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Stephanie McMillan
Born 1965, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Lives and works in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Education:

1987— BFA, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

Selected Group Exhibitions (solo exhibition noted with *):

  • 2023 (permanent) — Love is All Around,16 utility box wraps, Downtown Development Authority, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • November 3-26, 2023 — Small Works Exhibit, Jag Gallery, Key West, FL
  • June 2-4, 2023 — REclaim, REconnect, REinvent – an exhibition at the intersection of gender and climate change, Galleri Leoparden, Uppsala, Sweden
  • April 6-26, 2023 — Artists-in-Residence Group Show, New River Inn History Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • November 13, 2021-May 8, 2022 — Power Lines: Comics and the Environment, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
  • 2021 (permanent) — Aya Arts Project, Sailboat Bend II affordable housing for seniors, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • January 2019 — MLK Day of Service Exhibition, ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • October 2018 — The Art of Resistance, Railroad Square, Tallahassee, FL
  • April 21-May 5, 2017 — Art Mama Moves, Two&, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Jan. 20–Feb. 14, 2015 — WonderWomen, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, MN
  • Dec. 2-7, 2014 — SCOPE International Contemporary Art Show, Miami Beach, FL
  • 2014 — No Restraint: Activist Zines and Comics, Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX
  • April 18-May 10, 2014 — Environmental Art Exhibition, Moksha Gallery, Miami, FL
  • March 1-31, 2014 — Expo Kinkerstraat, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • * solo exhibition: October 19-24, 2013 — The Political Art of Stephanie McMillan, West Gallery, CSUN (California State University at Northridge)
  • April 24-May 6, 2010 — There Is More Than One Truth: International Cartoons on Press Freedom, GO Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Feb. 4-May 16, 2010 — Lines of Attack: Conflicts in Caricature, Nasher Museum, Duke University, Durham, NC
  • Oct. 18-Nov. 22, 2008 — Viva La Propaganda: Political Art, Bear and Bird Gallery at Tate’s Comics, Sunrise, FL
  • May 20-Nov. 6, 2006 — She Draws Comics!, Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York, NY
  • May 27-July 4, 2004 — Human Rights Day Exhibition, Mantova, Italy
  • Jan. 17-19, 2004 — Recontre Internationale du Dessin de Presse, (International Convention of Editorial Cartooning), Carquefou, France
  • Nov. 17, 2003-Jan. 3, 2004 — Patriot Art: Cartooning and Free Speech in Wartime, Philadelphia Free Public Library; & June, 2002, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC
  • Oct. 18, 2003-Feb. 1, 2004 — Too Hot to Handle: Creating Controversy Through Political Cartoons, The San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum; and June 15-Aug. 31, 2003, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA

Selected Awards, Grants, Residencies:

  • 2024 — Artist Support Grant, Broward County Cultural Division
  • 2022 — Artist Support Grant, Broward County Cultural Division
  • August 2022-present (ongoing) — Artist-in-Residence, New River Artists Cooperative, New River Inn History Museum, Fort Lauderdale
  • 2012 — RFK Journalism Award for Editorial Cartoons
  • 2010 — Sigma Delta Chi Award for editorial cartoons, Society of Professional Journalists
  • 2005 and 2003 — First Place, Excellence in Postal Union Journalism (for editorial cartoons), APWU National Postal Press Association
  • 1997 and 1994 — First Place, General Excellence in Editorial Cartooning, Florida Press Club
  • 1996 —Second Place, General Excellence in Artist Illustration, Florida Press Club