Recent Acquisitions: Select Photographic Works

Andrea Eis is an artist working in film, photography and works on fabric. She earned her BA in Classics and Anthropology from Beloit College, her BFA in Film, Photography, and Video from Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and her MFA in Photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art (1982). Her work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions at numerous venues including Grace Teshima Gallery, Paris, France; International Center for Hellenic and Mediterranean Studies, Athens, Greece; and Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA. Other recent exhibitions include MAMU Gallery, Budapest, Hungary; North Branch Project, Chicago, IL; Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA; University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI; and University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada. She has been the recipient of many grants and awards including a Minneapolis College of Art and Design Artist-in-Residence Grant; National Endowment for the Arts Art in Public Places Grant; National Art Education Foundation Grant; Michigan Council for the Arts Creative Artist Grants; and, Doris and Paul Travis Endowed Professorship in Art, Oakland University (2007). She is currently a Distinguished Professor of Film Studies and Production at Oakland University in Rochester, MI.