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OAKLEE

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Education

2024 The Cooper Union Advancement for Science and Art, New York, NY 

2017 Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI


Grants and Awards

2020 Union Journal, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

2019 Ray and Nancy Loeschner Award, Fredrick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI

2018 VSA Emerging Young Artist Award, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C.

2017 President’s Award, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI


Solo Shows

2021 My Dearest Friends Project, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI

2021  This is How We Came to Be, The Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL

2020   Today is a Cane Day (And I’m Going to Have to Learn to Be Okay With That), Curated by Katherine Chwazik, Smallbany Gallery, Albany, NY

2019  I Hope You Find Comfort (In This and In Life), The Light Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI

2019  I am Hers and She is Mine, Curated by Michele Bosak, Bend Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI


Selected Group Shows

2021 UNITY|REACH|FORWARD, REACH campus, The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts,   Washington D.C.

2019 Way Opens Disability Arts and Culture, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI

2019  Show Your Paper, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

2019  Voices: Partnered with DisArt, ArtPrize: Project 1, TangleFoot, Grand Rapids, MI

2019  Faculty Exhibition, Dow Center for Visual Arts, Interlochen, MI

2019  Detour, Traveling exhibition, The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington D.C.,

2018  All Artworks, Venue Tower, Grand Rapids, MI

2018  Youth #3, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do South Korea

2018  Shape Open, Art Pavilion, London, England

2017  In Her Hands, Trent University, Ontario, Canada

2017  ArtPrize 9, DeVos Place Convention Center, Grand Rapids, MI

2017  Thesis I, Dow Visual Arts Building, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI


Residencies

2020 Socially Distant Artist Residency, online 

2019 Soaring Gardens, Laceyville Pennsylvania

Permanent Collections

Fredrick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI

Erin’s Pavilion, Springfield, IL

African American History Museum, Springfield, IL

Interviews

2021  Shelley Irwin, WGVU Morning Show, February 16: https://www.wgvunews.org/post/disart-4 

2021 Keavy Handley-Byrne, Strange Fire Collective Website, January 14: http://www.strangefirecollective.com/qa-oaklee-thiele 

2020 Sam Easter, Grand Rapids Magazine, September 30: https://www.grmag.com/people-places/issues/my-dearest-friends/ 

2020 Amanda Cachia, Akimbo Website, June 24: https://akimbo.ca/akimblog/my-dearest-friends-oaklee-thiele-in-conversation-with-amanda-cachia/ 

2020 Chris Smit and Jill Vyn, DisArt DisTopia Podcast, April 3: https://distopia.libsyn.com/episode-21-my-dearest-friends-project-oaklee-thiele 

2019 Erika Townsley, The Light Gallery Podcast, March 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5kMwnb0D4osQNYzdk1vamI 

Published Writing

2020 The Dearest Friends Project: A Global Art Collaboration Centering Disability During   COVID-19, Rooted in Rights, October 13: https://rootedinrights.org/the-dearest-friends-project-a-global-art-collaboration-centering-disability-during-covid-19/ 

Select Public Speaking

2021  nTIDE Webinar Series Episode #3, Kessler Foundation, AUCD, University of New   Hampshire Institute on Disability, Durham, NH, March 5

2021  Guest Artist Lecture, Kendall College of Art and Design, Virtual, Grand Rapids, MI,   January 9 and 14 

2020 Disabled Artist Talk, Inclusive HEARTS Alliance, Virtual, Charleston, SC, December 4

2020  Disabled Artist Talk, Creative Growth, Virtual, Oakland, CA, December 1

2020  Conversations on Disability with Artist and Disability Advocate Oaklee Thiele, 

Woman Made Gallery, Virtual, Chicago, IL, October 30

2020  The My Dearest Friends Project, Michigan ADA 30 Celebration, Virtual, 

Grand Rapids, MI, August 18

2020  Living as a Disabled Artist During the COVID-19 Crisis, Upgrade Accessibility and Camp  Access, Virtual, Nationwide, May 26

2020  All About Service Animals (K-2nd Grade), Little Flower School, Springfield, IL, March 4

Teaching Experience

2019  Teaching Assistant, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI


Downloadable CV for Oaklee Thiele:

Oaklee Thiele CV March 14, 2021 (pdf)Download

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