Stephanie Pierce bio
B O R N I N 1 9 7 4
E D U C A T I ON
2006 University of Washington, Seattle, WA
MFA, Painting and Drawing Program
1996 The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
BFA, Painting / Printmaking
1995 Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art, Norfolk, CT
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2018 Signal, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, NY, NY
2015 Radiant Welter, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2014 Wake, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, NY, NY
Stephanie Pierce and Cynthia Nourse Thompson, Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, AR
2013 Incommensurable Things: Stephanie Pierce and Emily Gherard, Russell Day Gallery, Everett
Community College, Everett, WA
2011 Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 Everything is Germinal, Wynn Bone Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2008 Works on Paper, Parish Hall, St. Paul’s, Fayetteville, AR
2007 Small works, University of Arkansas, Fine Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR
1995 The Art Institute of Boston, Student Gallery, Boston, MA
G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2018 Disrupted Realism, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Something Remains, 3 person show with Emily Gerhard and Kimberly Trowbridge,
Blindfold Gallery, Seattle WA
2014 Bedtime Stories, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2014 Art Hamptons, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, Southampton, NY
2014 Painting the Familiar and the Ordinary: Contemporary Still Life, The University Art Gallery,
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
2013 AIB Alumni Invitational Exhibition, Main Gallery, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
2012 Space in Context: Three Perspectives, Mary Tinnin Jaye Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fort
Smith, AR
Dallas Art Fair, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Summer Selections, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville,
AR
Gallery Artists, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, NY, NY
2011 Pink Moon, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, NY, NY
Inaugural Exhibition at 37 Newbury Street. Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2010 Site/Sight, Argazzi Art Gallery, Lakeville, CT
Oil and Water, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, Gallery Schlesinger, NY, NY
Undercrowded, 115 Gallery, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
Buoyantgravity, Washington Art Association, Washington, Depot, CT
2009 Invitational, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Sound and Vision: Circuit, Tube, and Prism, Curated by Gideon Bok, Space Gallery, Portland, ME
Start/Paper, DDP Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
Invitational show, A Class of Hick's, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2008 Anonymous Drawings No.9, Kunstraum Kreuberg/ Bethanien, Berlin, Germany,
juried show
Treading Lightly: One foot at a time, Waterfall Arts, Contemporary Arts Center, Belfast, ME
2007 A Sense of Place, Askew Nixon Ferguson, Memphis, TN, juried show
Group show, Wynn Bone Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2006 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Visually Speaking, University House at Wallingford, Seattle, WA
2005 Works in Progress, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2002 Wynn Bone Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
2001 Group show, Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC
2000 Endings and Beginnings, Millennial juried exhibition, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville,
NC. Juried by Mathew Drutt, Associate Curator for research, Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, NY
1999 3 person show, Independent Art Space, Asheville, NC
1997 Regional print conference, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
1996 Senior Exhibition, The Art Institute of Boston, Main Gallery, Boston, MA
Juried show, First Expressions Gallery, Boston, MA
1995 Yale/ Norfolk Summer Exhibit, Ellen Battell Stoekel Estate, Norfolk, CT
Student Printmakers, Wheeler Gallery, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst,
MA
Juried show, First Expressions Gallery, Boston, MA
1993 Young Printmakers, Galerie Mourlot, Boston, MA
A W A R D S A N D H O N O R S
2014 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant Program, NY, NY
2013 Robert C. and Sandra Connor Endowed Faculty Fellowship, University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, AR
2012 Individual Artist Fellowship, Arkansas Arts Council, Little Rock, AR
Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences Travel Grant, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
2009 Residency, Lerman Charitable Trust, Laceyville, PA
Travel Grant, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Individual Artist Grant, Art Amiss, Fayetteville, AR
2006 Doris Totten Chase Graduating with Excellence Award, University of Washington
2005 Teaching Assistantship, University of Washington
Gonzales Foundation Award, University of Washington
2004 Top Scholars Award, University of Washington
Teaching Assistantship, University of Washington
1996 Senior Fine Arts Award in Excellence, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
Ellen Battell Stoekel Fellowship, Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art
1992 Best in Fine Arts Award, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
Scholarship, Francis Hook Scholarship Fund, New Brighton, MN
1992-1996 Presidential Scholarship, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
1992-1995 Deans List, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
T E A C H I N G
2014 The Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Visiting Artist
21 C Museum, Bentonville, AR, Guest Lecture
2013 The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, Visiting Artist
2012-Present University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, Assistant Professor of Painting
2012 University of Central Missouri, Warrensberg, MO, Visiting Artist
Univeristy of Arkansas, Fort Smith, AR, Visiting Artist
Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, Visiting Artist
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, Visiting Artist
2011 Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, Visiting Artist
Univeristy of Louisville, KY, Visiting Artist
Hendrix College, Conway, AR, Visiting Artist
University of Tulsa, OK, Visiting Artist
2010 The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, Visiting Artist
2009 University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, AR, Visiting Artist
2007-12 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, Adjunct Faculty
2008-09 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, Sabbatical replacement
2006 University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Visiting Lecturer
2005 University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Instructor
2004 University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Teaching Assistantship, Assistant to Ann Gale
1996 Center St. Studio, Boston, MA, Apprentice to Master Printer and Publisher, Jim Stroud
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Brett Baker, Stephanie Pierce: Sight and Sound, Painters Table, June 9, 2014
Painting featured on the cover and inside of Poetry NW Magazine, Volume III, Issue 2, 2013-14
"City Lights", Reproduction of my painting, Interiors Magazine, August/September, 2013
The Paris Review, blog, paintings accompanying poems by Henri Cole, July 3, 2013
Wolf Interval, Arkansas Sketchbook, Arkansas Life Magazine, February 2013
100 Prints, Celebrating 100 Years, Catalog, The Art Institute, Boston, MA, 2012
Painting featured with poetry by Jennifer Chapis, online publication, Bombblog, April 6, 2012
Rivka Galchen, "Appreciation", The New Yorker Magazine, Fiction and Poetry, March 19, 2012
Neil Plotkin, Stephanie Pierce Interview, Painting Perceptions, August 10, 2011
Rebecca Harp, Interview with Stephanie Pierce, Jerusalem Studio School, 2010
Neil Plotkin and Jennifer Gilchrist, Oil and Water at Fred Bancroft and Steven Harvey Fine Art
Projects, Painting Perceptions, May 29, 2010
Cate McQuaid, Emerging Artists, The Boston Globe, June 24, 2009
Sam King, Interview with Stephanie Pierce, MW Capacity, mwcapacity.com, February 16,
2009
Regina Hackett, Show review, Seattle post –Intelligencer, June 2, 2006
Jean Hess. Show review, Art Papers Magazine, July/Aug, 2001
David Hopes. Endings and Beginnings, Asheville Citizen Times, Dec 10, 2000
Mathew Drutt. 2000/2001 Endings and Beginnings, Museum Catalog, Asheville Art
Museum, 2000
Nancy Stapen. Art Institute Featured at Galerie Mourlot, The Boston Globe, Aug 19, 1993
C O L L E C T I O N S
William Dreyfus, Kisco, NY
Joan and Roger Sonnabend Collection, Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Scholastic Corporation, NY, NY