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2000 Bio, Stephen Pevnick

Stephen Pevnick was born in St. Louis in 1944. His is currently an Associate Professor of Art, at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He received his BA degree in Design from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1968 and his MFA degree in Multi- Media from Washington University in St. Louis in 1972. He taught sculpture at the University of South Florida in Tampa until 1978. Recent shows for his fountains have been: installations for Daimler Chrysler Jeep in Detroit, Chicago and Las Vegas in 2001, installations for Kohler at the National Association of Home Builders shows in Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Chicago 1989 to 2001, installations for Kohler at the National Kitchen and Bath shows in Orlando, New Orleans, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago 1989 to 2001, installation at the 1999 Toyota Dealer Meeting, Chicago, installation at a GM international press event in Detroit in 1998 and installation for OMC at the Miami Boat Show in 1998.

Ten important events

  1. He was awarded a 1983 Design Excellence Awards from the Industrial Designers Society of America for the design of the programmable free falling water droplet fountain.
  2. He has received two Project Fellowships from the Design Arts Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
  3. His largest research grant is a $132,000 from the Kohler Company for the development of the 6,912 nozzle Linear Fountain.
  4. He taught Industrial Design as visiting Designer at the Center for Technological Studies at Holon, Israel in 1995.
  5. installations for Kohler at the National Association of Home Builders shows in Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Atlanta 1989 to 2000
  6. installations for Kohler at the National Kitchen and Bath shows in Orlando, New Orleans, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago 1989 to 2000
  7. installation at the 1999 Toyota Dealer Meeting, Chicago,
  8. installation at a GM international press event in Detroit in 1998,
  9. installation for Anheuser Busch Corp. at the Summer Olympics in 1996,
  10. an installation for the Klein Gallery at the International Art Exposition at Navy Pier Chicago in 1988