Summer 2002

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine, Recipient of Artist’s Fellowship

1999 – 2001

Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts, Master of Fine Arts – Recipient of the Michael Doherty Fellowship

1993 – 1997

Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts, Bachelor of Fine Arts – Graduated with honors and distinction

1980 – 1984

Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, Bachelor of Science (Business Administration-Marketing)

2009 Recipient – LEF Foundation Contemporary Work Fund Grant

2007 Recipient – Art Matters Foundation Grant

1999 – Present

Massachusetts College of Art and Design                  Boston, MA

Full-time, Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Art Education

(September 2006 to Present)

Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Art Education (September 2008 to Present)

·       Undergraduate Courses

o   Interdisciplinary Portfolio 1 and 2 (Majors Studio)

o   Interdisciplinary Portfolio 3: Capstone Projects (Majors Studio)

o   Seminar I: Materials and Ideas of Traditional Media

o   Representations of Race (co-taught with Noel Ignatiev, PhD)

o   Seminar VI: Exhibitions (Spring 2011)

·       Graduate Courses

o   Concepts and Processes for Classrooms

o   Problems in Aesthetics

o   Artist/Teacher Thesis Projects

o   Issues in Contemporary Art (Spring 2011)

·       Adjunct Faculty – Art Education Department (2005 – 2006)

o   Portfolio 2

o   Concepts and Processes in the Classroom

·       Adjunct Faculty - Studio Foundation Department (2000 – 2003)

o   Foundation Drawing 1

·       Visiting Lecturer – Fine Arts 2D (2001, 2003, 2006)

o   Introduction to Painting

o   Drawing for Printmakers

o   Drawing for Painters

·       Graduate Teaching Assistant  (1999 – 2001)

o   Introduction to Lithography

o   Monotype

o   Introduction to Painting (Teacher of Record)

·       Responsibilities include:

o   Teaching skill development, critical thinking, creative problem solving, to undergraduate and graduate students across disciplines at the country’s only publicly funded freestanding art school

o   Introducing contemporary art theory and practice to BFA candidates in art education with an eye to their development as artists

o   Managing all aspects of the graduate programs in Art Education including review of candidates, exhibitions, course work, advising, planning, certification and licensure

o   Syllabi creation and curriculum development

o   Feedback on teaching models, textbooks and equipment

o   Managing all aspects of classroom studio practice, including materials and processes, art historical context and meaning, safety, lectures and attendance

o   Provide ongoing critique of work in process, final review and grades

o   Assisting students in tandem with the Advising office with their academic plan and career choices

o   Attending conferences/college committee meetings

o   Departmental and college-wide strategic planning

o   Participating in Faculty and Staff Searches

o   Mentoring of “at-risk” students

·       Professional Service to the College

o   Current Member of the All-College Committee.  Also served on this Committee for the 2007-2008 and 2009-2010 academic years

o   Current Member of the Graduate Council and currently serving on the Low Residency MFA and the Master of Design Strategy Development Committees

o   Current member of the Adderley Committee

§  This is in addition to the required faculty governance responsibilities

o   Member of the search committee for a Director of Alumni Relations (2010)

o   Chair of the Academic Policies Committee for the 2006-2007 academic year

o   Ongoing member of the Art Education Portfolio Curriculum Committee

o   Member of the Faculty of Color Committee since 2006

·       Key Successes:

o   Presented “Studio-Based Research as Master’s Thesis in Art Education” (with colleagues Dr. Dan Serig and Prof. Jennifer Hall at the 2010 National Art Education Association Conference Art and Social Justice

o   Worked with the Graduate Dean and the Assistant Graduate Dean in the creation of the Graduate View Book, and with marketing of the graduate programs in education inside and outside of the College

o   Worked with faculty in Liberal Arts and Art History to create experimental course Race and Representation for Spring 2009

§  This course was taught as an overload in the Spring 2009 semester

o   Redesigned and implemented Master of Science in Art Education summer coursework, thesis presentation and exhibition program

o   Co-curated an exhibition that presented the work of 3 generations of artists and their teachers

o   Managed the process of reviewing the college wide grading system for the 2006-2007 Academic Policies Committee.  Committee chair and author of the final report

o   Created and presented 4 Lectures on Visual Language for the delivery of major course content to the entire first-year class of 2007

o   Worked with independent studies in studio with senior and junior studio art education majors and MFA candidates across disciplines

o   Created and taught experimental course Boston Sketchbook, part of which involved coordinating class meetings with Boston area doctors, architects, park rangers and museum directors

Fall 2010

Stonehill College                  Easton, MA

Visiting Artist in Gender Studies

·       Undergraduate Courses

o   Race, Gender and the Digital Image

·       Responsibilities include:

o   Developing course materials, lectures and presentations that introduce and expand ideas about gender, race and their effects in the areas of popular and art culture

o   Work with faculty in visual art, art history, and cultural studies to develop and implement programming in exhibition and in lectures on topics of race and gender for the Stonehill community and the general public

Summer 2004 to 2009

Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture                  Skowhegan, ME

Dean

·       Responsibilities include:

o   Managing the daily interaction, accommodation, studio needs, and programming for participants and staff of one of the country’s oldest artist residency programs

o   Provided critiques on a group and individual basis.

o   Liaison for resident and visiting faculty, staff, and participants.  Fostering communication among all of the residents and staff

o   Providing support for resident and visiting faculty and staff with studio materials, lectures, and meetings and transportation

o   Assisting the Program Director with studio assignments and management, shop orientations, master classes, events, and Trustees and Governors of the school

o   Assisting the Program Associate with staffing, event planning, maintenance, permitting, and library coordination

o   Facilitated resources on and off campus for performances, actions, art events and exhibitions for participants

o   Supported and aided the development of organic discussion groups around topics in art and philosophy across disciplines

o   Creating and fostering a sense of artistic community through problem solving, conflict resolution, counseling, formal and informal instruction

o   Reported formally and informally to Boards of Governors and Trustees

·       Key Successes:

o   Worked with Program director to recreate the role of Dean to include pedagogical, critical and artistic support to the faculty and participants of the program

o   Assisted in the management, transition and selection of staff including Deans and technical staff

Winter Quarter 2008

Savannah College of Art and Design                  Savannah, GA

Visiting Artist-in-Residence

·       Undergraduate Courses

o   Visiting Artist Seminar in Painting

·       Graduate Courses

o   Graduate Visiting Artist Seminar

·       Responsibilities include:

o   Preparing and teaching a course in topics in contemporary painting to a group of highly motivated senior students and a group of first and second year graduate students

o   Developing the course around their issues as well as contemporary practice

o   Delivering public lectures in Savannah and Atlanta on my work and issues in contemporary practice

·       Key Successes:

o   Taught an informal but highly structured master print seminar with Eun Sook Lee, and her upper level students

o   Produced Rapture – a suite of lithographic prints assisted by Professor Lee and her students

o   Mounted an exhibition of the works produced while in residence

September  2002 to 2008

Emmanuel College                  Boston, MA

Lecturer

·       Undergraduate Courses

o   Basic Drawing 1 and 2

o   Painting I

o   Design and Compostion

o   Color and Design

·       Responsibilities include:

o   Teaching the fundamentals of two-dimensional design, painting and drawing to majors and non-majors at a liberal arts institution. 

o   Syllabi creation and curriculum development.

o   Managing all aspects of classroom studio practice, including materials and processes, hiring models, art historical context and meaning, safety, lectures and attendance.

·       Key Successes:

o   Worked with Department Chair and other faculty members to redesign the Design and Composition course.

September  2004 to June 2005

College of the Holy Cross                  Worcester, MA

Lecturer

·       Undergraduate Courses

o   Two-dimensional Fundamentals

o   Painting I and Painting II (Topics in Painting)

·       Responsibilities include:

o   Teaching painting and drawing to majors and non-majors at a liberal arts institution. 

o   Syllabi creation and curriculum development.

o   Providing feedback and suggestions to studio manager on systems and facilities.

o   Managing all aspects of classroom studio practice, including materials and processes, art historical context and meaning, safety, lectures and attendance.

·       Key Successes:

o   Created and developed Observational/Experiential, a painting course that helps students use retinal, psychological, scientific and emotional observations as strategies for making paintings.

September 2000 – August 2001

Massachusetts College of Art                   Boston, MA

Co-Director of Multicultural Student Development

·       Responsibilities included:

o   Maintained and encouraged discussion and affirmation of diversity issues on a campus of 2,500+ students.

o   Reported to the Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and the Officer of Civil Rights, Diversity and Compliance.

o   Created and managed mentoring program for students matriculating from Boston Public Schools.

o   Investigated and reported on diversity programs at other colleges.  Networked with other diversity coordinators for discussion and information sharing.

o   Reviewed college curricula and policies with the Compliance officer for diversity issues. Integral member of the Student Development Department; met and advised the Dean of Students on diversity issues.

o   Presented findings monthly in joint meetings with faculty from Studio Foundation, administrators from Student Development and Coordinator of Service Learning.

·       Key Successes:

o   Created original service materials in video and other media.

o   Proposed and implemented changes to the curriculum for the Studio Foundation program of the school to include travel to Cuba, China and Egypt, student exchange, community-service learning opportunities.

o   Organized events around censorship utilizing “Banned Books Week” and available resources in the College's library system.

o   Created a film series that investigated representations of race, class and gender.

o   Liaised with the Colleges of the Fenway around diversity issues, specifically Black History Month, Women’s History Month and Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.

o   Represented College at Educating Artists for a Multicultural World, a forum and panel discussion sponsored by the ProArts Consortium and the Colleges of the Fenway.

“Traversing Gender” Lecture and panel discussion in conjunction with the exhibition Traversing Gender at the McIninch Gallery at Southern New Hampshire University, with Jess Dugan and Caleb Cole, October 18, 2010.

“Understanding Contemporary Practice: Anything is Possible” Panel discussion on following the premier of the Art21 film William Kentridge: Anything is Possible.  Introduced by Jessica Hamlin of Art21 and moderated by Dr. Lois Hetland at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, with Claire Grace (Harvard University), Carl Beatty (Berklee College of Music), and Kevin Clancy (Massachusetts College of Art and Design), October 4, 2010.

“Studio-Based Research as Master’s Thesis in Art Education” Presentation at National Art Education Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, with Dr. Daniel Serig and Professor Jennifer Hall, April 16, 2010.

“Professional Practices” Lecture to Senior students, Montserrat College of Art, November 4, 2009.

Lecture to first-year students, Montserrat College of Art, November 4, 2009.

“Art Matters NOW”, Lecture panel for the Art Matters Foundation, New York, NY, with Cliff Owens, Ernesto Pujol, Dawit Petros, and Fawn Krieger, October 17, 2009.

“On Painting as Thinking ” Visiting Artist Lecture, Savannah College of Art and Design, January 2008.

 “4 Lectures on Visual Language” Studio Foundation Lectures, Massachusetts College of Art, September-October 2007.

 “Conceptual Strategies in Painting” Visiting Artist Lecture, Savannah College of Art and Design, May 2007.

“Tongues and Tales” Lecture, Montserrat College of Art, April 15, 2007.

Visiting Artist Lecture, Art Institute of Boston, April 8, 2007.

“In Practice – Post-Modern Strategies” Lecture, Tufts University, April 10, 2006.

“Domestic Bliss to Domestic Violence” with Leika Akiyama, Leonie Bradbury, Michela Griffo, and Andy Mowbray, Women’s Caucus for Art, National Conference, Moderator: Kathleen Bitetti, February 19, 2006.

“Idea to Image and Back Again” Lecture, College of the Holy Cross, February 8 2006.

“Based Here” Art Institute of Boston, with Shelbourne Thurber, Moderator, Bill Arning, MIT List Center, January 12, 2006

“A Conversation with Steve Locke and Laura Donaldson” Lecture/Discussion with Laura Donaldson, Director, Mills Gallery, part of the exhibition, Circumference, October 6, 2005.

“Where I’m Coming From” at the conference, Educating Artists for a Multicultural World, ProArts Consortium, Boston, Massachusetts, Ted Lansdmark, Boston Architectural Center, Moderator. February 8, 9, 2001.

September 20 – October 23, 2010

Traversing Gender

The McIninch Art Gallery, Southern New Hampshire University, Curator: Deborah Disston

April 29 - May 22, 2010

Man Up!  Jesse Burke, El C. Leonardo, Steve Locke, Rune Olsen

Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA

December 11 - January 30, 2010

Rapture/New Work*

Samsøn, Boston, MA

November 9 – December 11, 2009

Intersexions

Cushing-Martin Gallery at Stonehill College, Easton, MA

November 8 – December 6, 2009

Reaganography

No Globe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Curator: Frank Meuschke

September 15 – October 25, 2009

Casual Males

Sherman Gallery at Boston University, Boston, MA, Curator: Lynne Cooney

June 8th –13th, 2009

VOLTA5*/Artist Projects 5

Booth C3, Markthalle - Viaduktstrasse 10 - 4054 Basel, Switzerland

March 24 – April 28, 2009

Still Painting

RHYS MENDES Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

July 7 – August 31, 2008

Group Exhibition

Gallery PeoPeo, Beijing, China, Curator: Josh Yu

May 9 - July 26, 2008

ambivalent figuration; people

samsøn, Boston, MA

April 4-April 28, 2008

Rapture*

Savannah College of Art and Design, Hall Street Gallery, Savannah, GA, Curator: Erin Dziedzic

January 31–March 12, 2008

Selections ‘08

Massachusetts College of Art + Design, Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Boston, MA

August 27 – October 4, 2007

No Ego: New Paintings by Steve Locke*

Montserrat College of Art, Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery, Beverly, MA, Curator: Leonie Bradbury

March 12 – April 20, 2007

Visual Dialogues

Schiltkamp Gallery at Clark University, Traina Center for the Arts, Worcester MA, Curator: Elli Crocker

February 21 – March 29, 2007

mo(u)rning*

Lillian Immig Gallery at Emmanuel College, Boston, MA

October 5 – October 29, 2006

Youshi Li + Steve Locke – New Paintings*

Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA

September 13 – October 25, 2006

Simulacrum

Lillian Immig Gallery at Emmanuel College, Boston, MA

September 9 – October 30, 2005

Circumference*

Mills Project Space-Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, Director/Curator: Laura Donaldson

February 26 – April 2, 2005

when you’re a boy…*

Artists Foundation Main Gallery, Boston, MA, Director/Curator: Kathleen Bitetti

January 20 – February 10, 2005

New Paintings/New Drawings*

Mazmanian Gallery at Framingham State College, Framingham, MA

March 20 – May 20, 2004

superSalon

Samson Projects, Boston, MA, Director/Curator: Camilo Alvarez

March 20 – May 15, 2004

Boston High Tea

AramonaStudio, New York City, NY, Curator: Peter Wayne Lewis

January 16 – March 7, 2004

The 18th Drawing Show

Boston Center for the Arts – Mills Gallery, Boston, MA

Juror: Ralphaela Paltow, Curator, Rose Art Museum

May 16 – September 5, 2002

Making a Mark

Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA, Curator: Helen Shlien

November 28 – December 29, 2001

Selections from the Boston Drawing Project

Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA, Curator: James Hull

October 12 – November 20, 2001

Drawing the New Millennium: The Challenge of Media and Idea to the Nature of Drawing

Maine Artists Space, Danforth Gallery, Portland, ME

Jurors: Elizabeth French, Curator, The Drawing Center, New York

John Murchie, Independent Curator, New Brunswick

April 27 – May 12, 2001

Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition

Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

April 2 – 29, 2001

His and Hers: New Drawings (with Candice Smith Corby)

Patricia Doran Gallery, Boston, MA

March 2001

Members Show

Copley Society, Boston, MA

January 9 – February 6, 2001

Red

Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, Juror: Harry Cooper, Fogg Museum of Art, HUAC

August 1 – 31, 2000

Some Men*

Patricia Doran Gallery, Boston, MA

October 13 – 21, 1998

ART Cetera Auction / Benefit for the AIDS Action Committee

Cyclorama, Boston, MA, Juror: Pennie Brantley, Boston Center for the Arts

March 27- April 13, 1997

Division of Labor Recent paintings*

Noonan Gallery, Cambridge, MA

March 14 - April 3, 1996

Guys with Ties and other Portraits – New Paintings*

Noonan Gallery, Cambridge, MA

New American Paintings, Northeast Edition, Issue #86, Juror: Monica Ramirez-Montagut, Curator, Aldrich Contemporary Museum.

Cate McQuaid, “A Painter who Changed with the Times” Boston Globe, September 6, 2007.

Cate McQuaid, "Gallery Pick" Boston Globe, Calendar, October 19, 2006.

J. Aram Mouradian, "Locke's forbidden world revealed" In Newsweekly, October 11, 2006.

David Wildman and Justin Becker, "Fall Arts Preview" Weekly Dig, Volume 8 Issue 39,

September 27, 2006.

Cate McQuaid, “10 Artists to Watch” Boston GLOBE Magazine, March 19, 2006.

Shawn Hill, “Steve Locke: Circumference,” artsMEDIA “Gallery Gallery” November/December 2005

Randi Hopkins, “Only Human ‘Standing on One Foot” and ‘Steve Locke’ at the Mills Gallery; ‘Quantum Grids’ at the Sert Gallery,” The Boston Phoenix, October 7-13, 2005.

Kate Ledogar, “Steve Locke, Artist - The Good Bostonian,” Weekly Dig, Volume 7 Issue 37,

September 14-21, 2005.

Constantine von Hoffman, “Out and About.” CMO Magazine, November 2004

David Wildman and Nicole Klosteman, “Upstarts: The New Guard in Galleries” Weekly Dig, Volume 6, Issue 43, 10/27/04 – 11/03/04.

Edgar Allen Beam, “Danforth Gallery Draws to a Close,” Maine Times, November 4, 2001.

Chris Thompson, “Cogito Vertigo Sum: Danforth Gallery’s Drawing the New Millennium,” Portland Phoenix, November 2, 2001.