Background: Born, Berwyn, Illinois, November 6, 1953
1979-2001: self-employed; designing, producing and
marketing functional pottery and tile.
Attended Calvin College,Grand Rapids, MI, 1971-1973.
Attended numerous art classes and seminars, listed below.

Architectural Installations:
Tile Murals:
Outdoor Frog Frieze, installed on Darooge pump house,
Cedar Springs, Michigan (1997)
Outdoor Head Start playground mural at Grace Church, Grand
Rapids, Michigan ('97-'98);
Art-Deco Style donor recognition wall at Home Repair
Services, Grand Rapids, Michigan ('99-'00);
Donor recognition frieze at Wittenbach Agri-science Center,
Lowell Area Schools. Lowell, Mi. ('00-'01).
Fireplaces:
Cooper fireplace, Kalamazoo, MI; Kuilema fireplace,
Lowell, MI; Kresock fireplace, Rochester, NY,
Caston fireplace, Grand Rapids, MI; Kovack Fireplace, Schoolcraft, MI.
Photo of Kovach fireplace in "Architectural Ceramics" by
Peter King, published by Lark Books, 1999.

Workshops, Seminars:
Tile Heritage Seminars and exhibition; Erie, Ohio, 1999.
Tile Heritage Conference and Workshop; Philadelphia, Pensylvania, 1998;
Functional Ceramics Workshop; Wooster, Ohio, 1997, 1996
Public Art Installations Workshop; Cleveland Institute of Arts, Cleveland Ohio, 1996;
Peter King, Architectural Ceramics Workshop; Pensacola, Florida, 1995;

Annual Art Shows:
Pewabic Tile Invitationals: Winter & Summer Shows in
Bloomfield Hills, Grosse Pointe, Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo
Tile Heritage Foundation Invitationals: Doylestown & Erie, Pennsylvania
West Michigan Potters Guild Spring and Fall Shows, Grand Rapids, Michigan
South Haven Art Show, South Haven, Michigan
Clothesline Art Fair, East Grand Rapids, Michigan
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts/ Bronson Park Art Show,
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Royal Oak Clay and Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, Michigan
Suttons Bay Art Show, Suttons Bay, Michigan
Traverse City Outdoor Art Show, Traverse City, Michigan
Fallasburg Fall Festival, Lowell, Michigan

Professional Associations:
West Michigan Potters Guild, '83-'01, serving as secretary
(2 terms), president & fall show chairperson
Tile Heritage Foundation, '96-'01
Lowell Area Arts Council, '99-'01
Artist in Residence at Kelloggsville Public Schools,
January, 2000

Gallery Representation:
Gallery 154, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Now and Then Gallery, Saugatuck, Michigan
Whistling Moose Gallery, Petoskey, Michigan
Suncoast Tile, Largo Florida
Eagle Tile and Marble, Eagle, Pennsylvania
Once Upon a Tile, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Structures International, Nisswa, Minnesota

CONTACT INFORMATION

3159 Pratt Lake
Lowell, MI 49331
616 897 6209
dmkuil@wmis.net