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S.V. Medaris Curriculum Vitae
Mount Horeb, WI, USA
E-mail: ***@*********.***
Website: svmedaris.com
Education
2011 University of Wisconsin-Madison,MFA, 2011. Field of study: Relief Printmaking and
Artist's Books
2010 University of Wisconsin-Madison,MA, 2010. Field of study: Relief Printmaking and
Artist's Books
Madison Area Technical CollegeMadison, WI, Associate Degree in Graphic Design (academic
honors)
University of California-Santa Barbara,BA, Fine Art (high honors)
Professional Experience
2012Lecturer: University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI
Artists' Books: Forms and content, paper making, relief printing, letterpress, paper
marbling
1994-presentOwner/Artist: S.V. Medaris Fine Art, Mount Horeb, WI
Traditional fine art media and digital design/illustration for print and web promotion
Traditional: Relief printmaking, intaglio, monotype and artist's books printed with
etching or litho presses, and letterpress (Vandercook SP15, etc.); oils, pastels, mixed
media, assemblage
1999-presentArt Director, Design/illustration: The Why Files, University Communications,
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Web design, digital illustration and animation (Adobe: Photoshop, Dreamweaver,
Illustrator, InDesign, Bridge, Flash; Fireworks; Mac: Keynote; coding: HTML, XHTML, CSS;
Microsoft Word, Excel)
2008 Full-time instructor: Madison Area Technical College,Madison, WI
Drawing, illustration-traditional and digital, graphic design, advanced computer graphics
Media: Charcoal, graphite, pen, brush and ink, relief printmaking, pastel Programs:
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Bridge, Dreamweaver, Acrobat; Blackboard)
1998-2001 Part-time instructor: Madison Area Technical College,Madison, WI
Introduction to Computer Graphics, Electronic Illustration (Programs: Adobe Illustrator,
Photoshop, Fireworks; HTML)
1997-1998 Graphic Designer: MPI video production and multimedia company, Madison
Illustration, graphic design and animation for video, multimedia and print (After
Effects, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator; Quark)
Solo Exhibitions
2012The Tunnel of Mortality, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI
2011From Pattern to Processing, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2010Consumption, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2009Corn-Fed, Madison Central Public Library, Madison, WI
2007The Whole Hog, Madison Central Public Library, Madison, WI
2007From the Farm, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI
2006A Rural Presence, Wisconsin Arts Board Gallery, Madison, WI
2005The Lives of Farm Dogs, Madison Central Public Library, Madison, WI
2005Selections from The Chicken Farm, Pinney Library, Madison, WI
2004S.V. Medaris, A One Chick Show: Of Cocks and Hens, Madison Central Public Library,
Madison, WI
2004Etchings, Paprocki gallery, Mount Horeb, WI
2-3 Person Exhibitions
2011Beastly Prints, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI (with Briony Morrow-Cribbs,
Patrick Smyczek)
2009Wild and Domestic, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI (with Jonathan Wilde)
Select Group Exhibitions
2011IPCNY New Prints 2011/Autumn, International Print Center New York, New York, NY
(international, juried)
2011Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI (international, juried)
2011Wisconsin Biennial, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI (juried)
2011Culture and Agriculture, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI (juried)
2011Common Ground, River Arts Center, Prairie du Sac, WI (invitational)
2011Art Show at the Dog Show, Various galleries, Wichita, KS (juried)
2011Contemporary Animal Imagery, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI (invitational)
2010Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI (international, juried)
2009, '10Graphics Review, Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
2009Wisconsin Biennial, Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI (juried)
2009Art Meets Ag, Nohr Gallery, Platteville, WI (juried)
2009Bone Folders Guild at WI Book Festival, State Street Gallery, Madison, WI
2009Mount Horeb Area Spring Art Tour, open studio event, Mount Horeb, WI (juried)
2009The Anatomy of... A Group of International Printmakers, Pao Hall, Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN (invitational)
2009Assorted Mythology: A Collection of Int'l Printmakers, University of the West of
England, Bristol, UK (invitational)
2009Preview Exhibition, MHAAA Spring Art Tour, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
(juried)
2008Graphics Review, Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
2008What Matters Most, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI (invitational)
2008DCCAC 10th Anniv. Art Calendar Retrospective, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison,
WI (juried)
2008New Kids on the Block, Project Lodge, Madison, WI (invitational)
2004-'08 Annual Artful Women Show, show and sale, University Hospitals Gallery, Madison,
WI (juried)
2008Seasons on the Farm, Central Madison Public Library, Madison, WI (invitational)
2008Contemporary Animal Imagery, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI (invitational)
2008Mount Horeb Area Spring Art Tour, open studio event, Mount Horeb, WI (juried)
2007Small Treasures, Steenbock Gallery, Madison, WI (juried)
2007Mount Horeb Area Spring Art Tour, open studio event, Mount Horeb, WI (invitational)
2007Art of Note, various galleries, Madison, WI (invitational)
2007Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI (juried)
2006Rural Visions, Steenbock Gallery, Madison, WI (juried)
2006Driftless in Wisconsin, Central Madison Public Library, Madison, WI (invitational)
2006Foreign Influences, Steenbock Gallery, Madison, WI (juried)
2006Going to the dogs Wall Street Gallery and Bistro, Mazomanie, WI (invitational)
2005,'06Folkfare plate art fundraiser, travelling exhibit/fund-raiser, Folklore Village &
Madison, WI (invitational)
2005The Art of the Chicken, Central Madison Public Library, Madison, WI (invitational)
2005The Peep Show, Currie Gallery, Madison, WI (invitational)
2005Birds in Art 2005, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI (international,
juried)
2005Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI (juried)
2005Culture and Agriculture, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI (juried)
2005Contemporary Animal Art, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI (invitational)
2004Culture and Agriculture, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI (juried)
2003Working at Welo Studio, Baker Studio, Mineral Point, WI
2001Summer with Sis, 734 Gallery, Madison, WI
2000Postcard Art Competition, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI (juried)
1999Hoof & Woof 10th Year Exhibition, Mount Horeb Brew Pub, Mount Horeb, WI
Public Art Projects
2010Art Zoobilee, Public art display and auction benefitting American Family Children's
Hospital and Henry Vilas Zoological Society
2007The Art of the Horse, International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, KY (juried,
national competition) Travelling exhibit of cast marble painted statues - awarded a two-
foot-tall horse to paint.
2006CowParade Wisconsin, public art event, downtown Madison, WI (juried, statewide
competition) Awarded two life-size, fiberglass cows to paint
Bibliography
(Reviews-newspaper and magazine articles, catalogues)
2011 Eyeworthy feature - Wisconsin State Journale (WI)
2011'Art of Bestiary' explored in Overture print exhibit, The Badger Herald, WI
2010Birds in Art, Lee Yawkey Woodson Art Museum exhibition catalog (WI)
2008 Year of the Landscape Madison Magazine (WI)
2007, '09Wisconsin Biennial- Exhibition catalogue
2007Fitchburg's pigs: Mostly gone but still fondly remembered, by Kurt Gutknecht -
Fitchburg Star newspaper
2007 Featured Artist - Art in Wisconsin magazine, March/April issue
2006Animal Farm, by Kent Williams - Isthmus newspaper
2006CowParade Wisconsin, The Cows Come Home book, published by Orange Frazer Press
2005Wisconsin Artist Paints Farm Dogs, by Kelli Gunderson - Agri-View newspaper
2005Come! Look! Stay Art Show Explores The Life Of Farm Dogs, by Susan Troller,
Capital Times newspaper
2005Winged Migration ...To Wausau - Wisconsin State Journal newspaper
2005Birds in Art, Lee Yawkey Woodson Art Museum exhibition catalog (WI)
2005Poultry Portraitist, by Laura Kearney - Wisconsin Trails magazine, July/August issue
2004Instead of counting her chickens by Susan Lampert Smith - Wisconsin State
Journal newspaper
2004The Chicken Show - Mary Janes Farm magazine (USA)
Published Work
2011 CLUCK: Jungle
Fowl to City Chicks Artwork by S.V. Medaris
2008-2012 Artwork in the Annual Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission desk calendar
2007Dane County Plat Book - cover image
1999-2004University Communications, University of Wisconsin - Illustrator,
various
articles/pages for print and web
2001-2004Meriter Health Services, Inc. - Illustrator for quarterly Focus publications
1999-2004Isthmus weekly newspaper - Cover and editorial illustrations
2002McMurray Hatchery - Illustrator/Designer, specialty mug and apparel design
2002Wisconsin Research, Profiles in Discovery (UW-Madison publication) - Illustrator,
various articles
1994-2002The Eat Smart books (series of 6), Ginkgo Press - Illustrator
2001How's the Water, book. UW Steven's Point/WI Lakes Partnership - Illustrator
2001Henry Vilas Zoo, poster for 23rd Annual Zoo Benefit ("Let the Good Times Roll") -
Illustrator and Designer
2001American Heart Association Heart Gala campaign - Commissioned painting used in all
aspects of campaign
1999-2000Pleasant Company for Mattel - Illustrator, CD packaging, spot illustration,
calendar art
1995-2004 Illustrator for additional clients, including:
University of Wisconsin-Madison, The Nature Conservancy, Talk Works, Inc., CUNA Service
Group, American Family Insurance, Lands' End, Orlando Weekly, The Geo Group, The PEC
Foundation, Grote Publishing, TDS, Ginkgo Press, Berbee Info. Network Corporation.
Collections
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Department of Transportation, Santa Barbara, CA
Department of Transportation, Superior, WI
Department of Tourism, Kickapoo Reserve, La Farge, WI
Drive-By Press
Epic Systems, Verona, WI
Hyperion Studios, Madison, WI
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
University of Colorado, Special Collections, Boulder, CO
University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital, Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, Madison, WI
Zayed Universit, United Arab Emirates
Private and Public collections in U.S. (Wisconsin, Illinois, California), Europe
(Holland), Japan, Spain
Representation
Represented by Artisan Gallery, Paoli, Wisconsin since 2005
Awards
2009 Hooper Foundation Scholarship, Graduate study at UW-Madison
2008 Honorable Mention, 22nd Annual Artful Women Art Show, Madison, WI
2007 3rd Place, America the Beautiful national competition, International Museum of the
Horse, Lexington, KY
2007 Honorable Mention, 21st Annual Artful Women Art Show, Madison, WI
2006 Judges Choice award, 20th Annual Artful Women Art Show, Madison, WI
2004 Best in Show, 18th Annual Artful Women Art Show, Madison, WI
2004 Pixie Nomination, for best web design using motion (as illustrator/web designer for
The Why Files)
2002 AAAS Online Science Journalism Award (as illustrator/web designer for The Why Files)
1998 Merit Award (2), 7th Annual Vidie Awards, Madison, WI
1998 Best of Show, University of Wisconsin, State-Wide Juried Student Graphic Design
Exhibition
1997 Portfolio of Merit awarded by the faculty of Madison Area Technical College,
Madison, WI
1997 American Advertising Award (MAF Silver-student category), Madison ADDY Awards, WI
Representation
Professional Organizations
Wisconsin Visual Artists, member
Madison Bone Folder's Guild, member
Mount Horeb Area Arts Association, member
Design Madison, member
Duck's Unlimited (member and contributing artist)
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