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Steven (Steve) Bliss

Photography professor emeritus

Education

  • M.F.A., photography, Ohio University 
  • B.A., studio art, University of New Hampshire

Credentials

  • Dean, School of Fine Arts, 2008–2017, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Dean, School of Communication Arts, 2005–2008, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Chair, Photography Department, 2001–2005, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Director/resident, University of Maine, Aug. 1990–1992, Photography Programs at The Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME

Teaching experience

  • Professor of art, 1992–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Assistant professor of art, 1987–89, Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
  • Visiting lecturer in photography, Spring and Fall 1987, SUNY, Purchase, NY
  • Visiting lecturer in photography, Winter 1987–88, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
  • Resident faculty, 1982–1996, The Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME
  • Visiting lecturer in photography, Fall 1985, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

Publications and presentations

Solo exhibitions

  • "Nothing Gold Can Stay," Gallerie Pfriem, SCAD/Lacoste, Lacoste, France, Oct. 2009.
  • Visiting Artist, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, Nov. 2008.
  • "Boys: Captured and Directed," Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, GA, Oct. 2006.
  • Visiting Artist, Chester College of New England, Chester, NH, May 2005.
  • "East," Gallery Espresso, Savannah, GA, Nov. 1999.
  • "Steven J. Bliss," Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI, Nov. 1999.
  • "Steven J. Bliss," Galerie Ruth Sachse, Hamburg, Germany (in conjunction with the Hamburg Triennale), July 1999.
  • Imagemaker, SPE, National Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 1997.
  • Imagemaker, SPE, SE Region, Charlotte, NC, Nov. 1995.
  • Georgia Council for The Arts Artist's Support Grant, 1994.
  • "Photographs, Prints, and Digitalia," Silver House Gallery, Savannah, GA, April 1994.
  • Visiting Artist, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, March 1994.
  • Southern Arts Federation/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1993.
  • Visiting Artist, Center for Creative Imaging, Camden, ME, May 1992, June 1993 and 1994.
  • "Photographic Constructions,” Evans Gallery, Portland, ME, June 1991.
  • "Photographs," Michael Shortell Gallery, Hartford, CT, June 1990.
  • Polaroid Artist's Support Grant, 1989.
  • Visiting Artist, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, Nov. 1989 and 1995.
  • "Mississippi," Towata Gallery, St. Louis, MO, May–June, 1988.
  • "Photographs and Prints," Paul Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford, CT, May 1988.
  • Visiting Artist, Yale University, New Haven, CT, Dec. 1987.
  • Visiting Artist, SUNY, New Paltz, NY, March 1987.
  • Visiting Artist, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 1986.

Group exhibitions

  • Steve Bliss and John Hull, Corrigan Gallery, Charleston, SC, April 2013.
  • Family of Mine, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 2009.
  • Boy's Life, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, GA, June 2009.
  • Sun Works, Art Institute of Boston Gallery, Boston, MA, Nov. 2001–Jan. 2002.
  • Deep South, School of Contemporary Art Gallery, University of Western Sydney, Australia, Sept. 2001.
  • Zeroes and Ones, Moser Performing Arts Center Gallery, Joliet, IL, Sept. 2001.
  • DeepSouth, Galerie En Passant, Hamburg, Germany, April 1999.
  • Digital Selections, a show including Dan Sandin, Roman Versotko, Lynda Frese, and Tracy Wascom, curated by David H. Jackson for the New Media Symposium, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Oct. 1997.
  • Fruit. From the Garden of Good and Evil, The Gallery in Cork Street, London, Feb. 1996. (traveling); Chicago, Atlanta, New Orleans, Hong Kong, 1996; Shanghai, 1997.
  • Selected Works, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, England, Oct. 1995.
  • Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art Archive, 1996.
  • Selected Works, Zenobia Institute, Venice, Italy, July 1995.
  • Gender and Identity, Baxter Gallery, Portland School of Art, Portland, ME, July 1992.
  • Amnesty International Benefit, Sena Galleries, Santa Fe, NM, Jan. 1992.
  • Inner Space, Gallery 53, Cooperstown, NY, March–April 1991.
  • Ellis Island Invitational, Ellis Island Museum, NY, Spring 1991.
  • Aetna Photography Series 3, Hartford, CT, Sept.–Oct. 1990.
  • Three Artists, The IDIA Center, Intervale, NH, Aug.–Sept. 1990.
  • Masters of Contemporary Photography, Artlink, Ft. Wayne, IN, May, 1990.
  • Photography Invitational, Creative Arts Center, New Haven, CT, Spring, 1989.
  • Connecticut State University Faculty Art Exhibition, Old State House, Hartford, CT, April, 1988.
  • Nelson Art Gallery Collection, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO.
  • Contemporary Landscape, Portland School of Art, Portland, ME, Jan. 1987.
  • Group Show, Maine Photographic Workshop Gallery, July–Aug. 1982–1991.
  • The Hand-crafted Photograph, Brookfield Art Center, Norwalk, CT, March 1985.
  • Group Show, N.E. Regional SPE Conference, 1983.
  • Group Show, Kresge Visual Arts Center, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, 1983.
  • Athensight, Ascherman Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 1982.
  • Veracity, invitational, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN, 1982.
  • Alternatives, Seigfred Gallery, Athens, OH, 1981, 1982.
  • Invitational, The Art Institute of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1981.