Taimur Cleary in northern Michigan. He painted as a child, and has found various ways to maintain the habit; including but not limited to, undergraduate degrees in painting and photography at Miami University, and an MFA from Pratt Institute. He has received a range of grants, awards, and residencies as an artist and educator. Currently, he paints and teaches full-time as an Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at Northern Michigan University.

“All the work in this exhibition has been shaped in some way by my teaching practice. In many instances, you will see finished versions of work made for classroom demonstrations.”