2012 BFA magna cum laude in Illustration, Minor in Creative Writing, Maryland Institute College of Art, MD
Juried Solo Exhibitions
2020 Family Drawings, The Phipps Galleries, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI 2019 Steph Kunze, Rehab Department, Hudson Hospital & Clinic, Hudson, WI 2019 Steph Kunze, Clinic, West Fields Hospital and Clinic, New Richmond, WI
Juried Two-Person Exhibitions
2019 Steph Kunze & Casey Beck, First Floor Gallery, Woodland Hill, Hudson, WI 2018 Ruminations: Works by Michaela Chorn and Steph Kunze, Gallery 120, Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heights, MN 2018 Lou Lou & Steph Kunze, Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota, MN
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2019 Open Door 15, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2019 Online Exhibition Show #60: Chlorine Tidal Wave, Field Projects, New York, NY 2018 Mill City Art Show, Public Functionary, Minneapolis, MN 2018 26th Annual Juried Exhibition, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN 2018 Menagerie: Animals in Art, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN 2018 Art Needs People, Cargill Hall, Minneapolis Central Library, Minneapolis, MN 2015 Parts of a Whole 3: New Work from MCBA’s Artist Community, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2013 Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN 2012 Student Scholarship Competition, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY 2011 Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN
Selected Exhibitions
2018 Winterland (invitational), Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, MN 2017 Sleep and Stroke Conference Art Exhibit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 2013 Not in Kansas Anymore: A Tribute to the Wizard of Oz (invitational), Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra, CA 2012 Senior Thesis Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 2011 Traveling Drawing Show (invitational), Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas, MO, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Selected Art Fairs
2021 St. Louis Park Art Fair, St. Louis Park Friends of the Arts, St. Louis Park, Minnesota, MN (upcoming, September 11th) 2021 Bi+ Art Fair, Bisexual Organizing Project, Minneapolis, MN 2014 Tangletown Art Crawl, St. Paul, MN 2014 Love Local, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Scholarships and Awards
2012 SCBWI Student Scholarship 2011 MICA Achievement Award 2010 William Ferguson Merit Scholarship 2010 Louise N. Myerberg Family Scholarship
Artist Residencies and Other Relevant Experience
2016-20 Sales Associate/Shift Supervisor, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN 2019 McCanna House Artist-in-Residence, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND 2019 Art Instructor, Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota, MN 2013-16 Shop Associate/Visitor Services, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
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