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1. Spiral, 2008, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, sewn, 36” x 36”
2. Blue Cups, reverse
3. Blue Cups, detail
4. Blue Cups, 2008, acrylic on canvas, sewn, 36” x 48”
5. I Tried to Stop, detail
6. I Tried to Stop, 2008, acrylic and graphite on canvas, 50” x 100”
7. Together, 2008, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, sewn, 24” x 36”
8. Unraveled, 2008, acrylic and pencil on canvas, variable
9. Large Spiral, 2008, acrylic on canvas, sewn, 72” x 72”

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1. Tucked, 2006, charcoal on canvas, 84” x 84”
2. Tasteless, 2006, watercolor on paper, 22” x 30”
3. AnOther, 2005, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 72” x 72”
4. Sometimes, 2006, mixed media on paper, 36” x 64”
5. Why Not, 2006, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 72” x 72”
6. Beginning, 2007, graphite on paper, 50” x 39"

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Contact Information
Crane Arts Building
1400 N. American Street, B-06
Philadelphia, PA 19122
e-mail: colleenmccubbin@stepanic.net
www.stepanic.net
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
My work is an exploration through processes and materials of things physical and emotional and of the link between the physical and emotional. Recent works particularly explore the incremental building of structures. These structures incorporate previously painted canvases that are torn and cut into shingles, scales and strips and then restructured into new forms. These forms mimic the primitive building forms that rely upon natural resources like mud and reeds. Because they are so elemental, they are familiar and therefore timeless. It is this basic nature that supports the emotional content of the work. This content is not overt. These works receive rather than project emotion. Unlike some of my earlier works where emotion is blatant and aggressive, these works offer a familiar comfort. They provide a support.

A large spiral shape is a roof, a shield, a head covering, a basket, a bowl, or even a vinyl record. In short it is a shape that occurred thousands of years ago and continues to recur though every generation and society. Similarly, a piece composed of smaller spirals mimics other familiar forms; breasts, lumps, hills, mounds, and even the cement pattern of a street surface. In its concave form it relates directly to the Stone Age rock carvings found in Denmark and Sweden- cups that served as fertility symbols. This commonality drives the work; this universality allows the works to be at once common and mysterious. I am deeply interested in the simple shapes and forms that have held significant meanings to all human cultures. I am interested in the basic motivation that fuels religious impulses and other human behavior. I am particularly drawn to the physical manifestation of the emotional. These works are a reflection of that interest. They are totems, icons, and shrines; they are paintings.

Education
2003
Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
MFA

1993
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
BFA, cum laude

Residencies
2005
International Artists Residency, Budapest, Hungary

2004
Soaring Gardens Artist’s Residency, Ora Lerman Foundation, Laceyville, PA

Awards and Honors
2003
Joan Mitchell MFA Grant, Joan Mitchell Foundation,
New York, NY

Project Completion Grant, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

2002
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Tyler School of Art,
Elkins Park, PA

Honorable Mention, 6th Annual Georgetown International, Washington DC

2001
Third Place, Ann Arbor Women Painters Exhibition, Ann Arbor, MI

2000
First Place, Blooms, Bugs, Beasts Exhibition, Detroit, MI

Latin Association for Visual Arts Award, Toledo, OH

1997
Grant from the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, OH

Purchase Award, Women's Works Exhibition, Woodstock, IL

1996
Award of Distinction, Spectrum Gallery, Toledo, OH

1995
Committee Award, Salon des Refuses, Toledo, OH

Publications
2003
Cue Presents Joan Mitchell Foundation 2002 2003 MFA Grant,
Catalogue forward by Gregory Amenoff

2005
Magnitude SEVEN, Manifest, Vol.4, Introduction by Jason Franz

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2008
Colleen McCubbin Stepanic, Earlville Opera House Gallery, Earlville, PA

2007
UNSPOKEN, Arts in Common, Bowling Green, OH

2005
Territory, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH

2003      
Mural, Bayangam Chefferie, Cameroon, Africa

MFA Exhibition, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Group

2008
8-Hour Projects, Bowman, Penlec & Megahan Galleries, Meadville, PA

Reason, Faith, and Imagination, ArtStreet Studio D Gallery, Dayton, OH

9th Annual National Exhibition, Huber Art Center, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
Juried Exhibition

LaGrange National XXV, LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
Juried Exhibition

Buy This, The Anton Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI
Juried Exhibition

2007
Walk the Line: The Drawn Edge, Cazenovia College Art Gallery, Cazenovia, NY

The Body Sublime, Parkland Art Gallery, Champaign, IL

Il Neige Au Soleil, Doshi Gallery, Susquehanna Museum of Art, Harrisburg, PA
Juried Exhibition

Loyola National Works on Paper, Crown Center Gallery,
Chicago, IL
Juried Exhibition

Positive/Negative Twenty-Two, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Juried Exhibition

New Art 2007, MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
Juried Exhibition

Drawing No Conclusions, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Juried Exhibition

2006
Fresh Paint, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH

TFAS Exhibition, Paint Creek Center for Arts, Rochester, MI

French Art Colony, Gallipolis, OH

Faculty Exhibition, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

2005
Trellis Gallery Exhibit I, Schedel Arboretum & Gardens, Elmore, OH

Ernst Museum (Auction), Budapest, Hungary

Postcards From the Edge, Visual Aids Benefit, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY

Nador Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Ohio Arts League, Columbus, OH
Juried Exhibition

WordArt, University Galleries on Sycamore, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Juried Exhibition

Magnitude Seven, Manifest Creative Research Gallery & Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
Juried Exhibition

Bird 2005, Beijing Natural Culture Center, Beijing, China
Juried Exhibition

2004
Cue Art Foundation, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY

Faculty Exhibition, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH

Women's Works Exhibition, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
Juried Exhibition

2003
Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

Faculty Exhibition, Bowling Green State University, OH

2002
Women's Works Exhibition, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
Juried Exhibition

Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC
Juried Exhibition

Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

2001
Exhibit A, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

Ann Arbor Women Painters, Ann Arbor, MI
Juried Exhibition

2000
Toledo Area Artist's Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Juried Exhibition

Blooms, Bugs, Beasts Exhibition, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
Juried Exhibition

Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Juried Exhibition

1999
Women's Works Exhibition, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, Il 
Juried Exhibition

Ann Arbor Women Painters, Ann Arbor, MI
Juried Exhibition

Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Juried Exhibition

1998
Portraits of Sorts, Pearl Conard Gallery, Mansfield, OH

Pentagon Gallery, Cleveland Heights, OH

Other
2008
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, Philadelphia, PA

2007
Drawing Center, Viewing Program, New York, NY