Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield named Cooper Holoweski as its new artist-in-residence and head of the print media department.
Holoweski has served as co-head of the print media department alongside Emmy Bright since 2018. Bright and Holoweski were appointed to the roles, and to remain consistent with academy hiring practices, a formal search to fill the roles took place in the fall of 2023. Bright is moving to a full-time studio practice.
Holoweski is a Detroit native who works in print, video, and sculpture. An accomplished artist and designer, he has presented solo exhibitions at galleries in New York and Detroit and has held residencies domestically at Clocktower Gallery, Lower East Side Printshop, and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Internationally, he has held residencies at Taller 99 in Santiago, Chile; Gallery Titanik, Turku in Finland; and Frans Masereel Centrum in Kasterlee, Belgium.
He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design, in addition to an undergraduate degree in political science and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
“After a long search that surfaced enormous talent from across the country, we determined that Cooper is the perfect fit to guide the Print Media department into the future,” says Lynn Tomaszewski, dean of academic affairs at Cranbrook Academy of Art. “His work and practice bring a broad conceptual frame for the department and his strong technical skills in both traditional and new technologies align with the current needs of our students today. We look forward to how he will continue to implement his vision for the future of the department and print media.”
