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Steven Labadessa

At MSSU since 2008

Position:
Assistant Professor of Art

Academic Degrees:
MFA (Painting) University of Pennsylvania
Post Baccalaureate Certificate (Painting), School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Post Baccalaureate Certificate (Painting), School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Juris Doctor, Boston University, School of Law
B.S. w Honors, Psychology & B.A. w Honors, Fine Arts (Studio) *summa cum laude & phi beta kappa, Brooklyn College

Also studied at:
The Art Institute of Boston, School of Visual Arts (NY), New York Academy of Art, The Arts Students’ League of New York,
New York University and H.B. Studios (Theatre Arts).

Professional Experience:
2006-07 Painting 1, Painting 2
Visiting Artist in Painting (Academic Year)
Binghamton University (SUNY), NY
2004-05 Color Theory, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Painting I - VII, Independent Studies (Painting)
Assistant Professor of Painting (Full Time, One Year Temporary)
Rowan University, NJ
2001-04 Painting, Drawing, Figure Drawing (Multi-Level)
Instructor
Perkins Center for the Arts, NJ
2003 Painting, Drawing (Multi-Level)
Instructor
Wayne Art Center, PA
2002 Basic Drawing, Visual Concepts
Lecturer (Sabbatical Replacement)
Marywood University, PA
1999-2001 Figure Drawing, Drawing 1 (x2), Painting 1 & Drawing 1 (CGS)
Teaching Assistant & Guest Critic
University of Pennsylvania, PA

Honors and Awards:
2008 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship, Visual Arts - Painting
2004 Merit Award, “Faculty Show” Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juror Award, “27th Annual Small Works Competition” 80 Washington Square East Galleries, NYC
2001 First Place, “Family Show” Fox Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Merit Award, “Current Work 2001: A National Competition” Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville, NC
Juror Award, “24th Annual Small Works Competition” 80 Washington Square East Galleries, NYC

Classes Taught:
Beginning Drawing
Drawing
Advanced Drawing
Figure Drawing
Special Projects: Drawing 1 & 2
Beginning Painting
Painting
Water Based Media/ Painting
Special Projects: Painting 1 & 2
Art Appreciation

Administrative Duties:
Maintains Drawing & Painting Studio
Advisor

Gallery Representation:
MDH Fine Arts, New York, NY

Exhibitions:

Solo:
2009 “Steven Labadessa: ‘severe beauty’” Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
tba (two-person exhibition) Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
Dan and Gail Cannon Gallery of Art: "Corpus Asunder", artwork by Elizabeth Crisman and Steven Labadessa, through Feb. 6, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays.
2008 “Expression in Paint” (two-person exhibition) San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
2007 “Steven Labadessa: Composites” Furman University, Greenville, SC
2005 “Steven Labadessa” Chadron State College, Chadron, NE
2004 “Recent Work” Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
2003 “Steven Labadessa, Paintings” Firelands College (BGSU), Huron, OH
2002 “twenty” Coker College, Hartsville, SC

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2009 tba MDH Fine Arts, New York, NY
“Faculty Show” Spiva Gallery, Joplin, MO
2008 “Summer Salon” MDH Fine Arts, New York, NY
“Painting as Presence” (William Bailey, Juror), Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
2007 “Submissions Show” Sarah Bowen Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY
2006-07 “RE/figure: gods + monsters (Invitational)” Cazenovia College Art Gallery, Cazenovia, NY;
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
2006 “Speaking Figuratively (Invitational)” Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
"The Figure Considered ... (Invitational)" Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
2005 “Night of 1,000 Drawings” Artists Space, NYC
2004 “27th Annual Small Works Competition” 80 Washington Square East Galleries, NYC
“Mid-Atlantic New Painting” (Stephen Phillips–Curator, Phillips Collection, Juror), Mary Washington College,
Fredericksburg, VA
2003 “Figure as Content (Painting Invitational)” College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
“Mute” (Richard Torchia, Juror), Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD
2002 “National Prize Show” (Lisa Dennison–"then" Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY, Juror), Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
“28th Juried Show” (Dr. Hugh Davies-Director, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, Juror), Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
2001 “The Future is Now” Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
“National Prize Show” (Maxwell L. Anderson–Director, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, Juror), Cambridge Art Assoc., Cambridge, MA
“Fox Family Show” Fox Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001 “Face Off” Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Current Work 2001” Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville, NC
“24th Annual Small Works Competition” 80 Washington Square East Galleries, NY

Bibliography:
Carter, Catherine, “Artists probe contemporary issues through traditional methods,” The Standard-Times, March 02, 2007, p. B3.

Reitz, Alison, “Oh, my ‘god’!: Exhibit gives form to the divine and horrific,” The Torch, February 22, 2007.
Walker, Katie, “Artists Consider the Figure,” The Northerner, August 30, 2006.

Johnson, Pat, “Rowan Faculty Show Comes to the Island,” The Sandpaper, Vol. 30, No. 37, September 15, 2004, p. 20.

Sozanski, Edward J., “Vaulted Pleasures, if Not Vaunted Treasures,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 26, 2002, p. H09.

Warner, David, “School’s Out. Art’s Up,” Philadelphia Citypaper, May 24, 2001, p. 24.

Hicks, Andrea, “Face Off,” F News, April 2001, p. 22.

Korotkin, Joyce, “Twenty-Fourth Small Works Exhibition,” The New York Art World, Vol. 4, No. 7, March 2001.

Publications:
2006 G.W. Review (George Washington University), Fall/Winter Issue.

2005 Redivider (Emerson College), Spring Issue.

Lectures/Presentations:
2008 Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO
Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
2006 Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
2005 Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2003 Firelands College (Bowling Green State University), Huron, OH
2002 Coker College, Hartsville, SC

Slide Registry:
Artists File, Artists Space, New York, NY http://afonline.artistsspace.org/view_artist.php?aid=1466
MSAC Visual Artist’s Registry (Online), Baltimore, MD

Juror:
“30th Annual Student Competition & Exhibition” Coker College, Hartsville, SC

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