Olivia Ezinga

Education

2017 BFA in Photography (with honors), College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

Experience

2023 — Present Instructor, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

2023 Instructor (Art as a Love Letter), Colorado Art Education Association, Breckenridge, CO

2022 — Present Assistant Director of Admissions, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

2018-22 Admissions Counselor, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

2018 Teaching Assistant (Winter Youth Camps), Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI

2017 Instructor (Basics of Photoshop Workshop), College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

2017 Instructor (Smartphone Photography & Digital Art for Teens), Ferndale Public Library, Ferndale, MI

Group Exhibitions

2025 Lumiere, Juror Brian Day, Playground Detroit, Detroit, MI

2024 One Has Many First Loves, Juror Miranda Clark, Promenade Gallery, Detroit, MI

53rd Scarab Club Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Photography, Juror Danielle Eliska, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI

Re/VIEW: CCS Alumni Exhibition, Juror Sterling Toles, Valade Family Gallery, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

2023 BasBlue Collection, Curator Alison Wong of Wasserman Projects, BasBlue, Detroit, MI

Re/VIEW: CCS Alumni Exhibition, Juror Sabrina Nelson, Valade Family Gallery, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

2021 The Skin I’m In, Juror Donna Jackson, South Haven Center for the Arts, South Haven, MI

92nd Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI

2020 Art Now: Photography, Juror Eleanor Oakes, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI, Virtual Exhibition

2019 Re/VIEW: CCS Alumni Exhibition, Juror Vince Carducci, Valade Family Gallery, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

2018 Venus Rising, Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI

2017 ArtPrize Nine, San Chez Bistro, Grand Rapids, MI

Brushes With Cancer, Chicago, IL

Up There, Down Here, Valade Family Gallery, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

CCS Annual Student Exhibition, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

2016 ArtPrize Eight, San Chez Bistro, Grand Rapids, MI

2016 Annual Photography Exhibition, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI

Ella Sharp Fine Art Competition, Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI

CCS Annual Student Exhibition, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

Venus Rising, Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI

2015 FRESH Great Lakes, South Haven Center for the Arts, South Haven, MI

CCS Annual Student Exhibition, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

2014 CCS Annual Student Exhibition, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

2011 MAEA Student Exhibition, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI

CHS Perpetual Art Gallery, curated by Mike Cornell, Caledonia, MI

Solo & Two Person Exhibitions

2024 Write Yourself a Love Letter, Front Street Crossing, Dowagiac, MI

2023 Love Letters to Her: Olivia Ezinga & Mara Magyarosi-Laytner, Patch & Remington, Marcellus, MI

2012 The Winds Seemed Dreaming, Caledonia Public Library, Caledonia, MI

Congressional Art Competition, Washington, DC

2011 The Winds Seemed Dreaming, Caledonia High School, Caledonia, MI

Presentations

2025 Lecture - Cultivating a Creative Path, Academy of the Sacred Heart, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2024 Lecture - A Lens-Based Journey, Athens High School, Troy, MI

2023 Panel Discussion - Pursuing STEAM Careers, FIRST Robotics, Virtual

2022 Lecture - Creative Process as a Fine Art Photographer, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

2020 Presentation - Curating a Visual Art Portfolio, Orange County School of the Arts, Santa Ana, CA

2019 Panel Discussion - Creative Careers, Jackson Public Schools, Jackson, MI

Panel Discussion - Careers in Art & Design, Western Slope College Fair, Aspen, CO

Adjudication

2025 Ohio Governor’s Youth Art, Virtual

2023 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Detroit, MI

2022 National Art Honors Society / National Junior Art Honors Society Juried Exhibition, virtual

2021 National Art Honors Society / National Junior Art Honors Society Juried Exhibition, virtual

NAACP ACT-SO National Competition, virtual

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Detroit, MI

2020 National Art Honors Society / National Junior Art Honors Society Juried Exhibition, virtual

NAACP ACT-SO National Competition, virtual

2019 NAACP ACT-SO National Competition, Detroit, MI

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center Regional High School Art Competition, Birmingham, MI

Professional Organizations

National Collage Society

National Association for College Admission Counseling

Press & Publications

Bold Journey, Meet Olivia Ezinga, May 2024

Melissa Hughes, She Can Laugh, Unprecedented Press, July 2022

John Ganis, Olivia Ezinga, Focal Plane no. 4, March 2018

Olivia Ezinga, In The Making: Mariners Inn - March 2016

Ink and Arrows Magazine - Issue Nine, September 2015

Photographer's Forum - Best of Photography 2014