Artist's Resume


Selected Exhibitions—One-Person Shows

Mar 2009   Speaking in Tongues, Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
Jan 2008 Drive-by Shooting, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande.
Nov. 2007
Wandering Headless Through Eternity, Collaborative installation with Erica Damman, Cochise College, Douglas, AZ
Oct 2007 Stigmata at Wounded Knee, Apex Gallery, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD
Feb 2007 Burrowing Into the Earth, Central School Project, Inc., Bisbee, AZ
Oct 2004 Pioneer Spirit, Conklin Gallery, Minnesota State University at Mankato
Oct 2004  Folding Into the Earth, Cortona Art Gallery, The Franciscan University, Clinton, IA
Mar 2004 Drawing on Nature, Kendall School of Art and Design, Kendall Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Nov 2003 Grinding Down the Public Domain, Adams State College, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Alamosa, CO
Oct 2002  Dierenriem, University Art Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
May 2001 Infestation, Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, AK
Oct 2000 Conquering by Certitude, Phoenix Center for Community Arts, Phoenix, AZ
Oct 1999  Temple of the Sibyl, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Apr 1999 A Toll on Earth, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Mar 1999 Land of Exploitation, Kimura Gallery, University of Alaska Anchorage
Oct 1998 Hypo-tenuis, Hypotenuse Gallery, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
Mar 1998  Land of Golgotha, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Oct 1997  What Darkness Brings to Light, Armory Gallery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VI
Sept 1997 River Wraith, Moreau Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
Oct 1996 Remnants: Recent Drawings and Sculptures, Matrix Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
Sept 1996 Picnic at the Footstool, Springville Art Museum, Springville, UT
May 1996 A Path that Joins and Divides, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Apr 1995 Healing the Circle, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
Feb 1995 New World Burial, Armstrong Gallery, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA
Sept 1994   A Line, Issued Out of the Ground, Koehler Gallery, Whitworth College, Spokane, WA
Apr 1993 Circle of Death, Circle of Hope, CSPS Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA

 

Invitational Group Shows

Oct. 2007 Reflections, Brigham City Museum-Gallery, UT
Sept. 2007 Animal Nature: Works on a Theme, The 410 Project, Mankato, MN
Sept 2006   Dangerous Liaisons: Mining the Colorado Plateau, Coconino Community College, Flagstaff, AZ
May 2006 Coaxing the Waters, Pocket Gallery, Art Museum, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Apr 2005  20th Anniversary Sculpture Show, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
Jan 2001    The Saint Francis Art Exhibit, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
Oct 2000  Windows in Art, Brigham City Museum Gallery, Brigham City, UT
Nov 1999  Enclave & Precinct, Two-person show with Deanna Sperka, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
Apr 1998 In the Dark, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
Jan 1998  Art and the Natural World, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Aug 1997 Just Corn, Two-person show with Valerie Mann, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor
June 1997 University of Michigan Art Faculty Exhibit, University of Michigan Museum of Art
Sept 1996 Group Consequences, Matrix Gallery, Ann Arbor

 

Juried Group Shows

Feb 2011  Border Art Biennial 2010, Museo de Arte Juarez, MX
Nov 2010 Border Art Biennial 2010, El Paso Museum of Art, TX
Feb 2010 Boomtown: Redefining the Southwest, Gallery 100, Arizona State University, Tempe
March 2009 Of the Earth, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO  
July 2008 22nd Annual Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Oct 2007
Being Open: 30 Years, 30 Artists, 30 Careers, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
May 2005  Art Exhibition for the 2004 Artists Grant Winners, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
June 2000  Autobiography Exhibition, Appleton Art Center, Appleton, WI
June 2000  Draw the Line V Exhibition, Phoenix Center for Community Arts, Phoenix, AZ
Sept 1997  Installments IV Exhibition at Rochester Municipal Park, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
Aug 1996  Toward the Millennium:  Art, Technology, and the Transformation of Community Art Exhibition, Michigan State University and East Lansing
Mar 1996  Artists Listen to the Earth Exhibition, Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond, VA
Jan 1996 Flora '96 Exhibition, Chicago Botanic Gardens, Chicago, IL
Sept 1994 Installments I, Exhibition at Rochester Municipal Park, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI

Education

1990 MFA in Drawing/Painting, University of Iowa, Iowa City
1989 MA in Drawing/Painting, University of Iowa, Iowa City
1987 BFA in Drawing, Utah State University, Logan

 

Awards and Honors

2008 Martin & Doris Rosen Patron's Award, 22nd Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC,$5000
2007
Collaborator/Faculty Advisor for Erica Damman's Hooper Undergraduate Research Grant, NAU
2006 Teaching Grant for Topics in Art:  Site-Specific Installation Art: Water in the Southwest,
College of Arts and Letters, Northern Arizona University, $6000
  Best of Show, “No War!” 8th Annual CSP Earth Day Exhibition, Bisbee, AZ
2004 Artist Grant, Contemporary Forum/Phoenix Art Museum, $1500
2003 Artist Projects Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, $5000
2000 Best of Show, Draw the Line V, Phoenix Center for Community Arts, Phoenix, AZ
1999 Miami University Outdoor Sculpture Competition/William & Dorothy Yeck Award, $4000
1996 Creative Artist's Grant, Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the Arts Foundation of Michigan, $7000
1992 Artist Mini-Grant, Iowa Arts Council
1990 Artist Grant, University of Iowa Fine Arts Council
1987 Anonymous Gift for Continuing Studies in Art, Utah State University
  Robins Award, Achievement of the Year, Utah State University
  Student of the Year, Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Utah State University

 

Professional Experience

2011 Artist in Residence, Grand Canyon National Park, South Rim
2009 Artist in Residence, Department of Art, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
2008 Artist in Residence, Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy, Flagstaff, AZ
2008 Visiting Artist, Eastern Oregon University, LaGrande, OR.
2007 Visiting Artist, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City
2004 Visiting Artist, Minnesota State University Mankato, MN
  Visiting Artist, Franciscan University, Clinton, IA
  Visiting Artist, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2003 Visiting Artist, Department of Art, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
2002 Lecturer for the Inaugural Happenings in Humanities Series, Sponsored by Dept. of Humanities and Philosophy, Utah Valley State College, Orem, UT
  Visiting Artist, Department of Art, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
  Visual Arts Grant Advisory Panelist, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix
2001 Alaska Design Forum Visiting Lecture Series, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, Lectured in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Homer, and Juneau
  Exhibition Curator, Third International Conference of Art Culture Nature, Northern Arizona University, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
1999 Visiting Artist, Department of Art, Miami University, Oxford, OH
  Visiting Artist, Department of Art, University of Alaska Anchorage
1998 Visiting Artist, Dept. of Art and Art History, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
1997 Visiting Artist, Dept. of Art and Art History, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg
  Visiting Artist, Dept. of Art and Art History, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
  Visual Arts Grant Advisory Panelist, Arts Foundation of Michigan, Detroit
1996 Visiting Artist, University of Michigan Biological Research Station, Douglas Lake, MI
1995 Visiting Artist, Dept. of Art, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA
1991 Visiting Artist, Dept. of Art, Whitworth College, Spokane, WA
1988/9 Intern/Coordinator, GRACE (Grass Roots Art and Community Effort), West Glover, VT

 

Teaching Experience

2004- Lecturer, School of Fine Art, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
2002 Guest Lecturer in Christine Weigel’s “Art and Activism” Class, Dept. of Humanities and Philosophy, Utah Valley State College, Orem, UT
2001-02 Artist-Teacher, San Francisco Art Institute’s Summer MFA Program
  Artist-Teacher, MFA in Visual Art Program, Vermont College of Norwich University,   Montpelier, VT
1999-04   Part-time Instructor, School of Fine Art, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
1998 Guest Lecturer in Professor Sandra Lubarsky’s Master of Liberal Studies “Sustainable Communities” Class, Dept. of Humanities, Arts, and Religion, Northern Arizona University
1997 Guest Lecturer, School of Landscape Architecture, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
1996 Visiting Art teacher (Site-specific Installation), Community High School, Ann Arbor, MI
1995-98  Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Art and Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1989 Basic Drawing Instructor, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa
1988-90    Teaching Assistant, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa

 

Publications/Broadcasts

Rene Westbrook, "Artist tackles uranium mining," Grand Canyon News, May 18, 2011, Vol. 121, Number 20, 1B & 3B
Gregory Byard, "Excavating Destiny, A Conversation with Shawn Skabelund," Sculpture, Vol. 28, May (2009), 48-53 
Betsey Bruner, "Branching out," Arizona Daily Sun, April 25, 2009
Abena Songbird, "Stigmata at Wounded Knee", Dakota/Lakota Journal, Oct. 12-19, 2007, Vol. 8, Issue 43, 1-2
Michael Gray Frick, “Shawn of a new era,” Flagstaff Live!, April 15-21, 2004, Vol. 10, Issue 15
Virginia Rose Kane, “Drawn to It,” On the town, March 2004, 26
Michael Gray Frick, “Shawn Skabelund, The Great Unknown,” Flagstaff Live! January 8-14, 2004, Vol. 10, Issue 2
Libby Casey, “Ecological Art,” Alaska Edition, KUAC-FM, Fairbanks, AK, June 4, 2001
Theresa Bierar, "Artist Shawn Skabelund," Interview with Shawn Skabelund, WebCast - Inside NAU, The TV Show, Show #314, April 20, 2001
Sonia Yanez, “Skabelund Wins National Art Competition,” NAU Today, Vol. 13, #5, September 6, 1999
Michael Conti, “State of disgrace: Artist sends message about Alaska's environment,”
The Northern Light, March 30- April 5, 1999
Paulette Manson, “Show explores human-nature bonds,” Anchorage Daily News, March 28, 1999
Martha Keller, “Review,” Sculpture, Vol. 18 (1999), 63-64
Tamar R. Charney, “Art With Corn,” KUOM-FM, Ann Arbor, MI, August, 1997
Martha Keller, “Remnants:  The Glove as Icon,” The Ann Arbor Observer, November, 1996
Alisha Hamilton, “Local Art Exhibit Questions Over Development: Rape of Nature Subject of
New Installation,” The Daily Universe, September 3, 1996
Kurt Germundson, “An Art of Origins and Recycling,” Tractor, Vol. 3 (1995), 48-49

 

Conference Papers and Talks

1999 The Second International Conference of Art Culture Nature, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA, Environmental Place-Specific Installations: Art Which Questions Our Mark on Locale, Its History, and Its Use