Grant Czuj

b. Detroit, MI.

Education 

2022  

MFA in Painting and Printmaking, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

2020  

BFA with distinction, Fine Arts major and Critical Theory minor, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI.

Awards 

2022  

Yale Prison Education Initiative Teaching Fellowship, Yale University

2021  

School of Art Scholarship, Yale University

Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship, Yale University

2020  

School of Art Scholarship, Yale University

Imre J. Molnar Artistic Achievement Award, College for Creative Studies

2019  

DeSalle Scholarship, College for Creative Studies

James Banton Endowment Scholarship, College for Creative Studies

2017  

Foundation Chair Select Award, College for Creative Studies

Featured Dean’s Award, College for Creative Studies

Teaching Experience

2022-23  

Instructor, Yale Prison Education Initiative at Dwight Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Adjunct Faculty, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT.

Teaching Assistant, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT. (courses taught: Words and Pictures [Halsey Rodman])

2021  

Teaching Assistant, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT. (courses taught: Basic Drawing [Kern Samuel])

Visiting Artist Lectures/Presentations 

2021  

Lecture/Presentation, w/Toby Altman, The CClouds, University of Chicago, December 18. 2021

Exhibitions 

2023  

Solo Exhibition, Welcome Home, Son., Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami, Florida. (Curated by Michael Sherman)

2022  

Group Exhibition, Vibrant Matters, Jeffery Deitch Gallery, New York, New York. (Curated by Melanie Kress)

Group Exhibition, Vibrant Matters, Green Hall Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT (Curated by Rachelle Dang and Melanie Kress).

2021  

Group Exhibition, #06511, Green Hall Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Two-Person Exhibition, Familiar, M Contemporary Art, Ferndale, MI (with artist Scott Vincent Campbell)

Group Exhibition, Redirecting, Tree Art Museum, Beijing, China.

2020  

Group Exhibition, No Masters, Green Hall Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Solo Exhibition, Growth in an Hourglass, M Contemporary Art, Ferndale, MI.

Group Exhibition, Art on Paper, Art Fair, NYC, M Contemporary Art, Ferndale, MI.

Group Exhibition, Art Mile Detroit, M Contemporary Art, Ferndale, MI. 

2019  

Group Exhibition, Drawings, M Contemporary Art, Ferndale, MI.

Group Exhibition, ?, The Hub, Detroit, MI.

Group Exhibition, College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition, Detroit, MI. 

2018  

Group Exhibition, Designers’ Show House, Charles T. Fisher Mansion, Detroit, MI.

Group Exhibition, Summer Series, M Contemporary Art, Ferndale, MI.

Group Exhibition, College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition, Detroit, MI.

Group Exhibition, Pulp: An Exhibition of Works on Paper, M Contemporary Art, Ferndale, MI. 

2017  

Group Exhibition, Domain: Art & Design, Galerie Camille, Detroit, MI.

Group Exhibition, College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition, Detroit, MI.

Solo Exhibition, Grant Czuj: Mind Maps, Galerie Camille, Detroit, MI.

Solo Exhibition, Grant Czuj: Selected Works on View, The Scott at Brush Park, Detroit, MI. 

2016  

Group Exhibition, Holiday Group Exhibition, Galerie Camille, Detroit, MI.

Group Exhibition, Freshmeat, U245 Gallery, Detroit, MI.

Group Exhibition, Transitions, Galerie Camille, Detroit, MI. 

2015  

Group Exhibition, Small Works Juried Exhibition, Northville Art House, Northville, MI. 

2014  

Group Exhibition, Annual Exhibit of Art by Michigan Prisoners, Prison Creative Arts Project, University of Michigan Duderstadt Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI. 

2013  

Group Exhibition, Annual Exhibit of Art by Michigan Prisoners, Prison Creative Arts Project, University of Michigan Duderstadt Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI. 

2012  

Group Exhibition, Annual Exhibit of Art by Michigan Prisoners, Prison Creative Arts ProjectUniversity of Michigan Duderstadt Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI. 

Publications  

2023  

“For Grant Czuj, Home is a Political Site.” Surface Mag, June 7, 2023. Written by Ryan Waddoups.

Painting as Document: Reflections on Critical Practice” Detroit Research, Vol. 3. Written by the Artist. 

Collections

Greene Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX.

United Talent Agency, Atlanta, GA.






















































































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