BIO Staci Offutt was born and raised in the woods of West Virginia. After receiving a BFA in painting from West Virginia University, she did as any good, young aspiring artist would and relocated to the streets of New York. She subsequently earned an MFA from Parsons, The New School. She now resides in the neighborhood of Lawrenceville in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Over the past several years, Staci has shown her work at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Heidi Cho Gallery, and the Brooklyn Artist's Gym. She currently lives life on the road, where she continues to pursue her artistic endeavors.

Tearing down "Battle for Purgatory" at the LMCC Swing Space in 2006.

EDUCATION

MFA, Parsons, The New School for [Art and] Design, New York City, NY

BFA, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

EXHIBITIONS

2010

Winter Faculty Exhibition, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

I Made It!, Irma Freeman Center for Imagination, Pittsburgh, PA

It'll be fun, I swear, Brooklyn, NY

Redact This! Artist and Writers Against Torture, by David Schwittck

Mail Me Something, Art House Coop, Brooklyn, NY

The Sketchbook Project, Art House Coop Library, Brooklyn, NY

The Sorry Project, Brooklyn, NY

2009

Make a Mark of These Lines, Beta Spaces, Brooklyn, NY

spctclr vws, One Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY

2008

Incurious, Solo Exhibition, Mercer Street, New York, NY

Sterling Idol, Chelsea, NY

Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artist's Space, New York, NY

Crashing Chelsea, New York, NY

Site, New York, NY

2007

Fantasy World, Brooklyn Artist's Gym, Brooklyn, NY

Femmevolution, Niagara Bar, New York, NY

The Art of Medicine, Chicago, IL

2006

And Then Some, Brooklyn, NY

Kites are for Peace and Love, Peekskill, NY

Uprising, LMCC Swing Space, New York, NY

Small Axes, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY

Homebodies, Parsons, New York, NY 2005

Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artist's Space, New York, NY

Postcards From The Edge, Benefit, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY

2004

Bezus Finkenbinder, Solo Exhibition, Charm City Space, Baltimore, MD

2002

The Sugar Show, Two-person Collaborative Exhibition, Precision Incision, Morgantown, WV

Art at the Met, Metropolitan Theater, Morgantown, WV

AWARDS and HONORS

Rookie of the Year, Sterling Testing Systems 2007

Oscar Kolin Fellowship Grant 2005

Cornel Myers Foundation 2003

President of the Student Art Association, West Virginia University 2001-2002

Performance Grant Award, West Virginia University 1998-2002