Scott Parsons

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Education

- 1996 Platt College, Denver, Colorado. Computer Graphics and Prepress certificate, Highest honors.

- 1990 University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. MFA; Studio Art, magna cum laude.

- 1987 Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. BA; Art, magna cum laude.

- 1986 HECUA, Colombia, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico.

Public Art Commissions

- 2010 Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science, 9-color, 38,500 sq. ft. epoxy terrazzo floor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, O’Neill O’Neill Procinsky, PC and Flad, PC

- 2010 Turtle Island Monument, Fountain project consisting of four 200 lb. bronze turtles and eight 36-inch diameter stone medallions, Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Park, City of Berkeley, CA

- 2006 Prairie Spiral, Augustana Visual Arts Center, 400 sq. ft. indoor plaza ceramic floor mosaic, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, Group II, PC

- 2002 Algorithmic Tapestry, Engineering Centers Building, 7-color, 10,200 sq. ft. epoxy terrazzo floor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin State Arts Board, Kohn Pederson Fox Associates, PC, and Flad, PC

- 2002 Wingscape, Hurst Hall, 175 ft. stone frieze; 13,000 piece ceramic tile murals, and two stone columns, Western State College, Gunnison, CO, Colorado Council on the Arts, collaboration with David Griggs (artist), Davis Partnership, PC

- 2002 Community, Technology, and Innovation, The National Cable Televsion Center and Museum, Five circular 50 x 12 ft. digitally-printed murals, University of Denver, Denver, CO, collaboration with David Griggs (artist)

- 2000 Solstice Window, Center of Southwest Studies, Precast concrete window with an opening in the shape of a spiral aligned to the summer solstice sunrise, Ft. Lewis College, Durango, CO, Colorado Council on the Arts, with Don Asquin (astronomer), Klipp Colussy Jenks DuBois Architects, PC

- 1998 Biomatrices, Two 17 ft. diameter stone floor rosaces, Laboratory and Radiation Services Building, Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Denver, CO, Colorado Council on the Arts, Davis Partnership, Architects, PC

- 1997 Ha-no-oo: Star Calendar, 500 sq. ft. outdoor granite and marble sidewalk, 16th & California Street Light Rail Station, Regional Transportation District, Denver, CO

- 1992 Quincentenary Project, 100 burnt tipis and 29 historical markers, Denver Civic Center Park and State capitol lawn, Fourth World Center, UCD, Denver, CO collaboration with Dave Greenlund (artist) and the American Indian Movement of Colorado

- 1992 Reconciliation Project, 22 burnt tipis and 9 historical markers, Nobel Institute Peace Prize Forum and the Chapel of Reconciliation, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, collaboration with Dave Greenlund (artist)

Exhibitions

2009 P3, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD • South Dakota College Art Association Faculty Exhibition, Eide/Dalrymple Gallery, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD • Faculty Show, Eide/Dalrymple Gallery, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD • Eastbank Art Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD • Perspectives on Diversity, Horse Barn Art Center, Sioux Falls, SD • Endless Imagination: South Dakota Governor’s Third Biennial Art Exhibition, South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center, Pierre, SD

2008 Endless Imagination: South Dakota Governor’s Third Biennial Art Exhibition, Journey Museum, Rapid City, SD; South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD; Dacotah Prairie Museum, Aberdeen, SD; University of South Dakota Art Galleries, Vermillion, SD

2007 Figure Drawing, Horse Barn Arts Center, Sioux Falls, SD • South Dakota College Art Association Conference, Johnson Fine Arts Gallery, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD • Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY • The South Dakota College and University Art Faculty Invitational, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD, Dakota Discovery Museum, Mitchell, SD

2006 South Dakota College Art Association Conference, University of South Dakota Main Gallery, Vermillion, SD • Las Vegas Arts Council, NM • Augustana Art Faculty Exhibition, Eide/Dalrymple Gallery, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD • The Nude International, Loudoun House Gallery, Lexington, KY

2005 Small Print Show, Open Press Gallery, Denver, CO

2004 Life Drawing, solo exhibition, Hye Studio, Denver, CO

2003 The Show: Southwest Juried Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM • Drawings, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO

2002 Beyond Bricks & Mortar, Gallery of Design, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

2001 The Photography Show, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO • 101 Vampires, GOOG, Denver, CO

1999 Solo Exhibition, Dulaney Architecture, Denver, CO

1998 Annual Show, Art Directors Club of Denver, CO • Solo Exhibition, Dulaney Architecture, Denver, CO • Arts on Vine, Denver, CO • Canyon Crossing Gallery, Brattleboro, VT

1997 IAC Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM

1996 William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, VA • Nuestra Señora II: Contemporary Visions, Guadalupe Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

1995 Paintings 1995, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY • Eide/Dalrymple Gallery, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD • Five State Photography Exhibition, Hays Arts Center, Hays, KS • Robert A. Peck Arts Center, Riverton, WY

1994 Lure of the Local, Lucy Lippard curator, UMC Gallery, Boulder, CO

1993 All Hallow’s Eve, UMC Gallery, Boulder, CO • 501 Blues, Core Gallery, Denver, CO • Annual Juried Photography Exhibition, Long Island Arts Council, Freeport, NY

1992 Solo Faculty Exhibition, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN • American Indian Resistance, UMC Gallery, Boulder, CO

1991 Social Commentary II, Core Gallery, Denver, CO

1990 Removed Epiphanies M.F.A. Exhibition , University of Colorado Art Galleries, Boulder, CO • Caravan to El Salvador, Rocky Mountain Peace Center, Boulder, CO • Aesthetiphobia II, Pirate, Denver, CO • Images of El Salvador, Chicano Humanities & Arts Council, Denver, CO • Religious Legend, Lore and Myth, Sioux City Arts Center, Sioux City, IA

1989 Rochester Fine Arts Center, Rochester, MN • Our Lady of Guadalupe, Colorado Institute of Art, Denver, CO

1987 Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, SD, two-person show

1987 B.A. Exhibition, Gallery 306, Sioux Falls, SD

1986 Salvador, two person show, Morrison Commons, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD • Core Gallery, Denver, CO

Bibliography

2009 Ed Kaiser, “CCIS Tour,” Edmonton Journal, October 19, 2009 • Mitch Putnam, “Torso Art Print,” omgposters.com, October 15, 2009 • Emily Spartz, “Studying David,” Argus Leader, October 15, 2009 • Katie Buford, “Summer Solstice,” Durango Herald, June 22, 2009 • Mitch Davis, “Center of Southwest Studies Solstice Event,” Pagosa Springs Daily News, June 15, 2009 • Mitch Putnam, “Firmament Art Print,” omgposters.com, February 24, 2009

2008 Art·n·Transit: A Rider’s Guide to Public Art on RTD’s Transit System, Denver Colorado, 2008 • Ashley White, “Art Professor Blends History, Tradition in Public Art Project,” Augustana Mirror, October 10, 2008 • Mary Delorie, “Starring Scott Parsons,” HECUA Newsline, Spring 2008 • Jay Kirschenmann. “Gift of Warhol Photos Arrives at Augustana,” Argus Leader, March 23, 2008 • “Exhibit Celebrates Art, Artists of South Dakota,” Rapid City Journal, February 18, 2008 • “Journey Hosts Governor’s Third Biennial Art Exhibition,” The Turtle Times, Winter 2008 • Jay Kirschenmann, “Artful Amphibians,” Argus Leader, December 20, 2007, reprinted in Augustana Today, Spring 2008

2007 Christina Knickerbocker, “Solstice Spiral,” Special to the Durango Herald, June 22, 2007 • Mitch Davis, “Summer Arrives Right on Cue,” Messenger, June/July 2007 • Jay Kirschenmann, “Can Do, Can Teach: Art Exhibit Shows Off Works by State’s Faculty,” Argus Leader, May 31, 2007 • Alan Van Ormer, “Art Elements Add to Architecture,” Prairie Business, November 2006

2006 Jay Kirschenmann, “New Home for Augie Art” Argus Leader, September 22, 2006 • Emily Drommerhausen, “The Center for Visual Arts: Inspiration, Installation,” Augustana Today, Spring 2006 • “Drawing Professor’s Mosaic Growing at Augustana,” Argus Leader, Feb. 4, 2006 • “Artist’s Mosaic Reflecting South Dakota to Adorn Floor,” Argus Leader, Jan. 27, 2006 • Greg Lund, News, KELO-TV, Sioux Falls, January 26, 2006

2005 Ron Robinson, “Art Coming and Going, Here Frozen in Time,” Etc., May 2005

2003 NTMA, “Honor Award: Job of the Year,” Architectural Record, September, 2003 •  “2002 in Review: Public Art,” Art in America, August, 2003

2002 Jacob Stockinger, “Exhibit Turns Spotlight on Percent for Art,” Wisconsin Week, November 20, 2002 • Jacob Stockinger, “A Pittance for Beauty,” The Capital Times, October 30, 2002 •  “New Engineering Building is a Center for the Arts, Too,” University of Wisconsin News, September 9, 2002 • Karen Rivedal, “Science Into Art,” Wisconsin State Journal, July 10, 2002

2001 “Recent Projects,” Public Art Review 25, Fall/Winter, 2001 • Roberta Bloom, “Art in Public Places,” Colorado Visions, Fall, 2001 • Mary Voelz Chandler, “101 Vampires’ a Mouthful,” Rocky Mountain News, October 5, 2001 • Michael Paglia, “Summertime Views,” Westword, July 26, 2001 • Mary Voelz Chandler, “Gallery Stages ‘Group Portrait’,” Rocky Mountain News, July 13, 2001 • Judith Reynolds, “Artwork Shines at FLC Solstice Celebration,” Durango Herald (front page), June 22, 2001 •  “Best Bets,” Denver Post, June 22, 2001

2000 Roberta Bloom, “Our Public Art Collection: An Expression of Colorado,” Colorado Visions, Spring, 2000

1998 Joe Miller, “Stereotype This: Concrete Amnesia,” Art Papers, November/December 1998 •  “Recent Projects,” Public Art Review 19, Fall/Winter, 1998 • Art in Public Places 1977–1998 (incl. cover image), Colorado Council on the Arts •  “Commissions-in-Brief,” Sculpture, October, 1998 •  “Biomatrices,” Colorado Visions, Fall, 1998 •  “Recent Projects,” Public Art Review 18, Spring/Summer, 1998 • Romalyn Tilghman, “Around and About,” Arts Rag, January, 1988 • Roberta Kaserman, “Art in Public Places,” Colorado Visions, January, 1998

1997 Lucy R Lippard, The Lure of the Local: Place in a Multicentered Society, New York: The New Press, 1997 • Deborah Karasov, “American Grounding: Comments on the Art of Elegy,” Public Art Review 17, Fall/Winter, 1997 • Jeff Bradley, “Stories Spice Walkway’s Dedication,” Denver Post, October 22, 1997 • Helen Davis, “Stars Under Their Feet,” Denver Post (front page), October 21, 1997 • David Gregg, News 4, KCNC-TV Denver, October 20, 1997 • David Gregg, First News, KCNC-TV Denver, September 29, 1997

1994 Steven Rosen, “Grants a Reward to Colorado Artists for Creative Innovation,” Denver Post, November 20, 1994 • Ed Greene, “Interview with Jacquie Creazzo,” KCNC-TV Denver, April 22, 1994 • Kathy Kaiser, “Panorama Picks: The Lure of the Local,” Boulder Weekly, April 7, 1994

1993 Julie Jargon, “Eerie ‘Hallow’s Eve’ Exhibit Opens at UMC Galleries,” Campus Press, October 21–27, 1993 • Tom Noel, “Aim Aims to End Columbus Day Clashes with Aspen in Civic Center,” Denver Post, October 16, 1993 •  “Día de las Brujas,” Silver & Gold Record, October 14, 1993 • Mark A Sills and Glenn T Morris, Eds, Indigenous Peoples’ Politics, Denver: University of Colorado, 1993 • Lucy R Lippard, “Sniper’s Nest: Folding the Tents,” Z Magazine, May, 1993 • Denise Uyehara, “Counter-Memorial,” High Performance, Spring, 1993 • Mary Motian-Meadows, “Reflections on Native American Art in Colorado,” Colorado Arts, December–January, 1993

1992 Glenn T. Morris, “American Indian Movement of Colorado Stops Columbus Day Parade in Denver,” American Indian Anti-Defamation Council Newsletter, December, 1992 • Ken Abbott, “Tepee Display Symbolizes Indian Massacre,” Chronicle of Higher Education, October 28, 1992 •  “Burnt Offering,” Colorado Daily, October 21, 1992 •  “Tepees of Protest,” Boulder Daily Camera, October 20, 1992 •  “In the Spirit of Crazy Horse,” Campus Press (CU-Boulder), October 15 •  CNN, October 13, 1992 • Gemma Lockhart, “A Day to Come Together,” USA Today, October 12, 1992 • Patrick O’Driscoll, J Sebastian Sinisi, Jim Carrier, “Columbus Parade Canceled,” Denver Post, October 11, 1992 • Ward Merchant, “Columbus Parade Canceled,” Associated Press, October 11, 1992 • Michael Mehle, “Tepee Skeletons to Haunt Parade Route,” Rocky Mountain News, October 10, 1992 • Jim Carrier, “Marchin’ Orders Out for Parade,” Denver Post, October 10, 1992 • Mosaic: Special on the Quincentenary, KCNC-TV Denver, October 10, 1992 • KCNC-TV, KUSA-TV, KMGH-TV news coverage, Denver, October 9–10, 1992 •  “Indians, Italians Discuss Parade,” Associated Press, September 23, 1992 • Jim Carrier, “Collision Course for Parade, Tepees,” Denver Post (front page), September 22, 1992 • Doug Detisch, “Professor Captures Life through Photos,” St. Peter Herald, February 6, 1992

1990 Manu Ghasfari, “Latin American News”, Interview, KGNU-Boulder County Public Radio, August 5, 1990 • Carmen Atilano, “Images of El Salvador,” Quinto Sol, March, 1990

1987 Charles Nauman, “Painter Depicts Struggle, Hope in Latin America,” Rapid City Journal, September 20, 1987 • Laurel Hensel and Kurt Reichardt, Editors, Moments, Chicago: National Lutheran Campus Ministry, 1987 • David Galusha and Jeanne Moore, Editors, “A World at War,” Catholic Teen, October, 1987.

Academic Appointments

2005– Assistant Professor of Art, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD

1996–05 Instructor, Platt College, Aurora, CO

1995 Instructor, Denver School of the Arts, Denver, CO

1994–95 Substitute Teacher, Denver Public Schools, CO

1992–93 Visiting Instructor, Gustavus Adolphus College, St Peter, MN

1988–90 Graduate Part-Time Instructor (Instructor of Record), University of Colorado at Boulder, CO

Publications

1999 Scott Parsons, “Artist’s Statement,” Leonardo, MIT Press, 32:3, 1999

Awards, Grants, Honors and Fellowships

2009 Augustana Research/Artist Fund Award: “Prints, Paintings and Drawings: Reflections, Condemnation, and Transformation”, ARAF Committee, Augustana College

2008 Honorable Mention, South Dakota Governor’s Third Biennial Art Exhibition • Augustana College Mellon Fund, Curator Dan Siedell, art critic and curator. Co-sponsored by the Art Department and Religion and Philosophy, with Dr. O’Hara

2007 Augustana College International Travel Grant (Peru), International Studies Steering Committee, Augustana College

2006 Augustana College Course Development Award: “Visual Culture and the Sacred: Creative Acts of Resistance and Redemption in Art, Film, and New Media” with Dr. David O’Hara, Capstone Committee, Augustana College

2004 Golden Trowel Award, International Masonry Institute

2002 Job of the Year, National Terrazzo and Mosaic Association

2001 Work Sample Finalist, Creative Capital, NY

2000 Research Grant: The Lost Medicine People: A Northern Arapaho Oral History, Colorado Endowment for the Humanities

1999 Artist Project Grant: The Colorado Powwow Highway, Colorado Council on the Arts

1998 Open Studio: The Arts Online Award, Colorado Council on the Arts

1998 Annual Show: Award of Excellence, Art Directors Club of Denver, CO

1996 Tier III Award, Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, Denver, CO

1995 COVisions Project Grant, Colorado Council on the Arts

1994 Fellowship, Art Matters, Inc., NY

1992 Quincentenary Award, Chinook Fund, Denver, CO

1992 Lakota Wopila Honoring Dance, American Indian Movement of Colorado, Denver Indian Center, Denver, CO

1990 Dean’s Small Grant Award, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

1987 Harold Spitznagle Medal for Achievement in Art, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD

1987 Regents Scholar Award, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD

1972 Third Place (Age 7), Samsonite International Lego Building Contest

1970 Tenth Place (Age 5), Samsonite International Lego Building Contest