John Dempsey
Adjunct Faculty
MF., Central Washington University
BFA, Michigan State University
John has maintained a long-term studio practice focused on large-scale, contemporary landscape painting and interest in observational drawing, as well as working with Flint’s FabLab to incorporate computer-aided imaging into his current art practice.
Professional Experience
Associate Professor of painting, drawing, and two-dimensional design at Mott Community College for over 28 years, John has maintained a painting studio in Flint, Michigan for over 25 years. He has also taught drawing, painting and art history as an adjunct instructor at the University of Michigan/Flint, Saginaw Valley State University and Delta College.
Significant Publications, Presentations and Exhibitions
Solo
‘Being There’, University of Michigan Hospital Gift of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
‘John Dempsey: the Michigan Chronicle & Glare Series’, Midland Center for the Arts, MI
‘Interlocations’ South Bend Museum of Art, Indiana
‘Between Landscape and Place’, Northville Art House, Northville, Michigan, 2015
The Durham Art Center, Semans Gallery, 2014
ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2013
Group
Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5, Oslo, Norway
Art From the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indiana
Reimagining the Four Freedoms: Norman Rockwell and FDR’s, Roosevelt House, Hunter College, NY, New York (traveling through 2020).
The Art in Embassies Program, U.S. State Department, Gabarone, Botswana
The Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, Indiana
In the collections of the Flint Institute of Art and the South Bend Museum of Art and is also represented in corporate and public art commissions including Detroit Metropolitan Airport
