Corinne Elizabeth MacInnes is a ceramic artist based in Detroit, MI. She is currently completing an MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI.
Her work is a study of memory and material, with attention to repetition and interruption found within the physical history of substances as well as the patterns that occur within our own memories and the way our senses process time.
In making, Corinne builds with repetitive motions while exploring interruptions of pattern. These patterned repetitions and interruptions occur in the building process and through phenomena in the kiln, installation of work, and in the passage of time. She works to create transitional spaces that hold onto the sensation of time-passage, bending of memories, and codification of material memory. In simpler terms, her work is a process of memorialization and monument-making.
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EDUCATION
2025 MFA, Ceramics, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2017-2019 Post-Baccalaureate Ceramics Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2015 BA, Magna Cum Laude, Studio Art, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
2013-2014 Spanish Language and Spanish Art History studies, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Madrid, Spain
2010-2011 Studio Art studies, Olivet College, Olivet, MI
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Error 1, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
I2024 Come Down, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2024 Bootleg Show, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2024 Seeing Red, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2024 Lake Effect, Embrace Creative, Hazel Park, MI
2023 Quilt Show, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2023 When Nature Speaks, Chashama Art Gallery, NYC, New York
2023 Cow Show, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
2022 Members Bicentennial, Flagstar Strand Theatre, Pontiac, MI
2022 Fundamentals of Joy, Detroit Library, Detroit, MI
2022 Instructor Showcase, The Hawk, Farmington Hills, MI
2019 Things Put Away, Video footage filmed at Six Tail Farm in Albion, MI
2019 Things Put Away, Gallery 8, Kresge Art Building, Michigan State University
2018 Open Mouths, Kresge Art Building and Albion College Art Building
2017 Connections Between Us, Gallery 8, Kresge Art Building, Michigan State University
2017 The Mycelial Network, Gallery 8, Kresge Art Building, Michigan State University
2015 Too Much to Offer, Kalamazoo College FAB Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
2014 November Art Hop Student Exhibition, Park Trades Center, Kalamazoo, MI
2014 October Art Hop Student Exhibition, Park Trades Center, Kalamazoo, MI
2014 Eat Dessert First, Kalamazoo College FAB Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
2013 June Art Hop Student Exhibition, Park Trades Center, Kalamazoo, MI
2012 Clay Garden, Park Trades Center, Kalamazoo, MI
WORK EXPERIENCE
2024 Cranbrook Art Museum, education program work study
2022-2024 Paint Creek Center for the Arts, ceramics faculty
2021-2023 ProjectArt Residency, resident artist and art instructor
2021-2023 Hawk Community Center, ceramics instructor
2021-2022 Albion College, ceramics technician
2018-2023 Butter Castle Studios, owner and artist
2018-2021 Rovin Ceramics, lead sales and assistant manager
2018 Adrian Center for the Arts, art assistant and instructor
2016-2018 Boys & Girls Club of South Oakland & Macomb Counties, art program director and art room instructor
2016-2017 Creative Arts Studio, ceramics instructor
2014-2023 MLT Group, freelance SEO writer
HONORS AND AWARDS
2015 Honors in Art and Art History, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
2015 Lilia Chen Award in Art, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
2012 The Brian Gougeon Prize in Art, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
2012 Alpha Lamda Delta, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
SERVICE AND OUTREACH
2020 Vote Forward Letter Campaign,
2014-2015 Senior Individualized Thesis in Studio Art, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
2014 Empty Bowls Fundraiser nights, Mar Lee School, Marshall, MI
2014 ICRP research and thesis in Madrid, Spain
2012 “Paint the Plate” Service Learning Course with the Michigan Commission for the Blind, Park Trades Center, Kalamazoo, MI
2011 Writer for Kalamazoo College Index, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
2011-2013 Writer and editor for Kalamazoo College Naked Music and Culture Magazine, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI