ERIC STEFANSKI
b. 1987 Chicago IL.
Lives and works in Chicago IL.
EDUCATION
2015 School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston MA. MFA
2010 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago IL.
2009 DePaul University. Chicago, IL. BA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 God Bless Us Romantics. VSOP Projects Greenport NY
2023 I Love All Your Sins. Garna Gallery. Madrid ESP
2023 I Want to Exist. Margin Gallery. Tokyo JP
2022 I'm Too Romantic. Bill Arning Exhibitions. Houston TX.
2021 I’M Fucking Trying. VSOP Projects. Long Island NY
2018 Trophies. Baby Blue Gallery
2017 AHHH!!. Baby Blue Gallery
2017 Try Harder. Robert Morris College
2014 Bye-Bye Paradise. Khaki Gallery. Boston MA.
2013 Metamorphosis. USS Gallery. Chicago IL.
2013 Vacancies: Monuments of Social Despair. USS Gallery. Chicago IL.
2012 UnderDogs. Black Cloud Gallery. Chicago IL.
2011 Nature Paintings. Chicago Arts District. ShowPods. Chicago IL.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 ODESIA. Contemporary Cluster. Rome IT.
2022 Untitled. Garna Gallery. Madrid ESP.
2022 Green Grass of Home. VSOP Projects. Long Island NY.
2021 Summer Group Show. Harpers. New York NY.
2021 Talisman. Monica King Contemporary. New York NY.
2021 Between the Line. Grove Collective. London UK
2019 Simulated Art Fair. Heaven Gallery. Chicago IL.
2019 Beginning to See the Light. Hyde Park Arts Center.
2018 Broken Dreams. Co-Propriety Sphere. Chicago IL
2017 Hide and Chic. Rover Gallery. Chicago IL.
2017 Language the Body. VSOP Projects. Long Island NY.
2016 Truth to Power. Pop-Up Space. Philadelphia Penn.
2016 High Low. Fort Point Arts Center. Boston MA.
2016 Not As It Appears. Lens Gallery. Boston MA.
2016 Art Cetera Benefit. Boston MA.
2015 Feelers. Mills Gallery. Boston MA. Curated by Susan Metrican
2015 MANIFEST:JUSTICE. Pop-Up Space. Los Angeles CA. Curated by Jacquelyn Mason-Drayton
2015 MFA Thesis Exhibition. Cyclorama. Boston MA
2015 Art Speaks Truth to Power. Cambridge College. Cambridge MA
2015 American Signage. Piano Craft Gallery. Boston MA
2014 Medal Award Gala. Museum of Fine Arts. Boston Ma
2014 Violence Transformed. Roxbury Community College. Boston MA
2014 Interface. Tufts University. Pop-Up show. Curated by Elaine Sun. Medford Ma.
2014 Yes Paint. School of the Museum of Fine Arts . Boston MA
2014 Proof of Purchase. Sampson Projects. Boston MA
2014 Violence Transformed. Cambridge College. Cambridge MA
2014 Convergence. Khaki Gallery. Boston MA
2013 Empatheic Disgust. Mission Hill Gallery. Boston MA.
2013 Appetite into Destruction. Mission Hill Gallery. Boston MA.
2013 ArtWorks. River East Art CenterAuction benefiting the Anti-Defamation League.
2013 Words and Gestures. Bridgeport Arts Center. Chicago IL.
2013 Performance. Rooms Gallery. Chicago IL.
2012 Dissidence. WORK*DETROIT. University of Michigan. Detroit MI.
2012 2nd Birthday Gala. Black Cloud Gallery. Chicago IL.
2012 Dreaming Child. Gallery 27. Chicago IL.
2012 Chicago, I Love You! Lillys. Chicago IL.
2012 Winter Bike Show. Gala Gallery. Chicago IL.
2012 Holiday Hangover. Black Cloud Gallery. Chicago IL.
2012 Pointe of Departure. Venue six10. Auction benefiting The Joffery Ballet. Chicago IL.
2011 Please Touch the Art Work. Pop-up Space. Curated by Emma Stein. Chicago IL.
2011 River North Silent Charity Auction. Homey Gallery. Chicago IL.
2011 Art Bazar. Black Cloud Gallery. Chicago IL.
2011 Art and Artifacts. Chicago Loop Alliance. Chicago IL.
2011 JOYRIDE. Studio 654. Whiting IN.
2011 Winter Bike Show. Chicago Urban Arts Society. Chicago IL.
2011 White Cubicle. Abryant Gallery. Evanston IL.
2011 Moonlight. Creative CoWorking. Evanston IL.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2014 School of the Museum of Fine Arts Teaching Assistantship Award
2013 School of the Museum of Fine Arts Recognition Scholarship
2013 School of the Museum of Fine Arts Incentive Scholarship
2010 Walter Smith Painting Recognition Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2010 Grace Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Gallery Supervisor. BSA SPACE for Architecture and Design. Boston MA
2013-2016
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor
Morton College. Cicero IL.
2016-Present
Visiting Professor
Senior Thesis Program. School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston MA.
2014-2016
Teaching Assistant
T.A. Four-Painters Visiting Artist Seminar with Joseph R. Wolin. School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston MA.
2013-2014
CURATORIAL
2016 Interiors. Dorchester Arts Project. Boston MA.
2016 High Low. Fort Point Arts Center. Boston MA.
SELECTED REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
Voyage Chicago
http://voyagechicago.com/interview/meet-eric-stefanski-www-ericstefanski-com-bridgeport/
ArtLtd
http://artltdmag.com/2017/02/five-shows-to-see-chicago/
Boston Globe
Boston Globe
Artscope "Putting out Feelers"
Nov/Dec 2015 Issue
Boston Globe
365Artists365Days
http://365artists365days.com/2015/10/16/eric-stefanski/
@Studio Blog
http://www.at-studioblog.com/kjhkj/
The Visualist
http://www.thevisualist.org/2013/02/eric-stefanski-vacancies-monuments-of-social-despair/
DNAinfo Interview
http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130208/pilsen/pilsen-rehabber-turns-vacant-homes-into-art