EDUCATION
2023- 2025 MFA - The New School - Fashion Design and Society
2014 Oxbow Fellowship - Fibers/ Printmaking Emphasis
2013 BFA Drawing - Fiber and Material StudiesEmphasis in Creative Writing,
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023 SCAD - Entrepreneurship Guest Speaker
2014 SAIC - Fiber and Material Arts Assistant
2013 Oxbow School of Art - Fiber and Material Studies Assistant
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 SS25 Presentation, Soho, New York
“fae mechanics” presentation, Bogart House, Brooklyn New York
​2019 FW22 Presentation , Brooklyn, New York
2018 ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE, Runway, Detroit, MI
SAFE HANDLING, Galleri 2987, Detroit, MI
2017 SKNDLSS SS17 RELEASE / SMPLFD / Detroit , MI
I THOUGHT THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT/ Runway/ Detroit, MI
LAER/ Fashion Installation/ Detroit, MI
2016 #GLITZTRASH/ Praxis Gallery/ Cleveland, OH
SKNDLSS SS16 / Runway / Los Angeles, CA
SKNDLSS / "OIL SPILL"/ Runway / Detroit, MI
2015 Desire as a Fundamental Absence / Roots and Culture Gallery / Chicago, IL
SKNDLSS SS15, Studio Arte, Manhattan, NY
SKNDLSS SS15 / Runway Performance / Tangent Gallery / Detroit, MI
Walk 11th / SKNDLSS Performance Runway Show / Garden Theater/ Detroit, MI
2014 from wHIPLASH to tUMERIC: A story of Kinetics/ Agora Theater / Cleveland, OH
2013 “Roman a Clef” / BFA Exhibition/ The Cleveland Institute of Art / Cleveland, OH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 “Malice in Wonderland” - SKNDLSS & ManMadeSkins SS22 Presentation, Lower East Side, New York
​2019 TRANSFIGURATION - Sustile Blank and Mary Rosenberger - Orchard Gallery, Lower East Side , New York
Week 19 - Mused SS19 Presentation - Ace Hotel, New York
2017 Satellite Art Fair, Art Basel, Miami, FL
2016 Sleigh Bells/ Tunde Olaniran, El Club, Detroit MI
Paranoid Moonlight, Grenadier Club, Detroit, MI
Zodiac Disco, Collaborative Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
Mutant Disco II / Group Exhibition /, Detroit, MI
Venus Rising/ Collaborative / Runway Exhibition/ Tangent Gallery / Detroit, MI
2015 Holiday Recess / Group Exhibition / Playground Detroit /Detroit, MI
2014 FIBER FEVER, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
2013 FIVE/ Art Spot Gallery/ Cleveland, Ohio
Young Blood / Forum Gallery / Cleveland, Ohio
Pop Up / Ox-Bow School of Art / Saugatuck, Michigan
Bitch Beaters Versus The Masters of Zen / Oxbow School of Art / Saugutuck, MI
Summer Show, Reinberger Gallery, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
The 67th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Gallery, The Cleveland Institute of Art
4U Printmaking Exhibition, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH
2012 In-TURN: Divided Attentions, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH
Bizaarbeque II, Forum Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Summer Show, Reinberger Gallery, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Double Feature Gallery, Cleveland, OH
ArtCares, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
2011 "Gesamtkunstwerk:" Group Exhibition, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2010 Visual Arts and Technologies Group Show, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
AWARDS
2024
Solstiss Design Competetion Winner
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2023
100% Parson’s MFA Merit Scholarship
Coach Accessories Design Award
2013
Nancy Dunn Memorial Scholarship
Presidential Traveling Award, Cleveland, OH
LeRoy Neiman Foundation Fellowship, Ox-Bow, MI
Ellen Garms Memorial Scholarship, Cleveland, OH
Francis J. Meyers Scholarship Excellence in Drawing
Kendall, Kelly Scholarship, Cleveland, OH
LEAF Scholarship, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Institute of Art Portfolio Grant
Cleveland Institute of Art Grant
2012
Ellen Garms Memorial Scholarship, Cleveland, OH
Francis J. Meyers Scholarship Excellence in Drawing, Cleveland, OH
Kendall, Kelly Scholarship, Cleveland, OH
LEAF Scholarship, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Institute of Art Portfolio Grant
Cleveland Institute of Art Grant
Michael & Martha Horvath Scholarship, Cleveland, OH
2011
Academic Competitiveness Grant, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Institute of Art Portfolio Grant
Cleveland Institute of Art Grant
Michael & Martha Horvath Scholarship, LEAF Scholarship
2010
Cleveland Institute of Art Grant
Melvin & Beverly Butor Scholarship, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Institute of Art Portfolio Grant
Michael & Martha Horvath Scholarship, Cleveland, OH
LEAF Scholarship, Cleveland, OH
2009
Cleveland Institute of Art Grant
Melvin & Beverly Butor Scholarship, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Institute of Art Portfolio Grant
Michael & Martha Horvath Scholarship
LEAF Scholarship, Cleveland, OH
PUBLICATIONS
Vogue Digital 12.12.24
Blush Magazine/
Paper Magazine/ “36 Hours ins Berlin’s Most Exclusive Nightclub”/ FW22 Online
Gata Magazine / “A Distasteful Taste” / FW21 Online Edition
Harper’s Bazaar Arabia / ”Wild & Free” / December 2021 Print Issue
Huf Magazine / “Loner Boy” / FW21 Online Edition
King Kong Magazine / “Fetish Collection 2002”/ Issue 11 Print Edition
Angel’s Magazine Cover / SS21 Online Edition
Dazed Beauty / “Brian Vu” / Online Highlight
Blanc Magazine / “Chloe and Halle” / 2020 Online Highlight
Album cover / BRATGIRLYAZZY / 2020
KALTBLUT. / “Joebert Tupas” / 2020 Web Edition
SUBVRT Magazine / SS19 / Online Edition
Paper Magazine / “Rare DM” / SS19 Online Edition
Diamant Ange / “Sustilé: A Brain Aneurysm Leads To The Birth Of Gender-Neutral SKNDLSS” / Online Highlight 2019
RGSP Magazine/ SKNDLSS / Print Edition 2018
Jerilyn Jordan, “WOMAN OF INTEREST: Detroit Designer Sustile Blank” , Winter 2017.
Megan Moe Beitiks, “Putting the Pussy on a Pedestal,” Ox-Bow Fellowship Book, Winter 2013.
Ann T. McGuire, “Senior Chosen For Fine Art Fellowship,” Link Magazine, Spring 2013. 6.
APPEARANCES
2022 Insane Clown Posse Convention / Detroit, MI
Adult. Conference / Detroit, MI
Enter At Ur Own Risk - Queer Fundraiser / Detroit, MI
2021 NSFW Members Only / Soho, New York
2019 DRAG RAVE - Queer Fundraiser / Brooklyn, New York
2018 Crune Witch Pop / DJ / Detroit, MI
SELF CARE - Queer Fundraiser / DJ / Detroit, MI
PARACOSM - Qualitik Residency / DJ / Brooklyn, New York
IN PERSON / The Rosemont, Brooklyn, New York
BOY PUSSY, El Club, Detroit, MI
Lær Movement/ DJ/ Detroit, MI
2017 JUNTED / DJ / Detroit, MI
PARTIAL OBJECTS / DJ / Detroit, MI
2016 IGNITION / DJ / Detroit, MI
Mutant Disco 3 / DJ / Detroit , MI
BAK DOR / Detroit, MI
COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Private collection, Cross Dress, Amsterdam
Private collection , Platonic Headpiece, New York, NY
Private collection, Emotional Baggage Headpiece, Detroit, MI
Private collection, Surface Fame SILK, Detroit, MI
Hernan Bas, Cross-Cultural Values Print, Detroit, MI
Private Collection, Surface Fame, Tallmadge, OH
Private Collection, Painting, Cleveland, OH