Biography
I was born in Cambridge, MA on September 14th, 1982, the only child of Barbara and David Steele. As a child I lived in Edinburgh, Scotland for five years. I grew up predominantly in Gaithersburg, MD, attended Quince Orchard High School and was accepted into Albert Einstein Magnet School for the Visual Arts in my senior year. I attended Washington University in St. Louis where I was awarded a B.F.A. in painting in 2004. In 2003, I attended Yale’s Norfolk Summer Residency program for the visual arts. After Graduation, I moved to Massachusetts, where I continued painting and began to teach. I taught students of all ages at The Art Center of Chelmsford, began an after-school program for inner city youth at The Jeremiah Burke High School in Dorchester, and taught at Artists For Humanity, located in South Boston. In the Fall of 2006 I began my M.F.A. at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. In November of 2006 I became engaged to Lee Farrow of Atlanta, Georgia. We have announced our wedding date to be in June of 2008.
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529 Dunkirk Rd., Baltimore MD, 21212 Phone: (978) 495-0368
Areas of Studio Expertise Painting, Drawing
Education
Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD
Master of Fine Arts Candidate 2008
Mount Royal School of Art
Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO
Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2004
Major: Painting
Yale University Norfolk, CT
Norfolk Summer Fellow 2003
Santa Reparata International School of Art Florence, Italy
Spring 2002
Single Shows
New Faculty Member Show, Artist’s For Humanity Boston, MA
Summer 2006
Benjamin David Steele: A Collection of Paintings and Drawings, residence of art Gaithersburg, MD
Collector Keith Boyd. Summer 2002
Group Shows
Faculty Show, The Art Center of Chelmsford Chelmsford, MA
Fall, 2004
Senior Thesis Exhibit, Washington University Gallery of Art St. Louis, MO
Spring 2004
“The Romance Issue” painting show, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Fall 2004
Norfolk Summer Fellows Group Show, Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate: Yale University Norfolk, CT
Summer, 2003
End of Year Painting Major Show, Bixby studios, Washington University St. Louis, MO
Spring 2003
“Chalk your Truck” painting show, Des Lee Gallery St. Louis, MO
Fall 2002
Student Art Exhibition, Santa Reparata International School of Art Florence, Italy
Spring, 2002
Core Show for Washington University School of Art St. Louis, MO
Spring, 2001
Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD
Teaching Intern: Painting I, Elements of Visual Thinking Fall 2006 – current
Artists For Humanity Boston, MA
Painting Mentor Summer 2006
Oversaw group of inner-city, high-school aged youth in non-structured studio environment. Planned lessons and made arrangements for weekly field trips throughout the city. Aided in instruction and completion of large scale group works. Oversaw undergraduate level teaching assistant.
Private Art Teac Acton, MA
Instructed high school and adult aged students in weekly classesfocused on Fall, 2004 – Summer 2006
advanced skills in drawing and painting.
Mass Impact Dorchester, MA
Art Instructor: Painting and Drawin Spring 2005- Spring 2006
Created curriculum for after-school, inner-city art program. Designed program in cooperation with public school officials of the Jeremiah E. Burke High School. Taught intensive lessons in painting and drawing. Program funded by Mass Impact.
The Art Center of Chelmsford Chelmsford, MA
Art Instructor: Painting and Drawing Summers 2004-2005
Instructed three groups of students ages 9-11, 12-14, 15-17 in drawing and painting for two hours a day, 5 days a week for multiple two week sessions.
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