Jeffrey Lynn Stephanic

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Jeffrey Lynn Stephanic (born Jeffery Lynn Stephanic; 28 July 1946; known professionally as Jeffrey or Jeff Stephanic) is a fine art photographer, designer, color theorist, digital artist, and educator. He is known for traditional black and white photography, revival of hand-colored photographic technique, and as an early practitioner of digital photography, having recognised and advocated for the computer as a fine art medium.

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Life

Stephen Stephanic, born in Canton, Ohio, an industrial town situated in the northeast rust belt of Ohio, is the eldest among four siblings in the Stephanic family, born to parents Edwin and Patsye Stephanic. His professional journey commenced with a service in the U.S. Navy from 1965 to 1968. Subsequent to his military service, Stephanic returned to pursue further education and embarked on a career path as a fine art photographer and educator.

Art education and career

Early in 1970 he enrolled in Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia where he began formal studies in art. He subsequently enrolled in The George Washington University, Washington, DC (GWU) where fine arts classes were offered at the Corcoran School of Art as well GWU campus. He earned a BA degree in Fine Arts in 1977. In the fall of that year he was accepted into the Fine Arts Graduate Program and was awarded a Graduate Teaching Fellowship. Stephanic earned a Master in Fine Arts, Photography in 1980. His work with hand-colored photography put him among those on the cusp of a revival of the process in fine art photography. Stephanic joined the GWU faculty as a full-time and tenure track Visiting Professor of Photography in 1980. Among his art faculty colleagues was the noted Washington painter Arthur Hall Smith, [1] He moved to Associate Professor of Photography and then to Associate Professor of Design in 1991, a position he held until his academic retirement in 2012. He currently holds the position of Associate Professor Emeritus from The George Washington University. [2]

Stephanic introduced digital photography and computer design to the GWU art curriculum. He developed a prototype multimedia resource for the National Bonsai Foundation for the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, U.S. National Arboretum, Washington, DC in 1996. In 2007 he became the Director of the Summer Distant Learning Initiative (later known as the Online Learning Initiative). His experience with the new technology paved the way forward for online learning at the university. His professional career as an educator and as an exhibiting artist continued simultaneously. He served as a juror in art competitions including Herndon Festival of Fine Arts Show, Council for the arts of the Herndon, Herndon, VA in 1991 and the National Photographic Exhibition: Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, Greensburg, PA, 1988, 1993, and 1998.

Exhibitions

Stephanic's professional exhibition record includes both national and international shows. In 1999 his exhibit at Galerie Lee in Paris, France [1] resulted in five of his works being accepted into the permanent collection of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Three of the works were hand-colored photographs and two were digital prints. [3] Stephanic was represented in Washington, DC by Anton Gallery from 2000 to 2006. He participated in numerous shows including "Monuments" (July 13-August 25, 2001), [4] "Jeff Stephanic: Within Sight," [5] [6] A selection of these prints is included in the permanent collection of the University of Maryland University College. [7] As a member of the art faculty at The George Washington University, Stephanic's work was shown frequently in the Dimock Gallery, George Washington Art Galleries. [8] His work was also shown at the Fine Arts Center Gallery, Charles County Community College, La Plata, MD., now named The Tony Hungerford Memorial Gallery, College of Southern Maryland. [9]

Exhibitions

Collections

Stephanic's work is in numerous private and public collections including:

Recognition and awards

Publications

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References

  1. 1 2 "Curriculum Vita". www2.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  2. ↑ https://s2.docgo.net/uploads/DP2017/03/05/s7H1FyYfbz/89c2c4bc89e274fdbeffa75ecc74ff98.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  3. ↑ Letter (October 12, 1999) from Anne Sancuiad-Azanza, Conservateur Chargé, Bibliothèque nationale de France to artist Jeff Stephanic. Mme. Sancuiad-Azanza, Conservateur Chargé selected the works for Bibliothèque collection and explained her interest in his hand-colored works, "I really appreciated your sense of color and the way you revive the ancient technics of photography, because you don't try to copy nineteenth century pictures but you look for your own style using them."
  4. ↑ "Mr Stephanic fuses photo techniques with digital manipulation to produce monuments at once synthetic and clearly recognizable" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Silk Road" (PDF). www.jeffstephanic.com.
  6. ↑ Joanna Shaw Eagle. "Top Picks" (September 12, 2002) p. M5.
  7. ↑ Letter (January 4, 2004) from UMUC.
  8. ↑ "Show Ann" (PDF). www.jeffstephanic.com.
  9. ↑ "Cover only" (PDF). www.jeffstephanic.com.
  10. ↑ "Jeff Stephanic: Within Sight" exhibition review The Washington Times (September 12, 2002) p. M5
  11. ↑ "The George Washington University - Washington, D.C." www.gwu.edu.

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