STEPHEN MILNER CURRICULUM VITAE
San Diego, CA 92104
631-921-9205
stephenamilner@gmail.com
Education2015-2018– MFA Candidate University of Oregon 2013 – BFA Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA 2011/2012 - SCAD Hong Kong
Monographs
(Forthcoming) Fall 2020- A Spiritual Good Time, Published by Metereo Editions, Amsterdam/NYC
March 2019- Goat Trails, Published by Aint-Bad, Edition of 200, Savannah, GA
Solo Exhibitions
August 2019- A Spiritual Good Time, Swish Projects, San Diego, CA
April-May 2019 - A Spiritual Good Time, Compound Projects, Yucca Valley, CA
2015- “Ogeechee”, Jelinek Creative Spaces, Savannah, GA
Group Exhibitions
2019- n e w f l e s h, Curated by Efrem Zelony-Mindell, The Light Factory, North Carolina
2018- University of Oregon MFA Thesis Exhibition, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, OR
2017- Cherry Picker, Tropical Contemporary, Eugene, OR
2017- On The Wall, Fertilab, Eugene, OR
2017- 2nd Year MFA Show, White Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2016- “Continuous Lattice” MFA Group Show with Portland State University, Hayden Gallery, Eugene, OR
2016- “Higher Ground” 1st Year MFA Group Show, Laverne Krause Gallery, Eugene, OR
2016-Atlanta Photography Group, “Portfolio 2016” Atlanta, Georgia
2014 - "The American South by Aint-Bad Magazine", Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta GA
2014- Emerging Photographer Auction, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
2014 - "The American South by Aint-Bad Magazine", Oglethorpe Gallery, Savannah, GA
2014- Visual Narratives, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2014- “The American South”, Morris Museum, Augusta, GA, Curated by Aint-Bad Magazine
2014- 9/50 Southeast Presenter's Summit, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA,
2013- SCAD Silver and Ink Exhibition (Juried), Savannah, Georgia
2011- The Art of Timeless Precision, Top 10 Group Exhibition, Beijing, China & Hong Kong
Press/Features
2020- Phases Magazine, Surfer Magazine, Red Bull, Summer Diary Project, Rimowa
2019- It’s Nice That!, The Brooklyn Rail, The Advocate, Lamono Magazine,
Strange Fire Collective, Splash and Grab
2018- BOOOOOM!, Aint-Bad Magazine
2017- Collective Quarterly, Yet Magazine
2016- FotoFilmic, iGNANT, This Is Paper , C-41 Magazine, Paper-Journal
2015- Southern Glossary, The Photographic Journal, Connect Savannah, The Photographic Dictionary, The States Project: Georgia, Lenscratch, BOOOOOOOM, Juxtapoz Magazine
2014- Feature Shoot, Information.dk, The Future and Forever, Group Feature, TIME Lightbox, Humble Arts Foundation, Light Leaked: Aline Smithson’s Five Favorite: Photographers to Watch, Lenscratch, Aint-Bad Magazine, Best Of Eyes on the South, Oxford American, Mull It Over, The Inertia
2013- Oxford American Magazine, PDN Magazine Best of College Photography Winners Gallery
Awards
2015-2018- Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Oregon
2017- Jan Zach Memorial Scholarship, University of Oregon
2016- Magenta Foundation, Flash Forward 2016 Winner
2016- Society for Photographic Education, Student Award for Innovation in Imaging Grant
2015- David McCosh Memorial Scholarship, University of Oregon
2014- International Photography Awards Environmental Documentary, Honorable Mention 2014- PDN Magazine & Panasonic "Changing Photography" Grand Prize Winner 2013- PDN Magazines Best of College Photography Grand Prize Still Life 2011- “The Art of Timeless Precision” Top 10 Finalist, Presented by Hasselblad and Audemars Piguet Hong Kong 2009- SCAD Academics and Portfolio, Undergraduate Scholarship
Teaching Experience
Fall 2015- Teaching Assistant, ART 101, Understanding Contemporary Media
Fall 2015- Instructor of Record, ART 407, Visiting Artist Lecture Seminar
Winter 2015- Teaching Assistant to Ron Jude, Digital Photography II
Fall 2016- Instructor of Record, ART 115, 2D Design Surface, Space and Time, 2 sections
Winter 2017- Instructor of Record, ART 250, Introduction to Photography
Spring 2017- Instructor of Record, ART 250, Introduction to Photography
Winter-Spring 2017- Assistant to Terri Warpinski, Rural Voices On a Changing Environment, Public Photographic Workshop Series in various locations in Central Oregon
Fall 2017- Instructor of Record, ART 199, Introduction to Photography for the Non-Art Major
Winter 2018- Instructor of Record, ART 250, Introduction to Photography
Spring 2018- Instructor of Record, ART 250, Introduction to Photography
Visiting Artist
SCAD De-Fine Art 2016 photography department lecturer
Relevant Experience
2018 February, Assistant to Robert Morat Gallery (Berlin)
-Assisted Robert Morat for installation, sales, gallery representation for the 2018 San Francisco Photo Fair
2014 July, Little Brown Mushroom, Dispatch Georgia Travel Assistant
- Assisted American photographer Alec Soth and writer Brad Zellar on a weeklong road trip throughout the state of Georgia for the New York Times Magazine
2014 February – May, Assistant Studio Manager, Steve McCurry Studios
-Fine art print management, receiving, inventorying, handling, packing, and shipping
- Writing and proofing legal contracts and presentations, research and organization of travel, management of research website, blogs and special projects
- Coordinator of digital archive, scanning, labeling and organization of 28,000 film scan project
2012 January – March, Vision First Hong Kong
- Managed professional photo studio equipment and programs
- Developed curriculum and taught documentary and editorial photography to African refugees