Sally Schluter Tardella uses architectural tropes as metaphor to explore personal ideas of body, gender, culture, and politics. More than forty years ago Schluter Tardella moved from the east coast to Michigan for graduate school at Cranbrook Academy of Art. She chose to stay. She is inspired by the balance between industry and nature — the rich history and culture of place and people in Michigan and the Midwest.

Schluter Tardella’s works have been featured in solo and group exhibitions around Michigan and throughout the country. She is currently Associate Professor Emerita of Art in the Department of Art & Art History at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.