SHAWN WILDER SHEEHY
1037 W Cullerton St, Apt. 3F, Chicago, IL 60608. (312) 226-4089 swsheehy@earthlink.net
EDUCATION
Columbia College Chicago, Illinois. Master of Fine Arts: Interdisciplinary Book & Paper Arts, 2002
Madison Area Technical College, Wisconsin. Associate of Applied Arts: Commercial Art, 1997
Valparaiso University, Indiana. Bachelor of Science: Education, 1989
Major: Elementary Education; Minor: Spanish
Christ College Associate, Honors College
TEACHING (See also “Workshops, etc.” below.)
Columbia College Chicago. Chicago, IL, 1999-2008
Taught (adjunct) graduate/undergraduate classes in the book arts.
Served as teaching/studio assistant for graduate-level classes in the papermaking and letterpress studio,
and for undergraduate level one-week intensives in papermaking.
Oxbow Art Camp. Saugatuck, MI, 2001-2002
Assisted in teaching one-week papermaking and bookbinding intensives for undergraduates,
graduate students and community members.
Office for Community/Arts Partnerships. Chicago, IL, 2002
Co-taught on-site bookbinding workshops for Chicago Public School students in grades three through seven.
Gallery 37. Chicago, IL, 2000
Assisted in teaching and prepping papermaking/paper arts activities for teens.
Madison School Community Recreation. Madison, WI, 1995-1997
Developed and taught summer, evening and weekend visual and performing arts programming for youth.
Teen Loft: Supervised teens, developed/facilitated FreAct, a teen theatre group.
SuperCenter: Developed and taught classes in nature crafts, recycled crafts, drawing/painting, drama, wearable arts.
Saturday Arts: Developed and taught integrated visual arts/drama programs
Camp Tecumseh YMCA. Brookston, IN, 1989-1992
Environmental Studies Instructor: Delivered instruction to visitors of all ages, led recreational activities, songs and campfires.
Summer Camp Counselor: Led recreational activities, songs and campfires; cared for and managed groups of nine 8-12 year
old boys for two weeks, taught drawing and ceramics clinics.
Unit Coordinator: Served as liaison between counselors and staff, evaluated counselors and participated in staff training.
American School of Puebla. Puebla, Mexico, 1989-1990
Instructed 66 students in the full range of English language skills, evaluated students on a monthly basis, developed curriculum.
Brummitt Elementary. Chesterton, IN, 1988
Taught fifth graders in an open-concept classroom, led the science unit team, managed the classroom and developed curriculum.
selected workshops/lectures/panels
Marwen. Chicago, IL, 2010
Presented two-day paper engineering workshop to school staff.
Evanston Print & Paper Shop. Evanston, IL, 2010
Presented a 2-day paper engineering workshop.
Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts. Chicago, IL, 2010
Presented a 2-day pop-up workshop.
Fox Cities Book Festival. Appleton and Neenah, WI, 2010
Presented a series of mini-workshops to adults and children over a 3-day period and delivered a lecture as part of the
Paper Discovery Center’s presentation series. Co-hosted by the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum.
Kent State Visual Communications Design Department. Kent, OH, 2010
Presented a 2-day paper engineering workshop, a 5-hour pop-up workshop and delivered a lecture to the department..
Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts. Chicago, IL, 2010
Presented a 2-day movables workshop.
Marwen. Chicago, IL, 2010
Presented two all-day paper engineering workshop to high school teachers.
Evanston Print & Paper Shop. Evanston, IL, 2010
Presented a 2-day paper engineering workshop.
Book and Paper Arts Guild. Lisle, IL, 2010
Presented an evening pop-up workshop.
Marwen. Chicago, IL, 2009
Presented an 8-week bookbinding workshop for grades 9-12.
The Newberry Library. Chicago, IL, 2009
Presented an 8-week paper engineering workshop.
Oregon College of Art and Craft. Portland, OR, 2009
Presented a 2-day paper engineering workshop.
Bayview Book Arts Gallery. Milwaukee, WI, 2009
Presented two paper engineering workshops.
Marwen. Chicago, IL, 2009
Presented a 2-week pop-up engineering workshop for grades 9-12.
Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Minneapolis, MN, 2009
Presented a 2-day paper engineering workshop.
Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts. Chicago, IL, 2009
Presented a 5-day paper making workshop.
Penland School of Crafts. Penland, NC, 2009
Presented a 2-week paper engineering workshop.
University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT, 2009
Presented a 2-day paper engineering workshop.
Valparaiso Public Library. Valparaiso, IN, 2009
Presented paper engineering workshops for children.
The Center for Book Arts. New York, NY, 2009
Presented a 2-day paper engineering workshop.
The Paper & Book Intensive. Saugatuck, MI, 2009
Presented a 4-day paper engineering workshop.
The Paper Studio. Tempe, AZ, 2009
Presented a 2-day paper engineering workshop.
Millikin University. Decatur, IL, 2009
Discussed topics ranging from design philosophy to entrepreneurship and demonstrated book binding techniques in a 3-day seminar.
Lincoln Elementary School. Port Washington, WI, 2009
Taught hand papermaking to the 4th grade level.
Evanston Print & Paper Shop. Evanston, IL, 2008
Presented a 2-day pop-up engineering workshop.
Woodland Pattern Bookstore. Milwaukee, WI, 2008
Presented a 2-day pop-up engineering workshop.
International Academy of Design & Technology. Chicago, IL, 2008
Presented a 1-day pop-up engineering workshop.
Marwen. Chicago, IL, 2008
Presented a 2-week pop-up engineering workshop for grades 9-12.
Center for Book Arts. New York, NY, 2008
Presented a 2-day pop-up engineering workshop.
International Academy of Design & Technology. Chicago, IL, 2008
Presented art and design work.
PaperWorks. Tucson, AZ, 2007
Presented a 3-day pop-up engineering workshop and presentation.
Evanston Print & Paper Shop. Evanston, IL, 2007
Presented a 2-day pop-up engineering workshop.
Brookfield Art Center. Brookfield, CT, 2007
Presented a 2-day pop-up engineering workshop.
Bookworks. Asheville, NC, 2007
Presented a 5-day pop-up engineering workshop.
Lincoln Elementary School. Port Washington, WI, 2007
Presented pop-up books and taught papermaking to students.
Meeting of the Friends of Dard Hunter. Chillicothe, OH, 2006
Participated in a panel discussing gallery representation for paper artists.
Columbia College Chicago. Chicago, IL, 2006
Hosted a panel discussion featuring pop-up masters Sabuda & Reinhart.
Longwood University. Farmville, VA, 2006
Presented a lecture and led one-day intensive pop-up workshop.
Manifest Alumni Day. Columbia College Chicago, IL, 2006
Participated in panel on topic of artists and social change.
South Suburban College. South Holland, IL, 2006
Presented gallery talk related to concurrent show.
Emerson Elementary School. Madison, WI, 2006
Provided a two-week workshop in papermaking and bookbinding to the entire school, K-5.
Presented my work to the school and provided afterschool staff workshops.
Columbia College Chicago. Chicago, IL, 2006
Presented a lecture on papermaking in africa.
The Paper Studio. Tempe, AZ, 2005, 2006, 2007
Presented a lecture and/or led two-day intensive pop-up workshop.
Fredonia Elementary School. Fredonia, WI, 2005
Gave presentation, taught papermaking and pop-ups to 4th graders.
Earlham College. Richmond, IN, 2005
Presented my art and design work, and gave gallery talk related to my show.
Cultural Collaborative Ghana. Nungua, Ghana, 2005
Taught bookbinding/paper engineering workshops and assisted in developing a paper mill
Northwestern University. Chicago, IL, 2005
Presented art and design work.
Wisconsin Center for Book and Paper Arts. Madison, WI, 2004, 2005
Taught weekend papermaking and pop-up engineering workshops for adults.
St Pauls Catholic School. Waunakee, WI, 2004
Taught papermaking to 2nd graders.
Winter Recharge. Buffalo Grove, IL, 2002
Developed and taught pop-up engineering workshop for elementary teachers.
Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago. Chicago, IL, 2001
Developed and taught family bookbinding/imaging workshop.
other related employment
Vespine Gallery. Chicago, IL, 2003-2010
Served as one of four co-founders in a collectively-run gallery.
Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts. Chicago, IL, 2002-2005
Served as Studio Manager for the Center.
Assisted and advised graduate students and community members.
freelance CLIENTS
American Greetings. Cleveland, OH, 2010
Engineered pop-ups for greeting cards. Provided a 2-day in-house pop-up workshop.
American Girl. Middleton, WI, 2007-2008
Engineered pop-ups and movables for interactive trade books.
Lynn Sures. Chicago, IL, 2005
Designed artist book component and web application form.
Oneiros Press. Chicago, IL, 2000-present
Design and letterpress print limited-edition poetry broadsides.
Symphony Center. Chicago, IL, 2000-2002, 2004-present
Design print ephemera.
Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts. Chicago, IL, 1999-2005
Design and letterpress-print various ephemera.
Blair Thomas. Chicago, IL, 2003
Letterpress printed book covers.
The Waco Brothers. Chicago, IL, 2002
Co-designed and co-printed letterpress concert posters.
Jessica Ashley. Chicago, IL, 2002
Designed deluxe wedding invitation package, including making handmade paper and letterpress printing.
Marcy Henry. Chicago, IL, 2001
Designed cover and styled text for novel “Cumbia Therapy,” assisted in limited-edition production.
Shannon Remaly. Cedar Lake, IN, 2000
Designed deluxe wedding invitation package, including making handmade paper and letterpress printing.
The Quarasan Group. Chicago, IL, 2000
Served as production designer for textbooks.
Impact Strategies. Port Washington, WI, 1999
Designed identity system. Supervisor: Jocelyn Voeller
ManiGraphics. Madison, WI, 1997
Participated in design internship.
Madison Area Technical College. Madison, WI, 1994-1998
Liberal Studies Dept.: Designed print ephemera, especially campus course listings and student handbook.
Mitby Theatre: Designed print ephemera.
Public Relations: Designed print ads.
Institutional Effectiveness: Designed brochure.
Metrology Summer Institute: Designed brochure/logo.
Cathy Chew. Madison, WI 1994
Designed layout and created illustrations for “School-to-Work Transition: Resources for Counselors (pub. 1994)
COLLECTIONS
Skillman Library, Lafayette College. Easton, PA 2010
Trinity College. Hartford, CT 2010
Bowdoin College. Brunswick, ME 2010
Roger Williams University. Bristol, RI 2009
Penrose Library, University of Denver. Denver, CO 2009
Special Collections, Marriott Library, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT 2009
Elon University Library. Elon, NC 2007
Chapin Library of Rare Books, Williams College. Williamstown, MA 2006
Houghton Library, Harvard University. Cambridge, MA 2006, 2008
Providence College. Providence, RI, 2005
Hay Library, Brown University. Providence, RI, 2005, 2006
Cerritos Public Library. Cerritos, CA, 2005
The Office of the President, Columbia College Chicago. Chicago, IL, 2005
The Office of the President, The Putney School. Putney, VT, 2005
Special Collections, University Library, University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2004
Beinecke Collection, Yale University. New Haven, CT, 2004
Poetry/Rare Books Collection, University of Buffalo. Buffalo, NY, 2004
Z Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University. Winston-Salem, NC, 2003
Robert C Williams American Museum of Papermaking. Atlanta, GA 2002
Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA, 2002
Elliston Poetry Collection at the University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH, 2001
Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University. Valparaiso, IN, 2001
Center for Book & Paper Arts, Columbia College Chicago. Chicago, IL, 2001
John M Wing Collection, Newberry Library. Chicago, IL, 1999-2007
selected EXHIBITIONS/media exposure
I will cut thrU: Pochoirs, Carvings and Other Cuttings. Center for Book Arts New York, NY 2010
The Inaugural Exhibition. The Morgan Conservatory Cleveland, OH 2010
The Instructor’s Show. BookWorks Asheville, NC 2010
Beyond the Text: Artists’ Books from the Collection of Robert J. Ruben. The Grolier Club New York, NY 2010
Somewhere Far From Habit. Longwood Center for Creative Arts Farmville, VA 2010
The Book as Vessel. University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL 2010
The Book as Its Own Addendum. Marwen Chicago, IL 2009
Somewhere Far From Habit. Pierre Menard Gallery Cambridge, MA 2009
Scissors: Pop-Up. Florida Craftsmen, Inc. St. Petersburg, FL 2009
Fiber Focus 2009. Art Saint Louis. St. Louis, MO 2009
Paperworks 2009. b.j. Spoke Gallery. Huntington, NY 2009
beyondWords: Bookfest 2009. Long Beach Island Foundation. Loveladies, NJ 2009
Paper Toy and Pop Out Show. Pink Hobo. Minneapolis, MN 2009
Processes: Solo Show at Millikin University. Decatur, IL 2009
Range of Possibilities, Faculty Show at Penland. Penland, NC 2009
The Codex and The Helix: Book Arts Exploring Evolution. Gonzaga University. Spokane, WA 2009
7th Anniversary Bright Hill Press Juried Book Arts Exhibition. Treadwell, NY 2008
Handpapermaking Movables at Pyramid Atlantic. Silver Spring, MD 2008
‘Portfolio: Book & Paper Arts’. DEM07, Summer 2008
Mystery in the Natural World, Calladan Gallery. Online Exhibition, 2008
The 5th International Book & Paper Arts Triennial. Chicago, IL, 2008
6th International Paper Triennial, Museé de Charmey. Charmey, Switzerland, 2008
Sunrise Gallery at Unity: The PIT Show. Chicago, IL, 2008
Enter into Circulation: Artists' Books at Finch Gallery. Chicago, IL, 2008
The Illustrated Word: An Exhibit of Letterpress Broadsides. Eugene, OR, 2008
Beyond the Sixth Extinction: A Pop-Up Bestiary at Vespine. Chicago, IL, 2007
Action/Interaction, Conference Exhibition Committee Chair. Columbia College Chicago, IL, 2007
Self-titled show at BookWorks. Asheville, NC, 2007
Reverence for All Living Creatures. Jersey City, NJ, 2007
Off the Grid, Exhibition Curator. Columbia College Chicago, IL, 2007
Connective Fibers. East Lansing, MI, 2006
More Than the Sum of Its Parts. Farmville, VA, 2006
5th Anniversary Bright Hill Press Juried Book Arts Exhibition. Treadwell, NY, 2006
Juried Members Show, Friends of Dard Hunter Annual Meeting. Chillicothe, OH 2006
A Movable Feast. Columbia College Chicago, IL, 2006
The Printed Image. The Depot, Steamboat Springs, CO, 2006
After Words. South Suburban College, South Holland, IL, 2006
Madison: People, Places and Events. Madison, WI, 2006
Artists' Books. Earlham College, Richmond, IN, 2005
35 Annual Chicago Arts District Artwalk Curated Show. Chicago, IL, 2005
Paper and Wood. Hue Gallery, Madison, WI, 2005
WordArt. Cincinnati, OH, 2005
Fiber Focus 2005. St. Louis, MO, 2005
The 4th International Book & Paper Arts Triennial. Chicago, IL, 2005
…with a little help from my friends (Book Arts at The Paper Studio). Tempe, AZ, 2005
Word & Image: An Exhibition of Poetry Broadsides by 8 Small Presses. New England College Gallery, Henniker, NH, 2005
The Intensive Spirit: 22 Years of the Paper and Book Intensive. The Depot, Steamboat Springs, CO, 2005
The Art of Printmaking. Anne Lloyd Gallery, Madden Arts Center, Decatur, IL, 2005
Book Marks. Suburban Fine Art Center, Highland Park, IL, 2005
Self-titled Show. Vespine Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2005
Word & Image: Poetry Broadsides by 8 Contemporary Small Presses. The Currier Center, The Putney School, Putney, VT 2004-05
Juried Members Show, Friends of Dard Hunter Annual Meeting. Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX 2004
Self-titled Show. Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, 2004
Stand and Deliver: Sculpture in the Book Format. Brookfield CT, San Diego, Boca Raton, Denver, Chicago, 2004-05
Altered States: Printmaking after Modern Technology. Suburban Fine Art Center, Highland Park, IL, 2004
Innovative Printmaking on Handmade Paper. Robert C Williams American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, 2004
Artist’s Book Show. Myopic Bookstore, Chicago, IL, 2004
Shawn Sheehy: Models for a Pop-Up. Vespine Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2003
Innovative Printmaking on Handmade Paper. Handpapermaking Journal, 2003
Art of the Broadside. Vamp & Tramp Booksellers, Birmingham, AL, 2003
Print Regional Design Annual 2002,2003. Print Magazine/LVI:IV, 2002; LVII:IV, 2003
‘The Book People’. Gravity Magazine, Autumn 2002
Books! Chicago Bound and Bedecked. Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago, IL, 2002
Second National Collegiate Handmade Paper Art Show. Atlanta; Philadelphia; Tuscaloosa; Louisiana; Minneapolis, 2002-03
32 Annual Chicago Arts District Artwalk Curated Show. Chicago, IL, 2002
Weisman Scholars Exhibition. Hokin Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2002
MFA Thesis Show: “Out of the Loop”. Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2002
Artist-in-Residence Contest Exhibit. Nexus Press, Atlanta, GA, 2000
First National Collegiate Handmade Paper Art Show. Chicago, Atlanta, Buffalo, Washington DC, 1999
‘Editions’ Show. Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2002
‘Pages’ Show. Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2000
‘Archibookture’ Show. Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2000
‘Visual Environments’ Show. Hokin Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1999
awards /grants
7th Anniversary Bright Hill Press Book Arts Exhibition: First Prize. Treadwell, NY, 2008
Julia and David White Residency. Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica, 2008
5th Anniversary Bright Hill Press Book Arts Exhibition: Second Prize. Treadwell, NY, 2006
Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant. New York, 2005
Chicago Artist's Month Feature Artist. Chicago, IL, 2005
WordArt Juror's Excellence Award. Cincinnati, OH, 2005
CAAP Grant. Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL, 2003
Second National Collegiate Handmade Paper Art Show: Best in Show Award. 2002
Weisman Grant. Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2001
Ragdale Residency. Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
First National Collegiate Handmade Paper Art Show: Friends of Dard Hunter Award. 2000
Follett Fellowship. Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1998
Portfolio of Special Merit. Madison Area Technical College, 1997
memberships
Friends of Dard Hunter. 2001-present
Chicago Artist’s Coalition. 2002-present
Movable Book Society. 2002-present
