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Education

 

2005/2007 – Master of Fine Arts, Indiana University Graduate School of Fine Arts- Bloomington, Indiana

 

1998/2002 – Bachelor of Fine Arts, Columbus College of Art and Design- Columbus, Ohio

 

Selected Solo, Group, Juried and Curated Exhibitions and Lectures

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2022

• Necessary Illusion, Spring/Break Art Show, Los Angeles, California - (Two Person)

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2021

• Exquisite Corpse Now, SNEHTA Residency, Athens, Greece (Group)

 

2020

• Set In Stone, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park Contemporary Gallery, Hamilton, Ohio – (Solo)

• Again&Again&Again, Spring/Break Art Show, New York, New York - (Solo)

• Still, Basket Shop, Cincinnati, Ohio - (Solo)

 

2019

• Invention of Reality, Spring/Break Art Show, New York, New York - (Solo)

 

2018

•Michael Stillion and Alicia Little, The Summit Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio - (Two Person)

•Outside/In/Inside/Out, Eva G. Ferris Gallery, Crestview Hills, Kentucky - (Curator)

•In Your Honor, Linda Warren Projects, Chicago, Illinois - (Group)

•Chro•Ma, 1628 Ltd. Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio - (Group)

 

2017

•Gather, Divisible Gallery, Dayton, Ohio - (Two Person)

•Fighting Moves, 1305 Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio - (Solo)

•The Other Thing, The Carnegie Gallery, Covington, Kentucky - (Curator)

 

 

2016

•In The Belly Of The Whale, Linda Warren Project, Chicago, Illinois - (Solo)

•Cincinnati 5: Artists Impacting The Community, Wave Pool Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio -(Group)

•Loosing My Edge: New Perspectives in Abstraction Figurative Painting, Bloch Hall Gallery, Montevello, Alabama - (Group)

 

2015

•Portrait And The Primordial, Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, California - (Group)

•Now Here: Theoretical Landscapes, The Carnegie Gallery, Covington, Kentucky – (Group)

•We Got Spirit, Yes We Do, Unity Gallery, Maharishi University, Fairfield, Iowa –(Group)

•Blood, Milk, Sky and Gold- Mural, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio – (Solo)

 

2014

•National Contemporary Painting Exhibition, Weatherhead Gallery, University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana - (Group)

•Ghost In The Machine, Phyllis Weston Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio - (Solo)

•Shall I tell you the secret of the whole world? Painting, Parody & Disguise, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio - (Curator/Group)

•Angela Meleca Gallery, Columbus, Ohio - (Two Person)

•Lovey Town Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin - (Group)

 

2013

•Paper Trail 2, Phyllis Weston Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio - (Group)

•BZ&C; bent, zigzag and crooked, Linda Warren Projects, Chicago, Illinois - (Solo)

•Squall, 1305 Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio - (Solo)

 

2012

•Birke Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia - (Two Person)

•Artist Lecture: Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia

•Paintings - Caestecker Art Gallery, Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin - (Solo)

 

2011

•NEXT/Art Chicago art fair, represented by Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, Illinois - (Group)

 

2010

•Zep Up, 1305 Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio – (Solo)

•Michael Stillion: Recent Work, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, Illinois – (Solo)

•Carousel Kids, Museum Gallery/Gallery Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio – (Group)

•Young Painters Competition, Heistand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio – (Group)

 

2009

•We Saw The Wrecked, Bry Gallery, University of Louisiana, Monroe, Louisiana – (Solo)

•Artist Lecture: Bry Gallery, University of Louisiana, Monroe, Louisiana

•Wheels of Fire, Roswell Museum of Art, Roswell, New Mexico – (Solo)

•New Narratives- Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio – (Group)

•Artist Lecture: Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico

 

2008

•Avatar Atavistic, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, New York – (Group)

•Dry Heat, Runnels Gallery, Portales, New Mexico – (Group)

 

•Introducing Mr. Hammerface, Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio – (Solo)

•Hypothetics, Art Hospital, Bloomington, Indiana – (Group)

 

2007

•Man-Made, 1305 Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio – (Solo)

•They Can Walk Too, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana – (Solo)

 

2006

•A Drawing Show, Fuller Project, McCalla Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana – (Group)

•Masters of Fine Arts Group Painting Exhibition, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana – (Group)

 

2005

•Artist Lecture: A Conversation with Michael Stillion- Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio

 

2003

•Realism 2003, Cultural Arts Center, Parkersburg, West Virginia – (Juried/Group)

 

2002

•Michael Stillion – Recent Paintings, Grove City Courthouse, Grove City, Ohio – (Solo)

•Michael Stillion – Recent Paintings, Canzani Thesis Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio – (Solo)

 

2001

•CCAD Alumni and Student Exhibition, Acock Gallery, Columbus, Ohio and Hillel Center, Ohio State University Campus, Columbus, Ohio – (Juried/Group)

•New Arrangements- Group Show, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus Ohio –(Group)

 

2000

•Ohio Art League Fall Exhibition, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio – Juror: David Reed

 

Residencies and Awards

 

2015 - Ohio Arts Council Grant, Individual Excellence Award 2013 - Nominee, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award

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2010 - Finalist for the 11th Annual Miami University Young Painters Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award

 

2008/09 – Roswell Artist-In-Residence (R.A.I.R.), One Year, Full Fellowship, Roswell, New Mexico

 

2008 – Joan Mitchell Full Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont 2008 – Ohio Arts Council Grant, Individual Excellence Award

 

Collections

 

Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collection Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin

Hilton Art Collection, Columbus, Ohio

 

Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, New Mexico

Sara and Michelle Vance Waddell Collection

Raphaela Platow Collection

 

  George and Linda Kurtz Collection

 

 

Reviews and Publications

Art Maze Mag. Anniversary Edition, Issue 15, 2019

 

J. Gregory, Painting the Ghost, DBL/CIN Magazine, Spring 2017

 

Kathy Schwartz, The Carnegie Adds Season Long Shows, Citybeat, October 4, 2017

New American Paintings, Midwest #131, Juror, Arnold Kemp, August - September 2017

Matt Peiken, Contemporary Arts Center leader envisions a vibrant public space for its ground- floor renovation, WCPO, Cincinnati, January 09, 2015

 

Julie Engebrecht, Michael Stillion mural marks rerouted CAC entrance, The Enquirer, Cincinnati, December 18,2014

 

Julie Engebrecht, Color takes over CAC, The Enquirer, Cincinnati, March 28, 2014

Kathy Schwartz,Works on Paper Help Make Memories Last, City Beat, July 31st, 2013

Gabrielle Blumenthal, Linda Warren Projects, Discovering Art in Chicago, http://discoveringartinchicago.blogspot.com/, February 13, 2013

 

Lee Shippey, Stillion's work draws a crowd at Ripon College's Caestecker Gallery, Wausau Daily Herald, February 10, 2012

 

Ben Ranes, Unorthodox Art from Unorthodox Muses, Ripon College Days, February 7, 2012

Christopher A. Yates, “Narratives of many forms” Columbus Dispatch, May 17, 2009

Cid Standifer, “It’s a show about monsters…” Roswell Daily Record, May 14, 2009

 

MW Capacity, “Q & A with Michael Stillion”- http://mwcapacity.wordpress.com, January 2009

 

Anne Chlovechok, “Art is life for Pleasant City native”, The Daily Jeffersonian, October 27, 2008

Exposed: Top 100 Secret Artists of 2007, catalogue, ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH, 2008

Realism 2003, exhibition catalogue, Cultural Center of Fine Arts, Parkersburg, West Virginia, March – May 2003.

 

Jury Duty: interview w/ David Reed, Dialogue Magazine pg. 28, Volume 23 #5 Sept. – Oct. 2000