BIOGRAPHY
Over four decades Wilde has created works of art that tell stories of our shared humanity, individual dignity, and the imperiled environment. In creating series on such themes, Wilde is a seeker of rarefied moments in which the visual arts transfigure facts, figures, and political rhetoric, making of them universal statements that appeal to the senses, emotion, and logic.
Her approach to each project is painstakingly methodical, starting with research supported by scientific, historical and literary sources, while relying on symbolism and historical context to inform a complex narrative. Wilde’s technique, incorporates ink, acrylic, gesso and gold leaf in a combination of both painting and drawing.
Wilde received an Artist in Residency Fellowship at Monte Azul contemporary Art, Costa Rica in 2023. Djerassi Resident Artist program, Woodside, California in 2017, and a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, New York for painting in 2015. In 2002 she was awarded the Governor’s Award for Artistic Excellence in the Arts and in 1999 a Mayor’s Award for Artistic Excellence from the State of Idaho. She has received three Regional Fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts, and Work Site grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for travel to Scotland in 1994.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Stewart Gallery, Boise Idaho
STUDIES AND RESEARCH
1994 Scotland Printmakers Studio, Edinburgh, Scotland
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
1990 AIDS in Africa research, Gambia, West Africa
SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 A Look Closer, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2023 A Look Closer, High Line Nine, New York, New York
2020 Windows, Crossing Art, New York, New York
2019 Introspective, Boise Art Museum, Boise Idaho
2019 Precious Air, Stewart Gallery, Boise Idaho
2019 Murder of Crows, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2018 Outsider Fair, New York, New York
2018 Murder of Crows, Forum Gallery, New York, New York
2017 Outsider Fair, New York, New York
2016 Paramnesia, Stewart Gallery, Boise , Idaho
2015 Outsider Fair, New York, New York
2014 Metro Curates, New York, New York
2013 The Golden Bees, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2012 Going, Going, Gone, AMG Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2011 The Golden Bees, Prichard Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
2010 The Golden Bees, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2009 Harmed, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
2008 Half a Life, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California
2007 Harmed, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, Idaho
2006 Half a Life, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2005 Veneers, Argazzi Art Gallery, Lakeville, Connecticut
2004 Veneers, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2003 I’m a 950 but want to be 1000, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2001 Aids New Works, Botanica Fine Art, Bozeman, Montana
2000 Small Wonders, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
1999 Possessed by the Furies, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
1998 Possessed by the Furies, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
1997 The Human Condition, Evolving Space Gallery, San Francisco, California
1996 Celtic Works, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
1995 A System of Divination, Memory Grove Installation, Salt Lake City, Utah
1994 Recent Works, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
1993 Art in the Age of the Plague, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
1990 AIDS in Africa, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
1989 AIDS in Relationship to the Black Plague, Missoula Museum of Fine Art, Missoula, Montana
1989 AIDS in Relationship to the Black Plague, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
1987 Recent Works, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah
1986 Stephanie Wilde, Harris Fine Art Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
1986 Stephanie Wilde, Herrett Museum, Twin Falls, Idaho
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Winter, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2022 35th Anniversary, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2022 The Baggage We Carry, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2020 Works on Paper, Stewart Gallery, Boise Idaho
2020 Remember the Beauty in the World works on paper, Stewart Gallery, Boise Idaho
2019 Winter, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2019 Natural History, Forum Gallery, New York, New York
2018 Winter Group Exhibition, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2017 30 Years 30 Artists Anniversary Exhibition, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2017 Seeing With Our Own Eyes, Forum Gallery, New York, New York
2017 Self Taught, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2017 2017 Forum Gallery Celebrates 55 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art
2016 20/21 Visionary Artist of the 21st Century, Forum Gallery, New York, New York
2015 Nature Abound, Forum Gallery, New York, New York
2014 Outsider Art Fair, New York, New York
2013 Fall Group Exhibition, Heather James Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming, Palm Desert, California
2013 We Could Be Heroes: Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, Utah
2013 Swarm: A Collaboration with Bees Lotus Land Santa Barbara, California
2011 New Acquisitions: Prints, New York Public Library, New York, New York
2010 Art Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2010 Inaugural Exhibition, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington
2009 Los Angeles Art Show, Stewart Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2008 Blacklisted, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, California
2008 20/20, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2007 Art Now Fair at the Claremont Hotel, Stewart Gallery, Miami, Florida
Affair @ The Jupiter Hotel, Stewart Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2006 Spring Group Exhibition, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2005 A Day in May, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2004 Winter Exhibition, Argazzi Art, Lakeville Connecticut
2001 A Day in May, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
1999 Winter Group Exhibition, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho
1998 Form and Function, Evolving Space Gallery, San Francisco, California
1997 The Uncommon Book, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, Idaho
1996-97 Winter Group Exhibition, Evolving Space, San Francisco, California
1993 Artist and Eccentric Book on AIDS, Hemingway Center, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
1992 Fellowship Award Winners, The Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, Idaho
1991 Art Discussing Life, University of Idaho, Pritchard Art Gallery Moscow, Idaho, Traveling Exhibition
1989 Africa, The Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, Idaho
AWARDS
2023 Artist in Residency Fellowship Award at Monte Azul Contemporary Art, Costa Rica
2020 Alexa Rose Foundation Grant, Boise, Idaho
2017 Djerassi Resident Artist, Woodside, California
2015 Joan Mitchell Grant for painting New York, New York
2014 Fellowship Award, Idaho Commission on the Arts/National Endowment for the Arts
2009 Quick Fund Grant, Idaho Commission on the Arts/National Endowment for the Arts
2009 2009 Fellowship Award, Idaho Commission on the Arts/National Endowment for the Arts
2008 City Arts Fund 2008 Cultural Initiative Grant, Boise City Arts Commission, Boise, Idaho
2007 2007 Quick Fund$ Grant, Idaho Commission on the Arts/National Endowment for the Arts
2002 2002 Governor's Award (Excellence in the Arts), Idaho Commission on the Arts/National Endowment for the Arts
1999 Mayor’s Award (Artistic Excellence), Boise, Idaho
1995-98 Technical Assistance Grants, Idaho Commission on the Arts/National Endowment for the Arts
1994 Work Site Grant, ICA, Boise, Idaho
1992-93 Sudden Opportunity Grants, Idaho Commission on the Arts/National Endowment for the Arts
1988 Fellowship (Artistic Excellence), Idaho Commission on the Arts/National Endowment for the Arts
LIMITED EDITION BOOKS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS
| 2009 | Half a Life, Publishers: Fine Line Press, Etchings by Stephanie Wilde, Text by Judith McConnell Steele Boise, Idaho, Cases and binding by Kevin Martini Fuller Philidelphia, Pennsylvania Edition 30. Exhibited in 2008 insolo exhibitions Half a Life at the Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California, and at Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho. |
| 1998 | Possessed by the Furies, Publishers: Smith and Wilde Press, Etchings and text by Stephanie Wilde, Edition 30. Collaboration with Choir Alley Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota Exhibited 1998 at the Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho; 1999 at the Salt Lake City Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. |
| 1986 | Wilde Birds, Publisher Smith and Wilde Press, Etchings by Stephanie Wilde, Text by Lane S. Bune, Edition 75, collaboration with Woodworm Press, Provo, Utah. Exhibited in1993 at the Long Beach Museum of Art, Art in the Age of the Plague; in 1991 at the Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah, Books of the Northwest; in 1988 at the Limited Edition Book show at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; in 1997 at the Librarian show, Los Angeles, California. |
LIMITED EDITION PORTFOLIOS
| 2008 | AIDS Forms the Tally, Publishers: Smith and Wilde Press, Etchings by Stephanie Wilde, Edition 30. Exhibited in 2008 in solo exhibition Half a Life at the Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California |
| 2002 | I'm a 950 but want to be 1000, Publishers: Smith and Wilde Press, Etchings by Stephanie Wilde, Edition 30. Collaboration with Choir Alley Press, Metuchen, New Jersey |
| 1995 | A System of Divination, Publishers: Smith and Wilde Press, Etchings by Stephanie Wilde, Text by Lane S. Bune. Edition 30. Collaboration with Choir Alley Press, Des Moines, Iowa. Exhibited 1995 at Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho, one-woman exhibition. In 1995 at Memory Grove in Salt Lake City, Utah, one woman exhibition. |
| 1993 | Slim (AIDS in Africa), Publishers: Smith and Wilde Press, Etchings by Stephanie Wilde, Edition 30. Collaboration with Choir Alley Press, Chicago, Illinois. Exhibited 1993 at the Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California, Art in the Age of the Plague. In 1993 at Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho, One person exhibition. |
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Fine Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
William Louis-Dreyfus Family Foundation, New York, New York
Allan Katz Americana, Woodbridge, Connecticut
Newark Public Library - Newark, New Jersey
The Library of Congress, Washington DC
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
United State Department Embassy, Port Louis / Mauritius
New York Public Library, New York, New York
Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah
Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake Arts Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Scripps College, Claremont, California
Wonderful International, Los Angeles, California
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
Wells Fargo Bank, Boise, Idaho
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Meer/A Closer Look, High Line Nine, New York, New York / May 2023 | |
| 50 Women Project, less than half, Hall Rockefeller interview, July 2020 | |
| Dana Oland, Introspective, Boise Art Museum, September 2019 | |
| Marion Harris, Prism, essay / Introspective, Boise Art Museum catalog 2019 | |
| Chris Schnoor, “Blood Money,” essay in exhibition catalog for Harmed at the Salt Lake Art Center, 2009 | |
| Clark, Ehren, “Corporate Punishment,” City Weekly (Salt Lake), July 29, 2009 | |
| Nicholls, Jennie, “Artist Examines Corporate Delcine, Moral Decay,” Deseret News, July 25, 2009 | |
| “Enemies of Love, Paintings by Stephanie Wilde”, High Desert Journal, Spring 2008, Issue 7, pg. 41-44 | |
| Chris Schnoor, “Dark Vision,” Boise Weekly, November 2006 | |
| Chris Schnoor, “Notable Nines,” Boise Weekly, April 2004 | |
| Bingo Barnes, Idaho Arts Quarterly, “Seriously Wilde,” Winter 2003 | |
| Ben Mitchell, “Notes on Stephanie Wilde’s Possessed by the Furies,” Calapooya 2000, article | |
| Ric Collier, director Salt Lake Art Center, “Possessed by the Furies”, April 3-June 27, 1999 | |
| Chris Schnoor, “Art of Discovery: Stephanie Wilde’s Creative Journey”, Boise Magazine, Fall 1999 | |
| Chris Schnoor, "Possession," Boise Weekly, December 3 - 9 1998. | |
| Marianne Flagg "Art of Culture" Stephanie Wilde takes a delicate look at explosive subjects. The Idaho Statesman, Boise, Idaho, December 8, 1998 | |
| Burkman, Greg, “Stephanie Wilde, An Art of Hope.” Artifact, November/December, 1995, pg.31, 32 | |
| “Stephanie Wilde at Stewart Gallery,” Reflex, March/April, 1993 | |
| Saltzgaver, Harry, Los Angeles Times, August 29, 1993. “Contrast Defines New Dual Exhibit at Long Beach Museum of Art.” | |
| Frank, Peter, Grunion Gazette, September 2, 1993, pg. 12. “Three worthy art shows at museum.” | |
| Gamblin, Noriko. Arts Rag, October 15, 1993, Vol. 2, No. 8 | |
| Saltzgaver, Harry, Telegram, September 5, 1993, pg. J6 “Contrast Defines Newest Art Museum Exhibit.” | |
| Downtown Gazette, September 6, 1993, Vol. 6, No. 36 | |
| “Plague Art Alive.” Random Lengths News, September 2-15, 1993, pg. 8 | |
| King, Debra. “Gifts to the Long Beach Community.” West Art, September 24, 1993, Vol. 32, No. 1 | |
| Littlefield, Kinney, “2 new exhibits show everyone’s vulnerable to the AIDS epidemic.” The Orange County Register,October 8, 1993, pg. 77 |
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