SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo and Small Group Shows:

  • Tarble Arts Center (solo), Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL   2011
  • 1 Point 618 Gallery (solo), Cleveland, OH     2007
  • River Gallery (group), Chelsea, MI        2007
  • Kidder-Smith Gallery (group), Boston, MA      2007
  • Truman State University (group), Kirksville, MO   2007
  • Art Lover’s Trading Company (solo), Carbondale, IL    2006
  • I Colori Divini Gallery (solo), Paducah, KY   2006
  • Seven Years in Ohio:Stephen Fessler’s Paintings(solo),Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH    2002
  • Riffe Gallery: Shared Inspiration, Works by Artists in Education (group), Columbus, OH   2002
  • Denison University (group), Granville, OH    2001
  • Trinity Gallery (group), Atlanta, GA    2001
  • Roy G. Biv Gallery (duo), Columbus, OH  2000
  • Residence of the American Ambassador (group), New Delhi, India    2000-1999
  • Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA (solo)     1999
  • The Arts Castle, Delaware County Cultural Arts Center (duo), Delaware, OH  1999
  • Roy G. Biv Gallery (group), Columbus, OH     1999
  • Ohio Wesleyan University Faculty Show (group), Delaware, OH  1999
  • Ohio State University Marion (solo), Marion, OH    1998
  • Ohio Art League (group), Columbus, OH  1998
  • Acme Art Company Alternative Artspace (duo), Columbus, OH  1998
  • Louisburg College (solo), Louisburg, NC  1998
  • Miami Valley Gallery (solo), Dayton, OH   1998
  • Modern Primitive Gallery (group), Atlanta, GA   1998
  • Athena Gallery (solo), Savanah, GA   1997
  • Northern Kentucky University (solo), Highland Heights, KY    1997
  • Dublin Arts Council (duo), Dublin, OH   1997
  • Lanning Gallery (duo), Columbus, OH  1997
  • Pentagon Gallery (solo), Cleveland, OH   1997
  • Berea College (solo), Berea, KY   1997
  • Ohio University Lancaster (solo), Lancaster, OH   1997
  • Carnegie Art Center (solo), Covington, KY  1996

Selected Juried Shows:

  • Municipal Art League of Chicago Biennial   2006
  • 15th Annual National Juried Open Media Competition, Art Institute and Gallery, Salisbury, MD  2006
  • 13th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Jasper Arts Center, Krempp Gallery, Jasper, IN  2006
  • Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exposition   2001
  • St. Charles Art and Music Festival, St. Charles, IL  1999
  • Mid-year Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH  1998, 1997
  • Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI  1998, 1997
  • Fred Wells National Juried Exhibition, Nebraska Wesleyan University, NE  1998, 1996
  • Cream of the Crop, Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH   1998, 1996
  • The Peoples Collection, Peoples Bank Exhibition, Marietta, OH   1998, 1996, 1995

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA
Master of Fine Arts, May 1985.  Concentration in painting.

OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Delaware, OH
Bachelor of Fine Arts, June 1982. Emphasis on painting and sculpture.

BACKANGSKOLAN, Boras, Sweden.  1977.  Studied drawing and Swedish language.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VARIOUS ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE and HIGH SCHOOLS, Ohio and Illinois
Artist in Residence.  Designed and taught projects in collaboration with teachers and the Ohio  
Arts Council, the Illinois Arts Council, the Illinois Migrant Council, and local arts organizations      1998 – 2012

OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Delaware, Ohio
Assistant Professor.  Taught a two-dimensional design course for undergraduate students of Fine Arts.   1999

NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, Highland Heights, Kentucky
OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Delaware, Ohio
OTTERBEIN COLLEGE, Westerville, Ohio
LOUISBURG COLLEGE, Louisburg, North Carolina
Guest Lecturer and Critic.  Presented my work and held critique for undergraduate students of painting. 2000, 1997, 1996

OHIO UNIVERSITY, Athens, Ohio
Art Instructor.  Initiated and taught children’s art course for the university’s community/Continuing education program.  1996

KAW MOO RAH HIGH SCHOOL, Huaykaloke Refugee Camp, Thailand
Art Instructor.  Organized and taught a drawing and painting course for Karen refugees. 1989

PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Art Instructor.  Taught a drawing and painting course for inmates, Philadelphia Correctional Facility.     1988

PRINTS IN PROGRESS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Art Instructor.  Designed projects and taught children’s classes.  Developed and taught a special
course in drawing and painting for teenagers. 1987

ANTI-GRAFFITTI NETWORK, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Muralist and Instructor.  Designed and painted murals with inner-city high school students for city government project.  1986

THE PARADE COMPANY, Detroit, Michigan
Staff Artist.  Painted, carved and welded sculptures and structural framework for floats.    1985

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Teaching Assistant.  Taught an advanced undergraduate drawing class.  1985

CREATIVE TIME, INC., New York, New York.
Artist’s Assistant.  Designed, built and painted sculptural pieces for Red Grooms’ Ruckus Manhattan Project.    1982


RESIDENCIES

  • Ohio Arts Council Artist-in-Residence Program, OH    1999 – 2007
    • Award of High Honor, 18th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Jasper Arts Center 2011
    • Illinois Arts Council Artists Fellowship   2007
    • Award of Excellence, 13th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Jasper Arts Center  2006
    • Mary Lou Chess Memorial Award, Ohio Art  League Juried Exhibition    2001
    • Best of Show, Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition   2001
    • Award of Excellence, St. Charles Art and Music Festival      1999
    • Nationwide Insurance Award, Ohio Art League Juried Exhibition    1998, 1997
    • Glenn Bradshaw Award, Northern National Art Competition   1998
    • Purchase Award, Peoples Bank 3rd Annual Art Exhibition   1998, 1995
    • Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship   1997
    • Award of Excellence, Northern National Art Competition  1997
    • Honorable Mention, Butler Mid-year Exhibition 1997
    • Athens Area Arts Council Award, Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition  1997
    • First Prize: Oil Painting, 9th National Juried Exhibition 1996
    • Second Prize, Southern Ohio Art Museum Juried Exhibition   1996
    • Award of Excellence, Unicorn Gallery Juried Exhibition   1996
    • Award of Merit, Viewpoint ’96 Juried Exhibition   1996
    • Award of Merit, Panorama ’96 Art Exhibition 1996

·       Illinois Arts Council Arts in Education Program, IL   2003 – 2007
·       Pennsylvania Arts Council Arts in Education Program, PA  2002
·       Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA   2000

HONORS AND AWARDS

PUBLICATIONS

  • Studio Visit, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA     2013, 2008
  • New American Paintings #65, #23 and #11, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA   2006,  1999, 1997
  • Dialogue: Voicing the Arts, Columbus, OH   March/April 1999
  • Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune, Bowling Green, OH  11/10/99
  • The William and Mary Review, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA  1998
  • Erie Daily Times, Erie, PA   3/18/99
  • Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH    1/10/99, 7/26/98, 8/17/97, 6/15/97, 3/9/97
  • Athens Messenger, Athens, OH  5/22/98, 5/15/98, 9/18/97, 3/13/97, etc.

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Corporate and Public:

  • Wellington Management, Boston, MA
  • Baptist Memorial Hospital, Paducah, KY
  • Second National Bank, Steubenville, OH
  • The People’s Collection, Peoples Bank, Marietta, OH
  • Ohio State University Newark, Newark, OH

Selected Private:

Diane Bernard, Easton, PA                                                      Arlene Levy, Chicago, IL
Krysztof Cugowski, Lublin, Poland                                        Lech Koltun, Lublin, Poland
Dana and Barb Michael, New York, NY                                Dr. Dorothy Brooten, Weston, FL
Karen Miller, Cincinnati, OH                                                  Jeney Family, Columbus, OH
Gary Brooten, Cleveland, OH                                                  Joan Wobst, Hobe Sound, FL
Kathleen Carrick, Cleveland, OH                                           Bo Mullan, Smyrna, GA
Dennis Charleton, Cincinnati, OH                                         Phillip Murray, Oakland, CA
James Pappas, Boston, MA                                                     Wojtek Chojna, Urbana, OH