monk
ARDELE monk
born in Washington DC | lives + works in Detroit, MI
EDUCATION:
MFA, Fiber
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills, MI
2023
BFA, Honors, Fine Arts,
College For Creative Studies / CCS,
Detroit, MI
2021
Co-founder of mouse:
an experimental art space in Detroit, MI
RESIDENCIES:
2023 - Benton Projects - Benton, Wisconsin
AWARDS + SCHOLARSHIPS:
2021 Annual Detroit Artist Market Show Finalist
Cranbrook Merit Scholarship
2021 CCS Student Project Grant
CCS Tuition Scholarship
B. & E. Ford Scholarship
CCS Dean’s List
Montgomery College Dean’s List
Montgomery College Art & Design Scholarship
MEMBER OF:
The CAVE art collective
Detroit Theater Organ Society (Senate Theater)
Detroit Fiber Club
Surface Design Association
Orphic Spring: Cranbrook Community Radio
SHOWS:
2025 - Psychedelic disco - Dahlia, Vamonos, Detroit, MI
2025 - Carino, La Galeria, Detroit, MI
2024 - Micro-climates, Fiber Club* x Detroit Month of Design, Detroit, MI
2024 - Cosmic Groove, Embrace Creatives, Hazel Park, MI
2024 - Very Very Important Stuff, mouse, Detroit MI
2024 - Vuelta, Vamanos, Detroit, MI
2024 - Constellations, SLA Gallery, New York, NY
2023 - Gracias, Vamanos, Detroit, MI
2023 - Fantasy Land, Passageway Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2023 - Distancia, Pop-up, Mexicantown Bakery, Detroit, MI
2023 - Mending The Net, The Convent, Detroit, MI
2023 - Soft Landing, Pop-Up, Southfield, MI
2023 - Graduation Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2023 - Monster Drawing Rally, Guest Artist, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
2023 - Hot & Thready, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2023 - Gilda Snowden Memorial Show - Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
2023 - 2 Cool 4 School, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2022 - Fiber: The Gathering, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2022 - Glitz and Kitsch, Black Creek Arts Council, Hartsville, NC
2022 - Southwest Fest, Featured Artist, Senate Theater, Detroit, MI
2022 - Brought to the Table, Cranbrook Center for Collections, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2022 - Altars, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2021 - DAM/CCS Scholarship Show FINALIST, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI - LINK
2021 - The Empty Gallery, Shrine NYC, Online - LINK
2020 - Common Threads, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI - LINK
2020 - Senior Thesis Exhibition, Online/333 Midlands, Detroit, MI - LINK
2020 - Hello, How Are You?, International group collective, International
2020 - I Saw Something in The Woods, Pop-up group show, Detroit, MI
2019 - SEO, CCS, Detroit, MI
2019 - S.A.F.E, Holding House, Detroit MI
2018 - Full Octane, Liquid Mobile Projects, Detroit MI
2018 - SEO, CCS, Detroit, MI
2018 - Cash and Carry, U245 Gallery, Detroit, MI
2017 - Student Show, CCS, Detroit, MI
2017 - Día de Muertos, City Arts Factory, Orlando, FL
2016 - Pancake and Booze, Club 9, Washington, DC
2016 - Monster Factory, City Arts Factory, Orlando, FL
2016 - Sensory Overload, City Arts Factory, Orlando, FL
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2023 - Clearline Magazine Issue 005 - featured artist
2022 - Merigold Project - featured artist
2021 - Lydia Kuzak, “I Saw Something in the Fields: Adventure through Curation”, Runner Magazine, February 8, 2021 - link
2020 - Michael H Hodges, “Pulling “Treads” At Detroit’s Scarab Club, The Detroit News,
July 17, 2020 - link
CURATORIAL:
2023-current - Co-curator of Mouse: a gallery
2022 - Senate Theater, Halloween Show and Fundraiser, Detroit MI
