Stephen Collier was born on Kessler Air Force Base in Biloxi, MS in 1971. He received his BA from the University of New Orleans. His work has been exhibited at the Bronx River Art Center, the Soap Factory in Minneapolis, MN, the Lincoln Center in New York City, and numerous galleries in the United States. He been awarded residencies with the Santa Fe Art Institute, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and Louisiana Artworks. Collier has received a grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation. He recently help found the co-operative space Good Children. Stephen lives and works in New Orleans. He works in a range of media, which include photography, painting, sculpture, sound, and video. He is currently included in the exhibit Hot Up Here curated by Dan Cameron at the Contemporary Art Center.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2008 Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA (upcoming)

2004 UNIT-FI Turncoats New Orleans, LA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2007

Imaginary Arsenals, Cuchifritos, New York, NY

No Dead Artist, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Art AIUD 07, Livin Rebreanu Cultural Center, Aiud, Romania

Art in Action, New Orleans, LA

2006

In Harms Way, 15 Nassau, New York, NY

LMCC Gulf Coast Artist Residency Exhibition, Bergdorf Goodman/ Armani, NY, NY

Group Show, Lincoln Center, New York, NY

Waves of its Diaspora, Curated by Aristides Logothetis, Bronx River Center, Bronx, NY

Likeness: Atypical Portraiture, Barristers Gallery New Orleans, LA

Anne Wright Wilson Gallery, Georgetown College, KY

No Place Like Home, Giola Gallery, Chicago, IL

2005

Natural Disaster Volume II
Acme Gallery, New Orleans

Natural Disaster Volume I
Acme Gallery, New Orleans

2004

20� x 20� x 20�: A National Compact Competition; First Place Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA

2003

N.O.D.I.Y. (New Orleans Do It Yourself); Twiropa New Orleans, LA

2002

Louisiana Artist 2002: A Mixed Media Show; Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA

2002

New American Painting, Volume 40, Exhibition in print, juror Linda Norden

Retroscopic; Kolektiv Gallery New Orleans, LA

Liquid; The Pickery New Orleans, LA

SPACE Gallery New Orleans, LA

Altared Images; Poet's Gallery New Orleans, LA

2000 Art for Art's Sake Diva Gallery New Orleans, LA

1999 University of New Orleans Senior Exhibition; University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

1999/1998 Underexposed; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

Ernest and Shirley Svenson Drawing Exhibition; University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

1998 Louisiana Artist Annual II; Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA

CURATING:

2005 Natural Disaster Volume II
Acme Gallery, New Orleans

2005 Natural Disaster Volume I
Acme Gallery, New Orleans

2002 Retroscopic, group show, Kolektiv Gallery New Orleans, LA

PUBLICATIONS:

The Times Picayune, "Conceptual Artist Court Disaster"; March 25, 2005

New American Painting, Volume 40, Southern Edition Open Studios Press

New Orleans Review, Volume 29 cover art Loyola University, New Orleans, LA

Ellipsis, Volume XXVI University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

AWARDS

2007

Santa Fe Art Art Institute Residency

Warhol Foundation Stipend

2006 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant

2005 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Artist Residency

2004 2004 First Place, 20 X 20 X 20: A National Compact Competition