Stephen Warde Anderson
Abridged Resume
ABRIDGED RESUME
Stephen Warde Anderson
3636 Grant Avenue
Rockford IL 61103
Tel.: 815-688-6701
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
"Stephen Warde Anderson: Neoclasical Naive" Lindsay Gallery, Columbus OH, September 2019
"Stephen Warde Anderson: Attention to Detail" Intuit Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, January 2018
"The Wonderful World of Stephen Warde Anderson" Rockford Art Museum, Rockford IL, January 2016
"Fables and Fairy Tales" Clark Arts Center, Rockford University, Rockford IL, September 2014
“Nature Redux” Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, July 2012
“Gambling For Souls” Antieau Gallery, New Orleans, September 2011
"Mystical Worlds" Packer-Schopf Gallery, Chicago, February 2010
"Fairy Tales," Packer-Schopf Gallery, Chicago, July 2008
"Fantasy Tableaux," Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, January 2007.
"Variations on the Conventional," Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, January 2006.
"Aquatic Fantasies and Maritime Adventures," Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, September 2004.
"Haunted Heroines," Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, September 2002.
"Symbolism and Symmetry, Costume and Couture," Lyonsweir-Packer Gallery, Chicago, December 2000.
"Pictorial Fantastry," Freeport Art Center, Illinois, July 2000.
"Out of the Cosmos," Webb Gallery, Waxahachie, Texas, October 1999.
"Maidens, Myths, and Monsters," Aron Packer, Chicago, October 1998, and May 1999.
Michael Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, October 1995.
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, March 1995.
"Screen Goddesses" Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, January 1995.
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, May 1992.
"Pastels and Paintings" Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, August 1990.
"Portraits and Pastels" J. R. Kortman's Center for Design, Cafe Esperanto, Rockford,IL, January 1990
"Historical Portraits" J. R. Kortman's Center for Design, Cafe Esperanto, Rockford,IL, January 1988
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
"Rockford Midwestern" Juried group show, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford IL, October 2020
"Rockford Midwestern" Juried group show, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford IL, June 2018
"Collective Soul: Outsider Art from Chicago Collections" Intuit, Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, September 2014
"25th Anniversary Show" Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, April 2013
"The Beast Within" Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, July 2013
"The Architecture of Hope - the Treasures of Intuit" Intuit, Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, January 2011.
"Specimens" Fawick Gallery, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, January 2011.
“Forget me NOT” Intuit, Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, IL, Sept. 2010.
"When Animals Talk" Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, October 2009.
"Visages: Face Revisited" Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, Jan. 2009.
"Tura! Tura! Tura! " Group benefit show honoring Tura Satana at The Tattoo Factory Gallery, Chicago, IL, Oct. 2008.
"Stars of the Silver Screen, Hollywood Portraits by Stephen Warde Anderson" South Shore Arts Gallery, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, IN, Oct. 2008.
"Rockford Midwestern" Juried group show, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, July 2008.
"20th Anniversary Celebration Exhibit" Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, April 2008.
"Outside - In" GAGA Arts Center, Garnerville, New York, June 2007.
"Myths, Dreams, and Other Revelations" Noyes Arts Center, Evanston, Illinois, May 2007.
"Black and White" Fawick Gallery, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, September 2006.
"Tooth and Claw," Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, July 2006.
"Diabolique: Images of the Devil in Contemporary Art," Walkers Point Center for the Arts, Wisconsin, July 2005.
"Strange Presences," Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, October 2004.
"Ghostly Creations, Dark Inspirations," Rockford College Art Gallery, Illinois, October 2001.
"Idols and Icons," Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, April 2000.
"Within Reach: Northern Illinois Outsider Artists," Rockford Art Museum, Illinois, May 1998.
"Visions, Dreams, and Prophecies:Ten Intuitive Chicago Artists," Community Gallery of Art, College of Lake County, Illinois, February 1998
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"Outsider Art, an Exploration of Chicago Collections," Chicago Cultural Center, December 1996.
"Subjective Intentions," Rockford Art Museum, Illinois, September 1993.
"Visions: Expressions Beyond the Mainstream from Chicago Collections," Arts Club of Chicago, September 1990.
"H.P.A.C. or Bust," Hyde Park Art Center, Illinois, January 1989.
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:
Smithsonian Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Museum of American Folk Art, New York
Art Institute, Roger Brown Study Collection, Chicago
Milwaukee Art Museum
College of Lake County, Illinois
Rockford Art Museum, Illinois
Freeport Art Center, Illinois
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
100 Artists from the Midwest, E. Ashley Rooney, Schiffer Books, 2012
Encyclopedia of American Folk Art, Gerard C. Wertkin, Editor, New York, 2004.
Self-taught, Outsider, and Folk Art: A Guide to American Artists, Locations, and Resources, Betty-Carol Sellen and Cynthia J. Johanson, McFarland and Co., 2000.
Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century American Folk Art and Artists, Chuck and Jan Rosenak, New York, 1990.
EDUCATION:
Entirely self-taught.