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Steve Morrison

Education:

2014 MFA - Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta GA 2006 BFA - Illustration, Brigham Young University, Provo UT

Professional Experience:

2015 Figure Drawing Instructor (part-time), Savannah College of Art & Design 2014-2015 Studio Assistant to Jonathan Bouknight: videography, design, set building, propmaking, moldmaking, art handling 2014-2015 Painting Workshop Instructor, ArtHouse Decatur, Decatur GA 2013 Teaching Assistant, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta GA (Drawing I: Professor: Kent Knowles, Fall 2013) 2013 Puppet Building Assistant, Center For Puppetry Arts: puppet building and repair, set building, moldmaking 2011-2012 Graphic Design temporary work, Columbia SC: web and print media 2011-2012 Painting Workshop Instructor, Columbia SC 2009-2010 Painting Workshop Instructor, Charlottesville VA 2006-2009 Graphic Artist, Core Knowledge Foundation, Charlottesville VA: graphic design, illustration, printing 2005 Internship with multiple Caldecott-winning illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky 2005 Internship with award-winning illustrator Brett Helquist 2003-2005 Graphic Artist, Brigham Young University, Provo UT: graphic design, illustration, videography

Selected Freelance Work:

• Created book covers and interior artwork for numerous textbooks published by Pearson Education. • Created hundreds of book covers, interior artwork, design, and packaging published by Core Knowledge Foundation. • Created calendar illustration for NPR’s wall calendar. • Created covers and interior artwork for magazine publications, including Highlights for Children and National Storytelling Magazine. • Created two graphic novels published by Peculiar Pages. •Createdanimatedsegmentsforfestivals,musicvideos,anddocumentaryfilms.

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Awards:

2015 Working Grant from The Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta GA 2014-2015 Assistantship through Working Artist Project (MOCA-GA), Atlanta GA 2014 Finalist for Working Artist Project (MOCA-GA), Atlanta GA 2014 Working Grant from The Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta GA 2013-2014 Scholarship at Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta GA 2001 Utah State Sterling Scholar in the Visual Arts (one artist selected statewide per year) 2001 Oscarson Grant for Visual Art 2001 Cory Nathan Bellau Scholarship for the Visual Arts 2001-2005 Three Academic Scholarships, Three Talent Scholarships

Skills:

• Expert knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, AfterEffects, and Dreamweaver. • Expert knowledge of painting, drawing, molding and casting, puppetry, animation, graphic design, web design, print media, and illustration. • A decade of experience working full-time as an illustrator and designer, primarily focused on the educational children’s market. Selected Exhibitions: 2015 52nd Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum, Monroe LA “Experimental Puppet Theatre,” Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta GA 2014 “BAD INFINITY,” XXO Gallery, Atlanta GA (Solo Show) “Millennial,” Movement Gallery of Art (MGOA), Atlanta GA “10th Anniversary Show,” Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta GA “Experimental Puppet Theatre,” Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta GA “Cinephilia,” Mammal Gallery, Atlanta GA “Puppetmation,” Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta GA “Something Else,” Further Polycontemporary, Atlanta GA “Double Take,” Sycamore Place Gallery, Atlanta GA 2013 “Short Shorts,” Whitespace, Atlanta GA “Moxie Exhibition,” Moxie Inc., Atlanta GA “Troposcope,” Cherry Lion Gallery, Atlanta GA “A Touch Of Whimsy,” Artmatch, Atlanta GA 2012 “Contemporaries,” Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia SC 2011 “5 x 5,” Westmont Museum of Art, Santa Barbara CA Eno Gallery, Hillsborough NC 2001-2010 The Open Gallery, Long Beach CA, (2007) Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT (2001)

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