Biography

In my work I strive to surprise myself and knowingly address history (both art history and history-history).

Craig Stockwell studied at Dartmouth College and Rhode Island School of Design. At RISD he studied with glass artist Dale Chihuly.  In NY he undertook conceptually based sculptural installations notably at PS 1 (MOMA). The New York work was widely reviewed including The New York Times. In 1988 he settled in New Hampshire and made an intentional decision to confine his work to the restrictions of painting as a method of creating a sustainable daily practice. He received an MFA degree from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2000. 

Stockwell was awarded a Fellowship from the Sharpe-Walentas Space Program in Brooklyn for the years 2013-14. He was represented by Genovese/Sullivan in Boston. He has shown his drawings and paintings extensively in New England and nationally. His work is in many permanent private and public collections including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He was included in the 2003 exhibit at the Museum, “Visions and Revisions: Works on Paper 1960 to the Present,” curated by Clifford Ackley. He was a 2002 recipient of a New Hampshire Independent Artists Grant. He was included in the 2016 Biennial at the DeCordova Museum In Massachusetts.

Stockwell lives in Keene, New Hampshire. He has taught at Keene State College, and Marlboro College. From 2013-20 he was the Director of the Visual Arts Program at the low-residency MFA at NH Institute for Arts. Recently he has taught in the low-residency MFA programs at Lesley University and MassArt. Currently he is Visiting Faculty at Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA).