artist and printmaker
Photograph by Noah S. Thompson, 2023
bio
(b. 1997, Tampa Bay, FL.)
Logan R. Bishop is an artist practicing drawing, sculpture, and collaborative printmaking. Originally from Clearwater, Florida, they now live and work in Connecticut. Bishop is a 2024 MFA in Studio Art candidate at the University of Connecticut. Prior to attending UConn, he received his BFA in Graphic Arts with a concentration in Illustration from the University of South Florida in 2020. Bishop's practice has been funded by United States Artists and the National Society of Arts and Letters. They've worked on collaborative publishing projects in printmaking while assisting Master Printer Erika Greenberg-Schneider at Bleu Acier Inc. in Tampa, FL. He has most recently exhibited work at the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, the Mattatuck Museum, the Eastern Connecticut Center for Art and Performance, and the Manhattan Graphics Center.
education
2024 MFA in Studio Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
Concentration in Printmaking
2020 BFA in Graphic Arts, University of South Florida, St. Pete, FL.
Concentration in Illustration
Magna Cum Laude
Minor in Art History
2019 USF School of Art History’s Paris Program and Venice Excursion
awards & grants
2022 Nomination - UConn Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
2021 Artist Relief Grant, United States Artists
2019 National Society for Arts and Letters, National Winston Visual Art Scholarship
2018 National Society for Arts and Letters, Regional Winston Visual Art Scholarship
teaching experience
2023 Instructor of Record, ART 3520: Lithography, UConn
5 students, Laboratory
Instructor of Record, ART 2510: Basic Studio Printmaking, UConn
13 students, Laboratory
2022 Guest Instructor, ART 3520: Lithography, UConn
5 students, Laboratory
Instructor of Record, ART 2510: Basic Studio Printmaking, UConn
11 students, Laboratory
2021 Graduate Assistant for John O’Donnell, ART 3510: Intaglio Printmaking, UConn
12 students, Laboratory
Graduate Assistant for Laurie Sloan, ART 3520: Lithography, UConn
7 students, Laboratory
2018 Teaching Assistant, Basic Printmaking & Drawing, USF
15 students, Laboratory
professional experience
2022 Backdrop Designer, Legally Blonde the Musical, Georgetown Gilbert & Sullivan Society.
2021 Intern at Bleu Acier Inc., Tampa, FL.
– Assisted master printer Erika Greenberg-Schneider in a var. edition (14) woodcut YOU ME by Paula Scher
2020 Guest Lecturer at USF & UT: Art & Culture Class
– Topic: What is Drawing & Printmaking? When it Started to Now
2019 Assistant to Painter Jay Giroux, Tampa, FL.
Assistant to Painter Taylor O. Thomas, Tampa, FL.
Graphic Designer for Places, Spaces, & Art Magazine, St. Pete, FL.
Intern at Bleu Acier Inc., Tampa, FL.
2018 Graphic Design Intern at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Pete, FL.
exhibitions
2023 Figures in Time - Human Anatomy Learning Laboratory (H.A.L.L.), Storrs, CT
Poem Unlimited - Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, Groton, CT
2022 For Who We Idly Are - Eastern Connecticut Center for History Art & Performance
i flee it, it insists - The Arena Gallery, UConn, Storrs, CT
fragment of sky, under the hill - The Arena Gallery, UConn, Storrs, CT
Like Spilling - Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, Groton, CT
I Ran Out of Reasons - Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
2021 Something Like Happiness - The Arena Gallery, UConn, Storrs, CT
How to Train a Fightin' Duck - The Arena Gallery, UConn, Storrs, CT
2020 For You, USF Online BFA in Graphic Arts Exhibition
2019 Manhattan Graphics Center 4th New York International Miniature Print Exhibition,
Intaglio print selected by juror Sarah Kirk Hanley
collections
USFSP Dean’s Suite
USFSP Vice Chancellor’s Office
publications
2023 Two Coats of Paint, "Hamlet, Art, & Poem Unlimited"
2022 Long River Review - University of Connecticut
2021 Hyperallergic, “Meet UConn’s MFA Studio Art Class of 2024.”