STEPHEN WIGGINS ARTIST RESUME
wigginsartwork@gmail.com / www.wigginsartwork.com
EDUCATION
2017 Associate’s Degree in Graphic Design, BCTC, Lexington, KY
2005 Bachelor’s Degree in Painting, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
EXHIBITIONS
2023
Black History Month Screen printing show – Parks and rec – Lexington, Kentucky – February 2023
Women’s History Month Screenrpints – Lussi Brown Coffee Shop – March 2023
Railbird Mercantile Tent Group Show – Red Mile Road – Lexington, Kentucky – June 2023
2022
African American Art Show – Living Arts and Science Center – Lexington, Kentucky January – March 2022
Kentucky Crafted the market – Kentucky Horse Park – March 2022
BIG INK – Woodcut printmaking demo – carved a 6 foot woodcut – Tigerlily press – Cincinnati – March 2022
Distillery District Art and Craft Music Festival – Distillery District – Lexington, Kentucky – April 2022
Celebrating the Black Experience – The Kentucky Center for African American Heritage’s South Gallery 1701 West Muhammad Ali Blvd. in Louisville, KY. – April 2022
Bodley Bullock House Solo Show – Bodley Bullock house – Gallery Hop May Lexington Kentucky – May 2022
Mayfest – Group Art Festival and Craft show – May 2022
Art inc Kentucky May Monthly show – May 2022
Greyline station – May block party – May 2022
Team kentucky Derby Celebration Art show – Kentucky Capital steps – Frankfort Kentucky – May 2022
Woodland Arts Fair – Woodland Park – August 2022
Art on the town carts – Gallery Hop – September 2022
Art on the town carts – Thriller parade – October 2022
Harvest Art Market – Landsdowne Street Parking Lot – October 2022
Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen – Market Day – October 2022
PRHBTN 11 – Lexington Art League – October 2022
SPEEDBALL ART PRODUCTS ART EXHIBITION “ELEMENTAL” – Group Show – Statesville, North Carolina – October 2022
$20 art market – Greyhound station – November 2022
33rd annual small print exhibition – Chicago printmakers cooperative – December 2022
Wintersong – An evening of music and art – Manchester Music Hall – December 2022
Christmas at Mustard Seed Hill Artisan Market – Millersburg Kentucky – December 2022
2021
The Great Cover Up – Living Arts and Science Center – Lexington, Kentucky – November – January 2022
Chicago Printmakers’ Collaborative Small Print Show – Chicago, Illinois – December 2022
Wintersong – An evening of art and music – Manchester Music Hall – December 2022
PRHBTN – Street Art Show and Festival – Loudon House – Lexington, Kentucky – Oct – November 2021
Day of the Dead Arts Festival – Living Arts and Science Center – Lexington, Kentucky Oct-Dec 2021
Woodland Arts Fair – Lexington, Kentucky -Juried fine art fair
Art Mimosa and Pancakes – St. Louis, Missouri – Art Fair and Exhibition
Good Foods Co-op Solo Show – Good Foods Co-op – Lexington, Kentucky July 2021
2020
Relief Conspiracy Exhibition – Harlow Gallery – Maine
St louis print bazaar – st louis, missouri – december 2020
All Hallows Ink 2 – Bread box studios – Lexington, Kentucky – October 2020
Near and Far Print Exchange – Morlan Gallery – Transylvania University – October – November 2020
Printmakers 016 Online Exhibition
2020 In the year of – Bluegrass Printmakers Online Exhibition – Kentucky
Coffee house show – February – May – St Louis Missouri
2019
Group –
2019 Dec – January 2020, Speedball Demo Artist exhibition, King Family Exhibition Space, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO printmakers collaborative 30th anniversary show – Chicago, Illinois
Group – Bluegrass printmakers Halloween show – bread box studios – Lexington KY
Group – Prhbtn 2019 show – Lexington art league Loudon house Lexington KY
Group – International Print Postcard Exchange – Bluegrass Printmakers – Downtown Arts Center- Lexington, Ky – April – June
Group – International Print Postcard Exchange – SecondState Press – Pennsylvania – May-June
Group – International Print Postcard Exchange – Firestation Press – Queensland, Australia June – July
Group – International Print Postcard Exchange – Press North Printmakers – Australia – July – August
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2018
Group – Animals: Wild and Winsome- St. Luke’s Episcopal Church-Metuchen, NJ-September-December 2018
Group – Who Goes There 2? – Bread Box Artist Gallery, Lexington, KY, Sept- October
Group – Mixed Methods, Jane Chancellor Moore Gallery, Frankfort, KY July 20 – Sept 21
Group – Woodland Arts Fair, Woodland Park, Lexington, KY August 18-19
Group – Lexington Guild of Printmakers 4th Annual Show – Parachute Factory, Lexington, KY
2017
Group – Lexington Printmakers, Clay street press, January – March 2017, Cincinnati, ohio
Group – Pressed for time, Artists Attic – May – July, Lexington, KY
Group – 3rd Annual Lexington Guild of Printmakers Show – Parachute Factory, Lexington, KY
Group – Impressive Prints, Downtown Arts Center, July – August, Lexington, KY
Group – Woodland Arts Fair – Woodland Park – August 19-20, Lexington, KY
Who Goes There? – Bread Box Studio, Lexington, KY
Group – Prhbtn 2017 – Loudon Art House – Lexington Art League – Lexington, KY
Group – Art Inc. Holiday Print Sale – Small Business Saturday – Lexington, KY – Living Arts and Science Center
Group – Black Friday Art Sale, Loudon House, Lexington, KY
Group – Impressive Prints II, Eastside Public Library, Nov- Dec, Lexington, KY
2016
Group – Small Prints exhibition run by Atelier 6000, Bend, Oregon,
Group – Clays Mill North Lime Coffee and Donuts-Ongoing, Lexington, KY
Group – Woodland Arts Fair- Juried-Woodland Park-Lexington, KY-August 2016
Group – Unique Impressions: The Bluegrass Printmakers’ Cooperative, March 23 – May 2nd, 2016 in the Anne Wright Wilson Fine Arts Gallery-Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
Group – Great Impressions: Prints by Kentucky Artisans, March 5 – Sept. 10, 2016.
Group – LexArts Tenant Show – Jan – Feb 2016, LexArts Gallery, Lexington, KY
Group – Georgetown College Exhibition-Bluegrass Printmakers – March – May 2016, Georgetown College, Lexington, KY
2015
Bodley Bullock House BPC One night show, November Gallery Hop, Bodley Bullock House, Lexington, KY
Solo- Live painting at Jacobson Park, Freedom 2, for International Addiction Awareness Day Event, August, Lexington, Kentucky
Group – P2 Surplus Printmaking Portfolio Exchange Oct. 2 – November 29, 2015-Downtown Arts Center, Lexington, Kentucky
Group – Alumni Art Show University of Kentucky School of Visual Art and Studies, Lexington, Kentucky
Group – Diverse Methods, Lyric Theater, June – October, 2015, Lexington, Kentucky
Group – Woodland Arts Fair Juried arts fair exhibition, August 15-16, Lexington, Kentucky
Group – June Night Market, 720 Bryan ave, lexington, kentucky
Group – First Art Friday, Berea, Kentucky- May 2015, Lexington, KY
Group – Northeast Arts and Crafts Fair, Northeast Christian Church, May 2015, Lexington, KY
Group – Lexington Guild of Printmakers’ Annual Exhibition May Gallery Hop, Bread Box studios, Lexington, KY
Group- Artfully Fabulous, Francisco’s Farm-Midway, Kentucky
Group – North Lime Coffee and Donuts Clays Mill Location Exhibition, January – On Going, Lexington, Kentucky
2014
Group-Demographics, Central Public Library, East Main Street, January Gallery Hop December 2014-January 2015
Group-Juried-Wild and Domesticated-Lex Arts Gallery, November 7 – January 3rd, 2015
Group-Hit Print, Grand Theater, in Frankfort, Kentucky, September 4 – November 30, 2014
Group-Paris Art Walk- Bourbon Co. Public Library-September 2014
Group-Night Market, NoLi CDC, group art fair exhibition-May-August 2014
Group-Artfully Fabulous, Art Fair, Equus Farm, Midway, Kentucky May 2014
Group-Glean, Gather and Share, The Livery, Lexington, Kentucky April Gallery Hop 2014
Solo-Bluegrass Stallion Brewery, Downtown Lexington, January 2014
2013
Group – Off the Block T-shirt printing event with the Bluegrass Printmaker’s Co-op, November Gallery Hop 2013
Group – Public Arts Installaion, Lex Arts sponsored, Triangle Park, Lexington, KY, September 2013-November 2013
Group – Good Foods Co-op, 455 Southland Dr., Lexington, KY, July 2013-August 2013
Group – Rain Barrel Reception, Cheapside Park Fifth Third Bank Pavilion, 251 W. Main St, Lexington, KY
Friday, June 21- Gallery Hop Event
Group – Bluegrass Printmaker’s Co-op Group Exhibit, Jane Chancellor Moore Gallery,
Group – Kentucky Employee’s Credit Union 100 Moore Dr, Frankfort, KY, July 22 – September 27 Old Main Co-op and Gallery, 1208 Old Main street, Lexington, KY, June 2013- August 2013
Group – New Life, As Seen in Contrast, Christ Church Cathedral, 166 Market Street, Lexington, KY June 1st, 2013- June 20th, 2013
Group – Art…. A Spiritual Gift, Episcopal Church of Our Saviour, Richmond, KY, March 30-May 18th, 2013
Group – Common Grounds Coffee House Exhibition, Common Grounds Coffee House, 343 East High Street, Lexington, KY, Ongoing
Solo Bloom into a New Creation, Central Bank and Trust Co., 300 West Vine Street, Lexington, KY
February 15th- April 1st, 2
Solo Growing, Kentucky theater, 214 East main Street, Lexington, KY, January 2nd, 2013-March 31, 2013
2012
Solo Stephen Wiggins Artwork Exhibition, Hive Salon, 156 Deweese Street, Lexinton, KY,
November 1st, 2012– January 2nd, 2013
Group Art at the Cathedral, Side x Side Exhibition, Christ Church Cathedral, 166 Market Street, Lexington, KY
Group Exhibition at Starbucks, Starbucks on Ashland and High, Lexington, KY
Group North Lime Coffee and Donuts, 575 North Limestone Street, Lexington KY, Ongoing
Group Rain Barrel Reception, Cheapside Park Fifth Third Bank Pavilion, 251 W. Main St,
Lexington, KY Friday, June 15th- Gallery Hop Event
Solo Rain Barrel installation, Kentucky theater, 214 East main Street, Lexington, Ky, April – June 2012
Group Art at the Cathedral, Spring Open, Christ Church Cathedral, 166 Market Street, Lexington, KY
PUBLICATIONS
2017-Holiday Shopper’s Guide – Kentucky Monthly Feature
2016-Interviewed by Lexington Herald Leader “Weekender Feb.12th, 2016”
2016-Interviewed by Kentucky Kernel
2015-LexArts Monthly Magazine Quote taken in Spring Issue
2013 Lexington Herald Leader, front page of insert featuring painted Bourbon Barrel for LexArts sponsored Public Arts Project
2013 Lexington Herald Leader, picture taken of monotype demonstration during Woodland Arts Fair, Kentucky Sunday
Section C1, August 17th, 2013
2012 Prayer and Action, Pentecost 2012, Page 8, Art at the Cathedral
PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS
2013 LexArts organization “Lexington Skyline from Past to Future” bourbon barrel public arts display, Triangle Park,
Lexington, Kentucky
2013 Bluegrass green source “When Roosters Cry” Rain Barrel displayed at the Boyle County Public Library,
Danville, Kentucky
2012 Bluegrass green source “And When He Met Him the Scales Fell Off” Rain Barrel displayed at the Kentucky
Theater, Lexington, Kentucky
DEMONSTRATIONS
2023 Derby Eve Soiree – East End Celebration Night – Live screen printing – May 2023
2023 Dunbar Centennial Celebration – Live screen printing – February 2023
2022 – Preston Arts Center – Speedball Screen print live demo – August 2022
2022 Distillery District – Live printmaking – April 2022
2021 Wintersong an evening of art and music – live lego printmaking for up to 200 people – December 2021
2020 MADE in St. Louis Makerspace – January 2020 – Demonstrating photo emulsion screen printing process to more than 20 people during an open house in St. Louis Missouri
2019- Mauhaus Cafe-July 2019-Printed Cat prints screenprint and linocut for patrons of the Let them eat Art festival in Maplewood, Missouri
2019- Central Print Open House-February 2019 Printed valentines in downtown St. louis at the non profit printmaking studio.
2018 – Demonstrated Printmaking at the Half Price books store printing black ink onto cotton bags and giving to customers
2017- Halloween Art Demonstration – showed over 100 kids how to do monotypes at Hamburg Pavilion
2017 – Dixie Elementary Magnet School – Did a day long monotype project for over 150 students over 6 class periods
2017 – Picadome Elementary – Taught children in summer school screenprinting – lexington, kentucky
2017 – 4H Girls group – Demonstrated screenprinting
2017 First friday family night – hamburg pavilion – lexington kentucky
2017 – Kentucky greenfest – Bluegrass Greensource- demonstrated screenprinting, linocut and monotype
2017 Mellow Market screen printing demonstration July
2017 Kentucky artisan center, linocut demonstration June 2017
2017-Night Markets May – August – demonstrated linocut and screenprinting, Bryan avenue, Lexington, KY
2016 Lexington art league black friday art sale linocut print sale
2016 CSA Event with the Lexington Guild of Printmakers at the Church of God on Bryan Ave.
2016 Rural Urban Exchange Conference – The Livery, Lexington, KY- September 10th, 2016
2016 Jessamine County Public Library – Linocut printmaking demonstration July 16, 2016
2016 Lexington Convention Center – Kentucky Market – linocut printmaking demonstration July 10, 2016
2016 Night Market – showed and produced monotype prints with attendees July 1st, 2016
2016 Great Impressions, demonstrated linoleum cut printmaking onto paper and fabric June 4, 2016
2016 June Night Market showed and produced prints with attendees
2016 Family Fun Night Carnegie Center showed and produced prints with attendees
2015 Family Fun Night Carnegie Center showed and produced prints with attendees
2015 Cup of Commonwealth, demonstrated linocut printmaking, May 2016
2013 Woodland Arts Fair 2013, Woodland Park, demonstrated and taught monotype printmaking for children, Lexington, KY
2013 Francisco’s Farm Art Fair at Equus Run Vineyards, demonstrated and taught monotype printmaking for children,Midway, Kentucky
2012 Wesleyan Church Conference, Heritage Hall, Lexington, KY, painted live and on stage during a sunday evening rally in
front of hundreds of conference attendees.
2012 February Gallery Hop at Bluegrass Printmaker’s Co-op, Lexington, KY demonstrated printing t-shirts using the linocut printmaking method
ACHIEVEMENTS
2023 – Awarded the visions scholarship to attend the invite only Pentaculum artist residency – Knoxville, TN
2022- Awarded a full scholarship to attend Penland School of Arts and Crafts
2021 – Accepted into the Kentucky Crafted Program
2020- Started an arts interview printmaking podcast, Artists in the Wild
2019- Appointed Speedball Art Products Demo Artist
2018- Juried into the Woodland Arts Fair chosen to participate being one of the 1500 who applied only 200 get accepted
2017 – Started a fine arts printmaking podcast called the printmakers’ podcast
2017- Juried into the Woodland Arts Fair chosen to participate being one of the 1500 who applied only 200 get accepted
2016- Juried into the Woodland Arts Fair chosen to participate being one of the 1500 who applied only 200 get accepted
2016-Appointed Print Master for Lexington Parks and Recreation
2015 – 2018- President of the Bluegrass Printmakers Cooperative
2015 Juried into the Woodland Arts Fair chosen to participate being one of the 1500 who applied only 200 get accepted
2013 Second place, Art… a spiritual gift, Juried Show, Episcopal Church of the Savior, Richmond, Kentucky
2013 Earth Artist Award Winner for the Rain Barrel Design, “When Roosters Cry”
2012 Earth Artist Award Winner for the Rain Barrel Design, “And when he met him the scales fell off”
2011 Earth Artist Award Winner for the Rain Barrel Design, “Photosynthesis Process”
2006 Chosen as one of the founding members of the London, England based website www.okya.co.uk to have work showcased there
Curated Printmaking Show Experience
2017- Impressive Prints 2 Exhibition – Chose more than 10 artists who were members of the Bluegrass Printmakers’ Cooperative and national and international artists to exhibit work at the Pam Miller Downtown Artist Center
2015-Demographics Print Exhibition – Chose more than 10 artists who were members of the Bluegrass Printmakers Cooperative for a group show at the Lexington Public Library
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023 – Gelli Plate printmaking class taught at Livings arts and science center teaching 40 LTMS students
2023 – 7 week intro to linocut block printmaking class taught 10 students between March and May at Parks and Rec
2023 – Pronto Plate lithography class at Living arts and science center teaching 40 LTMS students
2021 Good Foods Co-op linocut printmaking class taught via Zoom. Students learned how to carve out easy carve speedball linocut blocks
2021 Lexington Parks and Recreation Relief Printmaking Class – taught 5 students to carve and print using linocut tools on soft carve speedball art blocks.
2020 Thomas Dunn Learning Center – February 2020 – Teaching a valentine’s card making linocut workshop to 10 people in St. Louis, Missouri
2019 Artist and Craftsman Kansas City – November 2019 – Teaching a public art lecture demonstration about screen printing to 15 people in Kansas City Missouri
2019 Blick Art Materials Demonstration – November 2019 – Teaching a CMYK 4 color screen printing class to 10 people in St. Louis, Missouri
2019 – Basic linocut printmaking workshop – May – University city public library, st. louis, missouri
2019 – 5 week basic silkscreen printmaking workshop – central print – st. louis missouri
2019 – Valentine’s one day screenprinting workshop – central print – st. louis missouri
2018 – Linocut relief workshop – carver artworks parks and rec lexington – march 2018
2017 – Dixie elementary -taught 50 kids monotype printmaking techniques – August 2017
2017 – Berea Learnshops, linocut relief printmaking, July 22nd, 2017
2017 – Monotype for kids camp K – 5, carver artworks parks and rec lexington, ky taught monotype to a group of 12 students
2017 – Linocut relief workshop – carver artworks parks and rec lexington – march 2017
2013-2016 Various Linoleum cut classes taught at the Bluegrass Printmakers’ Cooperative Including card printing class, Sunday, November 17, 2013, LexArts, Bluegrass Printmaker’s Co-op, taught 10 creative individuals how to print linocut cards in the studio. The process, the operation of the press and everyone took home a print.
2013 Meadowthorpe Elementary taught 545 children my staple drawing process and paper mosaic process throughout
the course of a week through a grant obtained by the art teacher
2012 – “Side by Side”, teaching art to children grades K-5 at The Hearing and Speech Center, Lexington, KY
Fine Arts Printmaking Portfolio Exchanges
2022 Well Fed Portfolio exchange – SGCI 2022 official portfolio exchange displayed at University of Madison, Wisconsin
2021 Relief Conspiracy print postcard portfolio exchange
2020-Relief conspiracy print postcard portfolio exchange
2020-Now and then portfolio exchange – Transylvania university – Morlan gallery
2019-Speedball Demo Artists Portfolio Exchange among the speedball demo artists
2018- That’s Cliche – Print Portfolio of cliché phrases with regional printmakers
2017- Southern Graphics Conference International Print Exchange in the collection of the Zuckerman Museum
2016 – Fresh Prints – Print Portfolio of Lexington Print Guild members of produce and fruit themed prints printed onto bags and apparel for CSA participants
2015 – P2 Surplus – Lexington Guild of Printmakers portfolio of prints on display at the Downtown Arts Center
Professional Workshops Attended
2022 – Color Relief woodcut – taught by Joseph Velasquez – Penland School of Arts and Crafts – Penland, North Carolina
2019-Making Art Safely-Modern Lithography with Jeff Sippel – Santa Fe, New Mexico
2018-Copper Etching Workshop – Taught by Rudolfo Salgado – Calliope Arts, Louisville, Kentucky
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
2022 Southern Graphics Conference International – Madison Wisconsin
2017 Southern Graphics Conference International – Atlanta, georgia
2016 – Mid America Print Conference – Louisiville, Ky, South Bend Indiana
2015 Southern Graphics Conference International – Knoxville TN