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		Stacy Seiler is a multi-disciplinary artist, journalist and design educator that lives in New York City. Her work encompasses a wide range of diverse media, from precisionist charcoal drawings of architectural space, to sculptural forms that intertwine 19th century photos with found objects, fiber and antiquated tools. What remains consistent is her desire to reconnect the lost history of a place, person, or time past though the use of visual metaphor. Over the past 25 years, Stacy’s work has been exhibited in notable institutions worldwide, including: Sotheby's, Switzerland, Gould-Guggenheim Estate, NY, Swiss General Consulate NY, The National Arts Club and The Painting Center. Stacy has also been interviewed by Drawing Magazine and The Boston Globe.

In addition to her art practice, Stacy is the Art Editor of IRK Magazine and an Assistant Professor at Parsons School of Design. Her passion for teaching first began in 2005 following a career as a Web Designer/Programmer specializing in the Corporate Identity and Branding of Fortune 500 companies. In 2012 Stacy was honored as a finalist for the New School University's "Distinguished Teaching Award". As the Art Editor of IRK Magazine, Stacy produces feature interviews and articles on cutting edge artists and fashion designers worldwide. She previously worked as a Contributing Writer of arts and culture at Downtown Magazine and as a Docent of History and Preservation at Judd Foundation. Stacy earned her BFA with a minor in Art History from the Maryland Institute College of Art and her MFA from Parsons School of Design.

>> Curriculum Vitae

Education

2016, The New School, TESOL Certification (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
2005, MFA, Parsons School of Design
1997, BFA, The Maryland Institute College of Art, Minor in Art History

Design Skills

Graphic/Web Design, Typography, Information Design/Data Visualization, Corporate Identity and Branding, Design Research, Fashion Journalism, Creative Writing, Drawing, Painting. Fluent in Mac OS and working knowledge of PC OS. Fluent in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Bridge, Dreamweaver, Tableau, Microsoft Office. HTML, CSS, Wordpress.

Exhibitions

2024

Abandoned Haunts and Curious Trappings - Firefly Gallery, Northport, NY
He Said/She Said - Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
International Postcard Show - Brassworks Gallery, Portland, OG

2023

Wax - Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Type Speaks - Dane Ledet Gallery, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
Art and Poetic Text - Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA
Postcards From The Edge - Ortuzar Projects, New York, NY

2022

Below A Brooklyn Sky - Established Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Femmes Ensembles - BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Skeleton Crawl - BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn
We Won't Back Down - 118 Gallery, Online Exhibition, artgallery118.com
Resilience Through Time - Photo Trouvée Magazine, Virtual Exhibition
Spooky Camp - Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Lost & Found - 118 Gallery, Online Exhibition, artgallery118.com
Noir - Royal Society of American Art, Brooklyn, NY
Alternative Processes: Other Ways of Seeing - Plaxall Gallery, LIC, NY
Rockland Arts Festival - Virtual Event/Exhibition, Hudson Valley, NY

2021

Viva La Memento Mori - AHA Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
Little Things Matter - University of Southern Mississippi Museum of Art, Hattiesburg, MS
Coping Reservoir - Box Factory Gallery, Bushwick, NY
New Normal - Payne Gallery, Moravian University, Bethlehem, PA
Photo Trouvée Magazine - Issue 5, Fall, 2021, p. 50-51
Almost Endless - Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Altoona, PA
Grey Area - Treat Gallery, New York, NY
Follow The Line - Artport, Kingston, NY

2020

New York State of Mind - InsideSmall Gallery, Piermont, NY
Drawing in a Time of Social Distancing - Long Island City Artists Inc., LIC, NY
Pushing the Envelope - Pulp Gallery, Holyoke, MA
Quarantine Zine - Issue 2, Online Publication curated by Shari Diamond.
You Are Here - Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY

2019

Picturing Space: Artists and Designers Imagine Architecture - Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
Now Is The Future - Local Project, Long Island City, NY
Ariana Martinez, Stacy Seiler, Rachel Trusty - Arts, Letters and Numbers, Averill Park, NY
Works On Paper 2019 - , Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, New Jersey Curator: Dr. Louis Marchesano, Senior Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Green: The Impossible Color - Curator: Rachel Wren, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Swiss Art Expo - Zurich Central Station, Zurich, Switzerland
Clarion Partners LLC - 4 piece permanent art installation, 230 Park Ave, New York, NY

2018

Small/MIGHTY - La Bodega Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Fear - Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Stacy Seiler + Jeanne Marie Wasilik - Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Walk and Draw - The Greenwich Village Society for History Preservation, New York, NY
From Minuscule To Monumental - The Factory, LIC Arts Open, Long Island City, NY
Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself - Cigar Factory, Ground Floor Gallery and Local Project, Long Island City, NY

2017

Pairings - Stacy Seiler + Rachel Kravetz, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

2016

Stacy Seiler + Anne Finkelstein - Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Stacy Seiler - Irk Magazine.com, Paris, France

2014

Design Showhouse 2014 - The Guggenheim Estate, Long Island, NY

2013

Single Fare 3 - RH Gallery, New York, NY

2012

Elements - Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, NJ

2011

Single Fare 2: Please Swipe Again - Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
The Nathan & Elisa Bond Benefit Auction - Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
Faculty Exhibition - Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY
Where It Takes You - Spattered Columns, New York, NY

2010

Single Fare - 224 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY
Things I Dream About - The Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY

2009

Layered and Transparent Visions - Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
Nyktomorph - Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
Emerging Artist Competition - Sprout Art, New York, NY
The Sketchbook Project - 3rd WardGallery, Brooklyn, NY
Smoke - The Stitch Project, Brooklyn, NY
Visual Aids: Postcards From The Edge - Metro Pictures, New York, NY

2008

Ideal Home," Dubai Airport Expo - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Balls - The Stitch Project, Brooklyn, NY
Night of 1000 Drawings - Artists Space, New York, NY
Exquisite Corpse - Chashama Gallery, New York, NY

2007

Evolve Dissolve - Go North Gallery, Beacon, NY
Postcards From The Edge - James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Wish You Were Here VI - A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Eight Schools, One University - Works featured in New School University's video highlight and the Parsons homepage design, www.parsons.edu

2006

Werke Junger Kunstler - Sotheby's Exhibition/Auction, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Wish You Were Here V - A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
generations.06 - A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Swiss Roots - Swiss General Consulate , New York, NY

2005

The New School, 4 piece permanent art installation, 66 5th Ave, New York, NY
Ideal Home - Dubai Airport Expo, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Night of 1000 Drawings - Artists Space, New York, NY
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center Exhibition - Aronson Gallery, New York, NY
Wish You Were Here IV - A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Primed - Parsons MFA Fine Art Thesis Show, New York, NY

2004

Wish You Were Here III - A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
generations.04 - A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
NAC Student Show - National Arts Club, New York, NY

2003

One World Art - Théâtre Espace Cardin, Paris, France
15 x 15 - Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2002

Bridges - SV-MC, Gent, Belgium
9/11 - Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Discarded - Sosinnas, New York, NY

Awards

2021, Juror’s 1st Prize Award, "New Normal", Payne Gallery, Moravian University, Bethlehem, PA
2019, Residency, Arts, Letters + Numbers, Averill Park, New York
2019, Honorable Mention, "Works On Paper 2019", Curator: Dr. Louis Marchesano, Senior Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, New Jersey
2017, Residency, Slade School of Art, London Summer Intensive, London, England (declined)
2006, Residency, Swiss General Consulate, Young Artists Campus, St. Moritz, Switzerland

Publications

Studio Visit Book: A Visual Journey Through The Creative Spaces & Processes of Rising Women In The Arts, Arts to Hearts Press, 2023, p. 130-133
Artistonish Magazine, 30th Issue, January 2023
Common Ground, Issue 01, Boarderline Press, August 2022
Oyedrum Magazine, Issue 5 Madness, Online Spring/Summer, June 2022
Natalia Viteri, Alternative Processes: Other Ways of Seeing, Exhibition Catalog, MagCloud Press, 2022, p. 139-140
Juliana Naufel & Twiggy Boyer, Echoes of Yesterday, Lulu Press, 2022
Juliana Naufel & Twiggy Boyer, Photo Trouvée Magazine, Issue 5, September, 2021, p. 50-51
Mia Macfarlane, Iron Landscape, IRKMagazine.com, June, 2016
Dean Dalfonzo, Using Materials That Reflect Your Subject Matter, Drawing Magazine, November 2010

Artist Talks/Panel Discussions

Shoebox Projects, Virtual Talk, Los Angeles, CA, 2022
Rockland Arts Festival, Virtual Talk, NY 2022
AHA Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY 2021
Local Project, Long Island City, NY, 2019
Arts, Letters and Numbers, Averill Park, NY, 2019
Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY, 2018
The Guggenheim Estate, Long Island, NY, 2014
Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, NJ, 2012
Spattered Columns, New York, NY, 2011
Tishman Auditorium, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY, 2009
The Lang Center, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY, 2009
The Lang Center, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY, 2008
The Swiss Society of New York, Swiss Ball, New York, NY, 2006

Bibliography

Sarah Montague, STACY SEILER: Past, Present, and Future, Parsons Notes, December 2023
Janet Earley Manning, Architectural Concepts focus of Demarest Art Exhibit, Northern Valley Suburbanite, December 20, 2012
Irene Borngraeber, 'Nyktomorph' Group Show Reveals the Power of Uncertainty, The Jersey City Independent, October 8th, 2009
Raymond E. Mingst, Nyktomorph (catalog), Curious Matter, September 2009
Janet Mendelshon, Ochre in Provence, The Boston Globe (Travel Section), March 09, 2009
Karlos Carcamo, Evolve Dissolve, www.gonorthgallery.blogspot.com, December 2007
tART, Evolve Dissolve, www.tartnyc.org, December 2007
Joe Millar, Evolve Dissolve, www.joemillar.com, December 2007
Rakin' it in, maykr.blogspot.com, December 02, 2007
Werner Sutter, Werke Junger Kunstler, Sotheby's Auction House Catalogue, August 2006
Dominic Godat, Kunst im Kulm Hotel, Kulmhotel-stmoritz.ch, August 2006
Uhricek Von Jara, Kunstlermazon Kulm Hotel, Die Suedostschweiz, July 2006
Ladina Heimgartner, Junge Kunstler in St. Moritz zu Gast, Bundner Tagblatt, July 14, 2006
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center (catalog and video with reproductions), Lyn Rice Architects, September 2005
Choire Sicha, An Art Students Paradise, The New York Times, February 6, 2005
Peter Drake, Primed (catalog), Parsons The New School for Design, January 2005
Beth Greenacre, Emerging Young Artists, Bowieart.com, October 2004

Work Experience

2016 - 2023+

IRK Magazine, Art Editor, Paris, France

Responsible for the layout and production of feature articles in both print and web media for a fashion photography publication distributed in 20 countries worldwide.
Interview cutting-edge artists/designers and produce original content discussing their practice, including: Maurizio Cattelan, Li Edelkoort, GL Wood, Michael De Feo, Yuima Nakazato, CuteCircuit and Studio Drift.
Develop publication themes and produce design and layout concepts with the editors-in-chief.
Scout new designers and anticipate trends that set the magazine's overall visual style.

2005 - 2023+

Parsons School of Design, Assistant Professor/Coordinator, New York, NY

Assistant Professor within the Departments of Strategic Design and Management, First-Year Programs and Summer, Pre-College and Continuing Education. Instructed 100+ Undergraduate courses on the following subjects: Drawing I + II, Painting, Information Design, Typography, Graphic Design, Fashion Design, Product Design, Design Research + Iteration, Web Design, Portfolio Development, etc.
2009-18, Curriculum Coordinator of the Summer Intensive Studies, Design Studio Course, for which I develop a comprehensive introduction to 2-D & 3-D design fields of study for senior-level high school students preparing for college admissions, manage a of team of faculty and implement methods for supporting ESL students.
2010-18, Coordinator, Summer Intensive Studies Visiting Lecturer Series, for which I organize a 3-part lunchtime lecture series comprised of professionals paired with recent Parsons graduates in the fields of Communication, Fashion and Product Design. Notable lecturers: Chip Kidd, Ellen Lupton, Jordin Isip.
2015, Faculty Representative, Fulbright Review Committee, for which I reviewed and interviewed Parsons applicants in support of their nomination to the grant committee.
2013-14, Faculty Representative, Assessment of Student Learning Committee, for which I analyzed the annual program reports for each department at The New School and supported student learning assessment for the Provost Office.
2005-12, Coordinator, Parsons Scholars Program, for which I developed and orchestrated an intensive, three-year, art and design college preparatory curriculum, annually mentoring 16 low-income NYC public high school students that demonstrate exceptional talent and motivation in the arts.

Built alliances with multiple non-profit organizations to produce collaborative programming with senior scholars, allowing their design projects to be realized within the NYC community.
Produced a unique curriculum each semester, exposing scholars to the art and design community of NYC through visiting artist lectures, interactive workshops and studio visits.
Developed a college preparatory curriculum that included: SAT prep, portfolio development and documentation, college application preparation and essay writing, scholarship searches, college visits, National Portfolio Day access, and admissions and financial aid information sessions, including one-on-one counseling with each scholar.
Managed 6 undergraduate mentors that worked directly with the scholars to support their senior year curriculum and college application process.
Annually produced a comprehensive, 30-page report detailing the program growth, course curriculum, group progress and individual analysis of each scholar.

2008-09, Faculty Representative, L.I.S.A. (Low Income Student Alliance), for which I worked with New School University students to research options for financial funding, construct letters to the University President and organize meetings with the Deans and Provost to create support for low-income students throughout the University.

2011 - 2016

Downtown Magazine, Contributing Writer, New York, NY
Contribute monthly articles for both print and web (downtownmagazinenyc.com) focused on historic and current events of cultural significance taking place in lower Manhattan.

2012 - 2015

Judd Foundation, Artist Guide, New York, NY
Docent of the history and preservation of artist, Donald Judd’s home and studio located at 101 Spring Street in SOHO.

2009

Fashion Institute of Technology, Adjunct Professor, New York, NY
Instructed multiple undergraduate courses in Drawing and Two-Dimensional Design within the Fine Arts Department.

2007

École Parsons à Paris, Adjunct Professor, Paris, France
Instructed the 1-month Summer Intensive Studies, Drawing and Painting course.

2006

Drew University, Adjunct Professor, Madison, NJ
Instructing the Undergraduate Drawing 1 course within the Fine Arts Department.

2003 - 2005

EcommercePartners, Web Developer, New York, NY

Designed/programmed infrastructures for ecommerce-based websites.
Collaborated with IT developers on cross-platform projects to create GUIs that efficiently organize/populate database-driven information.

2000 - 2003

Sundberg & Associates, Director of Web Development, New York, NY

Led the creation of Sundberg & Associates' web department, resulting in an increase of web revenue by 87% in the first year, new client prospects and a stronger capabilities profile.
Collaborated with Fortune 500 clients to construct overall website vision while maintaining innovative design and clean, concise architecture.
Managed department projects/ team members, distributed work and determined timelines for delivery to client on-time and under budget.
Designed/programmed websites and collaborated with IT team to develop GUI and web architecture for e-commerce websites.
Produced in-house digital photography for use in print and web.

1998 - 2000

e.magination, Web Developer, Baltimore, MD

Designed, programmed and maintained websites for multiple, diverse corporations.
Collaborated with design teams and IT developers on multi-level, cross-platform projects to create GUIs and efficiently organize/populate database-driven information for e-commerce websites.

1997 - 1998

Agora Publishing, Web Master, Baltimore, MD

Created marketing strategies to promote multiple direct mail packages online, increasing department revenue by 68% over a period of 17 months.
Designed, programmed and maintained websites for multiple, bi-weekly and monthly published financial newsletters.

Complete Course List, Parsons School of Design, Assistant Professor, New York, NY

Fall '22

Information Visualization (two sections), Strategic Design & Management (3 Credits, Undergraduate)
Integrative Studio: Fake, First Year Dept. (3 Credits, Undergraduate)

Fall '21

Information Visualization Onine (two sections), Strategic Design & Management (3 Credits, Undergraduate)
Integrative Studio, Language Supported: Online, First Year Dept. (3 Credits, Undergraduate)

Spring '21

Integrative Studio II: Fashion (two sections), First Year Dept. (3 Credits, Undergraduate)
Graphic Design, Online, Pre-College Academy Dept. (Non-credit)

Fall '20

Information Visualization Onine (two sections), Strategic Design & Management (3 Credits, Undergraduate)
Integrative Studio: Shift, Online, First Year Dept. (3 Credits, Undergraduate)

Summer '20

Explorations in Illustration + Graphic Design, Online, Summer Intensive Studies Dept. (3 Credits, Undergraduate)

Fall '19

Information Visualization (two sections), Strategic Design & Management (3 Credits, Undergraduate)
Integrative Studio: Shift, First Year Dept. (3 Credits, Undergraduate)
Graphic Design: Drawing, Pre-College Academy Dept. (Non-credit)

Summer '19