Stephanie Van Riet is an interdisciplinary artist and educator, living and working in Providence, RI. Van Riet’s practice seeks to cultivate compassion and bring attention to our natural world and the often-overlooked creatures endangered by modern lifestyles. Fascinated by how living beings sculpt the contours of our planet and develop collective intelligence through movement, she visually organizes her observations and research through sculpture, printmaking, artist books, and installation.
Education
2026 MFA Candidate, Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2019 BA, Studio Arts and Anthropology, Connecticut College, New London, CT
Exhibitions
2025 Biogenic Futures: Women Shaping Material Ecologies, University of Colorado Art Museum, Boulder, CO
Sky Slips Through Stone, AUTOMAT Collective, Philadelphia, PA
Beyond Ritual, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA
Figure Eight, Sol Koffler Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI
In and Of the Sea, Studio for Research in Sound and Technology, Providence, RI
Cumulative Threads, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2024 unPRESSedented, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PAClimate Conversations, Community Art Center, Wallingford, PA
Expanding Methodologies in Print, John H. Baker Gallery, West Chester University, PA
Water Ways, Community Art Center, Wallingford, PA
2023 The Print Center Benefit, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
American Color Print Society Fall Exhibition, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Big & Little Inks, Helen C. Frederick Gallery, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
Superbloom, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA
Pulp!, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA
Many Hands and the Marks We Make, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Wind Fellowship Exhibition, InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Walking the Edge, The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Space 1026 Art Auction, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
Second State Press Annual Auction, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA
The InLiquid Benefit, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
As We Are, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA
Out of Service, Dreitzer Gallery, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Fresh Faces, Abigail Oglivy Gallery, Boston, MA
minutiae, Wotiz Gallery, Milton, MA (solo exhibition)
2021 I: An Intimate Reflection, Emerson Contemporary Media Gallery, Boston, MA
Bad Service, Dreitzer Gallery, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2020 Art Dash, Beacon Gallery, Boston, MA
Emerging Artists Exhibition, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA
2019 Suspension: Senior Thesis Exhibition, Cummings Art Gallery, New London, CT
Taking Up Space, White Box Gallery, New London, CT
2018 Loose Leafs and Bindings, Cummings Art Gallery, New London, CTGrants, Awards and Residencies
2025 Collaborative Visualization Grant, RISD, Providence, RI
2025 Vis-A-Thon Collaborator, RISD Nature Lab, Providence, RI
2024 RISD Graduate Fellowship, Providence, RI
2024 Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Graduate Scholarship, Connecticut College, New London CT
2024 Da Vinci Art Alliance Artist Residency, Philadelphia PA
2023 Fabric Workshop and Museum Apprentice, Philadelphia PA
2022 Wind Fellow, InLiquid Gallery + Dina Wind Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
2022 MakerInResidence, MakerLab at Brandeis University, MA
2019 Juror’s Best in Show: Senior Thesis Exhibition, Connecticut College, CT, Juror Nancy Chunn
2018 Sally Liebig ‘70 Prize, Art Department at Connecticut College, CT
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