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Steven Sewell - CV
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EDUCATION
MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 2012
BFA, East Tennessee State University, 2005
AA, Chattanooga State Community College, 2002
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HONORS & AWARDS
Weiss Urban Livability Fellowship, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2009
Teaching Fellows Scholarship, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2009
Mayor’s Cup Grand Trophy (working for Mel Chin), Orange Show Center for Art, Houston, TX, 2005
Student / Faculty Collaborative Grant (with Professor Mike Smith), East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 2004
Award (juried by Maya Roland, Western Carolina University), Student Honors Exhibition, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 2003
Outstanding Photography Student, Chattanooga State Community College, Chattanooga, TN, 2002
Award (juried by Nan Swanson, Hunter Museum of American Art), Student Art Exhibition, Chattanooga State Community College, Chattanooga, TN, 2001
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor, Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2011
Teaching Fellow, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2009-10
Adjunct Professor, Chattanooga State Community College, Chattanooga, TN, 2009
Instructor, Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, TN, 2008-09
Adjunct Professor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, 2007-09
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EXHIBITIONS
Open: Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2012 (catalog)
Collaboration: Humanities, Art, & Technology (curated by Florian Wiencek), Von Canon Galleries, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2012
Experiencing Perspectives: 2012-13 Art Exhibition, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI, 2012 (catalog)
De-Authoring (curated by Amy Smith-Garofano), Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2012
Stereotype, Detroit Opera House, Detroit, MI, 2012
6x6x2012, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY, 2012
Guns ‘n F***ing Roses (curated by Jan Van Woensel, Curatorial Fellow of Art In General and Bloomberg LP), Monty Arts Centre, Antwerp, Belgium, 2011
TA/LA3, AVA Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, 2011
Portrait Show, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2011
The Atlas of Gifted Ideas (curated by Matthew Offenbacher), Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2010 (catalog)
A Million Little Pictures, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2010
PDA Show, The Pride Center, Salt Lake City, UT, 2010
First Year MFA Exhibition, Alcott Gallery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2010
Untitled, Nightlight, Chapel Hill, NC, 2010
Interesting People, Spare Room, Greensboro, NC, 2010
Sketchbook Journal Project, Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, DC; Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA; Antena Gallery, Chicago, IL; 3rd Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Museum of Design, Atlanta, GA, 2009
Close to Home, Kresge Memorial Library, Covenant College, Chattanooga, TN; Columbia State Community College, Columbia, TN, 2009
UTC Biennial Faculty Art Exhibition, Cress Gallery of Art, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, 2007
Fresh ‘07: Emerging Artists Exhibition, AVA Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, 2007
Means of a New Objectivity, Rivoli Art Mill, Chattanooga, TN, 2007
SEED Show Invitational (invited by Adam Trowbridge and Jessica Westbrook), Rivoli Art Mill, Chattanooga, TN, 2006
The Option (curated by Mel Chin), Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 2005
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 2005
The Nerdy South, Barking Legs Theatre, Chattanooga, TN, 2005
18th Annual Houston Art Car Parade, Orange Show Center for Art, Houston, TX, 2005
First Tennessee Bank Art Show (juried by James Hoobler, Senior Curator of the Tennessee State Museum), Carroll Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 2005
Hurricane Katrina Benefit Auction, Nelson Fine Art, Johnson City, TN, 2005
Student Honors Exhibition, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 2004
Student Photography Association Exhibition, Nelson Fine Art, Johnson City, TN, 2003
Wide Open, Bishop’s Commons, The University of the South, Sewanee, TN, 2002
Student Art Exhibition, Chattanooga State Community College, Chattanooga, TN, 2001
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OTHER EXPERIENCE & SERVICE
Artist-in-Residence, Super-G Experiential Residency, Greensboro, NC, 2012
Guest Critic, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2010
Judge, Visual Voices Exhibition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2010
Juror, Hot Air Exhibition, Elon University, Elon, NC, 2009
Artist’s Assistant for Mel Chin, Houston, TX & Johnson City, TN, 2004-05
Teacher’s Assistant for Professor Mike Smith, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 2002-05
President, Student Photography Association, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 2003-04
Paid Internship, Chattanooga African American Museum, Chattanooga, TN, 2001-02
Teacher’s Assistant for Professor Mark Wood, Chattanooga State Community College, Chattanooga, TN, 2000-02
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CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS
Weiss Urban Livability Symposium: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Community Activism Through Engaged Scholarship (Co-Organizer), Tate-Turner-Kuralt Auditorium, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2010
Popular Culture Association in the South Conference (Co-Presenter: “Deus Ex Machina in ‘80s American Film”), Hilton Hotel, Wilmington, NC, 2009
SEED Talks (Presenter: “Forms of Collaboration in the History of Photography”), Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN, 2008