Recent Exhibitions

Hatch Art Gallery, Hamtramck, MI. Nina Caruso Pop-Up Show July 13, 2021

Detroit Artists Market Detroit, MI. All Media Exhibition January 18-February 16, 2019 Juror Tylonn J. Sawyer

Boll Family YMCA Art Gallery Detroit, MI. Repose solo show December 4, 2018-January 18, 2019

Scarab Club, Detroit, MI. 105th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition & Annual Book November 21, 2018-January 5, 2019 Juror Dominique Chastenet de Géry

Manoogian Art Gallery, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI. Fused: Paintings and Encaustics solo show. October 11-26, 2018

Lawrence Technological Institute CoAD Courtyard Anonymous 2 Collaborative Sculpture Installation with Christopher Schneider March 2018

Kresge Foundation Troy, MI Art Consultant Peter Gahan

Scarab Club, Detroit, MI. “Gold Medal Exhibition” November 16, 2017-January 6, 2018 Juror Dennis Nawrocki.

Scarab Club, Detroit, MI. “WAX” August 23-September 30, 2017Juror Jack O. Summers.

ArtPrize9, September 20-October 8, 2017 Grand Rapids, MI, Time Based interactive sculpture.

Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI. "$100 Bucks Show".

Whitdel Arts at Marygrove College, Detroit, MI. “2017 Members Exhibition”.

Atomic Café, Hamtramck, MI. “Outside In”.

Hatch Art Hamtramck, Michigan

Hatchback IX

April 1-29, 2017

Juror: Treena Flannery Ericson

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

JewelsEncaustic infused materials on wood cradled panel6" X 6"2015 — Jewels
Encaustic infused materials on wood cradled panel
6" X 6"
2015

Scarab Club Detroit, Michigan

Silver Medal Exhibition

February 22-April 1, 2017

The purpose of the Silver Medal Exhibition is to recognize the diversity and achievement of artists whose work shows creativity of concept, excellence of design and expertise of media; to display these works to regional audiences and to be an educational opportunity for students.

Juror: Jo Powers

Ferver 2Oil on Canvas15" x 30"2016Layering and removing medium through a mindful approach allows for a meditative and restful place for both artist and viewer. — Ferver 2
Oil on Canvas
15" x 30"
2016
Layering and removing medium through a mindful approach allows for a meditative and restful place for both artist and viewer.

Cafe 1923 Coffeehouse Hamtramck, Michigan

More Blue Than Red: Encaustics And Paintings By Nina Caruso

December 1, 2016-February 13, 2017

Reception Friday, January 13 from 7pm to 9pm, featuring live music by Robert Ize.

Nina Caruso is a Detroit based artist creating work at her studio space at Hatch Art in Hamtramck. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art Education from Oakland University and shares her love of art with Detroit's future artists by teaching elementary art at a local school district.

Her work spans many mediums but her primary focus has been abstract encaustic and oil painting as well as mixed medium sculpture, and has most recently been exhibited at the Scarab Club in both the Silver Metal and Gold Metal Exhibitions.

The paintings included in this exhibition are a collection of acrylic, encaustic, and oil on canvas. These works are representative of a process that often consists of repetitive adding and removing layers until imagery reveals itself, creating a space for the viewer to enter into a calming or meditative state if even for a moments time, revealing the transformative power of art.

Boreas Series8” X 8”Oil on canvas — Boreas Series
8” X 8”
Oil on canvas

Ferver Series201615” X 30”Oil on canvas — Ferver Series
2016
15” X 30”
Oil on canvas

Ice series encaustic installation6” X 6” wood tile14” X 14” cradled panel — Ice series encaustic installation
6” X 6” wood tile
14” X 14” cradled panel

Scarab Club Detroit, Michigan

Gold Medal Exhibition

November 23-December 31, 2016

The 103rd Gold Medal Exhibition is an annual un-themed, all-media exhibition showcasing the work of SC members. The purpose of the Gold Medal Exhibition is to recognize the diversity and achievement of Scarab artists whose work shows creativity of concept, excellence of design and expertise of media; to display these works to regional audiences and to be an educational opportunity for students.

Juror: Elizabeth Youngblood

UntitledOil on Canvas36" x 24"2016Layering and removing medium through a mindful approach allows for a meditative and restful place for both artist and viewer. — Untitled
Oil on Canvas
36" x 24"
2016
Layering and removing medium through a mindful approach allows for a meditative and restful place for both artist and viewer.

Scarab Club Detroit, Michigan

2016 Scarab Club Arts Annual Book

Selections for each annual is through the artist's entry into the Gold Medal member exhibit. This portfolio presents a portion of the diverse interests, backgrounds and ideas of the scarab club artists.

Scarab Club Detroit, Michigan

Silver Medal Exhibition

February 17-April 2, 2016

The purpose of the exhibition is to recognize the diversity and achievement of artists whose work shows creativity of concept, excellence of design and expertise of media; to display these works to regional audiences and to be an educational opportunity for students.

Juror: Scott Northrup

Primal Repression 1 (Detail sculpture of an installation of objects and materials that are imbedded and fused with encaustic layers)Pigmented and non pigmented encaustic medium over various materials12" x 15" x 3Primal Repression is a humanistic cal… — *Primal Repression 1 (*Detail sculpture of an installation of objects and materials that are imbedded and fused with encaustic layers)
Pigmented and non pigmented encaustic medium over various materials
12" x 15" x 3
Primal Repression is a humanistic call for empathy brought to light in a visual experience. The intent is to provide an opportunity within a breakdown of order, for the reorganization of cultural and social norms of human behavior, specifically in regards to how one relates to others. Visual tension between the esthetics of both horror and delight facilitate an environment filled with invented biomorphic organisms signaling body to the viewer, evoking an affect of the abject; disturbing identity, system, and order. The resulting reorientation of the distinction between self and the other fosters a parallel status affording empathy for both.

Scarab Club Silver Medal Exhibition Opening Reception February 19, 2016

Oakland University Art Gallery Rochester, Michigan

Studio Art Senior Thesis Art Exhibition

Encaustic Sculpture Installation

December 5-14, 2014

Primal Repression

An installation of pigmented and non pigmented encaustic medium over various materials.

Oakland University Studio Art Award Fall 2014

Primal Repression

Primal Repression is a humanistic call for empathy brought to light in a visual experience. The intent is to provide an opportunity within a breakdown of order, for the reorganization of cultural and social norms of human behavior, specifically in regards to how one relates to others. Visual tension between the esthetics of both horror and delight facilitate an environment filled with invented biomorphic organisms signaling body to the viewer, evoking an affect of the abject; disturbing identity, system, and order. The resulting reorientation of the distinction between self and the other fosters a parallel status affording empathy for both.

Paint Creek Center for the Arts Rochester, Michigan

What Goes Up Must Come Down

June 29, 2013

Paint Creek Center for the Arts invited individuals all over Southeast Michigan to hang artwork in their galleries for a one-night show and sale. This was an evolving art exhibition where work was sold and then removed to make way for new work to be exhibited throughout the course of the evening.