Resume
Stephen Yusko
b. 1965
stephenyusko@gmail.com
Instagram: StephenYuskoStudios
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Education
1999
MFA in Metalsmithing, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
1990
BFA in Sculpture, Minors in Metalsmithing and Art History, University of Akron, Akron, OH
Selected Recent Solo Exhibitions
2021
The Way Things Go. Sculpture Center. Cleveland, OH
2016
Tributaries: Stephen Yusko. Metal Museum, Memphis TN
2015
A Way Home. William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Stephen Yusko: Transformations. Maass Gallery, SUNY Purchase,
Purchase, NY
Selected Recent Exhibitions
2021
Rhode Island I.M.A.G.I.N.E.’s Peace. Invitational. Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College. Providence, RI.
Wood and…National Juried. Wharton Esherick Museum. Malvern, PA
Bay Arts Annual Juried Exhibition. Bay Arts. Bay Village, OH
Waterloo Photography Invitational. National Juried. Photocentric Gallery. Cleveland, OH
The New Now. Juried Exhibition. Artists Archives of the Western Reserve. Cleveland, OH
2020
Meta-Formations: Experiments and Rituals. National Juried. Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.
Houston, TX
2019
Tightly Unwound. 3-person exhibition. Gallery W. Westlake, OH
Meta-Formations: Experiments and Rituals. National Juried. Appalachian Center for Crafts. Cookeville, TN
Crafting a Legacy: 40 Years of Collecting & Exhibiting at the Metal Museum. Invitational. Metal Museum.
Memphis, TN
2018
CAN Triennial Exhibition. 78th Street Studios. Cleveland, OH
2017-2018
FORGE, International Invitational, traveling exhibition. Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbigshire, Wales, United Kingdom; Metal Museum. Memphis, TN.
I.M.A.G.I.N.E. Peace Now. International Invitational, traveling exhibition. Gray Gallery, East Carolina State University, Greenville, NC. Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA.
Public Art Commissions
2021
Wendy Park Bridge Gateway Sculptures. Collaboration with Stephen Manka. Wendy Park, Cleveland, OH
2017
Edgewater Park Swings. Collaboration with Stephen Manka. Edgewater Park, Cleveland, OH
Selected Awards/Honors
2021
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Excellence Award. Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH
First Prize. Bay Arts Annual Juried Exhibition. Bay Arts, Bay Village, OH
Honorable Mention. The New Now. Artists Archives of the Western Reserve. Cleveland, OH
2017, 2013
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Excellence Award. Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH
2011
Creative Workforce Fellowship. Community Partnership for Arts and Culture, Cuyahoga County, OH
Selected Professional Experience
2019-2020
Smitten Forum. Artist-in-Residency program. One week. Pocosin Art Center. Columbia, NC
2018
Review Panel. 2018 Artist-in-Residency program. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Deer Isle, ME.
2017
Juror. Cleveland Institute of Art Alumni Exhibition, Cleveland, OH
Windgate Artist-in-Residence. One-month residency. San Diego State University. San Diego, CA
2014
Windgate Artist-in-Residence. Fall Semester, SUNY Purchase. Purchase, NY
2012-2017
SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths) Conference Programming Committee.
2008-2017
Board of Trustees. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2007-2015
Artist-in-Residence. Rose Iron Works, Cleveland, OH
Selected Recent Teaching/Lecture Experience
2020, 2021
Cancelled due to COVID-19. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME. Student Craft Intensive
2020
Hereford College of Arts. Guest Lecturer. Online lecture.
Seattle Metals Symposium. Online symposium/lecture.
Cancelled due to COVID-19. Penland School of Craft. Penland, NC. 2-week summer session, co-taught with Daniel Souto, Blacksmithing Workshop
2019
Edinboro University. Edinboro, PA Visiting Artist. Lecture/demonstration/critiques.
Center for Creative Studies. Detroit, MI. Lecture.
Touchstone Center for Crafts. Farmington, PA. Three-day blacksmithing workshop
2018
ThinkCraft Symposium. Cleveland Institute of Art. Cleveland, OH. Lecture and demonstration
2016
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME. 2-week summer session, co-taught with Daniel Souto, Blacksmithing Workshop
Selected Recent Publications
2019
Metal Museum. Crafting a Legacy: 40 Years of Collecting at the Metal Museum. p. 74
CAN Journal. Spring 2019. Artist to Artist: Dana Oldfather & Stephen Yusko. pgs. 82-85
2017
Impact Print/Hereford College of Arts. FORGE Exhibition Catalogue. Front & back cover, pgs.4, 34-35, 41