Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. staciemaya[at]gmail[dot]com


EDUCATION

2004 MFA, Studio Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago
2001 MFA Candidate, Studio Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1999 BA, Communication Studies, University of Iowa

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 PIZZA, Ebersmoore, Chicago
2010 Diamond in the Middle, SOFA, Austin, TX
2008 Mise en Scène, Mini Dutch, Chicago
2008 Here and Now, Threewalls, Chicago
2007 Making Faces, Old Gold, Chicago
2006 Stacie Johnson, Gallery 2, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2005 Staying In, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
The Yield: 2009 Resident Exhibition, Harold Arts @ Heaven Gallery & Johalla Projects, Chicago
Joseph Frasca Memorial Works on Paper Exhibition, Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago
Selections from the Fabio-Mueller Collection, one-night only, Mini Dutch, Chicago
Artist Run Chicago, (Mini Dutch's My Turn! & Old Gold's Post), Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Harold Arts, NEXT Fair, Chicago
Myth in Material, curated by Elizabeth Chodos, Alogon Gallery, Chicago
Suspend, Roots & Culture, Chicago

2008
Swimming Pool Project Space, Bridge Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL
An Associate Degree in Science, The Finch Gallery, Chicago; The Pampered Banana, Kansas City
Bitchen,' curated by Nina Rizzo, BadDogGallery, Dekalb, IL
Old Gold Artists’ Project, NEXT Fair, Chicago
COMA #18: The Final COMA, COMA (California Occidental Museum of Art), Chicago
Faculty Biennial, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

2007
...and i am blue..., McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
Open, Fivepoints Arthouse, San Francisco
COMA #11, COMA (California Occidental Museum of Art), Chicago
Surroundings Revisited, curated by Per Knutas, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH

2006
60th Juried Exhibition, juried by Valerie Cassel Oliver, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
COMA #5, COMA (California Occidental Museum of Art), Chicago
To London from Chicago, with great love, Artledge @ icabin, London
COMA #1, COMA (California Occidental Museum of Art), Chicago
John Van Wmson, BSD (Butchershop/Dogmatic), Chicago
Almost 30, curated by Katie Geha, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS

2005
Aqua Art Fair (Lisa Boyle Gallery), Miami
Flags of Allegiance, Philip VonZweck's curatorial project, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago
NOVA Young Art Fair, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago
Spring Break Chicago 2005, Butchershop, curated by ArtLedge, Chicago

2004
Stacie Johnson and Kimberly Miller, Jody Monroe Gallery, Milwaukee
Den Nya Framtidsvetenskapen (The New Science Fiction), Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago
Other Spaces, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago
Touch, Higher Gallery, curated by Ed Shad, Chicago
MFA Thesis Show, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago
Juventus, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago

AWARDS
Special Assistance Grant, Illinois Arts Council, 2006
Residency Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnston, VT, 2005
Visual Arts Scholarship, The Union League Civic & Arts Foundation, Juror: Hamza Walker, 2004
Vera Chreptowsky Award, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2004
Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2001-2002

RESIDENCIES
Harold Arts, 2009
Vermont Studio Center, 2005

ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Featured Artist, Design for Mankind, August, 2009
Ise, Claudine, "Small is (Usually) Good," Bad at Sports Contemporary Art Talk, March 2, 2009
Nichols, Thea Liberty, "Hanging with Paintings in Suspend,", ArtSlant.com, January 19, 2009
Itch ONLINE, NonText Section, Edition No. 2: "Entry to Asterisk Land," September 2008
Klein, Paul. Artletter, 05/16/08
Interview with Katie Geha:"The Little Diamond is Our Little Secret," www.weirddeermedia.com, 07-10-2007
'John Van Wmson," Flavorpill, Issue 70, 01-17-2006

PRINT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Funari, Rachel, “Recommended: Review: Suspend/Roots&Culture,” Newcity, January 26, 2009
Edwards, Natalie, "Recommended: Review: Stacie Johnson/Mini Dutch Gallery," Newcity, October 26, 2008
Foumberg, Jason, “Breakout Artists 2008” Newcity, Arpril 24, 2008
“Voices: Stacie Johnson,” NY Arts Magazine, March/April 2008
Harmanci, Reyhan, "'Open': North Beach gallery with 'avant' work," San Francisco Chronicle, 10-04-2007
Shinn, Dorothy. 'Minimalists Dot Landscape,' Akron Beacon Journal, 02-04-2007
New American Paintings, 2006 Midwestern Competition, Volume 65, Juried by Carl Belz
Weinberg, Lauren 'John Van Wmson,'Time Out Chicago, 02-02-2006
Shull, Chris. 'First Steps, First Show,' The Wichita Eagle, 01-13-2006
Workman, Michael, 'Ladie's Night,' New City, 01-12-2006
Picket, Debra, 'Make No Mistake, There's A Message Here,' Chicago Sun-Times, Friday, 04-04-2003

CURATING
Cross-Fade, Swimming Pool Project Space, Chicago
threehundredsix, co-curated with Michael Behle, Hoffman-LaChance Contemporary, St. Louis, MO

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
05/2009 - 06/2009, Instructor, DEPAUL UNIVERSITY, Chicago
09/2008 - 12/2008, Instructor, THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
09/2006 - 05/2008, Instructional Assistant Professor, ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Normal, IL
09/2005 - 05/2006, Visiting Assistant Professor, NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, DeKalb, IL
09/2002 - 05/2004, Instructor of Record, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS @ Chicago

CONTACT: staciemaya[at]gmail[dot]com