Stephanie Powell was born on a navy base in Yokosuka, Japan, in 1972 and was raised in Portland, Oregon. She

obtained her undergraduate degree at University of Oregon, Eugene where she studied Journalism and Photography.

After leaving Oregon in 1999, she traveled throughout Southeast Asia to learn Japan's relationship with other Asian

countries.  Those experiences and learnings have manifested in her most recent work.

She received her Masters degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2001 where she later taught in the Photography program. Stephanie is currently a Visiting Professor at Pratt Institute and is living and working in

Brooklyn, New York.

Stephanie is interested in the sublime moments within cultural absorption, entropy and displacement.

Her work is also influenced by the ghosts of colonial history. 

Solo Exhibitions

2008       Recent Works                                                                         Schaefer Landing, Brooklyn, New York

2001       Reserved                                                                                Contemporary Arts Workshop, Chicago, Illinois    

Group Exhibitions

2008       Never Routine: Women in the Course of their Daily Lives     Grace Institute, New York, New York

2007       American Landscapes                                                            MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD

2005       Group Exhibition                                                                     Artists Space, New York, New York

2004       Armory Show (Raid Projects, Los Angeles)                           Armory, New York New York

               Summer Show                                                                        Gallery 312, Chicago, Illinois

               24-30> Chicago                                                                      Radford University  Art Museum, Radford, Virginia

2003       Faculty Exhibition                                                                    Art Center of Highland Park,Highland Park, Illinois

2002       Just Good Art                                                                          Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois

2001       Group Show                                                                            Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois

               Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition                                     Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois

1998       Motelhaus, One Night Stands                                                 Palms Motel, Portland, Oregon

Awards

2009        Travel and Research Grant, Jerome Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

2004        Community Arts Assistance Grant, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, Illinois.

2003        Community Arts Assistance Grant, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, Illinois.

2001        James Nelson Raymond Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

                Odyssey Travel Grant, Marion Parry Foundation for the Arts, Chicago, Illinois.

Lectures

2001        First Year Colloquium, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Collections

2001        Art Institute of Chicago