
Education:
2000 MFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Graphics
1997 BFA, West Virginia University, Printmaking
Solo Exhibitions:
2017 Signal Bleed, James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, Overture Center, Madison, WI
2013 Scott Espeseth, Little Monroe Gallery, Madison, WI
2011 The Plot Thickens, with Art Guerra, SUGAR, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Silver Points, Alcove Gallery, New York, NY.
2006 Clear Blue Sky, Richard F. Brush Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
2005 Backyard Premonitions, James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, Overture Center, Madison, WI
2004 Minor Disasters, DeRicci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, WI
2001 Paper Work, Class of 1925 Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
2000 Scott Espeseth: Prints, 7th Floor Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, W
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2017 Tower of Babel, Macon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
A Tiny Rivulet in the Distant Forest, ArtStart, Rhinelander, WI
2016 Municipal, Madison Municipal Building, Madison, WI
Tower of Babel, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Trebisonda, Perugia, Italy
Drawing, Broadly Speaking: Some Current Tendencies in the Oldest Art, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Le Dessin S’Engage, The collection of the Miramas art library in dialogue with Schema Projects and LOOK&LISTEN, Médiathèque Intercommunale de Miramas, Miramas, France
Tower of Babel, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Paper Paris, with Schema Projects, Paris, France
Art in America on Tour, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery at the Harper Center for the Arts, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
2015 Luck of The Draw, Diane Endres Ballweg Gallery, Madison Central Library, Madison, WI
Art in America, Tiger Strikes Asteroid’s Artist-Run @ The Satellite Show, Miami, FL
Commedia: New Prints 2015/Autumn, International Center for Print New York, New York, NY
We Got Spirit, Yes We Do, a collaboration between Lovey Town and Unity Gallery at the Maharishi University, Fairfield, IA
2014 Purple Mountains, Amber Waves, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY
So Far, So Close, Home Away From Home, Huangpu Art Space, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
BLOOM, Usable Space, Milwaukee, WI
Ossuary, Herron Gallery, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
In With the New! Recent Gifts on Paper, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
Unconditioned Space, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
2013 Ossuary, University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Stacked, Madison Central Library, Madison, WI
Mediating Drawing, Florida School of the Arts, Palatka, FL
WILD AMERICA: A Collaborative Exhibition and Reading, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
Beasts & Bodies, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Sluice Art Fair, with Schema Projects, London, UK
2012 25 for 25: Silver Anniversary Exhibition, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Bookless, Madison Central Library, Madison, WI
Lineup, Round 2, SUGAR, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Lineup, SUGAR, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Mano/Mundo/Corazón: Artists Interpret La Lotería, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago IL
Here and Now and Then, University of Wisconsin Art Lofts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Faculty Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
2009 Big, Big Bangs / Small, Small Bucks II, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
A Taste of Sugar, Sugar Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Contemporary Drawing: 7 Perspectives, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2008 Big, Big Bangs / Small, Small Bucks, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2007 Art Chicago, with Dean Jensen Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Likely Stories, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2005 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, with Dean Jensen Gallery, New York, NY
2004 For the Love of Art: Contemporary Art Society's Ninth Benefit Art Auction, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
AAF Contemporary Art Fair, with Dean Jensen Gallery, New York, NY
Uneasy Places, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Big, Clean, Wow!, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
...and Now For Something Completely Different, Unit B Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Stray Show, Unit B Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 The Drawerling Show, Unit B Gallery, Chicago, IL
Dark Spring, DriveThru Studios, Chicago, IL
ANA Intaglio Engraving Exhibition, Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Madison Open Art Studios Exhibition, Art Beat Gallery, Madison, WI
2002 Beloit College Four, Faculty Show, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Wallpatch Show, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
ANA Intaglio Engraving Exhibition, Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Pressed and Pulled X National Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Blackbridge Hall Gallery, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA. Juror: Carmon Colangelo, Artist. Awarded “Juror’s Mention”
The North Park Printmakers, Hays Arts Council, Hays, KS
2001 Twenty-something, Appleton Art Center, Appleton, WI
The 3rd Minnesota National Print Biennial, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Jurors: Lyndel King, Director, Frederick R. Weisman Museum; Patricia McDonnell, Curator, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum; T. L. Solien, Artist
16th National Biennial of the Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA. Juror: David Rhodes, Director, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the UCLA Hammer Museum
Academic Appointments:
2006-present Associate Professor of Art at Beloit College in Beloit, WI
2002-2006 Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at Beloit College in Beloit, WI
2002 Instructor of Art at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI
2001-2002 Lecturer at University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, WI
Instructor of Art at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI
Collections:
· Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
· DePaul University Art Museum
Related Experience:
2009 Juror: Very Special Arts of Wisconsin Call for Art Exhibition/Travelling Exhibition.
2008 Review Committee, James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.
2007 Visiting Critic, Third Year Graduate Review Exhibition, University of Wisconsin- Madison.
2004 Visiting Artist, Big Cat Press, Chicago, IL
1998-2002 Assistant Printer for Warrington Colescott
1997 Assistant Printer at Andrew Balkin Editions
Lectures, Gallery Talks, and Visiting Artist Presentations:
2017 Gallery Talk: Triennial Faculty Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
2014 Artist to Artist Lecture Series, UW-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Gallery Talk: Unconditioned Space, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
2011 Faculty Panel: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Steven Johnson’s, The Ghost Map, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
2010 Faculty Forum, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Gallery Talk: Faculty Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
2006 Visiting Artist Lecture: Clear Blue Sky, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Gallery Talk: Backyard Premonitions, James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, Overture Center, Madison, WI.
Gallery Talk: Minor Disasters, DeRicci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, WI.
2002 Gallery Talk: Beloit College Four, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI. Sponsored by the Beloit Art League.
2017 Tower of Babel, Macon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
A Tiny Rivulet in the Distant Forest, ArtStart, Rhinelander, WI
2016 Municipal, Madison Municipal Building, Madison, WI
Tower of Babel, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Trebisonda, Perugia, Italy
Drawing, Broadly Speaking: Some Current Tendencies in the Oldest Art, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Le Dessin S’Engage, The collection of the Miramas art library in dialogue with Schema Projects and LOOK&LISTEN, Médiathèque Intercommunale de Miramas, Miramas, France
Tower of Babel, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Paper Paris, with Schema Projects, Paris, France
Art in America on Tour, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery at the Harper Center for the Arts, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
2015 Luck of The Draw, Diane Endres Ballweg Gallery, Madison Central Library, Madison, WI
Art in America, Tiger Strikes Asteroid’s Artist-Run @ The Satellite Show, Miami, FL
Commedia: New Prints 2015/Autumn, International Center for Print New York, New York, NY
We Got Spirit, Yes We Do, a collaboration between Lovey Town and Unity Gallery at the Maharishi University, Fairfield, IA
2014 Purple Mountains, Amber Waves, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY
So Far, So Close, Home Away From Home, Huangpu Art Space, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
BLOOM, Usable Space, Milwaukee, WI
Ossuary, Herron Gallery, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
In With the New! Recent Gifts on Paper, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
Unconditioned Space, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
2013 Ossuary, University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Stacked, Madison Central Library, Madison, WI
Mediating Drawing, Florida School of the Arts, Palatka, FL
WILD AMERICA: A Collaborative Exhibition and Reading, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
Beasts & Bodies, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Sluice Art Fair, with Schema Projects, London, UK
2012 25 for 25: Silver Anniversary Exhibition, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Bookless, Madison Central Library, Madison, WI
Lineup, Round 2, SUGAR, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Lineup, SUGAR, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Mano/Mundo/Corazón: Artists Interpret La Lotería, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago IL
Here and Now and Then, University of Wisconsin Art Lofts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Faculty Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
2009 Big, Big Bangs / Small, Small Bucks II, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
A Taste of Sugar, Sugar Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Contemporary Drawing: 7 Perspectives, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2008 Big, Big Bangs / Small, Small Bucks, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2007 Art Chicago, with Dean Jensen Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Likely Stories, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2005 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, with Dean Jensen Gallery, New York, NY
2004 For the Love of Art: Contemporary Art Society's Ninth Benefit Art Auction, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
AAF Contemporary Art Fair, with Dean Jensen Gallery, New York, NY
Uneasy Places, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Big, Clean, Wow!, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
...and Now For Something Completely Different, Unit B Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Stray Show, Unit B Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 The Drawerling Show, Unit B Gallery, Chicago, IL
Dark Spring, DriveThru Studios, Chicago, IL
ANA Intaglio Engraving Exhibition, Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Madison Open Art Studios Exhibition, Art Beat Gallery, Madison, WI
2002 Beloit College Four, Faculty Show, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Wallpatch Show, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
ANA Intaglio Engraving Exhibition, Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Pressed and Pulled X National Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Blackbridge Hall Gallery, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA. Juror: Carmon Colangelo, Artist. Awarded “Juror’s Mention”
The North Park Printmakers, Hays Arts Council, Hays, KS
2001 Twenty-something, Appleton Art Center, Appleton, WI
The 3rd Minnesota National Print Biennial, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Jurors: Lyndel King, Director, Frederick R. Weisman Museum; Patricia McDonnell, Curator, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum; T. L. Solien, Artist
16th National Biennial of the Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA. Juror: David Rhodes, Director, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the UCLA Hammer Museum
Academic Appointments:
2006-present Associate Professor of Art at Beloit College in Beloit, WI
2002-2006 Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at Beloit College in Beloit, WI
2002 Instructor of Art at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI
2001-2002 Lecturer at University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, WI
Instructor of Art at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI
Collections:
· Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
· DePaul University Art Museum
Related Experience:
2009 Juror: Very Special Arts of Wisconsin Call for Art Exhibition/Travelling Exhibition.
2008 Review Committee, James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.
2007 Visiting Critic, Third Year Graduate Review Exhibition, University of Wisconsin- Madison.
2004 Visiting Artist, Big Cat Press, Chicago, IL
1998-2002 Assistant Printer for Warrington Colescott
1997 Assistant Printer at Andrew Balkin Editions
Lectures, Gallery Talks, and Visiting Artist Presentations:
2017 Gallery Talk: Triennial Faculty Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
2014 Artist to Artist Lecture Series, UW-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Gallery Talk: Unconditioned Space, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
2011 Faculty Panel: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Steven Johnson’s, The Ghost Map, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
2010 Faculty Forum, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Gallery Talk: Faculty Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
2006 Visiting Artist Lecture: Clear Blue Sky, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Gallery Talk: Backyard Premonitions, James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, Overture Center, Madison, WI.
Gallery Talk: Minor Disasters, DeRicci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, WI.
2002 Gallery Talk: Beloit College Four, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI. Sponsored by the Beloit Art League.
Bibliography:
2017 McLaughlin, John. Bizarre Visions: Contrasting Exhibits Present Alternative Realities. Isthmus 3 August, 2017
2016 Salas, Raphael Francisco, Art City: “Drawing” Still a Powerful Medium, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 3, 2016
2014 Juarez, Frank. “Scott Espeseth – Madison, WI.” 365 Days/365 Artists. 7 July 2014.
2011 “Project Pages.” Beautiful/Decay Book 5: Psychonauts. 2011: 128-129.
Kalm, James. “The Plot Thickens Scott Espeseth Art Guerra at SUGAR.” Youtube.com. 12 July 2011.
2010 Hudson, Makena. “Scott Espeseth.” Beautiful/Decay. 2 June 2010.
2009 Smith, Jennifer. Eight to Know: In Praise of Artists You May Have Missed. Isthmus 29 May, 2009: 12.
Williams-Ng, Stacey. Small Wonders. Milwaukee Home and Fine Living Mar. 2009: 14.
2005 Smith, Jennifer, A Game of Inches: Artists Pack Big Ideas Into Small Formats, Isthmus, May 27, 2005, Volume 29, Number 21
Stockinger, Jacob, Try Your Luck at Watrous, The Wisconsin State Journal, May 12, 2005
2004 Auer, James, There’s No Disputing Show’s Value, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 9, 2004
Auer, James, Toying With Qualms, Paranoia, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 16, 2004
2003 Mucha, Zak, Sketchy Figures: An Exhibit at Pilsen’s Very Informal Unit B (Gallery) Offers a Portrait of the Artist as a Daydreaming Doodler, The Chicago Journal, June 26, 2003
Dog Painting Brings Shame on Chicago Journal, (letter to the editor), The Chicago Journal, June 26, 2003
2002 Pressed and Pulled X National Juried Printmaking Exhibition Catalogue: published by Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA2017 McLaughlin, John. Bizarre Visions: Contrasting Exhibits Present Alternative Realities. Isthmus 3 August, 2017
2016 Salas, Raphael Francisco, Art City: “Drawing” Still a Powerful Medium, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 3, 2016
2014 Juarez, Frank. “Scott Espeseth – Madison, WI.” 365 Days/365 Artists. 7 July 2014.
2011 “Project Pages.” Beautiful/Decay Book 5: Psychonauts. 2011: 128-129.
Kalm, James. “The Plot Thickens Scott Espeseth Art Guerra at SUGAR.” Youtube.com. 12 July 2011.
2010 Hudson, Makena. “Scott Espeseth.” Beautiful/Decay. 2 June 2010.
2009 Smith, Jennifer. Eight to Know: In Praise of Artists You May Have Missed. Isthmus 29 May, 2009: 12.
Williams-Ng, Stacey. Small Wonders. Milwaukee Home and Fine Living Mar. 2009: 14.
2005 Smith, Jennifer, A Game of Inches: Artists Pack Big Ideas Into Small Formats, Isthmus, May 27, 2005, Volume 29, Number 21
Stockinger, Jacob, Try Your Luck at Watrous, The Wisconsin State Journal, May 12, 2005
2004 Auer, James, There’s No Disputing Show’s Value, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 9, 2004
Auer, James, Toying With Qualms, Paranoia, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 16, 2004
2003 Mucha, Zak, Sketchy Figures: An Exhibit at Pilsen’s Very Informal Unit B (Gallery) Offers a Portrait of the Artist as a Daydreaming Doodler, The Chicago Journal, June 26, 2003
Dog Painting Brings Shame on Chicago Journal, (letter to the editor), The Chicago Journal, June 26, 2003
2001 Los Angeles Printmaking Society 16th National Biennial Exhibition Catalogue: published on CD-ROM by the Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Pressed and Pulled IX National Juried Printmaking Exhibition Catalogue: published by Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
1999 27th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition: published by Bradley University, Peoria, IL