Rupreet (Shimmi) Sikand

Visiting Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
311C Wilson Hall
(248) 370-3379
[email protected]
Portfolio website

Education

• Master of Fine Arts, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
  9/1989 – 5/1991, Major – Print Media, (Passed with Distinction) Graduate Thesis Exhibition (Spring 1991), Summer Graduate Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum (Summer 1991)
• Bachelor of Fine Arts, honors, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario 9/1985 – 5/1989, Major – Printmaking
• Bachelor of Education (JI visual arts education), University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario 9/1992 – 5/1993, Major – Visual Arts Education
• Computer Graphics Certificate (Graphic Design & Animation), Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario 1994, Major – Graphic Design, Minor – 3D Software Applications
• Interactive Design Graduate Certificate,* Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA (online) 9/2013 – 9/2016, (4.0 GPA)(25 graduate credit hours)

Permanent Collections — Cranbrook Printmaking Suite Class of 1991

1991 MADISON ART CENTER, Madison, Wisconsin, USA PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP, New York City, N.Y. USA

TRENTON STATE COLLEGE, Trenton, New Jersey, USA ARCHER M. HUNTER, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, Austin, Texas

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. OREGON ART INSTITUTE, Portland, Oregon

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, Austin, Texas FRANKLIN FURNACE, New York, N.Y.

Website Publications

“Her Talk, His Words” 1990, Print

Online Collections, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA http://portlandartmuseum.us/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=10012;type=701 “One Pinch of Obsession” 1991, Relief Print/Wax/Xerox

Print Club of Albany, 150 Barrett St., Schenectady, NY 12305 USA Permanent Collections (Online) http://www.pcaprint.com/Permanent_Collection.htm

Magazine Publications

GD USA (Graphic Design USA Magazine) 2006, Fall edition

American Graphic Design Awards, Winner for Book Cover Design Category (Juror represented by Adobe Photoshop)

Conferences

Moving Forward with Media and Visual Arts Education
OAEA Regional Representative
Ontario Art Education Association Conference, October 13, 2018
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario

Organizing Equality International Conference
Panel Moderator
FIMS, University of Western Ontario, March 24-26, 2017
Museum London, London, Ontario

Grants and Awards

• Savannah College of Art and Design (2013-2016)-Elearning Scholarship and Educator’s Scholarship
• American Graphic Design Award, (2006) Published in Graphic Design USA Magazine, Book Cover Design for; The Matchbook Prophecies by Robert Mouton Publisher: Authorhouse
• Grant Awarded $1000.00, Ontario Arts Council / Arts Education, Artists’ Workshops for Educators, (1994) Windsor Printmaker’s Forum. Responsible for writing grant and coordinating workshops
• Honorable Mention (Intaglio), 7th International Miniature Print Exhibition, Seoul, Korea (1993)
• Best of Show (Relief prints), Women, Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow, WOMENCENTER (1992) Farmington Hills, Michigan. Juror: Mary Ann Wilkinson, Assistant Curator of Modern Art, DIA, Detroit, MI
• Honorable Mention (Handmade book) Annual Silver Medal Exhibition, Scarab Club (gallery), (1990) Detroit, Michigan