Steven Pearson is the Joan Develin Coley Endowed Chair in Creative Expression and the Arts and Professor of Studio Art at McDaniel College in Westminster, MD where he has been teaching studio art courses since 2004. He has served as the director of the college’s Esther Prangley Rice Gallery since 2005. Professor Pearson has explored narrative through nonrepresentational and representational painting and drawing, most recently with figures and still life. He received his A.A. in Fine Art from Fulton-Montgomery Community College in Johnstown, NY, his B.S. in Studio Art from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY, and his MFA in Painting from the Hoffberger School of Painting at MICA in Baltimore, MD, where he studied under Grace Hartigan, Sam Gilliam, Raoul Middleman and Archie Rand. Pearson’s exhibitions have been in such places as the American University Museum at the Katzen Art Center, Washington, D.C., Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Arlington, VA, VisArts, Rockville, MD, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD, Art Association of Harrisburg, Delaplaine Visual Art Center, Frederick, MD, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA, and McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA. Pearson’s paintings can be found in several public and private collections.
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Education
- 1997
- M.F.A. in Painting, Leroy E. Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
- 1994
- B.S. in Studio Art, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
- 1992
- A.A. in Fine Art, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, NY
Research Interests
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Recent Courses
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Selected Publications
Solo Exhibitions:2025 Hercules’ New Labors and Other Domestic Affairs, The Gallery at the Scott Center, 2025 Abstractions Past/Present, Art Association of Harrisburg-Community Exhibition at |
Group Exhibitions:2026 Beyond the Objects: The Grammar of Things, Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, 2026 Nightfall, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA. 2025 Mythography, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. 2025 Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA. |
Awards and Honors
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