Education:

2014 - 2017         

MFA in Sculpture, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

1998 - 2001         

BFA in Sculpture, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

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Teaching:

Spring 2019 / Fall 2019:

Adjunct Sculpture: Adjunct Sculpture Professor at Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL

Fall 2017:

Substitute Teaching: Painting, Drawing, 2D Design, Welding Classes Substitute Teacher at South Suburban College, South Holland, IL.

Fall 2016 / Spring 2017:

Instructor on Record: 3D Foundations, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

Fall 2014:

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

2010 – 2014       

Private Welding Classes, Water Street Studios

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Solo Shows:

2017:

• Balance and Composition, South Suburban College, Sept 21st

• Structural Fragments MFA Show, DeKalb, IL. March 23rd, 6-9

• Architectural vs Emotional Stability, Slate Arts, Chicago, IL. March 4th - April 2nd        

2014:

• To Grad School or Bust, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL

2010:

• Steven Lockwood Solo Show, Kane County Chronicle Gallery, Batavia, IL

2004:

• Steven Lockwood Solo Show, Foundation Studios, Hinckley, IL

 

 

Exhibitions:

2019       

• 10 Year Anniversary Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL.

2018      

• Structural Fragments By Hosey and Lockwood, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL.

• Invisibilia, Governors State University, University Park, IL.

2017       

• “Show Off: People Who Collect”, The Miller Beach Arts & Creative District, Miller Beach, Gary, IN.

• Balance and Composition, South Suburban College,

• Geometric Complexions, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL.

• Unpacked A pop-up truck exhibition, DeKalb, IL.

• Structural Fragments MFA Show, DeKalb, IL.

• Architectural vs Emotional Stability, Slate Arts, Chicago, IL.

2016       

• Fear, Slate Arts, Chicago, IL

• The Structure, Union Street Gallery, Chicago, IL. 3rd Place Cash Award

• Why Are You Here?, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL

• Illinois-Tennessee Exchange, Side Street Studios, Elgin, IL

• Illinois-Tennessee Exchange, Hound Dog Commons, Nashville, TN

• Wet Paint, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL

• Geometric Abstraction, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

2015       

• Illinois-Arizona Exchange, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL

• Illinois-Arizona Exchange, 11th Monk3y Industries, Phoenix, AZ

• Seven Deadly Sins, Redmoon Theater, Chicago IL

2014       

• Annual Juried Ars Nova Blick Exhibition, Jack Olson Gallery, Juror: Álvaro Amat, DeKalb, IL

• 1st Year Grad Show, Gallery 215, DeKalb, IL

• To Grad School or Bust, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL

2013       

• Light Sense, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL.

• Boneshaker, Redmoon Theater, Chicago IL

• Winter Pageant, Redmoon Theater, Chicago IL

• 2nd Annual Oak Park Sculpture Walk, Oak Park, IL

• Language of Water, Art Space Elgin, IL

• Artefact, Side Street Studio Arts Elgin, IL     

• Climate Change Conveying Realities, Eco*art*lab, Athens, GA

• Spectacle Lunatique, Redmoon Theater, Chicago IL

• Art Show, Dr. Scholl Exhibit Mezzanine, Marmion Academy, Aurora, IL.

• First Annual Competition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago IL

  • (Jurors: Thomas McCormick and Julian Williams)

2012       

• MetamorFridges, Put on by ComEd and Leo Burnett for Michigan Ave, Chicago IL

• Spectacle Lunatique, Redmoon Theater, Chicago IL

• Dystopia (Spiritual Warfare in a Mechanized World) Las Manos Gallery, Chicago IL

• This goes to 11, Next Gallery pop up show, St Charles. IL

• illuminate Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL

  • (Juror: Frank Maugeri Co-Artistic Director of RedMoon)

• Apocalypse Show, Kane County Chronicle Gallery, Batavia, IL

• Urban Perspectives, Allen+Pepa Architects, Aurora IL

• Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN

• Grand Opening Gala, Batavia Fine Art Centre, Batavia, IL

2011       

• 2nd Year Anniversary Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL

  • (Juror: Corey Postiglione Associate Professor, Art History + Fine Art Columbia College Chicago)

• The Separation of Three, Outdoor Mural Project along Water Street Studio building, Batavia, IL

• Creep Show, Limestone Coffee House, Batavia, IL

• First Impressions, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI

• Summer Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL

  • (Juror: Lisa Gloria- Realist Painter)

• ARTtitude, St Charles Country Club, St. Charles IL

2010       

• Winter Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL

  • (Juror: Anke Loh, Assistant Professor, Fashion Designer School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

• Sculpture Stop, Outdoor Sculpture Garden, Batavia, IL

• 2nd Year Anniversary Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL

  • (Juror: Hennie Reynders, Professor in Architecture, Interior Architecture and Designed Objects at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.)

• Steven Lockwood Solo Show, Kane County Chronicle Gallery, Batavia, IL

• Summer Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL

  • (Juror: Lee Sido Fine Art Studio Division Head, Associate Professor at Northern Illinois University)

2009       

• 1st Friday Aurora Art Walk, River Breeze Art Gallery, Aurora, IL

• Winter Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL

  • (Juror: Steve Sherrell Professor of Art - Joliet Jr. College)

• Grand Opening Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL

2008       

• 1st Friday Aurora Art Walk, Aurora Fire Department, Aurora, IL

• Grand Opening, Wilson Gallery, Batavia, IL

• Sculpture Adventure, Batavia, IL

• City Hall Art Exhibit, Art In Your Eye Festival, Batavia, IL

• Sculpture in the Park, Mount Saint Mary’s Park, St. Charles, IL

2004       

• Outdoor Sculpture Garden, The Homestead, Plano, IL

• Structure, Foundation Studios, Hinckley, IL

• Group Show at Foundation Studios, Hinckley, IL

 

 

Awards:

2015       

Lester K. Smith Art Scholarship

2016       

Jonathan Ryan Lee Studio Art Scholarship

 

 

Collaborative Projects:            

2014       

Drum Crane, Spectacle Lunatique, Redmoon Theater, Chicago IL

2013       

Pride Parade, Redmoon Theater, Chicago IL

2012       

MetamorFridges, Put on by ComEd and Leo Burnett for Michigan Ave, Chicago IL

 

 

Public Work:

2012       

Commissioned metal staircase in private home, Batavia IL

2012       

Glider Sculpture outside of private home, Batavia IL

2011       

Batavia's Bulldogs Unleashed, Around the city of Batavia, IL

2011       

The Separation of Three, Outdoor Mural Project along Water Street Studio building, Batavia, IL

2010       

Bike Racks, Outside of City Hall, Batavia, IL

2010       

Bike Racks, Outside of Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL

 

 

Gallery Shows for Water Street Studios

2014 Process

Guest Juror: Tempestt Hazel, Professional Development Manager at Chicago Artists Coalition, Director & Co-Founder Sixty Inches From Center.

 

2014 Spring Group Show

Guest Juror: Jenny Lam, artist agent, curator, bloggest of "Artists on the Lam."

 

2014 "I AMerican"

Curated by Sergio Gomez. A multi-media exhibition exploring what it means to be an "American" from the perspective of bi-cultural artists living in the US.

 

2014 4th Year Anniversary Show

Guest Juror: Glenn Wexler, photo-based american contemporary artist based in Chicago.

 

2013 Summer Group Show
Guest Juror: Staci Boris, Chief Curator at the Elmhurst Art Museum.

 

2013 Carbon - Life, Decay and Beyond

Guest Juror: Jess Mott Wickstrom, Gallery Director at Lillstreet Art Center in ChicagoThrough Carbon -  Life, Decay, and Beyond, artists bring Carbon's use, its impact and its future upfront. Carbon is the element that is the basis of all known life forms. The duality of carbon to the existence of everything living, and its eventual death and decay, offers the artist multiple venues for interpretation.

 

2013 Winter Group Show

Guest Juror: Lelde Kalmite, Painter and Gallery Director of Bridgeport Art Center

 

2013 3rd Year Anniversary Show

Guest Juror: Sergio Gomez, owner/Director of 33 Contemporary Gallery, Curator and Director of Exhibitions at the Zhou B. Art Center.

 

2012 Indulge

Curated by Anni Holm -Curator

Imagine: hotdogs, funnel cakes, gummy bears, chocolate cake, bananas, ice cream, strawberries, crab legs, oysters, pasta, salads, water, beer, wine and champagne. Then imagine: 5-star restaurants, diners, food trucks, concession stands, farm stands and of cause an all you can eat buffet. Are you hungry now? This exhibition will take a closer look at one of our basic needs through the eyes of contemporary (perhaps starving) artists. Welcome to the smorgasbord.

 

2012 illumunate Show

Guest Juror: Frank Maugeri, Co-Artistic Director of RedMoon.

illuminate explores light in all of its forms and is open to conceptual interpretation. This show is beyond anything Water Street Studios has ever done. illuminate is more of an "event" than a show. This is a dimly lit show, with the gallery's house lights off and sporadic track lights on. This show also exhibits work in the additional 3,800 sq ft space adjacent to our already large gallery. This space will have all it's lights off and feature work that is self-illuminating.

 

2011 Anniversary Show

Guest Juror: Corey Postiglione Associate Professor, Art History + Fine Art Columbia College Chicago

 

2011 Summer Show

Guest Juror: Lisa Gloria -Realist Painter

 

2010 Winter ShowGuest Juror:

Anke Loh Assistant Professor, Fashion Designer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

 

2010 Anniversary Show

Guest Juror: Hennie Reynders Professor in Architecture, Interior Architecture and Designed Objects at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

 

2010 Summer Show

Guest Juror: Lee Sido Fine Art Studio Division Head, Associate Professor at Northern Illinois University

 

2009 Winter Show

Guest Juror: Steve Sherrell Professor of Art - Joliet Jr. College

 

2009 Grand Opening Show

Juror: Steven Lockwood 

 

 

Curated Shows:
2013  March 1st - April 13th

Reveal "Ten Essentials" Curated By Steven Lockwood @Side Street Studio Arts, 15 Ziegler Ct. Elgin.

2013  June 7th.

"Through The Smoke, The Water and The Clay"

Curated By Steven Lockwood @Batavia Fine Art Centre, Batavia

2013 June 29th

"Illusions of Reality" (Realism, Perceptions and Impersonations) Works by Jennifer Cronin, Keelan McMorrow and   Tim Kowalczyk. Curated by Steven Lockwood @Morpho Gallery, 5216 N. Damen, Chicago
 

2012 

Grand Opening Gallery Show Batavia Fine Art Centre, Batavia, IL
 

2012 

"Out of the Body and Into the Woods" Show, Batavia Fine Art Centre, Batavia, IL

 

 

Juried Shows:

2017 

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards -One of 20 Jurors

2016 

Upstate 8 Exhibition at Norris Cultural Art Center

2015 

Naperville Riverwalk Fair -Juror

2015 

Naperville Art League "Renewal show" -Juror

2014 

Naperville Riverwalk Fair -Juror

2014 

Naperville Riverwalk Fair -Juror

2012 

Art In Your Eye 2012 Festival -Juror of Artists Booths

2012 

Art for Provena Mercy -Juror
 

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Visiting Artist :
2015 

Batavia High School -Lecture -Visiting Artist Lecture

2013 

Lakeview Elementary School in Hoffman Estates IL -Visiting Artist Lecture

2012 

Memorial Junior High School -Lecture

2012 / 2011

Geneva High School -Lecture

2011 

Elmhurst Artists' Guild -Visiting Artist Lecture

2011 

Rotolo Middle School -Demoed Sculpting to students

2011 

HC Storm School -Lecture

2011 

Batavia High School -Lecture