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,
Solo Exhibitions
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
Work Experience
2022- Gallery Assistant at The Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries in St. Louis, MO
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
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
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,”