Steve Zieverink // CV
Education & Experience
Grants & Exhibitions
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Steve Zieverink is a filmmaker, artist, educator and musician from Southwest MI and Chicago, IL, where he is the Director of the Unit 2 Collective, a non-profit platform for programs with the goal of bringing together communities through curation, exhibition and dialog.
Education
M.F.A, Studio Arts & Moving Image, The University of IL, Chicago, 2009
B.F.A, Emphasis in Painting, The Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH, 2000
A.D., Graphic Design, Antonelli College, Cincinnati, OH, 1997
Experience
Unit 2 Collective - 1/00-Present - Director, Curator & Artist
A non-profit organization that supports artists and designers from various genres and regions in community building endeavors, including long-term projects, lectures, workshops, and exhibitions, with an emphasis on research, innovation, dialog, community involvement, environmental awareness and social change.
Steve Zieverink, Freelance - 9/12-Present, Filmmaker & Videographer
Combining an experienced approach and an eye for detail, Zieverink’s work is a seamless blend of technical ability and creativity, for projects ranging from corporate identity to documentary film.
University of IL, Chicago 8/10-12/10 - Associate Professor
Development and teaching of New Media class to senior level undergraduate students.
Team taught class (Art, Films and Dreams) for advanced Honors College students.
University of IL, Chicago 8/07-5/09 - Instructor Of Record
Planning and teaching of undergraduate foundation program classes including Sculpture and Time-Based Visual Arts.
Wright Inc. 8/06-8/07 - Photographer & Property Manager
Responsibilities included the set up of studio lighting, camera equipment and databases, and the handling and archiving of contemporary art and Mid-Century Modern furniture.
Art Academy of Cincinnati 8/99-6/04 - Instructor & Lab Supervisor
Teaching of beginner and advanced glass blowing, BFA and Community Education, as well as wood and metal shop supervisor.
Antonelli College 8/02-7/04 - Adjunct Instructor
Teaching of Design 1 and 2, and Basic Drawing 1
Happen Inc. 2/98-7/04 - Instructor & Designer
Teaching of children and adults in ceramics, painting and drawing, as well as execution of graphic/set design in a non-profit art organization.
Shane Studios 6/00-6/04 - Instructor & Ceramicist
Teaching of private lessons in ceramics, painting and drawing, in addition to making pottery.
Grants & Awards
2014 Western Mining Action Network Travel Grant
2011 Western Mining Action Network Project Grant
2011 Western Mining Action Network Travel Grant
2010 Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Honorarium
2010 Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery Grants and Honorarium
2009 UIC Provost’s and Deiss Award for Graduate Research
2004 Ohio Arts Council Fellowship Award
2004 The Contemporary Arts Center Honorarium
2003 Kentucky Arts Council Grant
2003 The Carnegie Arts Center Honorarium
2002 Ohio Arts Council Project Grant
2002 City of Cincinnati Project Grant
Commissions
2010 Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2010 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2004 The Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati, OH
2003 The Carnegie Arts Center, Covington KY
Visiting Artist
2014 Depaul University, Hyde Park Art Center Lecture, IL
2012 Northwestern University, Art Theory and Practice, IL
2010 Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
2010 Alice F. and Harris K Weston Art Gallery, OH
Exhibitions & Screenings
2014 - Zhashagi: The Echomaker, Western Mining Action Network Conference, Anchorage AK 2004-14 Twelve + Twelve, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2013 Film Screening, Western Mining Action Network Conference, Seattle, WA
2013 Guest Speaker & Film Screening, American Indian Center, Chicago, IL
2013 Guest Artist & Film Screening, Multikulti, Chicago, IL
2012 -13 Live Station Project, Site Specific Installation, Benton Harbor, MI
2012 Guest Speaker & Film Screening, American Indian Center, Chicago, IL
2011 The Factory Square Fine Arts Festival, Parr Projects, Cincinnati, OH
2010 Live Station Project: Reuse Stream, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2010 Changing Ecologies, Unit 2 Collective, Chicago, IL
2010 Film/Video Screening Curated By Steve Zieverink, Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH
2009-10 Live Station, Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2009 MFA Thesis Screening, Nightingale Theatre, Chicago, IL
2009 MFA Thesis Show, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
2008 Project in West Chicago, Art Xposium, West Chicago, IL
2008 Drive By, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2007 Unit 2 Artists, Unit 2 Collective, Chicago, IL
2007 New Paintings, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Oscillating Ocelot, Manual, Chicago, IL
2006 New Paintings, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Nature, Systems and Responses, Semantics, Cincinnati, OH
2004 New Paintings, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Being and Non Being, The Carnegie Arts Center, Covington KY
2003 3-D Sculpture, International Sculpture Committee, Semantics, Cincinnati, OH
2003 Kinetic Opposition, Unit 2 Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2003 Process, Semantics, Cincinnati, OH
2003 New Sculpture from Unit 2, The Annie Bolling Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2002 Selections to Come, The Annie Bolling Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2002 Soundgeist, The Mockbee, Cincinnati, OH
2001 New Art, Collaborative sculptures, Unit 2 Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2001 Semantics Members Group Show, Semantics, Cincinnati, OH
2001 99Cents or Less, Warsaw Project Space, Cincinnati, OH
2001 New Works at Unit 2, Unit 2 Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2000 Rattar, Warsaw Project Space, Cincinnati OH
2000 Delusional Systems, Senior Thesis, Chidlaw Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH
1999 Last Chance, Exo Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH
1999 Minumentals Show, Exo Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH
1998 Minumentals Show, Exo Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH
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