Sierra Stinson VideoInstallation Photography • Resumé Contact


Lives in Seattle, WA. California born 1985.

Education
2008  BFA Magna Cum Laude                                 
           Fine Art Photography and Video
           Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA

2006-07  3rd year abroad               
           Environmental Art
           Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

2003  H.S. Diploma                     
           ArtQuest Theatre
           Santa Rosa High School, Santa Rosa, CA

Professional Experience
2010 Joe Bar Curator, January 2010 - Present
Coordinate Press Release/postcards. Schedule and install monthly exhibitions.

2008 Spring Internship, Gretchen Bennett, Sampling and Storytelling, Frye Art Museum
Assist in weekly course developed and taught by Gretchen Bennett in conjunction with two exhibitions by Dario Robleto.

2007-08 Video Lab Technician, Cornish College of the Arts
Assist in handling equipment, editing and managing Lab facilities

Group Exhibitions
2010    BAD WORDS
            Indubitably, Email and Ink
            Twilight Artist Collective
            Seattle, WA
            Curator: Chris Crites

2009   Hanged, Drawn, and Quartered
            Extractions, Drawings given to me.
            Alumni Gallery, Cornish College of the Arts
            Seattle, WA
            Curator: Ian Toms

            Constructs
            Native Produce, Photo and found objects
            White House Gallery, Glasgow
            Curator: Ric Warren

            Modern World
            to regress.. video monitor installation
            Gallowgate, Glasgow
            Curator: Anna Goldthorp

2008   Fred Hutchinson Temporary Collection
            Tumbling, Pen and Ink Drawings
            Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
            Seattle, WA
            Curator: Bonnie Biggs                                        

            Open Floor
            to regress… Video Projection
            Henry Art Gallery
            Seattle, WA
            Curator: Carlos Esparza

            Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
            Sex, money, burritos… Video and Photography Installation
            Cornish College of the Arts
            Seattle, WA
            Curator: Jess Van Nostrand

2007   Making Art Public
            3rd year Environmental Art/Sculpture Department Exhibition
            Occidental video projection
            Grace and Clark Fyfe Gallery, Glasgow

            Underworked and Overplayed
            A Shift video animation
            Barnes Building, Glasgow
          
2006   Showcase
            Individuation Photo Tryptych
            YesYes Gallery, Olympia, WA

           Paperworks
           The Remains Mixed Media
           Art Not Terminal Gallery, Seattle, WA
           Curator: Sara Smith

Solo (*) and Collaborations
2009   (T)here Mixed Media Installation
            Collaboration with Carlos Esparza
            Seattle City Hostel, Seattle, WA
           
            Jherek Bischoff & Richard Webb
            Under The Sour Trees CD Release Performance
            Film and Video
            Chop Suey, Seattle, WA

2006   Darling Politics
            Clothing Designs in collaboration with Tilla Kuenzli and Morgan Johnson
            Columbia City Theater, Seattle, WA

* A Fragment
  3-Channel Video Installation
  Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow

            *Duality
            10 photo series
            The Globe, Seattle, WA
            Curator: Michael Viox

2005   Icon Ink
            Empire Empire Designs
            Clothing Designs in collaboration with Morgan Johnson
            Seattle, WA

Curatorial Work
2009 Rattle My Cage, Vermillion, Seattle, WA
          Daley-Watson Art Party (assistant), Daley-Watson Residence, Seattle, WA
2008 Digitize Me, Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA

Awards
2005-2008 Presidents Scholarship, Cornish College of the Arts
2005 Art Department Merit Award, Cornish College of the Arts

Press
2009 Joey Veltkamp 'Rattle My Cage / Vermillion Gallery' Best Of: Joey Veltkamp blog, December
           Regina Hackett 'At the end of ’09- up and at ‘em,' Another Bouncing Ball- ArtsJournal, December
           Jen Graves 'It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times', The Stranger- Slog, August
2008 Charles Mudede 'H(e)aven', The Stranger, May