Joseph Trumpey

Assistant Professor

EDUCATION
1992 MFA, Medical and Biological Illustration, University of Michigan
1988 AB, Art and Biology, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana
1986-87 Undergraduate studies, Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, Scotland

APPOINTMENTS, POSITIONS
1998- Assistant Professor, School of Art & Design, University of Michigan
1994-98 Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Art & Design, U of M
1996- Editor, Journal of Natural Science Illustration
1992-94 Chief Medical Illustration and Director of Graphic Arts, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University
1993-94 Adjunct Lecturer, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
1993- Farmer, Sandy Acres Farm, Tecumseh, Michigan
1989 High School Biology Teacher, Badin High School, Hamilton, Ohio
1988- Freelance Science Illustrator
1987 Research Assistant, Wildlife Ranching and Research, Ltd., Athi River, Kenya

PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER WORKS
2001- Chief Science Illustrator, Grzimek’s Animal Encyclopedia, Second Edition, 17 volumes with 5,500 illustrations
1987- Hundreds of illustrations published in various scientific, surgical, general medical, and veterinary text books and journals
1994-2001 Co-Author of several CD-ROM based dissection manuals, ScienceWorks, Inc.

EXHIBITIONS/INSTALLATIONS
2001 North American Ecosystems, interactive, 1,400 sq.ft. mural, Detroit Science Center
2000 Blooms, Bugs and Beasts, Scarab Club, Detroit, Michigan
1998 Art and the Natural World, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1991-2000 Annual exhibitions for the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators and the Association of Medical Illustrators

AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS
Numerous UROP awards supporting Eco-Explorers Program
CRLT Faculty Associate Award
FIPSE/NSF award, Reproductive Science Program
Paul J. Husting Award for outstanding work in art
Gerald P. Hodge Award

CLIENTS
Thompson Publishing / Gale Group Inc., Farmington Hills, Michigan
The New Detroit Science Center, Detroit, Michigan
ScienceWorks, Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
The Toledo Zoo, Toledo, Ohio
Wolfe Publishing, London, United Kingdom
Carolina Eye Specialists, Charlotte, North Carolina