Cheryl Casteen

Cheryl Casteen

Selected Exhibitions and Performances
2006 Annual Members Show, Arts Center of Saint Peter, Saint, Peter, MN
2005 Media/Tonic 2, Collaborative photography light box with Tim Fabian, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 The Eco-confessional, an interactive performance at the St. Peter Food Coop
Annual Members Show, Arts Center of Saint Peter, Saint, Peter, MN
2003 SKIN2003: The Human Body in Art, Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
The Figure Show, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
Eco-confessional, an interactive performance at the Carnival of Fools, St. Peter Community Center, St. Peter, MN
2002 Eco-confessional, an interactive performance with Ann Rosenthal at the Pump House, Pittsburgh, PA
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 92nd Annual Exhibition, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Eco-confessional, an interactive performance with Steffi Domike at the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Heart and Soul, A Traveling Exhibition of images that utilize the human heart, in support of Women's Heart Health, City Towers and the Jewish Community Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2001 Eco-confessional, an interactive performance with Ann Rosenthal and Steffi Domike at Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 91st Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Aliquippa Embraces Art, Constellation a collaborative installation with Carin Mincemoyer at the GC Murphy Building, Aliquippa, PA
2000 Eye to Eye, Get Empty: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Purnell Art Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1999 Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and the Spirit, The Undercroft Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Aliquippa Embraces Art, a collaborative video-installation with Emily D'Araujo at the GC Murphy Building, Aliquippa, PA
Darsan, Six Deep: Ewart Building, Pittsburgh, PA
Minkhollow Sculpture Show, Howard County, MD
1998 Ways of Knowing: A Smell Performance, The Frame, Pittsburgh, PA
Eco-confessional, an Earth-day Performance with Ann Rosenthal in the Strip District, Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
1997 Membranes: A Performance at the Haig, Kunst Seminar, Metzingen, Germany
1996 Constructive Interference, The Ruthless Grip, Washington, DC
1995 3 x 11, Washington Square, Washington, DC
Annual Outdoor Sculpture Show, Howard County, MD
1994 They Came From Inert Space, performance with Pat Olezsko, Old Sears Building, Lewisburg, WV
MIR/PEACE Goodwill Clown Tour with Patch Adams, MD, St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia
1993 The Alternative Inaugural Ball, George Town University, Washington, DC
1993 Exquisite Corpse, The Drawing Center, New York, NY (traveling show)
1992 Cabaret Revoltaire (organizer and participator), Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
Gathering Forces IV, The Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA
1992 Maryland Open Studio, Howard County, MD, sponsored by Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, MD
1991 History Lesson, Bookworks, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC (solo-show)
1991 The Corcoran and the Community, The Corcoran Gallery of Art (The Hemicycle),
Washington, DC
Burn Time, George Fraser Gallery, an extension of ARTSPACE, Auckland, NZ
Mondo Futuro, Blagdon Alley, sponsored by Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
WPA Open Studio, Howard County, MD, sponsored by Washington Project for the Arts
1990 Censored/Censured, BAUhouse, Baltimore, MD
Other Rooms: 20 Sculptural Installations at the Morgan Annex, Washington, DC
Trash Dance, Sponsored by Café GAGA, Marvin Center, Washington, DC
Gathering Forces III: More New Work, Strathmore Hall Art Center, Rockville, MD
1989 Gathering Forces II: New Work, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
The Edges of Eros: Erotic Art by Washington Artists, Winter Building, Washington, DC
Gathering Forces, Brody's Gallery and Gallery K, Washington, DC
On Site: 89, Four Sculptors at Bluemont Park, commissioned by Arlington, VA
YIN: 28 Women Artists from the Washington Metropolis Area, Fifth Column, Washington, DC
WPA Open Studio, McLean, VA branch of citywide exhibitions sponsored by
Washington Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
From the Potomac to the Anacostia: Art and Ideology in the Washington Area, Washington, DC
1988 The Kitchen, The Bedroom, and the Mermaid, The Fifth Column, Washington, DC
Annual Juried Visual Art Exhibition, Juror; Jock Reynolds, Strathmore Hall Art Center,
Rockville, MD
1987 Earth Diver, Walker, Ursitti, McGinniss Galleries, New York, NY and Washington, DC
1986 Interiors/Exteriors, Washington Women's Art Center, Washington, DC
1980 Thesis Show, Andrews University, Art Gallery, Berrien Springs, MI
Seeing Double, Isis Gallery, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN

Visiting Artist, Panelist, Speaker, Juror
2002 Juror (with Tom Sokowlosky, Director, Andy Warhol Museum, and Elizabeth Thomas, Curator, Carnegie Museum of Art), It's About Time: Clock and Art Auction for the Bethlehem Haven Homeless Women's Shelter, Pittsburgh, PA
2001 Visiting Artist, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Visiting Artist, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
Visiting Artist, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
1996 Visiting Artist, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1995 Speaker, "The Art of Healing", with Blair Voyvodic, MD, Healers Workshop, Gesundheit Institute, WV
1994 Juror, Student Exhibition, First National Bank of Marlinton, Marlinton, WV
1992 Speaker, "Artists Talk on Art", Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
Speaker, "Pushing the Envelope", in conjunction with the DEcentralized Worldwide Networker Congress, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1991 Panelist, "Career Options In the Arts", Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1990 Panelist, "How Public Should Public Art Be?", Washington Area Arts Consortium & DC Commission on the Arts, International Sculpture Conference, Washington, DC
Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1990 Visiting Artist, Langley High School, McLean, VA
1989 Visiting Artist, University of Delaware Art Department, Newark, NJ
Panelist, "The Changing Nature of Washington Art", the Coalition of Washington Artists, 1989 Artist's Congress, Washington, DC
Visiting Artist, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC

Teaching Experience
2006 Adjunct Instructor, 3-D Design, Intro to Mixed Media, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
Adjunct Instructor, Drawing on Site, January term, Gustavus Adolphus College, in St. Peter, MN
2005 Adjunct Instructor, Idea generation, January term, Gustavus Adolphus College, in St. Peter, MN
2004-05 Adjunct Instructor, 3-D Design, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
2002 Introductory Mail-Art Workshop, Visual Arts Career Orientation Partnership, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2001 Adjunct Instructor, Mapping the Terrain: Environmental Art in Theory and Practice,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1997-00 Teaching Assistant, Carnegie Mellon School of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
1997 Instructor, Drawing Dreams, and Drama, Carnegie Kids College, Lewisburg, WV
1996-97 Instructor, Drawing Dreams, and Drama, Capitol Arts Workshop, Washington, DC
1996 Instructor, Drawing, Art League School, Alexandria, VA
Instructor, Mask Making, Sculpture, Carnegie Hall, Lewisburg, WV
1989 Instructor, Mixed Media Sculpture, Art League School, Alexandria, VA
1988-89 Instructor, Third Year Core Program, 2-D/3-D Idea Generation, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1986-87 Teaching Assistant, Core Program, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1978-80 Teaching Assistant, Prof. Greg Constantine, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI
Teaching Assistant, Prof. Wayne Hazen, Atlantic Union College, South Lancaster, MA

Reviews and Publications
2004 Books: Walking Out, Contemporary, issue 59, pages 54, 55, Safe Stretch, and Classical Latex
The Book of Skin, by Steven Connor, Reaktion Books LTD, London 2004, pages 263,266, 275, Safe Stretch, Classical Latex, and Amnio
2002 Museum Marathon: The Associated Artists show at the Warhol is a worthwhile workout, Pulp: Art Review, Leslie Hoffman (September 12-19)
Nurturing the New: Warhol Breathes Fresh Life into the Associated, Pittsburgh Post Gazette-Weekend Magazine, (cover image), Mary Thomas (August 30)
On with the Show, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Fanfare, John Altdorfer (September 2)
2001 9th Aliquippa Festival Links Audience to Art, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mary Thomas, (Aug 2)
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 91st Annual Exhibition, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Kurt Shaw (August 26)
Smorgasbord of Art Annual Exhibit Serves up Uneven Mix, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Mary Thomas (September 24)
2000 Empty Experience: Fully Appreciating an MFA Exhibition, Pittsburgh City Paper, Alice Winn, (April 12-19)
Technodrome: Carnegie Mellon MFA Grads Turn the Miller Gallery into A State Of The Art
Aesthetosphere, In Pittsburgh, Robert Isenberg (April 5-12)
1996 Constructive Interference, Articulate, Kristen Hileman (May, Vol. 2, Issue 3)
A Fresh And Open Grip, The Washington Post, Michael O'Sullivan (May 6)
1995 On Common Ground, Art Takes Root: Sculptors at Washington Square, The Washington Post, Mary McCoy (May 27)
1991 Wake up And Smell the Planet, Art Paper, Gareth Branwyn (September)
Burntime: Communication between the Hemispheres, Art New Zealand, Julia Stoops (Spring)
Burn Time: Artspace, May, Stamp Magazine, John Pain (July 21)
Special Report: Fax Facts, The Dominion, Laurie Hilsgen (June 17)
Burning Issues (ARTIFACTS), Washington City Paper, Alice Thorsen (May 23-30)
Artists Unite For Ecology, The New Zealand Herald (May 30)
Burn Time Focuses on Environmental Issues, The Dominion, Richard Pomatoto (May 27)
Report From Washington I: DC Dreaming, Art in America, J.W. Mahoney (February)
1990 The Surprise is In the Stories behind Exhibit's Censored Art, The Washington Post,
Fern Shen (September)
1990 Baltimore Show Seen As Protest, The Patriot, Sandy Cullen (September 6)
The Urge to Merge, Washington City Paper, Jane Addams Allen (June 8-14)
The Shapes of Blackboard Memories: Installations at the Morgan Annex, The Washington Post, Paul Richard (June 2)
Sculptural Languages Of Power, Sculpture, J.W. Mahoney (May/June)
Gathering Forces Gathers Depth, The Montgomery Journal, Laura King (February 8)
The Edges of Eros, washington review, Martha McWilliams (February/March)
Vision and Revision in DC Art, New Art Examiner, Mokha Laget (February)
1989 Gathering Forces, New Art Examiner, Mary McCoy (January)
Gathering Forces at Brody's Gallery and Gallery K, ARTFORUM, Howard Risatti (December)
Gathering Forces Exhibit At School 33, The Evening Sun, Mike Guliano (December)
Gathering Forces Finds Power in Collective Message, Baltimore Sun, John Dorsey (Dec. 15)
Afternoon Delight: The Edges of Eros, Washington City Paper, Elliot Negin (December 15)
Washington Art: Two Schools Of Thought about That, Washington Times, Alice Thorsen (September 21)
Gathering Forces: DC's Lightening Bolt, The Washington Post, Paul Richard (September 21)
On Site, 89: Bluemont Park Sculpture Project, washington review, Jean Cohen (August/September)
Culture Buffs to Enjoy Lively Arts, Arlington Courier, Greg Ford (July 5)
Sculpture in the Park, The Montgomery Journal, Laura King (June 30)
Informal Shows Take the Starch out of Washington Gallery Going, Washington Times, Alice Thorsen (June 29)
Unusual Sculpture on View at Bluemont Park, Arlington Courier, Greg Ford (June 28)
Sculpture Exhibits at Bluemont Park, Northern Virginia Sun, Elizabeth Kaufman (June 24)
Expertease: On Knowledge and Power, ARTFORUM, Sylvia Kolbowski, Photo (April)
At The WPA, A Uniquely Washington Show, The Washington Post, Paul Richard (February 4)
Fifth Column: Gallery or Club, The Washington Post, Pamela Kessler (January 7)

Education
2006 Master of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1986 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1980 Bachelor of Science in Art Education, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI

Grants and Awards
2006 Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Grant, St. Peter, MN
1990 Grant for Excellence in the Visual Arts (Individual Artist Award in Mixed Media), Maryland
State Arts Council
1988 Prize, 4th Annual Juried Art Competition, Strathmore Hall Art Exhibition, Rockville, MD
1986 Lola Sarnoff Award for Sculpture, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1986 Leonard Haft Memorial Scholarship, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1980 Winifred Piper Tuft Scholarship, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1977-78 Departmental Award, Atlantic Union College, South Lancaster, MA