Bio

E. A. Stuart is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the language of materials through experimentation and research. Stuart immigrated from Canada to the United States of America in 1992 with her family. After completing her Associates in the Arts for Secondary Education from Hillsborough Community College in Tampa Fl, she took a 23-year break to join the working masses in corporate America. In 2018 Stuart returned to school to pursue her passion for art. Stuart received her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Spring 2020 and is currently working on her MFA at Northern Illinois University. She is the recipient of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Honors Scholarship consecutively from 2017 to 2020. She recently participated in the Sleight of Hand First Year Grad Exhibition at 215 Gallery (4th street) in Dekalb IL.

Artist Statement

The backbone of my practice is to challenge the idea of “perception is reality”. I take the mundane and throw it into the absurd by merging dualities between the seen and unseen, deconstructing conventional items to create monstrous volume where none is perceived or abnormally distorting the lens of observation. My critique on societal norms originated from my fascination of scientific inquiry and testing of materials and techniques. I am in constant experimentation with painting, drawing and sculptural materials questioning the nature and narrative qualities of each and how they can be applied to confronting the concept of perception being reality. Though my subject matter ranges from figurative to the abstract, at the core, my work is focused on breaking the illusion of perceived reality and pushing the viewer to see the world in a different way.

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Born Saskatoon Sk. Canada

Lives and works in Chicago, IL.

Education

2023 MFA Northern Illinois University , DeKalb IL (forthcoming)

2020 BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

1996 AA Secondary Education, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa Fl

Awards

2020 Artistic Talent Tuition Waiver Award, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL

2020 Leo Bramson Memorial Scholarship Grant, School of the Art Institute

of Chicago, Chicago IL

2020 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Honors Scholarship, School of

the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

2019 Leo Bramson Memorial Scholarship Grant, School of the Art Institute

of Chicago, Chicago IL

2019 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Honors Scholarship, School of

the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

2018 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Honors Scholarship, School of

the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

2017 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Honors Scholarship, School of

the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

1993 Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Honors Scholarship, Potash

Corporation of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK, Canada

Exhibitions

2020 Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design First Year Grad

Show: Sleight of Hand, 215 Gallery (4th Street) Dekalb, IL.

2020 SAIC Spring Undergraduate Exhibition 2020,

http://sites.saic.edu/bfa2020/

2020 Senior Expo 2020, Exhibitions: Strategies and Craft Toilet Paper

Projects, https://www.instagram.com/coping_strategies/

2020 Spring Undergraduate Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago IL

2019 Prospect - Prospect No. 3: Searching Abstraction, Basic Studios:

Extra Projects, Chicago, IL

1996 A Fashion Faux Pas: Hell Bent and Leather Bound, Tracks Night Club,

Ybor City, FL

Professional Experience

2020 - 2021 Graduate Assistant (Sculpture Lab), Northern Illinois

University School of Art and Design, Dekalb, IL

2020. Teaching Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,

Chicago, IL (Contemporary Practices)

2018 - 2020 Personal Designer and Custom Framing, Michaels, Chicago, IL

2001 – 2006 Graphic Artist, ATA Karaoke, Tampa, FL

2003 Graphic Artist, Fashbash at the Blue Martini, Ybor City, FL

1996 – 1997 Web Designer, Kelly Services, Tampa, FL

1995 – 1996 Substitute Teacher, Hillsborough County Public Schools,

Tampa, Fl

Bio

Artist Statement

CV

Born Saskatoon Sk. Canada

Lives and works in Chicago, IL.

Education

2023 MFA Northern Illinois University , DeKalb IL (forthcoming)

2020 BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

1996 AA Secondary Education, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa Fl

Awards

2020 Artistic Talent Tuition Waiver Award, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL

2020 Leo Bramson Memorial Scholarship Grant, School of the Art Institute

of Chicago, Chicago IL

2020 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Honors Scholarship, School of

the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

2019 Leo Bramson Memorial Scholarship Grant, School of the Art Institute

of Chicago, Chicago IL

2019 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Honors Scholarship, School of

the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

2018 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Honors Scholarship, School of

the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

2017 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Honors Scholarship, School of

the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

1993 Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Honors Scholarship, Potash

Corporation of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK, Canada

Exhibitions

2020 Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design First Year Grad

Show: Sleight of Hand, 215 Gallery (4th Street) Dekalb, IL.

2020 SAIC Spring Undergraduate Exhibition 2020,

http://sites.saic.edu/bfa2020/

2020 Senior Expo 2020, Exhibitions: Strategies and Craft Toilet Paper

Projects, https://www.instagram.com/coping_strategies/

2020 Spring Undergraduate Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago IL

2019 Prospect - Prospect No. 3: Searching Abstraction, Basic Studios:

Extra Projects, Chicago, IL

1996 A Fashion Faux Pas: Hell Bent and Leather Bound, Tracks Night Club,

Ybor City, FL

Professional Experience

2020 - 2021 Graduate Assistant (Sculpture Lab), Northern Illinois

University School of Art and Design, Dekalb, IL

2020. Teaching Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,

Chicago, IL (Contemporary Practices)

2018 - 2020 Personal Designer and Custom Framing, Michaels, Chicago, IL

2001 – 2006 Graphic Artist, ATA Karaoke, Tampa, FL

2003 Graphic Artist, Fashbash at the Blue Martini, Ybor City, FL

1996 – 1997 Web Designer, Kelly Services, Tampa, FL

1995 – 1996 Substitute Teacher, Hillsborough County Public Schools,

Tampa, Fl

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