Silas Coggeshall
Artist, painter, and sculptor
Education
2022 Master of Fine Arts (painting), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
2019 Bachelor of Fine Arts (painting), Western Illinois University,
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Solo Exhibitions
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2023 A Romance of Many Dimensions - Annex Gallery, Macomb, IL
2022 Body of the Home - East Central College
2019 Crisis of Faith - WIU University Gallery - BFA Thesis Exhibition
2018 Summer Heat – WIU Garwood Student Gallery, Macomb, IL
2018 Sound and Deconstruction - Broadway Hy-Vee Quincy Art Center Annex Gallery, Quincy IL – Invited by Zachary Meyers
2018 Viscosity Printmaking Honors Research –WIU Printmaking Department – Invited by William Howard
2018 WIU Alumni Weekend –WIU Garwood Student Gallery, Macomb, IL –
Invited by Kat Meyers
Juried Exhibitions
2022 SIUE Annual Juried Art and Design Student Exhibition, Edwardsville, IL –
Juried by Paula Lincoln
2021 SIUE Annual Juried Art and Design Student Exhibition, Edwardsville, IL –
Juried by Amy MacLennan - Won the Valerie Lee Reynolds-Smith Award in Painting
2021 Wood River Small Works Exhibition, Wood River, IL – Juried by Susan Bostwick
2020 A Figural Exhibition, The In Art Gallery, online – Juried by Forrest Solis –
Won the Director’s Award
2020 SIUE Annual Juried Art and Design Student Exhibition, Edwardsville, IL
2020 Wood River Small Works Exhibition, Wood River, IL – Juried by Brigham Dimick
2019 Wood River Small Works Exhibition, Wood River, IL
2019 IBHE Exhibition, Illinois Board of Higher Education Building, Springfield, IL –
Juried by IBHE Employees
2019 The Hand Magazine, Issue 24
2019 Western Illinois University Juried Student Show, WIU Art Gallery, Macomb, IL –
Juror, Jennifer Teter
2019 Sink Hollow Literary Journal, Spring 2019 issue, Featured Artist
2018 Western Illinois University Juried Student Show, WIU Gallery, Macomb, IL –
Juror, Jennifer Bock-Nelson
2017 John Wood Student Show and Sell, JWCC Heath Center Gallery, Quincy, IL –
Juror, Debora Meyers – Won “Best in Show/ Purchase Award”
2016 Year of Mercy Juried Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL –
Selected by “a jury of 3-5 professionals with strong backgrounds in the visual
arts and/or theology.”
Group Exhibitions
2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition, SIUE Art Gallery, Edwardsville, IL
2021 Varsity XXV Exhibition, Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO – Selected by SIUE faculty
2018 Kappa Pi Members Exhibition, WIU Garwood Student Gallery, Macomb IL
2017 8th Annual Members Exhibit – Quincy Art Center – Quincy IL
2016 John Wood Student Show and Sell, JWCC Heath Center Gallery, Quincy, IL
2016 Second Annual Student Exhibit – Quincy Art Center – Quincy, IL
2016 7th Annual Members Exhibit – Quincy Art Center – Quincy, IL
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Work Experience
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2022- Gallery Assistant at The Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries in St. Louis, MO
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2022 Gallery Graduate Assistant at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
2020-2021 Graduate Teaching Assistant at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Taught ART 112 Drawing 1: Foundations, and ART 310 Figure Painting
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2019-2020 Sculpture Studio Tech at Southern Illinois University
2017 Life Drawing Model at the Quincy Art Center
2016-2017 Receptionist at the Quincy Art Center
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Grants, Honors and Awards
2021 Recipient of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Research Grants for
Graduate Students
2019 Recipient of the Mavigliano Art Prize at Western Illinois University
2018-2019 Recipient of the WIU Art Department Talent Grant
2018 Accepted as a member of the Kappa Pi Art Honors Society
2017-2018 Dean’s List two semesters at Western Illinois University
2017 Won the “Blick Madness” painting competition in Galesburg, IL
2016-2017 Received the JWCC Art Department Talent Grant/ Working Scholarship
2015-2017 Dean’s List all four semesters at John Wood Community College
2016 Selected to participate in the “Paint a Planter” project for The Quincy Art Center
Professional Engagements
2021 Presented research at the SIUE Graduate Research Symposium
2020 Taught Cubism workshop for Stark County Highschool – Invited by Victoria Harmon
2019 Artist in Residency, Farwell House, Fredrick, IL
2018 Presented research at the WIU Honors College Research Symposium.
Media Coverage
2021 Art St. Louis/ Art Dialogue, “Varsity Art 25” Artist Interviews Series Four,”
https://artstlouis.blogspot.com/2021/03/varsity-art-25-artist-interviews-series_25.html
2018 Quincy Herald Whig Newspaper, “Artist to open exhibition,”
2017 The Quincy Art Center’s 2016/2017 Annual Report -
https://www.quincyartcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Quincy-Art-Centers-
16-17-Annual-Report.pdf
2016 Quincy Herald Whig Newspaper, “ICCJE, Governor’s State University,”
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