stephen strickland, artist
stephen strickland, artist
Stephen M. Strickland
9560 Abel Marle Ct. Daphne, AL 36526
(251) 656- 5304
Education
Masters of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing
University of Southern Mississippi 2001- 2003
Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing
University of Southern Mississippi 1997-2000
Hinds Community College 1996-1997
Pisa, Italy 2003- 2004. Independent study of museums throughout Europe
Teaching Experience
Art Instructor
Faulkner State CC, 2004- present
Foundation Courses: Drawing I and II; Two Dimensional Design; Painting I
Graphic Design Courses: digital imaging, electronic publishing, website development
Art Appreciation: online and seated
Graduate Assistant
University of Southern Mississippi- January 2002 – May 2003
Drawing 101 and 102
Liaison for Mississippi Collegiate Competition
University of Southern Mississippi- Fall 2002- Spring 2003
Awards and Honors
1st in Printmaking, ACCA Chancellor’s Art Exhibit 2010
2nd in Painting, ACCA Chancellor’s Art Exhibit 2010
Best of Show, ACCA Chancellor’s Art Exhibit 2008
1st in Printmaking, ACCA Chancellor’s Art Exhibit 2008
Instructor of the Year at Faulkner State CC and Chancellor’s Award Nominee, 2007
Best of Show, ACCA Chancellor’s Art Exhibit 2007
1st in Painting, ACCA Chancellor’s Art Exhibit 2005
Garland Williams Sullivan Endowment in the Arts 2002-2003
Award of Excellence- 2002 Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition
Fine Arts Endowment 2001-2003
Charlie and Lorita Finnegan Endowment in the Arts 2000-2001
Solo Exhibitions
William Carey University, Hattiesburg MS - March 2010
Cole Pratt Gallery, New Orleans LA - April, 2009
Springhill College, Mobile AL – February, 2009
Lyons Share Gallery, Fairhope AL – April, 2007
Mobile Arts Council, Mobile AL – September, 2006
Hattiesburg Cultural Center, Hattiesburg MS - May 2003
MFA Thesis Exhibition: Mississippi Atmospheres, USM April 2003
BFA Show: USM Gallery 2000
Selected Group Exhibitions
Drawing on Alabama, 2011 at Auburn University- Juror: Carter Foster, Curator for the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
SALSA at Space301, Mobile, AL 2010- Juror: Ron Platt from the Birmingham Museum of Art, AL
Water at The Paper Wasp- Mobile, AL 2010
Drawing on Alabama, 2009 - Maura Lynch, Juror- Modern Museum of Art, NY
Auburn University and Space 301, Mobile
Lyon’s Share Gallery, 2007 - Box Show
Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition- Meridian Museum of Art 2003
Two Man Exhibition at the University of Southern Mississippi, 2002
Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition- Lauren Rogers Museum of Art 2002
206 Front St- Hattiesburg, MS 2002
Rx Gallery, Drawing Show- Hattiesburg, MS 2001
Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition- Mississippi Museum of Art 2001
Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition- Meridian Museum of Art 2000
Stone Impressions Gallery- Hattiesburg, MS 1999
Collections
Sarah Gillespie Collection, Sarah Gillespie Museum of Art
Battle House Hotel, Mobile AL
Regions Bank, Mobile AL
Bancorp South Bank, Hattiesburg MS
Private collections in: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York
Publications
A Painter’s Paradise, Fairhope and the Eastern Shore
Mobile Bay Monthly, July 2008
Gambit and Best of New Orleans.com, April 2009
Prebles’ Artforms 9th edition, Acknowledgments
Vanguard, University of South Alabama publication, 2006
Gallery Representation
Cole Pratt Gallery- New Orleans, LA
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