MAINSITE Contemporary Art~ Steve Breerwood

Steve Breerwood's Website

Education
2004 – 2006 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL
MFA in Painting and Drawing
1997 - 2002 Nicholls State University Thibodaux, LA
BA – Painting, Photography

Profession
Aug. 23, 2007 – Present Assistant Professor, USA Chickasha, OK

University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

Classes include:

Oil Painting 1, 2, 3, & 4
Watercolor 1, 2, 3, & 4
Drawing 1
Senior Studio Seminar/ Independent Study Seminar
Photography 1 (Chemical Silver)
Intro to Computer Graphics.

May 10, 2006 – Aug. 2007 Adjunct Faculty, FSU Tallahassee, FL

Summer 2007 term - Drawing 1 and 2D Design.
Spring 2007 term – Drawing 2, Painting 2, and Figure Drawing.
Fall 2006 term – Painting 1 and Painting 2.
Summer 2006 term – Figure Drawing.

Aug. 2005 – May 2006 Graduate Teacher of Record, FSU Tallahassee, FL

Spring 2006 – appointed as a GTR to teach Figure Drawing.
Fall 2005 – appointed as a GTR to teach Figure Drawing.

2003 – 2004 South Louisiana Center for the Arts Houma, LA

Art tutor of both introductory adult and children's painting classes.

Exhibitions, Awards, Grants, and Publications
2008 Oklahoma City, OK – Exhibited Streaming, oil on canvas, and Self Portrait, 2007, oil on canvas, in the Know Thyself show at the Individual Artists of Oklahoma gallery from September 17th to October 10th. The show and my painting Streaming received a review by John Brandenburg, art critic for The Oklahoman – August 31st, 2008.

http://newsok.com/artists-reveal-facets-of-selves-through-self-portraits-in-show/article/3302772

2008 Oklahoma City, OK – Exhibited six pieces from my Human Resources series in the Corporatocracy show at the Individual Artists of Oklahoma gallery from August 15th to September 12th. The show and my painting Zoning, After Millet received a review by John Brandenburg, art critic for The Oklahoman – August 31st, 2008.

http://newsok.com/article/3289954/

2007 / 2008 Chickasha / Lawton, OK – Jammed Baler, After Rivera, oil on canvas, won 3rd place in the 2007-2008 Seven State Biennial regional competition. The exhibition displayed from November 4th – December 7th at the USAO Art Gallery, then traveled to the Leslie Powell Gallery of Lawton, OK in January and February of 2008.

http://www.usao.edu/news/releases/7StateArt07.html

2007 Miami, FL – Self Portrait, October, 2007, exhibited in the 2007 Masters’ Mystery Art Show to benefit the Master of Fine arts in Visual Arts program at Florida International University.

2007 Berlin, Germany – Zoning, After Millet, exhibited in the 2007 Art Interview International Awards Exhibit from January 19th – 30th at Gallery 24/ Berlin.

2006 Grant – Recipient of an Artist Enhancement Grant from the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs.

2006 Berlin, Germany - Awarded first place in the Art Interview 6th International Online Artist Competition. Awards include an interview for the Art Interview website and the opportunity to exhibit my work in the Art Interview International Award Exhibition in 2007 at Gallery twenty-four in Berlin, Germany.

Winners
http://www.art-interview.com/CompetitionWinners/competition_winners-006.html

2006 New York, NY – Maintenance, After Courbet, oil on canvas, exhibited in the 12th Annual International Exhibition at the Soho20 Gallery, June 25th - August 19th.

2006 Chautauqua, NY – Zoning, After Millet, oil on canvas, exhibited in the 49th Annual Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art - June 25th to July 12th. Awarded an Anonymous Donor Award.

2006 Tallahassee, FL – Jammed Bailer, After Rivera, oil on canvas, exhibited in “MayDay,” a show at the Nan Boynton gallery – February 5th to 26th.

2006 Tallahassee, FL – Zoning, After Millet, oil on canvas, exhibited in “Fluxuations,” a show at the Ars Magna gallery in the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory – February 3rd to February 24th.

2005 Ten works published in the Arts and Culture section of Tallahassee magazine: September-October edition, Volume 28 Number 5.

2005 Work published (Maintenance, oil on canvas) in the Arts and Entertainment section of the Tallahassee Democrat - Wednesday, May 4th, 2005 edition.

2005 Tallahassee, FL – Exhibited 20 pieces in a show of my work entitled “Perception and Subjection” at the Oglelsby Gallery: March 25 - April 8

2005 Atlanta, GA – Jason Ledet Seated, oil on masonite, exhibited in the 2005 CAA annual MFA exhibition at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.

2005 Tallahassee, FL – Member of the South of Soho Co-op Gallery of Independent Artists on the Railroad Square art district from February to November.