Drew (enmeshed) 2011, 25cm x 20cm, collage 1
Drew (four square star) 2011, 23.5cm x 16cm, collage 2
Adri s Eyes 2011, 15.5cm x 23cm, collage Adri in snow 2011, 8.5cm x 23cm, collage 3
Drew (beads) 2011, 22.5cm x 15cm, collage 4
Drew (triangulated) 2011, 23cm x 15.5cm, collage 5
Curriculum Vitae Education & Research 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, B.F.A. 2006-2007 University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Selected Solo Exhibitions 2010 Behind the Curtain and in the Closet, The Bella Building, curated by Isabella Vatter, Munich, Germany 2010 I, The Hunter, Galerie Saupe, Berlin, Germany 2010 Half Camp, Van der Stegen Gallery, Paris, France 2010 CARTE, Bureau Mathieu Cénac, Paris, France 2008 Melissa Steckbauer, Sottopasso, Livorno, Italy 2008 Sacred Artists & Animal Urges, IAF Shop, Fukuoka, Japan 2005 All Bound Up, ONE9ZERO6 Gallery, San Antonio, TX Selected Group Exhibitions 2012 Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL 2011 New Contemporary Figuration, Pascal Polar, Brussels, Belgium 2011 Fitax1500, Grimm Museum, Berlin, Germany 2011 Ryoichi Nakamura, Melissa Steckbauer, & Nobuyoshi Sato, Erik Fiban, Kinosho Kikaku Fine Arts Modern & Contemporary, Tokyo, Japan 2011 Le Salon Du Dessin, Paris, France 2011 Pret á Diner, Alte Münze, curated by Ulf Saupe, Berlin, Germany 2010 Park -- Life is for Loving, Parade and Picnic, organized by Markus Shimizu, Berlin, Germany 2010 HIDDEN, Van der Stegen Gallery, Paris, France 2010 Fresh, Das Hotel, curated by Ulf Saupe and J.M. Pozo, with Santiago Sierra, Rob Scholte, Berlin, Germany 2010 Jerk Offestival, with Superm (Brian Kenny & Slava Mogutin), Marion Auburtin, Van der Stegen Gallery, Paris, France 2009 Home n Gone, Van der Stegen Gallery, Paris, France 2009 The Kinsey Institute s Juried Art Show, The SoFA Gallery, Bloomington, IN 2009 Hello World, Ito Folk Museum, Fukuoka, Japan 2009 I Mostri, Van der Stegen Gallery, curated by Yann Perol with Federico Solmi, Pesce Khete, Vanessa Fanuele Paris, France 2008 Real Presence, Castello di Rivoli--Museum of Contemporary Art, Rivoli, Italy 2008 Real Presence 2008, Legacy House, Belgrade, Serbia 2008 Animalia #1, Van der Stegen Gallery, Paris, France 2007 Runde #2, Rathhaus Weißensee, Berlin, Germany 2007 Dress Me Up in Your Love, Die Waschhaus Galerie, Berlin, Germany 2007 Girl to Woman, Featuring Filter Translation Device, Overture Center Madison, WI 2005 Humans At War, curated by Harrell Fletcher, Ahrnsbrak Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, Wausau, WI 6
Awards 2007 Artist Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 2006 Illuminations Artist Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 2006 William F. Vilas Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 2006 Study Abroad Travel Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 2005 Donors Award for Purchase, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, Wausau, WI 2005 Committee Choice Award 77th Annual Juried Student Art Show, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 2005 Edith L. Gilbertson Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 2004 Anita Appel Artist Award, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, Wausau, WI 2004 UW Madison Alumni Association Matching Scholarship, University of Wisconsin- Marathon County, Wausau, WI 2003 Festival of the Arts Award, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, Wausau, WI 2002 Appel Award, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, Wausau, WI Bibliography 2011 Le Revue Monstre, Laurent Boudier2011 Between Intimacy and Form: Conversations and Connections with Melissa Steckbauer, Berlin Art Link, interviewed by Elizabeth Feder 2010 Télérama, Laurent Boudier 2010 Access & Paradox (catalog), Published by SBO, Paris, France 2009 The Benefactor interviewed by Cessa Cantrell 2009 I Mostri, Yann Perol, (catalog) Published by Van der Stegen Galerie, Paris, France 2007 Art Neutopia Summer "Private Public" Minneapolis, MN, Issue 1, Volume 1 2005-2006 Illumination: The Undergraduate Journal of Humanities Spring Issue Artist-in-Residence & Professional Workshops 2010 Private Residency, Livorno, Italy 2008 Real Presence-Belgrade, Serbia 2008 Real Presence-Rivoli, Italy 2008 Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan 2007 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT Statement I take subjective photographs that address intimacy and exposure, and collage them in a way that is strictly about ornamentation and aesthetic properties. To do this I either weave the photographs with different images and materials or make multiple, patterned, and geometric cuts. The formal, ornamental layer is meant to gently divorce the image from its personal content. I treat all of this work as "in progress". 7