STEPHANIE MAHAN STIGLIANO

602 Highland Ave.  Malden, MA   02148

781-321-4087

prints@gis.net

http://stephaniemahanstigliano.com

EXHIBITIONS     AWARDS     EDUCATION     MEDIA     TEACHING EXPERIENCE     RELATED EXPERIENCE       

NOTED COLLECTIONS:

          Bank of Boston, Boston, MA

          Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

          Charles Shain Library, Connecticut College, New London, CT

          Dante Alighieri Society, Cambridge, MA

          Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA 

          Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

          Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

          Herron Art Library, Perdue University (IUPUI) Indianapolis, IN

Morton Godine Library, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

          Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Print Collection, Boston, MA

          Law Offices of Frank Ciano, Cambridge, MA

Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn, NY

          National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

          New Directions Publishing Company, New York, NY

Oberlin College, Ohio

Rockefeller Library, Brown University, Providence RI

          Sacred Heart Gallery, Sacred Heart College, Hartford, CT

Texas Technical, Texas

          University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA

          University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA

          William Morris Hunt Memorial Library, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

EXHIBITIONS

2008  Seven Visions: Folded Environments, Catich Gallery, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA

2007   A PRINT IS A PRINT IS A PRINT…An educational show on process–Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA

          BOOK ARTS SHOW BIENNIAL, Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA

 

2006   FROM TWO to THREE DIMENSIONS: PRINTS into BOOKS–Seven artists display work in a traveling exhibition: Huret/Specter Gallery–Emerson College, Boston, MA and artSPACE @ 16, Malden, MA

MALDEN CONTEMPORARY–Elm Street Gallery, Malden, MA

WINDOWS ART MALDEN, Malden, MA

          LILY PAD GALLERY–Solo exhibition, Cambridge, MA

PEARL STREET GALLERY–Solo exhibition, Chelsea MA

ART FOR ARTISTS–Invitational Exhibition to benefit the scholarship fund at

                   Massachusetts College of Art, 1987, 1991-1999, 2003-2006

 

2005   CITY ARTS, Wichita, KS

BOSTON PRINTMAKERS–North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA

          6th BIENNIAL BOOK ARTS SHOW–Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA

 

2004   9x9 Tiny Works–PROJECT, Wichita, KS

          IMAGINE THIS–National Juried Book Arts Exhibition, La Jolla, CA

          150 X 150–Green Street Gallery 2003, 2004

          TIME REMEMBERED/ TIME PAST–Boston Printmakers at the Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA

          SHELF LIFE–Boston Public Library, Boston, MA

         

2003   MALDEN ARTISTS–The Mayor’s Gallery, Malden, MA

          THE SHAPE OF CONTENT–Rivier College, Hanover NH

          MALDEN NOW 2003–artSPACE@16, Malden, MA

          5th BIENNIAL BOOK ARTS SHOW–Cambridge Artists’ Cooperative, Cambridge, MA

          ART NEW ENGLAND FACULTY SHOW–Plum Gallery, Williamstown, MA

          DANTE ALIGHIERI SOCIETY–Solo exhibition, Cambridge MA

          MATV Gallery–Solo exhibition, Malden, MA

 

2002  MOVING PAGES: A JOURNEY THROUGH BOOK ART–Mercedes Nunez and

          Stephanie Mahan Stigliano–Hess Gallery at Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, MA

          PYRAMID ATLANTIC BOOK ARTS FAIR, Washington D.C.

          ART NEW ENGLAND FACULTY SHOW, Plum Gallery, Williamstown, MA

          SMALL WORKS, artSPACE@16, Malden, MA

          FROM THE LIBRARY OF________ ­–three artists–PROJECT, Wichita KS

 

2001   8X8 WHO DO WE APPRECIATE–traveling exhibition–PROJECT, Wichita, KS

          BOOK EXPLORATIONS–The New Art Forum, Kingston, MA

 

2000   ART INSPIRED BY ITALY–An Elegant Evening of Art and Antiques–Dante Alighieri Society,      

          Cambridge, MA

 

1999   AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL IMPULSE–four book artists–Starr Gallery, Newton Centre, MA

          BOOK ARTS: IMAGES & WORDS –Cambridge Artists’ Cooperative, Cambridge, MA

          BOOK ARTS–Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA

          BOOK ARTS–Society of Functional Art, New York, NY

          MALDEN 350th–awarded “best of show,” Malden, MA

 

1998   NEW FRONTIERS IN BOOK ARTS–Artists’ Books in New England, Lowell St. Gallery, Cambridge

          TINY WORKS INVITATIONAL–PROJECT, Wichita, KS

 

1997   MAKING A STILL LIFE; Ten Variations–South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA

NO BOUNDARIES: A Collection of Artists’ Books–Cambridge Artists’ Cooperative, Cambridge, MA

 

1996   THE NEW STORYTELLERS: One-of-a-Kind Artists’ Books in Boston Libraries and Museums– Widener Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

 

1995   FROM THE COLLECTION–Morton Godine Library, Massachusetts College of Art

 

1994   OUT OF BOUNDS–Exhibition of Artists’ Books–Creative Arts Workshop - New Haven, CT

          LANDSCAPE PAINTING with the Boston Visual School–Vitorchiano, Italy

          BAKER’S DOZEN–Artists’ Books–McKillop Gallery, Salve Regina University - Newport, RI

 

1993   BOOKS AS ART–Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL

          WHY ARTISTS’ BOOKS–Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

          ABC BOOKS–Newton Public Library, Newton, MA

          LETTERPRESS GUILD OF NEW ENGLAND at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA

 

1992   COLLABORATIVE WORK–work done in collaboration with Charles A. Stigliano–

          Ashuah/Irving Gallery, Boston, MA

ARTISTS’ BOOKS, ALTERNATIVE PRINTS & SCULPTURE–two person exhibition with Deborah Klotz-Paris– Center for the Arts at the Chocolate Church–Bath, ME

          JUXTAPOSITIONS–The Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA    

 

1991   THE CREATIVE PROCESS–Ashuah/Irving Gallery, Boston, MA

          TURNING PAGES–An Exhibition of Artists’ Books–The Space Gallery, Boston, MA

          LANDSCAPE PAINTING ON CRETE–Maliotis Center at the Hellenic College, Brookline, MA

 

1990   BOSTON PRINTMAKERS ANNUAL–Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA

          A BOOK ROOM AT ALCHEMIE–Alchemie Gallery, Boston, MA

 

1989   NON-HEROIC GESTURES–Administration Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

 

1988   GROUP EXHIBITION–Academia del Arte, Havana, Cuba

          MASTER OF FINE ARTS THESIS EXHIBITION–Thompson Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1987   STEAMROLLER PRINT EVENT–The Children’s Museum, Boston MA

 

1986   2nd ANNUAL PRINT EXHIBITION–MS Gallery, Hartford, CT

          ROCK,PAPER,SCISSORS–North Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

          2 x 2 SMALL WORKS at the MS GALLERY, Hartford, CT

          CITY PLACE at the TRANSPORTATION BUILDING, Boston, MA

          MASSART PRINT EXCHANGE & EXHIBITION, Academia del Arte, Havana, Cuba

          FIGURES & FACES–Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

1984   HENLEY SOUTHEASTERN SPECTRUM– Winston Salem, NC, 1983, 1984

          PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE of ART: More than a Decade– Sign of the Swan Gallery, Chestnut Hill, PA

          FAYETTEVILLE MUSEUM ANNUAL–Fayetteville, NC

 

1983   THE WINTER SHOW–Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC

ART on PAPER–Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC

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AWARDS:

Residency at Round Top Center for the Arts, printmaking, 2005

          Malden 350th, Best of Show, 1999

          Massachusetts College of Art Painting and Printmaking Award, 1986

          Nashua Corporation Award at the Henley Exhibition, 1984

          Fayetteville Museum Exhibition, Honorable Mention, 1984

          International Paper Company Award at the Henley Exhibition, 1983

          Bailey, Banks and Biddle Competition: Second place, 1980

          Honors Graduate Philadelphia College of Art, 1980

EDUCATION:

            Massachusetts College of Art, MFA Painting and Printmaking, Boston, MA, 1988

          Philadelphia College of Art, BFA with Honors, Crafts, Philadelphia, PA, 1980

MEDIA:

          “Bound to Delight,” by Barbara Rizzi Mellin, The Middlesex Beat, September 2006

          “Artist Profile: Stephanie Mahan Stigliano,” by Brian Goslow, artscope, September 2006

“Studio Visit with Stephanie Stigliano”, produced and edited by Elizabeth Scorsello and Stephanie Stigliano 2005

          “Arts and Community Access Television”

                   panel discussion, Sommerville Community Access Television; November 2004

          “Malden Square”: Interview with Barbara Tolstrop MATV, September 2004

          “Gallery Spotlight” hosted Arts Hour for MATV Telethon September 2004

          “Gallery Spotlight: Stephanie Mahan Stigliano”  video for Malden Access Television,

                   produced by Anne D’Urso Rose, May 2003

          “Artists’ Havens Pick Up Support” John Laidler Globe North, March 2, 2003

          “Garage Art” - Dinah Cardin, Malden Observer, February 27, 2003

          “The Art of the Matter” - Seth D. Michaels, Malden Observer, February 18, 2003

          “As We See Here, Malden is Full of Artists” Stephanie Mahan Stigliano and Sand T.

                   The Malden Advocate, February 21, 2003 

          “Stephanie Mahan Stigliano Selected as Juror for Upcoming Art Exhibition” –The Malden Advocate,

                   January 3, 2003

“Stephanie Mahan Stigliano” Toni Marie Kando and Hannah Taytslin–Moving Pages: Journeys Through Book Arts exhibition catalog, December 2002 “Artists’ Books “–Susan Flaherty,  Moving Pages: Journeys Through Book Arts exhibition catalog,

                   December 2002

          “Moving Pages: Journeys through Book Arts” –video by Rasheeda Givens, 2002

          “Review of Book Arts at Mobilia Gallery” FiberArts Magazine–Winter/Spring, 2000

          “Books Made by Artists Shed New Light on Their Creativity” –Mary Sherman, Boston Herald, Wednesday, April 12, 1995

          “New American Paintings” –The Open Studios Press, Needham, MA  1993

          “New Dimensions in Artists’ Books” –Marvin Hightower, Harvard Gazette, September 10, 1993

          “New Exhibit at CACC” –Times Record, Portland, ME, February 1992

          “Making a Religion of Art” –Edgar Allen Beem, Times Record, Portland, ME, February 1992

          “Strathmore Paper Company Presents” –promotional video featuring charcoal drawing, lithography and woodcut presentation by Stephanie Mahan Stigliano, Boston, MA, 1987

“Against the Law” –Lemon Sky Productions, Brookline, MA–artwork featured in television series, 1987

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

College Level

Pine Manor College–2000 to present: Seminar in Aesthetics; Introduction to Printmaking; Introduction to Studio Arts; Artist’s Books; Design: Color; Design Fundamentals–Chestnut Hill, MA

Bennington College–The Book as a Sculptural Object 2008, Between the Covers: Books as Art 2001-2004, Sculptural Boxed Memories 2005-6  

Art New England Summer Program, Bennington, VT

          University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth–The Book as Art; Color Studio 1999-2000

          (sabbatical replacement)  Dartmouth, MA

          Massachusetts College of Art Foreign Study Program–Venice and North Central Italy

          studio component: The Visual Journal 1999, Landscape Painting 1998    Italy

Massachusetts College of Art–Artist's Books on the Vandercook 2008, Sculptural Books 2006, 2007, Book Arts 1994, Artist’s Books 1991, Printmaking, Woodcut, Etching/Monoprint 1988  Boston, MA

Teaching Experience

Walnut Hill Arts, Printmaking Natick, MA, 2007- present

Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME, Three Colors/Three Days: woodcut printmaking workshop 2005

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Artist’s Books and Hand Papermaking team taught

with Michelle Samour 2005

August Studios–pre-college summer program, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, 1995-2001

Creative Vacation–summer art program for 7th–10th graders Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, 1999

Professional Development Institute–Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA  1995

New Arts Center–Artist’s Books, Newton, MA 1995

Kendall Center for the Arts–Drawing, Belmont, MA 1988-89

Selected Workshops

Tunnel Books and Pop-Ups; Artist’s Books–Lisa Knox Studio, Boston, MA 2007, 2008

Artist’s Book Intensive–Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, 1995-2007

Pop-Up Books and Paper Marbling–Watertown Adult Education Watertown, MA, 1998

Book Workshop–Duxbury Art Complex Duxbury, MA, 1997

Bookbinding–The Center for the Arts at the Chocolate Church Bath, ME, 1992

Visiting Artist

Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, 2005, 2006

Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, 1992-2008

Dante Alighieri Society, Cambridge, MA, 2000-2005

Mystic Valley Regional Charter School Malden, MA, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005

Leslie University, Cambridge, MA, 2002, 2007

Malden High School, Malden, MA, 2001

Glenwood School Malden, MA, 1997

Bunsai Gakuen–An Evening of Japanese Arts: “Woodcuts of the Edo Period; Their Influence on Past and Present Western Art” Lincoln, MA 1995

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA,1995, 1996, 2006, 2008

South Shore Charter School, Hull, MA 1995

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RELATED EXPERIENCE

Book Designer: Custom design of commemorative books, wedding albums, and portfolios,1991-2000

Digital Video Producer:

Winter Exhibition at MATV Gallery

Memory Studio

Eaden Huang: Landscape and Still Life Photography

Live/Interactive: an exhibition of eight artists

Robyn Katz-Adelman: Celebration of Women

Heritage Day at Mystic Valley Regional Charter School

Crew at Mystic Valley Regional Charter School

Exhibition Planner:

“From Two to Three Dimensions: Prints into Books” at artSPACE @ 16, Malden, MA and Emerson College,

Boston, MA, 2006

“Why Artists” Books?” Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1991-1993

An Elegant Evening of Art and Antiques,” Dante Alighieri Society, Cambridge, MA, 2000

“Malden Now” –exhibition of Malden Artists, artSPACE @ 16, 2003

Floral Designer:

Fluerish, Cambridge, MA, 1991-2000; Flower Bouquet Newton Center, MA 1989-1990, Salvy the Florist, East Boston and Lynn, MA 1983-1994

Graphic Designer:

CD design and illustration–Humarock Song by Greg and Gary Cherone, 2004

MATV bimonthly Newsletter, 2004

Corporate identification: Justinian Society of Rhode Island, 2003

Poster Design, Pine Manor College: Introduction to Studio Arts, 2002

Jewelry Designer: production of sterling silver earrings based on Minoan and Mycenaean artifacts

Custom designed wedding bands, 1980-1995

Red Cobra, Inc, design of seasonal fashion accessories, 1980-1982

Aion Jewelry Manufacturing: design, casting preparation, benchwork, and cataloging, 1978-79

Committee Member:

Malden Cultural Council: Served on the Council from 2000-2002

Mayor’s Planning Committee for Conversion from Convent to Artists’ Studios, 2005

Windows of Art Malden, MA, 2006

Publisher:

“Longitude” –eight artists produce an edition of 40 sets, 2004

“Opening Pages”–eight artists and a poet produce an edition of 27 sets, 2000

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

Member of Boston Printmakers since 2004

Member of Letterpress Guild of New England from 1990-1995

Member Boston Book Arts since 1998

PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATION: Vamp and Tramp Booksellers, LLC

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