Wooster Studios
Fine Art by Stephanie Wooster

Fine Art: Oil and acrylic painting, drawing, photography traditional and contemporary practices and theory

Art History: 19^th to early 20^th-century Russian and French art, modern and contemporary art

Exhibitions

( * indicates solo exhibitions)

2011 AMLP: Photomobile 2011 Tour, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn, NY: Tour dates and locations:http://arthousecoop.com/projects/amlp

2011 Associations, Invitational Exhibition, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI

2011 The Sketchbook Project 2011 Tour, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY: Tour dates and locations: http://arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject

2009 ArtPrize, Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI

2009 Celebration of the Arts 36^th Annual Juried Spiritual Art Competition, First United Methodist Church, Grand Rapids, MI

2007 Festival of the Arts Regional Arts Competition, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI

2007 Texas National 2007, Jurors MANUAL (Suzanne Bloom and Ed Hill), Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX

2007 West Michigan Regional Competition, Lowell Area Arts Council, Lowell, MI

2006-2007 Governor’s Residence Michigan Artists Program August 2006-July 2007, Governor Jennifer Granholm, Lansing, MI. Loan program juried by Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI

2006 Combined Talents: Florida International, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL

2006 Digital Open, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004 All Area Exhibition, Studio 23/The ARTS Center, Bay City, MI

2003 The University of St. Andrews Studio Society Exhibition, Preservation Trust Museum, St. Andrews, Scotland

2003 MFA Thesis Show, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

2003 Annual Pratt 2003 Show, Hammerstein Ballroom, Manhattan Center, NY

2002 Recent Work, Pratt Artists League MFA exhibition, Steuben East Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

2002 Annual Pratt 2002 Show, Hammerstein Ballroom, Manhattan Center, NY

2002 Dialogues, Pratt Artists League Juried MFA exhibition, Steuben Hall Galleries, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

2002 * Perceptions and Illusions, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Steuben West Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

2001 Pratt in Venice, East Hall Gallery, History of Art and Design Department, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

2001 The American Academy of Equine Art Fall National Juried Exhibition, International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, KY

2000 The Fall Showcase of Equine Art 21st National Juried Exhibition, American Academy of Equine Art, International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, KY

1999 The Fall Showcase of Equine Art 20th National Juried Exhibition, American Academy of Equine Art, International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, KY

1999 71st Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI

1999 Art Reach of Mid Michigan, Invitational Exhibition, Mt. Pleasant, MI

1998 The Fall Showcase of Equine Art 19th National Juried Exhibition, American Academy of Equine Art, International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, KY

1998 70th Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI

1998 Michigan Equine Artists Founders Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI

1998 * The Equine Incognito, Kalamazoo College Fine Arts Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI

 Arts Activities

2010-present Special Events Volunteer, Education Department, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI

2010 Regional Professional for 2D juror Patricia Phillips, Dean of Graduate Studies, Rhode Island School of Design, ArtPrize Competition, Grand Rapids, MI

2010-11 Participating Artist, UICA Live Coverage Charity Event, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI

2010 ArtPrize Jury Committee, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids,  MI

2007-present Curatorial Board, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI

2007-8 Participating Artist, UICA Live Coverage Charity Event, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI

Collections

Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY

Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI

Publications

2009 Otman, Haley, ed., "Traveling Art Finds Home at GV," interview, The Grand Valley Lanthorn, January 1st, 2009, reprinted on Facebook March 17th, 2009, www.facebook.com/note/php?note_id=58022409801

2002  Michael, Mahoney, Review of Perceptions and Illusions by Stephanie Wooster, MFA Thesis exhibition. The Prattler 73 (October): 23.

2002  "Vanitas Peach" and "Untitled (Stitched Hand)," paintings, The William and Mary Review, Volume 40, Editor-in-Chief Martin Leigh Harrison, The College of William and Mary, Virginia.

Education

2013 The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., MPS Paralegal Studies

2003  Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, MFA Painting, MS Art History, With Distinction

1998  Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI, BA Art, Russian, Magna Cum Laude, High Honors, Phi Beta Kappa

2007  University of Pittsburgh, Russian and East European Summer Intensive Language Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Non-degree

2003-2006  University of St. Andrews, School of Art History, St. Andrews, Scotland

1996-1997  Smolny Institute, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, Non-degree