STEVIE ADA KLAARK
b. 1988, on unceded Navajo and Apache land in New Mexico
_raised in part on unceded Dena’ina land in Alaska
_lives and works on unceded Anishinaabe land around the Detroit Metro Area
/ the unceded land of the Peoria, Bodéwadmiakiwen, Myaamia, and the Kiikaapoi in the Chicago Metro Area
EDUCATION
2017__MFA, Visual Arts | with honors |
Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP), Ithaca, NY
2011__Post-Baccalaureate, Visual Arts
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Tufts University, Medford, MA
2010__BFA, Visual Arts | cum laude honors |
The University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
2005-2006__University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
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RESIDENCIES
2024-2025__Zen Buddhist Temple, Ann Arbor, MI_currently-in-residence
2024__Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY
2023__Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2023__Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper, NY
2020__1501, Minneapolis, MN
2017__Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper, NY
2015__Norðanbál Gamli Skóli, Hrísey, Iceland
2015__Gullkistan, Eyvindartunga; Laugarvatn, Iceland
2014__Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto Island, Toronto, ON, Canada
2014__Vermont Studio Center (VSC), Johnson, VT
2013__Grin City Collective, Grinnell, IA
2013__Contemporary Artists Center at Woodside (CAC), Troy, NY
2012__The Homestead, Willow, AK
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FELLOWSHIPS / AWARDS
2025__Buddhist Society for Compassionate Wisdom (BSCW) Fellowship
2024__Contemplative Fellowship, Hemera Foundation
2024__Buddhist Society for Compassionate Wisdom (BSCW) Fellowship
2023__Ragdale Foundation Fellowship
2023__International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA), Deborah Curtiss Award
2022__Contemplative Fellowship, Hemera Foundation
2021__Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant
2020__Visual Arts Fund Grant, Midway Contemporary Art / Andy Warhol Foundation
2019__Torf Grant, Tagvverk and Rhizome/ New Museum
2017__Tending Space Fellowship, Hemera Foundation
2016__Cornell Council for the Arts (CCA) Grant -*Group award
2015__Artists Helping Artists Grant, a program of Rate My Artist Residency (RMAR)
2013__Artist Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center (VSC)
2013__Merit Fellowship, Contemporary Artists Center at Woodside (CAC)
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TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
2024-PRESENT__Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD - Contingent Professor / Guest Lecturer
2020-2024__Minneapolis College (MCTC), Minneapolis, MN - Contingent Professor
2021__Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), Minneapolis, MN - Contingent Professor / Faculty
2017__Cornell University Prison Education Program, Ithaca, NY - Instructor / Faculty
2016__Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) Ithaca, NY - Guest Critic
2015-2017__Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art, And Planning (AAP), Ithaca, NY - Graduate Teaching Assistant
2012__Marwen Foundation, Chicago, IL - Assistant Teaching Artist / Educator
2010__North Dakota Museum of Art (NDMOA), Grand Forks, ND - Educator
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025__ the sea is not an ocean, TBD, Jordan_forthcoming
2025__ the sea is not an ocean, TBD, New York, NY_forthcoming
2025__ the sea is not an ocean, TBD, San Juan, Puerto Rico_forthcoming
2025__ the sea is not an ocean, PAPA Projects, Saint Paul, MN_forthcoming
2025__the sea is not an ocean, CDMX, México_forthcoming
2017__Born Under a Bad Sign, Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2016__Faith in Strangers, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2016__Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor, station923, Ithaca, NY
2015__Here Before, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
2015__some things cosmic, Hús Hákarla Jörundar, Hrísey, Iceland
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017__Electric Fuzz | with Tyler Scheidt | Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2016__Anthropopos | with Madeleine Cichy | Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2015__in\ex trinsic, PLEAT Gallery | curated by Bethanie Collins | Columbus, MO
2015__Call and Response | with Genevieve Robertson | James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
2014__Call and Response | with Genevieve Robertson | Milk Glass Co., Toronto, ON, Canada
2010__Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025__6X6X2025, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY_forthcoming
2024__Como es arriba es abajo, El Otro Mono, Cuernavaca, México
2024__Show and Tell, Resource Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2021__Waterscapes, Pancake House, Minneapolis, MN (Broadcast from 87.9 KAKE)
2021__MATERIAL INSTRUCTIONS, Pancake House, Minneapolis, MN
2021__What ends up in a book, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY
2018__Shave Your Coat, Episode 2, GAS Gallery, Minneapolis, MN | MN Television |
2017__Odd Year, Caelum Gallery, New York, NY
2017__Nasty, NEAR FUTURE, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
2017__AAP Women Unite for Equality, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2016__After Karaoke, Experimental and Tjaden Galleries, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2016__supersticiones sol, Biquini Wax EPS, Ciudad de México, México
2016__PLEAT, Resident Arts Gallery | curated by Bethanie Collins | Columbia, MO
2016__PREAMBLE, Olive Tjaden Gallery and Experimental Gallery Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2016__Something Came Over Me, Caelum Gallery, New York, NY
2016__Failure, Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP), Ithaca, NY
2015__this (not that), Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP), Ithaca, NY
2015__Pop-Up Gallery Exhibition, Rurally Good Festival at Grin City Collective, Grinnell, IA
2015__Gala in the Galleries, North Dakota Museum of Art (NDMOA), Grand Forks, ND
2014__Art Fair 2014, Marwen, Chicago, IL
2013__Art Fair 2013, Marwen, Chicago, IL
2013__Pop-Up Gallery Exhibition, Rurally Good Festival at Grin City Collective, Grinnell, IA
2013__A Hint of Mint, 16 1st Street Pop-Up Gallery, Troy, NY
2012__Hennessy Youngman Presents: Itsa Small Small World, Family Business Gallery, New York, NY
2011__Ten Second Film Festival | curated by Carolyn Swiszcz | The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2011__OFF WHITE, Mission Hill Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
2010__27 Days, BAG Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
2010__GROUP SHOW, Colonel Eugene E. Myers Gallery, Grand Forks, ND
2009__THAW | with Mollie Douthit | Third Street Gallery, Grand Forks, ND
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BOARD / MENTORSHIP / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BOARD
2024-2025__Board Member, Events Chair Officer, Cornell Club of Michigan (CCMI), Ann Arbor, MI
MENTORSHIP
2021-PRESENT__Mentor, Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop, Saint Paul, MN
2021-PRESENT__Education Committee Steward, Fireweed Woodshop, Minneapolis, MN
2021-2023__Mentor, Seedling Program, Crown Affair, New York, NY
2020-2022__Mentor, Free Arts Minnesota (Big Brothers Big Sisters) Mentor, Minneapolis, MN
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2024__Organizational Analysis, Stanford University, Stanford, CA _forthcoming
2024__Programming for Everybody, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI _forthcoming
2024__Neural Networks and Deep Learning, DeepLearning.AI, Coursera _forthcoming
2024__Paradoxes of War, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ _forthcoming
2024__Managing Emotions During Times of Stress, Yale University, Center for Emotional Intelligence, New Haven, CT _forthcoming
2024__The Science of Well-Being, Yale University, New Haven, CT_forthcoming
2023__Media Accessibility Training Workshop, Minneapolis College (MCTC), Minneapolis, MN
2022__Winter Educator Retreat, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2022__Spring Educator Retreat, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2021__Attendee, Beyond the Bars, Toward Freedom Conference, Center for Justice, Columbia University, New York, NY
2021__Participant, The People’s Forum: School of Art, Culture, and Resistance, New York, NY
2021__Attendee, Visualizing Abolition, Barring Freedom: Surveillance and Cinematics, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA
2021__Attendee, CONSENT Interdisciplinary Forum, Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Australia
2021__Attendee, Civic Participation in a Datafied Society, Data Justice Lab, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
2021__Participant, Burning Jin Paper Workshop, Instructed by Peng Wu, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2021__Participant, Sick Lit - organized and led by Lara Mimosa Montes, Minneapolis, MN
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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS/ VISITING ARTIST APPOINTMENTS
2025__IVLA Conference: Aguascalientes, México,*Panelist_forthcoming
2024__SECAC Conference: Wayfinding, Atlanta, GA- *Panelist
2024__PAC SIT_AC, Nodos: Aproximaciones para jardinerxs inexpertxs, “El jardin como lugar para la futuridad encarnada”, Cuernavaca, México - *Visiting Artist
2024__School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) and Tufts University, Boston, MA - *Visiting Artist
2024__Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Beyond the White Cube: Graduate Think Tank, Baltimore, MD - *Visiting Artist
2023__IVLA Conference: Ways of Seeing, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL - *Panelist
2023__SECAC Conference: Crossroads, Richmond, VA - *Chair
2022__Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Beyond the White Cube: Graduate Think Tank, Baltimore, MD - *Visiting Artist
2022__SECAC Conference: Watershed, Where is the “A”?, Baltimore, MD - *Presenter
2020__Wolfsegg Iron : Early Art Slow Looking, Pancake House, Minneapolis, MN - *Presenter
2020__Participation and the Archive, Coffee House Press w/ Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, MN - *Guest Participant
2016__FLUFF, Milstein Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - *Presenter
2016__Play, SPARK Talks, Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - *Presenter
2015__University of Wisconsin, Barron (BC), Rice Lake, WI - *Guest Lecturer / Visiting Artist
2015__Gullkistan, Eyvindartunga; Laugarvatn, Iceland - *Presenter
2014__Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto Island, Toronto, ON, Canada - *Presenter
2013__Contemporary Artists Center at Woodside (CAC), Troy, NY - *Presenter
2010__Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams, MA - *Lecturer
__Neo-Expressionism: Germany's Wild Youth Painters | Die Junge Wilde |
__An Analysis of Joseph Beuys' Lightning with Stag in its Glare
__Always After: The Return to the Glass House - Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
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COLLECTIONS
El Otro Mono, Cuernavaca, México
This Thing This Home, essay/article, University of Minnesota, PhD dissertation of Tia-Simone Gardner | LIBRARY |
supersticiones sol, Biquini Wax, Ciudad de México, México
Born Under a Bad Sign artist book, Yeah Maybe Gallery, Minneapolis, MN | LIBRARY |
Born Under a Bad Sign artist book, Cornell University, Mui Ho Fine Arts Library, Ithaca, NY | LIBRARY |
Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor, station923, Ithaca, NY
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SPECIAL PROJECTS / OTHER
2024-PRESENT__Immediate Hindsight
2017__Poor Farm Experiment, Little Wolf, WI
2016__Sol Lewitt Wall Drawing Collective Installation, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2015-2018__The Lucky Jotter, Blackpool, UK
2014-2015__Artfetch, Dublin, Ireland
2014-2015__Buy Some Damn Art | curated by Kate Singleton | Brooklyn, NY
2014__Artist/Contributor, Grin City Monthly, Grin City Collective, Grinnell, IA
2013-2021__Mammoth & Co | curated by Troy Moth | Victoria, BC, Canada
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: PUBLICATIONS Marquis Who’s Who 2023 Listee, 02.2023; “On Megan Mayer”, Good Job Magazine, Minneapolis, MN, 09.2019; INREVIEW, “BodyCartography Project: Place is Space”, Minneapolis, MN, 11.2018; INREVIEW, “They Are Waiting for You, Laure Prouvost”, Minneapolis, MN, 12.2017; “Born Under a Bad Sign”, THESIS | SELF PUBLISHED | 5.15.2017; “Electric Fuzz, A Conversation Between Stevie Klaark and Tyler Scheidt” | SELF PUBLISHED | 2.6.2017; “Something Came Over Me”, MFA Exhibition Catalogue, Essays by Carl Ostendarp and Sharon Hayes, Cornell University, AAP, Designed by Project Projects, 09.2016; Blue Mesa Review, Issue 32, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 12.03.2015; The Andy Kaufman Landscape Project | SELF PUBLISHED | 12.01.2015; Constantinou, Theo. A Collective Struggle, Paradigm, Philadelphia, PA, 11.23.2015; Paint Pulse Magazine, Issue 3 | Juror, Rosa JH Berland | New York, NY, 08.26.2015; “Always Home” | book project |; Fresh Paint Magazine, Wilmington, DE; London, UK, 08.10.2015; Studio Visit Magazine, Issue 30, Open Studios Press | Juror, Michael Lash | Boston, MA, 08.01.2015; Catalina Vaca, Andrea. FEATURE, KNACK Magazine, Issue 26, Santa Fe, NM, 05.06.2015; Paint Pulse Magazine, Issue 2, New York, NY, 05.05.2015; Bat City Review, Issue 11, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 04.2015; Chicago Review, Issue 59:1/2, University of Chicago | cover | Chicago, IL , 04.2015; Popova, Ekaterina. FEATURE, Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue V, Wilmington, DE; London, UK 10.1.2014; Interview, Our Grinnell, Grinnell, IA, 09.2013; Huck, Matthew. Rurally Exciting, Scarlet and Black Reporter, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, 09.12.2013
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: INTERVIEWS | FEATURES | REVIEWS van der Ende, Ron. ArtBBQ, Studio Playlist 2020, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 01.06.2021; van der Ende, Ron. ArtBBQ, Studio Playlist 2019, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 04.01.2020; Fee, Ellen, Rumpus, Notable Twin Cities, 01.12.2019; Igoe, Christina, iamastrology, FEATURE, Minneapolis, MN, 07.26.2018; van der Ende, Ron. ArtBBQ, Studio Playlist 2017, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 01.17.2018 ; Mn Artists, This Thing This Home: In Conversation with Tia-Simone Gardner, Minneapolis, MN, 12.2017; van der Ende, Ron. ArtBBQ, Studio Playlist 2016 #51, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 01.04.2017; Pegler, Joseph. The Lucky Jotter, Blackpool, UK, 12.23.2015; Hamada, Jeff. FEATURE, Booooooom!, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 11.23.2015; Collins, Bethanie. Interview. PLEAT Gallery, Colombus, MO, 08.06.2015; Great Big Iceberg, FEATURE, Arlington, VA/ Washington, DC, 07.06.2015; Williamson, Avery. Nat. Brut, FEATURE, Dallas, TX, 06.30.2015; Skye Sutherland, Moyah. Artfetch's Tips on Artists & Shows, Artfetch, Dublin, Ireland, 03.20.2015; Juarez, Frank; Mussmann, Zina; and Quirk, Rachel. FEATURE, 365 Artists | 365 Days, Frank Juarez Gallery and Greymatter Gallery, Milwaukee and Sheboygan, WI, 12.21.2014; Tsouros, Katie. “My Best Works from 2014”, Artfetch, Dublin, Ireland, 12.11.2014; Skye Sutherland, Moyah. “The Sublime and the Abstract”, Artfetch, Dublin, Ireland, 12.2.2014; Tsouros, Patricia. FEATURE, Artfetch, Dublin, Ireland, 12.2.2014; Popova, Ekaterina. Studio Visit, Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue V, Wilmington, DE, 10.26.2014 ; Forenz, Lesley. Call and Response, Artsy Forager, Eureka, CA, 08.29.2014; Dick, Terence. Hit List, Akimbo, Toronto, ON, Candada, 08.07.2014; Singleton, Kate. BSDA Artist Interview, Art Hound, Brooklyn, NY, 07.01.2014; Neumann, Katrina. Artists asking Artists. Rate My Artist Residency (RMAR), New York, NY, 03.17.2014; Hartigan, Philip A. A View from the Easel, Hyperallergic, Brooklyn, NY, 01.10.2014; Hamada, Jeff. Featured Artist, Booooooom!, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 07.03.2013; Musson, Jayson. Itsa Small, Small World, Project Description and Artist List, New York, NY, 03.2012; In Conversation with Elijah Burgher, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL, 11.2011