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