Cara Marie Young
Detroit, MI
cara-marieyoung.com
caramarieyoungart@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Wayne State University, Detroit, Mi
MFA in Painting, 2022
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Ga
BFA Drawing and Painting, 2018 Minor: French and Francophone Studies
magna cum laude
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Art Teacher (K-8)
Detroit Public Schools Community District, August 2024-present
Watercolor Instructor
Alliance Française de Detroit, September 2024-present
Art Instructor - Drawing (JR), Painting (JR, SR), Watercolor (SR) and Sculpture (SR)
Cranbrook, Summer Art Studio, June-August 2023 and 2024
Part-Time Professor of Drawing,
Wayne State University, Alternative Drawing, Drawing I, and Life Drawing, 2022-24
Part-Time ABA Therapist
Bluestone Pediatrics Center, Livonia, MI 2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Drawing and 2-D design, CFPCA, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mi, 2021-2022
Art Admin
VTS Sessions (Visual Thinking Strategies) with WSU School of Medicine and Wayne State
University Art Collection, 2021-2022
Art Instructor
Human Figure Sketching with Gross Anatomy Students,
WSU School of Medicine 2021-2022
The Art Place (MVAA) Art Instructor, Drawing and Painting, Marietta, Ga, 2014-2019.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Studio Assistant
Judy Bowman, Romulus, MI, 2023
Studio Assistant,
Allana Clarke, Detroit, MI, 2021-2022
Art Specialist and Curator,
Kasimir Museum, (Partnered with Avery Gallery) Marietta, Ga, 2018
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Selected Works. EastEnd Studio & Gallery, Marshall, Mi
2020 Open Doors for Black Lives. Mbad African Bead Museum, Detroit, Mi
2019 Instructor Showcase. The Art Place, Marietta, Ga
2018 Layered Reflections. City of Ink, Atlanta, Ga
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Gilda Snowden Exhibition, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
Suspended, M Contemporary Art, Ferndale, MI
2025
Core City Art + Design Holiday Market, Vesper Books & Wine, Detroit MI
Charles H. Wright Museum 60th Anniversary Gala, The Charles Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, MI
Annual Community Consciousness, WCCCD Ford Art Gallery, Collaboration with Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast and Community Artists, Detroit, MI
The Mirrored Table: Ash & Honey, Irwin House, collaboration with Mirrored Glass Inc., Mr. Eat Right, and Irwin House Gallery, Detroit MI
Night of Ideas (Nuit des Idées), Power to Act: Revolutions, Revolts, & Involvement in Society, Sponsored by Villa Albertine, l’Institut français et le Consultat Général de France Chicago. Hosted by Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2024
Core City Art + Design Holiday Market, Vesper Books & Wine, Detroit MI
Deep Dive, MContemporary Art, Ferndale, Mi
Atlanta Art Fair, Booth E15, MContemporary Art Pullman Yards, Atlanta, Ga
Sound, Culture, and Color, Live Art and Music at Taste of Ethiopia, Southfield, MI
Everything you can see, touch, hear & feel, NCA Gallery, Detroit, MI
Celebrating Black Arts, Multiple Exhibitions, Bedrock Detroit x The Carr Center, MI
2023
Wayne State Faculty Exhibition, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mi
Being Seen, The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, MI
Brushes with Cancer, Twist Out Cancer, Henry Ford Cancer, Detroit, MI
Brushes with Cancer, Twist Out Cancer, collab with Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
WE. LOOK. GOOD Irwin House, Detroit, MI
The Female and Non-Binary Gaze, The Carr Center, Detroit, MI
UNEARTHED, MContemporary Art Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Open Studio, Château Orquevaux, Champagne-Ardenne, France
2022
Michigan Art in the Legislature, 101st House of Representatives, Lansing, MI (2022-23)
EMERGE, MContemporary Art Gallery, Ferndale, MI
YOU BELONG, Chroma, Detroit, MI
BEING SEEN, EastEnd Studio and Gallery, Marshall, MI
INBODY EMBODIED, 2022 MFA Exhibition, Art Department Gallery Wayne State University,
2022 Scholarship Show (Scholarship Recipient), Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI
2021
Michigan Art in the Legislature, 101st House of Representatives Lansing MI (2021-22)
BODY AS DEFINED, Collective Behaviors, Detroit, MI
Matrix of Mobility: Networks of Objects and exchange, University of Toronto, Canada
GRIOT, Norwest Gallery, Detroit, Mi
Souls of Black Folk, The Scarab Club, Detroit, Mi
From Home, The Scarab Club, Detroit, Mi
2020
Protest & Protect, Feminist Art Museum
Esperanza en Colores, “Colorful hope”, Pan-American International watercolor exhibition, IWS USA
Women show (2020), DMJ Studio, Detroit, Mi
Collegiate art exhibition, Lansing Art Gallery & education center, Lansing, Mi
MFA exhibition, Art Department Gallery Wayne State University, Detroit, Mi
2019
Art for the Holidays, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, Mi
StealIT!, The Art Place, Marietta, Ga
Georgia on my Mind, MuseumLV Grata JJ, Riga, Latvia
Off-The-Wall, Museum of Contemporary Art Atlanta
(MOCA), MOCA, Atlanta, Ga. (open)
2018
PinUps!, The Art Station, Marietta, Ga
StealIT!, The Art Place, Marietta, GA
South, Kibbie Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Dead Ringer Vol 2., Future Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Senior Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Kennesaw, Ga.
CJX 2018 Exhibition, The Art Place, Marietta, Ga.
Cultures of the World, Foreign Language Department Gallery, Kennesaw State
University, Kennesaw, Ga
2017
xInfinity, City of Ink Art Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
His Hands Art Exhibition, His Hands Church Gallery, Woodstock, Ga.
Digestible, City of Ink Art Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
Red Dot Exhibition, City of Ink Art Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
CJX 2017 Exhibition, The Art Place, Marietta, Ga.
(dis)Connect., Acworth Main Street Gallery, Acworth, Ga.
2016
Facing Race Exhibition, sponsored by Race Forward, Hilton Atlanta, Ga.
South, Kibbie Gallery. Atlanta, Ga.
CJX 2016 Exhibition The Art Place, Marietta, Ga.
Visions' 33rd Annual Juried Student Exhibition. Fine Arts Gallery, Kennesaw State
University, Kennesaw, Ga.
2015
Off-The-Wall, MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art Atlanta (MOCA)), Atlanta, Ga.
2013
High School Seniors Scholarship Show, Georgia Watercolor Society (GWS),
BINDER’s Art Supplies, Buckhead, Ga.
2012
Visual Arts Finalists Exhibition Governor’s Honor’s Program (GHP), Valdosta State
University, Valdosta, Ga.
AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES
Michigan Alliance for Justice in Climate (MAJIC) Mural Grant
in Collaboration with BLANK KOMIX, MAJIC, 2022-23
The Denis Diderot A-i-R Grant , Château d’Orquevaux, Champagne-Ardenne, Château Orquevaux, 2023
Marion E. Jackson Endowed Scholarship in Art and Community, Wayne State University, 2022
Michigan Humanities Grant, for the mural “The Real Detroit”, in collaboration with Grace Serra of WSU Art Collections, WSU School of Medicine, and the College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts.
Heberlein Teaching Award Recipient, Wayne State University, 2022
Dean’s Diversity Fellowship, Wayne State University 2019-21
Honorable Mentions, Cultures of the World Exhibition, Foreign Language
Department, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Ga.
3-star recipient, Museum of Contemporary Art Atlanta, Atlanta, Ga.
GWS Scholarship, Georgia Watercolor Society, 2012
Governors Honors Visual Arts Finalist, 2012, Valdosta State University
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Alliance Française de Détroit Mural, Alliance Française de Détroit, Bingham Farms, 2024
Selected Works Galerie Diderot, Château Orquevaux, Champagne-Ardenne, France, 2023.
The Real Detroit, (mural) located at W. Canfield/ St. Antoine, Detroit Mi. Installed on Wayne State University School of Medicine near Scott Hall. 2022
Selected Murals, The Art Place, Marietta, GA. 2019.
Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, GA. 2018.
CONFERENCES
Wayne State University Graduate Symposium, Speaker, Racial Segregation in the landscape of Public Housing, Online March 1st-5th 2021
University of Toronto, The Eighth Annual Wollesen Memorial Symposium. Speaker, Racial Segregation in the landscape of Public Housing, Online. March 4th and 5th 2021.
Facing Race, Exhibiting Artist and Speaker, Sponsored by Race Forward and Murmur Media, Hilton Atlanta 2016
ARTICLES
Nichols, Darren. “Opinion: Black Bottom mural celebrates Black history in Detroit” published 28 Oct. 2023.
Wayne State University. “Community joins with WSU to celebrate mural commemorating Detroit’s Black Medical leaders” Sept 20, 2022
https://today.wayne.edu/medicine/news/2022/09/20/community-joins-with-wsu-to-celebrate-mural-commemorating-detroits-black- medical-leaders-49245
2021 Interview with Voyage Michigan
https://voyagemichigan.com/interview/daily-inspiration-meet-cara-marie-young/
2020 Interview with The South End