin and Detroit swap artists”, The Detroit News, July 3, 2008.
Mazzei, Rebecca, “City of Possibilities”, Metro Times, July 23-29, 2008, 24.
Almond, Mary Beth, “Artists compete: BBAC displays work from across the state”, Birmingham-Bloomfield Eagle, March 12, 2008, 5A,30A.
Willard, Christopher, “Dramatic Flower Portraits With Water-Mixable Oils”, American Artist, December 2004, 54-59.
100 Ways to Paint Flowers and Gardens, International Artist Publishing Inc., 2004, p. 42.
Paintings
Marla karimipour
Marla Karimipour (b. 1971) was born and raised in metro Detroit. She received her BA in Psychology from the University of Michigan and has had no formal painting instruction. Karimipour has exhibited in Nebraska, New Jersey, Florida, Wisconsin, and throughout the state of Michigan. She has also shown abroad in Bregenz, Austria; Berlin, Germany; and Beijing, China. Her work has been published in 2004 in “How to Paint Flowers and Gardens” by International Artist Magazine, and in a feature article in the December 2004 issue of American Artist Magazine. Karimipour has placed numerous works in private collections in Michigan, Wisconsin, and New York. She continues to live and work in metro Detroit.