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Tim Stedman ’09

Associate Professor of Art

Tim Stedman

Meet Professor Stedman

Years at Knox: 2011 to present

Education

M.F.A., Graphic Design, 2011, University of Illinois at Chicago.
B.A., Studio Art/Visual Culture Theory, 2009, Knox College.
Associate of Applied Arts, Advertising Design, 1983, Art Institute of Houston.

Teaching Interests

Design and new media.

Selected Professional Accomplishments

Honors/Grants

  • American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) 365:22, Blink-182 The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show, package design, 2001.
  • AIGA Sound Off: The Top 100, Richard Buckner Devotion + Doubt, package design, 1996.
  • AIGA Sound Off: The Top 100, Super 8 Super 8, package design, 1996.
  • AIGA Sound Off: The Top 100, Flipp, poster design, 1996. 
  • Grammy Award Nomination: Best Album Recording Package, This Is Fort Apache, package design, 1996. 
  • American Center for Design: 100 Show #18, This Is Fort Apache, package design, 1996.
  • ADLA-Posters '93: Collection: Library of Congress, Lulabox, poster design, 1993.
  • AIGA: A Decade of Entertainment Graphics, David J Urban Urbane, package design, 1993.
  • American Center for Design: 100 Show #13, Waldo the Dog Faced Boy Gifts of Finest Wheat, package design, 1991.
  • AIGA: Insides/Outsides, E.U. Livin' Large, package design, 1990.

Publications

Tour book cover designs, advertising, and consulting for Lyle Lovett, 2016 and 2017.

XXX: The Power of Sex in Contemporary Design, Joshua Berger, Sarah Dougher, and Plazm, Blink-182 Enemy of the State, 2003.

CD Art: Innovation in CD Package Design, Charlotte Rivers, featured design/client interview, 2002.

Cool Type 2wo, Spencer Drate and Jutka Salavetz, featured type designer, 1999.

Album Cover Album 5, Roger Dean, Storm Thorgerson, and Nigel Grierson, Roy Orbison Mystery Girl, Roy Orbison "You Got It," 1990.

Exhibitions

7 paintings at the Knox College Studio Art Faculty Show and Peter Luce Gallery, McWethy Hall, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA. November 6 - December 11, 2016.

Palpable Terrain Show, design of 24-page catalog and postcard announcement to accompany show of the same title with Lynette Lombard, Bowery Gallery, New York City, NY. March 28 - April 22, 2017.

"Carl Sandburg Historic Site Association," June 2014.

Design of advertising and marketing materials in support of recording artist Lyle Lovett's extensive touring business, 2014-present.

DX7: UIC Graduate Design MFA Show, group exhibition, UIC Innovation Center, Chicago, Illinois, 2011.

Designated Drivers | Social Mobility, Collaborative projects with temporary services, group exhibition, The Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, 2011.

Likeness, solo exhibitions, Open Studio Senior Art Show, The Box Gallery, Galesburg, Illinois, 2009.

A View From the West: Ethan, Derek, Greg, Michael, solo exhibition, Q's Cafe, Galesburg, Illinois, 2007.

Campus & Community Involvement

  • AIGA: The Professional Association for Design.
  • STA: The Society of Typographic Arts.
  • CAA: College Art Association.

what students say

  • Although I have participated in the arts my whole life, I never fully understood what the 'creative process' was until my class with Tim. His teaching style gives space for students to truly experiment; to develop and play with ideas until they become something more sophisticated and beautiful. His expectations and feedback encouraged me to produce my best art, and make me feel a new respect and seriousness about my work. Now I can consider myself an artist and a maker.

    Krista Nordgren

    Creative Writing Major and Dance Minor