STEPHANIE HIGHTOWER

Lives and works in New York Cityʼs Lower East Side and is represented by

The Cheryl McGinnis Gallery of New York (cherylmcginnisgallery.com)

Solo and Two-person Exhibitions

Stephanie Hightower, Works on Paper and Panels

Mercer Gallery, Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY, 2010

More Questions, Stephanie Hightower New Paintings

The Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, NY, 2009

Select Works, 1989-2009

Clovis Point Winery, Jamesport, NY 2009

Absence and Presence, Margaret Evangeline and Stephanie Hightower

The Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, NY 2006

M.P.H. Series, curated by Robert Rindler

The Cooper Union, New York, 2002

Specimens

The Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, 2001

They Make Excellent Subjects

The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, 2000

Women on Women, Susan Chrysler White and Stephanie Hightower

The Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, 1999

Lineage, Emma Amos and Stephanie Hightower

The Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, 1998

Recent Work curated by Debi Sonzogni,

Artists’ Space Registry, with YM-YWHA of NORTH JERSEY, Cultural Arts Program 1995

Painting and Drawing

Bengert MacRae Gallery, New Jersey, 1994

Painting and Sculpture

The Mcintosh Gallery, Atlanta, two-person show, 1988

Abstractions

Mercer Gallery, Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY, 1988

Works on Paper

Lower Manattan Cultural Council, 1987

Group Exhibitions

Schafler @ 25: The Exceptionals and the Exceptionals, curated by Eleanor Moretta

The Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 2010

Faculty Exhibition

John Jay College, New York, 2008

Black + White = Grey

The Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York 2007

Welcome/Home

The Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York 2006

Shared

The Matzoh Files Inaugural Exhibition, New York, 2005

The Salon

Leonard Street Loft, curated by Nancy Pantirer, New York, 2005, 2004

Faculty Exhibition

Fordham University, New York, 2003

Faculty Exhibition

University of Connecticut/Stamford, 2001

Preview 2000

The Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, 2000

The Art Exchange on Wall Street

The Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, 1998

Relocating Landscape: East and West

Caldwell College Visceglia Gallery, 1997

Preview Exhibition & Benefit for Bailey House

Leo Castelli Gallery, 1996

Contemporary Art

Bengert MacRae Gallery, New Jersey, 1993

Premiere Exhibition

Bengert MacRae Gallery, 1992

Studio Walls

Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1991

A Decade of the Marketplace

The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1990

Summer Spectrum

Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Rockville, Md., 1988

Artists in the Marketplace

The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1988

Leading with the Eye: A Womanʼs Perspective

Emory University, Atlanta, National Juried Exhibition, 1987

Pratt MFA Group Show

Puck Gallery, New York, 1987

The Pratt Institute Schaeffler Gallery, 1987

“The Exceptions and the Exceptionals: Women Artists at Pratt”

Changing Values in Art, Public and Private

The Pratt Institue, Exhibition and Symposium Panelist, 1987

Criticsʼ Choice curated by Janet Kutner

D-Art Gallery, Dallas, 1984

Two-Dimensions

University of Texas at El Paso, 1984

Bibliography

“Stephanie Hightower, More Questions” by Mario Naves, More Questions, 2009

Third Mind, Creative Writing through Visual Art, Tonya Foster and Kristen Prevallet,

editors, 2002, Teachers and Writers Collaborative

Strathmoreʼs Summer Spectrum: Diverse Display of Talent, by Laura King

(THE JOURNAL, Rockville, Maryland, July 29, 1988)

Marketplace Joins Artists, Seminars at Bronx Museum, by William Zimmer

(THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 31, 1988)

Mercer Artist Explains Unique Vision by Nancy Malone

(MONROE DOCTRINE, Rochester, NY, April 11, 1988

Honors and Awards

City University of New York, Research Grant, 2011

The Vermont Studio Center Barbara White Fellowship, 2003

The BRIO, Bronx Recognizes Its Own, Excellence in the Arts Grant, 1990

The Millay Colony for the Arts Studio/Research Fellowship, August 1989

The 7th Annual Spring Graduate Symposium, 1987, Changing Values in

Art, Public and Private, Pratt Institute

Potawatomi Tribal Scholarship for Graduate Study

Full Scholarship for Academic Excellence, The University of Dallas

Education

The Pratt Institute, Master of Fine Art in Painting with a Minor in Art Criticism, 1987

University of Dallas, Bachelor of Fine Art, 1982

Teaching Experience

JOHN JAY COLLEGE, City University of New York

Assistant Professor for Painting and Drawing

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

Assistant Professor for Visual Thinking, Painting I, Drawing I, 2002-06

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT/STAMFORD

Instructor, Drawing I and II, 2001-2002

THE COOPER UNION SATURDAY OUTREACH Pre-college Program

Instructor for Drawing, Two-dimensional Design, and

Contemporary Art Issues, 1991- present

THE COOPER UNION SCHOOL OF ART

Guest Instructor, Two-dimensional Design, Foundation Program, 2001

ETRUSCAN PLACES, San Gimignano, Italy, Summer 2001

Instructor, Plein Air Painting Workshops in Tuscany

THE COOPER UNION EXTENDED STUDIES

Instructor, Mixed Media1991-92

THE ROTUNDA GALLERY

Muralist for I.S. 300, 1999

THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM CHILDRENʼS PROGRAM/Learning Through Art

Guest Speaker, “Product vs. Process” Artist/Teacher Panel, 1996

NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION

Guest Speaker, “Portfolio Preparation”, 1995

BRONX COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

Guest Artist to Lincoln Academy-Hostos, 1988

MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Rochester, New York

Guest Artist in conjunction with one-person show, 1988

ST. GEORGE HIGH SCHOOL

Art Instructor, 1988

Other Professional Experience

THE COOPER UNION SCHOOL OF ART

Director for The OUTREACH Pre-college Program, 1992-present

LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART AND PERFORMING ARTS

Counselor for Conservatory Education, 1997 - 99

VOLVOX MOTION, INC.

Artist for Video Components, 1999

WESTMORELAND ARTS NATIONAL 1994

Guest Juror, National Fine Arts Competition