Born

1971   Great Lakes, Illinois

Contact Info

Instagram- @stephpryor1

email- stephpryor@verizon.net

website- www.stephaniepryorart.com

Education

2000   M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles, CA

1997   Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1996   Summer Program, The Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, UK

1993   B.A. Art and Art History, cum laude, departmental honors, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

1991  Stockholm University and Film House, Stockholm Sweden

Solo Exhibitions

2016  Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2013  Marine Contemporary, Venice, CA (catalog)

2011  Marine Contemporary, Venice, CA (catalog)

2007  ACME. at Domestic, Los Angeles, CA

2004  CRG Gallery, New York, NY

2002  ACME. Los Angeles

          Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy

2001  CRG, New York, NY

          Studio Guenzani, Project Room, Milan, Italy

2000  ACME. Los Angeles, CA

          UCLA MFA Show, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles

1993  Sackler Gallery  (In affiliation with Cavalier Galleries) Stamford Center for the Arts, Stamford CT

Group Exhibitions

2020  So Far, La Loma Projects, Pasadena, CA

              Body Manipulated, Bozomag, Los Angeles, CA

2019  GIFC at 0.0la Los Angeles, CA

         OPAF (Other Places Art Fair) with The Barker Hangrrr, San Pedro, CA

         Dream House vs. Punk House and Cat House, Serious Topics, Inglewood, CA

2018  Mythopoetic, curated by Peter Wowkowych, China Town, Los Angeles, CA

          Shadow as Witness, curated by Erika Hirugami, Sante Fe Building, Los Angeles, CA (Catalog)

          Woman Show, Fab Factory Music Studios, North Hollywood, CA

2017  Lift Off, Rio Hondo College, curated by Robert Miller, Whittier, CA

​           Arthouse, LA, curated by Jacquie Israel, Pacific Palisades, CA

2014  NSFW, Richard Heller Gallery, curated by Barry Belkin, Santa Monica, CA

2012   About Face, ACME. Los Angeles, CA

2011   Metallic, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

           CHAIN LETTER, Shoshana Wayne, Los Angeles, CA

2010   Marine Salon no. 5, Santa Monica, CA (catalog)

2009   Curator's Choice, Recent Aquisitions from MMoCA's Collection, Madison, WI

2008   Scene/Seen Recent Aquisitions from the Luckman Fine Arts Permanent Collection 1979-2006, Cal State Los Angeles

2007   Contemporary Cool and Collected, The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC

2006   PLEX, curated by Noel Korten, Brewery Art Complex, Los Angeles, CA

2004   The Raw and the Cooked, Curated by David Pagel, Claremont Center for the Arts, CA

2003   Works on Paper, Gallery artists and by invitation, CRG Gallery, New York, NY

2002    21Paintings from LA, Curated by James Gobel, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, Cal State San Bernadino, CA (catalog)

            Dialogue on Painting, Part I, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

            Drive-By, Curated by Katie Brennan, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA

            Officina America, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy (catalog)

            Panorama, Curated by Carmen Zita, Room Interior Products, New York, NY

2001   Studio International, Paintings from the Ophichus Collection, Hydra Workshop, Hydra, Greece (catalog)

           Cal's Art, Sampling California Painting, UNT Art Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

 Curator's Choice, David Pagel, Los Angeles: The Dreams Stuff is Made of, Frankfurt Art, Germany

           The Sensational Line, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO

           Locating Drawing, Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX

           Haulin'AssPierogi in LA, POST, Los Angeles, CA

2000    New School, works on paper, inc., Los Angeles, CA

1999    Painting: Fore and Aft, ACME. Los Angeles, CA

            Sig-Alert, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

            Inagural Exhibition, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA

            Limits, The Dollhouse Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1998   $99 Show, Miller Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

           Across the Lines,Queen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1997   Mirror, Mirror, Current Reflections on Self Portraiture, Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, CA

           SMFA Dana Pond Painting Competition, Finalist, Boston, MA

1994   Holiday Exhibition, E3 Gallery, New York, NY

Bibliography

2016  Wood, Eve "Pick of the Week" Artillery, March 16

           Nys Dambrot, Shana, "Stephanie Pryor: Reverie" Fabrik Magazine Issue 31, Page 87

2014  Juxtapoz.com, "NSFW" Curated by Barry Belkin @Richard Heller Gallery (featured painting) LA 7/18/14

2013   Wood, Eve "Pick of the Week" Artillery, September 15

            Spaulding, Trevor, "12 Cool Paintings from this Fall in L.A.", paintinginla.com, October

2012   Nys Dambrot, Shana, "Stephanie Pryor: 'Domina' at Marine Contemporary" Art ltd. January

           Nys Dambrot, Shana, "Art Trekking with the Berlin Collective" KCET Artbound, December 5

2011   Mohseni, Yasmine,"Beyond the White Cube" Painter Stephanie Pryor in the Studio" October

           Modern Painters, "The Best 100 Fall Art Shows: Stephanie Pryor: Domina"

2007   Pagel, David, "Taking a Dark Turn During Dark Times", Los Angeles Times, February 16

2004  Sholis, Brian, "Stephanie Pryor," Artforum.com, April

Greben, Diedre, "Ex Abs" Art News

Milaguet, Aude "Stephanie Pryor: How to deal with Wild Animals and Classical Artists" NY ARTS, May/June

2002   Zita, Carmen, "Stephanie Pryor", Trace, Issue 36 p. 62

2001  Bayliss, Sarah, "Best Bets," Art News, Summer 2001 p.151

           Carotenuto, Gianna, "Stephanie Pryor" Art Issues, Jan/Feb, p. 41

2000  Ollman, Leah. Los Angeles Times, Special to the Times, Friday Dec.8

Awards

2011  CCI ARC Grant (Durfee ARC Grant)

2000  D'arcy Hayman Scholarship for Painting/Drawing

1999  Feitelson Art Foundation Scholarship

1998 UCLA Art Council Grant

         D'arcy Hayman Scholarship for Painting/Drawing

1993 Gary M. Hoffer Award for Excellence in Photography

Liquitex Painting Award

Speaking Engagements

2009 Chapman University, Micol Hebron Moderator

2008  LA Art Show, David Pagel Moderator

2004 Otis College of Art and Design

2002 University of California, Santa Barbara

Residence

1996  Vermont Studio Center

Public Collections

UCLA Medical Center

Cedars Sinai, Beverly Hills, CA

California Endowment for the Arts

Luckman Gallery, Cal State Los Angeles

MOCA Madison, WI

Deutsche Bank Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany

Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles, CA

Progressive Insurance, Cleveland, OH

Select Art Fairs and Auctions

Art Platform, Los Angeles, CA

Frieze, London

The Armory Show, New York, NY

ARCO Madrid, Spain

LACE

2 x 2 Dallas (printed catalog)

Incognito

Pasadena Art Alliance

Art of Elysium (printed catalog)

GEM LAAA gallery 825

Fresh Start