Education
2013 MFA Washington State University
2010 BFA Western Washington University
2006 AA North Idaho College
Solo Exhibitions
2023 The Ordinary Spectacle, Shun Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Levitate/Gravitate, Macrostie Art Center Grand Rapids, MN
2018 Cut, Middle Space Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2017 Floaters, Object Space, Spokane, WA
2015 Violet is an Anagram of Love it.
Amazon Corporate,Seattle,WA. Emerson Space Case,Portland,OR. Window Dressing,Spokane,WA.
2014 Garbage Sale, Tinman Gallery, Spokane, WA
2012 Escaping Utopia, Taking pleasure in Squalor, Timeshare, Portland, OR
In the Space Separating, Tinman Gallery, Spokane, WA
2011 Persona, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
Group Exhibitions
2021 The Last Word, Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York, NY
The Artist as Subject, The Kube, Ethan Cohen Gallery, Beacon, NY
The Doors of Perception, The Kube, Ethan Cohen Gallery, Beacon, NY
On the Edges, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, WA
2020 Darkest before Dawn, The KuBe, Ethan Cohen Gallery, Beacon, NY
Wide Open 11, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Juror: Paulina Pobocha Associate Curator:
MOMA. Brooklyn, NY
2018 Art Needs People, Minneapolis Art Lending Library, Minneapolis, MN
2017 Juried Art Competition, Minnesota State Fair, Minneapolis, MN
2016 Utopia/Dystopia, Washington State University, Pullman WA
Member invitational, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, WA
Artist Trust’s 30th Birthday, V2, Capitol Hill, Seattle WA
Print or Die 2016, Do317 Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2015 Spare Time, Faculty Exhibition, Eastern Washington University
Faculty Invitational, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, WA
2014 Dos Calaveras: Print or Die, Hoofprint, Chicago, IL
2013 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Washington State University Museum of Art, Pullman, WA
2012 Annual Small Works Invitational, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID
2011 Territory, Northwest Museum of Art and Culture, Spokane, WA
Teaching Experience
2019- Assistant Professor, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
2018-19 Visiting Assistant Professor, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
2016-17 Lecturer, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
2013-16 Adjunct Faculty, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
2013 Adjunct Faculty, North Idaho College, Coeur d’ Alene, ID
Invited Lectures
2021 Artist Lecture, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Artist Lecture, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane WA
Artist Lecture, Macrostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
Collections
2023 Private Collection, Shun Hong, Gallerist, Shun Gallery locations Shanghai,China and Tokyo, Japan.
2019-21 Private Collections, Donald Lindeman, Independent Art Critic, Former Assistant Editor, Art
Index, Jersey City, NJ
2019 Private Commission, Donald Lindeman, Independent Art Critic, Former Assistant Editor, Art Index,
Jersey City, NJ
Awards/Grants
2019 Research and Professional Development Grant, Gettysburg College
2018 Fall: Research and Professional Development Grant, Gettysburg College
2016 James W. Ray Venture Projects, nominee, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2014 GAP grant, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
The Brink Award (nominee) Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 Burgess Brother’s Memorial Scholarship and
Patrick Siler Scholarship Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2013-11 Half-time Teaching Assistantship Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2010 Excellence in Studio Art Award, Western Washington University
Albert K. Murray Foundation Scholarship, Akron, OH
2009 Double Eagle Scholarship, The Western Foundation Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Curated Exhibits
2020 Curated: "Through Our Eyes", online exhibition featuring photographs by refugee students, Mazi International School, Samos, Greece https://astiegem.sites.gettysburg.edu/through-our-eyes/
Residencies
2023 Resident Fellow, American College of the Mediterranean, Aix-en-Provence, France
2013 Artist in Residence, Can Serrat, El Bruc, Barcelona, Spain
Bibliography (reviews, articles, catalogues, interviews)
2023 Art Collectors', Monthly Japanese Art Magazine, noted exhibition, print publication.
2022 Athens Voice, featured cover artwork, August Issue #838, Athens Voice Media Company (print and
digital publication), Athens, Greece
2021 Quinn, Therese: "In-Transit", Fwd: Museums Journal, University of Illinois at Chicago, Step Sister
Press, Chicago IL
2019 Lindeman, Donald: "Interview with painter and printmaker Austin Stiegemeier", Riot Material
(online), July 2019, www.riotmaterial.com/interview-with-painter-printmaker-austin-stiegemeier/
Service
2019- Member of the Exhibiting Committee, Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College
2017-16 Member of the Board, Spokane Art School, Spokane WA