Resume
Education
1997 Master of Fine Arts, Hoffberger School of Painting
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1994 Bachelor of Science, Studio Arts, (Cum Laude)
The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
1992 Associate of Arts, Visual Fine Arts, (Honors)
Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, NY
Teaching Experience
2008 - Present Associate Professor, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
2004 – 2008 Assistant Professor, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
2002-2004 Lecturer, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
2001-2002 Temporary Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
1997-2001 Adjunct Professor, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
1998 Adjunct Professor, Schenectady County Community College, Schenectady, NY
1996-1997 Teaching Assistant, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Residencies and Grants
2006 Residency/ Artists Grant: Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2005 Residency: Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2004 Faculty Development Grant, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
2003 Residency/Artists Grant: Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Related Experience
2008 Artist Talk- Sub-Basement Artists Studios, Baltimore, MD
2007 Juror- Carroll Art Center Member’s Exhibition, Westminster, MD
2006 Guest Speaker, Future Leaders of Carroll County, Westminster, MD
Artist Talk, Sub-Basement Artists Studios, Baltimore, MD
Curator: Liquid/Solid: Contemporary Abstract Painting. Rice Gallery, Westminster, MD
2005 Juror – “Undergraduate Show” Lehman College, Bronx, NY
Outside Reviewer for Faculty Development Grants- Fine Arts Dept., C.U.N.Y., NY, NY
2004 Curator- “Installment of Visions” COD, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Curator- “Color and Space” Permanent Installation at the COD, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
2002 Guest Speaker- Octagon Center For the Arts, Ames, IA
2001 Guest Speaker- Siena College, Loudenville, NY
Slide Registries
2007 – Present NeoImages, Santa Barbara, CA
2006 – Present Artists Space, New York, NY
2005 - Present Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Heroes and Villains: Painting and Sculpture by Steven Pearson
Sub-Basement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD
2007 Chromagenic: New Paintings and Works on Paper
Delaplaine Visual Art Center, Frederick, MD
2005 Elements and Principles, Memories and Meanings: New Abstractions
Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
2001 Studio Detritus
Yates Gallery, Siena College, Loudenville, NY
1997 Steven Pearson, Recent Paintings
Thesis Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 Realities and Illusions
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Navato, CA
Juror: Kenneth Baker, Art Critic, San Francisco Chronicle
20th Annual Juried Exhibition
Delaplaine Visual Art Center, Frederick, MD
Juror: Jack Rasmussen, Director, American University Art Museum at the Katzen
15 x 15: Alumni Exhibition
Decker Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Out of Order
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2007 MSAC 40th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition
James Backus Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Transparent Dialogs
The Galleries at CCBC, Baltimore, MD
Bridge Art Fair Chicago ‘07
AM Projects, Chicago, IL
Out of Order
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2006 Up Periscope: Artscape
Sub-Basement Artist Studios Pavilion, Baltimore, MD
Naked Abstraction
Sub-Basement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD
Sea to Shining Sea
DCAC – District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
Curators: Ori Soltes and Cara Ober
Liquid/Solid: Contemporary Abstract Painting
Rice Gallery, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
Curators: Cara Ober and Steven Pearson
15 x 15: Alumni Exhibition
Decker Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
3rd Biannual Faculty Exhibition
Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
2005 Fresh Produce
Carroll Art Center, Westminster, MD
Moda: A Visual Rhythmic Experience
The Temple, Frederick, MD
3rd Annual Member’s Exhibition
Carroll Art Center, Westminster, MD
2004 Arranged Objects
Robert A. Peck Gallery, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY
Curator: Nita Kehoe
2nd Biannual Faculty Exhibition
Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
Juried Alumni Exhibition
Perrella Gallery, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, NY
Juror: Anne Thane, Director, Walter Elwood Museum, Amsterdam, NY
The Art Connection Exhibition
MICA, Baltimore, MD
Faculty Show
Gallery 181, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
2003 Vessels, Boxes & Baskets
Function + Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
Summer Artist Series, 5person group show, National Search
Market Street Gallery, Lockport, NY
28th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition
Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY
Juror: Carrie Springer, Sr. Curatorial Asst., Whitney Museum of American Art
The Mighty Midwest Biennial Juried Exhibition (Catalogue)
New Visions Gallery Inc., Marshfield, WI
Northern National Art Competition
Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
53rd Annual Quad-State Juried Exhibition (Catalogue)
Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
New American Drawings 2003
Fred R Kline Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
2002 Bold Expressions-47th International Juried Exhibition (Catalogue)
Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento, CA
Drawing III International Juried Art Exhibition
Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
Eighth Biennial Arts International Juried Competition and Exhibition
The University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Community of Artists Juried Exhibition
Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA
Faces III International Juried Art Exhibition
Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
2001 “Past Winners” - Fence Invitational
The Arts Center of the Capitol Region, Troy, NY
Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region Juried Exhibition (Catalogue)
Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY
Juror: Helen Molesworth, Curator, Contemporary Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
2000 The College of Saint Rose Faculty Show
Picotte Gallery, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
Fence 2000
The Arts Center of the Capitol Region, Troy, NY
Juror: Anne Ellegood, Assistant Curator, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region Juried Exhibition (Catalogue)
State University of New York at Albany Art Museum, Albany, NY
Juror: Xu Bing
No Show: The College of Saint Rose Faculty Show
Picotte Gallery, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
1999 New Directions: Changed Perspectives Juried Alumni Exhibition
Perrella Gallery, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, NY
The College of Saint Rose Faculty Show
Picotte Gallery, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
1998 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region Juried Exhibition (Catalogue)
Albany International Airport, Albany, NY
Juror: Lela Hersh, Director, Collections and Exhibitions, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Chicago
The College of Saint Rose Faculty Show
Picotte Gallery, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
3rd Annual Invitational Art Show
Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery, Canajoharie, NY
Moho Retro: A Mohawk Hudson Regional Schenectady Museum Retrospective
Schenectady Museum and Planetarium, Schenectady, NY
1997 Body and Gender
University of Mary Washington Galleries, University of Mary Washington, Fredricksburg, VA
2nd Annual Invitational Art Show
Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery, Canajoharie, NY
Mid-Atlantic New Painting ‘97 (Catalogue)
University of Mary Washington Galleries, University of Mary Washington, Fredricksburg, VA
Juror: Dr. Janet Kaplan, Executive Editor, Art Journal
1996 Back To Nature
Thesis Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region Juried Exhibition (Catalogue)
Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY
Juror: Jock Reynolds, Director, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Hoffberger Group Show
MICA, Baltimore, MD
1995 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region Juried Exhibition (Catalogue)
Schenectady Museum and Planetarium, Schenectady, NY
Hoffberger Group Show
MICA, Baltimore, MD
Selected Public & Private Collections
Prologue Inc., Baltimore, MD
FTI Consulting, Baltimore, MD
Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel, Baltimore, MD
The League For People With Disabilities, Baltimore, MD
College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, NY
University of Mary Washington, Fredricksburg, VA
President’s Collection, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY
Siena College, Loudenville, NY
Seamus Ray & Nancy Hahn, Baltimore, MD
Pat Massey & Joseph B. McNeely, Baltimore, MD
Kate Ensor, Littlestown, PA
Scott Petria, Chicago, IL
Calvin & Mary Ramsburg, Frederick, MD
Dr. Michael Golec, Ames, IA
Joseph Meunch, Ames, IA
Nancy Kucsko, Galway, NY
Honors/Awards
2007 Faculty Creativity Award, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
2004 Dean's Award for Extraordinary Performance in Teaching, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
2003 Best in Show, The Mighty Midwest Biennial Juried Exhibition, New Visions Gallery Inc., Marshfield, WI
Honorable Mention, 28th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY
Juror: Carrie Springer, Sr. Curatorial Asst., Whitney Museum of American Art
2002 Best in Show, Community of Artists Juried Exhibition, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA
Honorable Mention, Bold Expressions-47th International Juried Exhibition, Sacramento Fine Arts Center,
Sacramento, CA
Special Recognition, Drawing III International Juried Art Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
2000 Juror’s Award, Fence 2000, The Arts Center of the Capitol Region, Troy, NY
Juror: Anne Ellegood, Assistant Curator, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
1998 Purchase Award, College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
Juror’s Award, Mohawk Hudson Region Juried Exhibition, Albany International Airport, Albany, NY
Juror: Lela Hersh, Director, Collections and Exhibitions, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Chicago
1997 Best In Show, 2nd Annual Invitational Art Show, Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery, Canajoharie, NY
Purchase Award, Mary Washington College Galleries, Mary Washington College, Fredricksburg, VA
1996 Juror’s Award, Mohawk Hudson Region Juried Exhibition, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany,
NY, Juror: Jock Reynolds, Director, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
1995 Purchase Award, Mohawk Hudson Region Juried Exhibition, Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY
Maryland Institute College of Art Scholarship Award, MICA, Baltimore, MD
1992 Richard and Rebecca Evans Art Award, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, NY
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