Education
1996
Platt College | Computer Graphics | Highest honors
1990
University of Colorado, Boulder | MFA | Studio Art | magna cum laude
1987
Augustana College | BA | Art | magna cum laude
1986
HECUA | Colombia | Nicaragua | Puerto Rico
Liturgical and Public Art
2021
2020
2019
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017
2017
2017
2016
The Rosary Windows | 10 ecclesiastical stained glass windows, 200 sq. ft. | Our Lady of Loreto Catholic Parish, Foxfield, CO | David Owen Tryba Architects, PC
2016
2016
Rainbow’s End | 23-color, 79,500 sq. ft. epoxy terrazzo floor | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport: Terminal 3, Concourse E, Concourse F, Fort Lauderdale, FL | Collaboration with artist David Griggs | Singer Architects, PC | Gresham, Smith and Partners, PC
2015
Holy Spirit | 5 tumbled smalti floor mosaics, 150 sq. ft. | Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Sioux Falls, SD | TSP Architects, PC
2014
St. Michaels | 3 tumbled smalti floor mosaics, 180 sq. ft. | St. Michaels Catholic Church, Sioux Falls, SD | TSP Architects, PC
2014
The Heavenly Jerusalem Windows | 16 ecclesiastical stained glass windows, 300 sq. ft. | Our Lady of Loreto Catholic Parish, Foxfield, CO | David Owen Tryba Architects, PC
2012
Starwheel | 16-color, 1800 sq. ft. epoxy terrazzo floor mosaic | Hubert H. Humphrey Terminal 2, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Metropolitan Airports Commission
2011
Gloria Dei | 24 ecclesiastical stained glass windows, 750 sq. ft. | Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, SD | Koch Hazard, PC
2011
Learning to Fly | 9-color, 38,500 sq. ft. epoxy terrazzo floor | Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta | O’Neill O’Neill Procinsky, PC and Flad, PC
2009
Turtle Island Monument | Fountain project consisting of four 200 lb. bronze turtles and eight 36-inch diameter stone medallions | Berkeley City Hall, to be installed in Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Park | City of Berkeley, CA
2006
Prairie Spiral | Augustana Visual Arts Center | 400 sq. ft. indoor plaza ceramic floor mosaic | Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD | Group II, PC
2002
Algorithmic Tapestry | Engineering Centers Building | 7-color, 10,200 sq. ft. epoxy terrazzo floor | University of Wisconsin, Madison | Wisconsin State Arts Board | Kohn Pederson Fox Associates, PC, and Flad, PC
2002
Wingscape | Hurst Hall | 175 ft. stone frieze; 13,000 piece ceramic tile murals, and two stone columns | Western State College, Gunnison, CO | Colorado Council on the Arts | collaboration with David Griggs (artist) | Davis Partnership, PC
2002
Community, Technology, and Innovation | The National Cable Televsion Center and Museum | Five digital murals, largest 50 x 12 ft. | University of Denver, Denver, CO | collaboration with David Griggs | RNL Design, PC
2000
Solstice Window | Center of Southwest Studies | Precast concrete window with an opening in the shape of a spiral aligned to the summer solstice sunrise | Ft. Lewis College, Durango, CO | Colorado Council on the Arts | with Don Asquin (astronomer) | Klipp Colussy Jenks DuBois Architects, PC
1998
Biomatrices | Two 17 ft. diameter stone floor rosaces | Laboratory and Radiation Services Building | Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Denver, CO | Colorado Council on the Arts | Davis Partnership, Architects, PC
1997
Ha-no-oo: Star Calendar | 500 sq. ft. outdoor granite and marble sidewalk | 16th & California Street Light Rail Station | Regional Transportation District, Denver, CO
1992
Quincentenary Project | 100 burnt tipis and 29 historical markers | Denver Civic Center Park and State capitol lawn | Fourth World Center, UCD, Denver, CO | collaboration with Dave Greenlund (artist) and the American Indian Movement of Colorado
1992
Reconciliation Project | 22 burnt tipis and 9 historical markers | Nobel Institute Peace Prize Forum and the Chapel of Reconciliation | Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD | collaboration with artist Dave Greenlund
Exhibitions
2020
Augustana Faculty Show | Eide/Dalrymple Gallery | Augustana University | Sioux Falls, SD
2019
2019 CODAawards Exhibition | Octagon Museum | Washington, D.C.
2018
Augustana Faculty Show | Eide/Dalrymple Gallery | Augustana University | Sioux Falls, SD
East Bank Gallery | Sioux Falls, SD
2017
To Reform: Artists Respond to the Reformation | Eide/Dalrymple Gallery | Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD
Derix Glasstudios nie tylko witraże | Centrum Dziedzictwa Szkła Krosno, Poland
Koinè | Fiera di Vicenza | Vicenza, Italy
2016
2015
2014
Into the Dark: Artists Exploring Dark Matter | Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD | Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD | Dahl Art Museum, Rapid City, SD | Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2013
Into the Dark: Artists Exploring Dark Matter | Lead Deadwood Art Center, Lead, SD | South Dakotans for the Arts: State Arts Conference, Pierre, SD | ARCC, Aberdeen, SD
2012
P3 | Washington Pavilion | Sioux Falls, SD
South Dakota College Art Association Conference | South Dakota State University | Brookings, SD
2011
Faculty Exhibition | Eide/Dalrymple Gallery | Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD
2010
Then and Now | Eide/Dalrymple Gallery | Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD
2009
P3 | Washington Pavilion | Sioux Falls, SD
South Dakota College Art Association Faculty Exhibition | Eide/Dalrymple Gallery | Augustana College | Sioux Falls, SD
Faculty Show | Eide/Dalrymple Gallery | Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD
Eastbank Art Gallery | Sioux Falls, SD
Perspectives on Diversity | Horse Barn Art Center | Sioux Falls, SD
Endless Imagination: South Dakota Governor’s Third Biennial Art Exhibition | South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center, Pierre, SD
2008
Endless Imagination: South Dakota Governor’s Third Biennial Art Exhibition | Journey Museum, Rapid City, SD | South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD | Dacotah Prairie Museum, Aberdeen, SD | University of South Dakota Art Galleries, Vermillion, SD
2007
Figure Drawing | Horse Barn Art Center | Sioux Falls, SD
South Dakota College Art Association Conference | Johnson Fine Arts Gallery | Northern State University | Aberdeen, SD
Viewing Program | The Drawing Center | New York, NY
The South Dakota College and University Art Faculty Invitational | South Dakota Art Museum | Brookings, SD | Dakota Discovery Museum, Mitchell, SD
2006
South Dakota College Art Association Conference | University of South Dakota Main Gallery | Vermillion, SD
Las Vegas Arts Council, NM
Augustana Art Faculty Exhibition | Eide/Dalrymple Gallery | Augustana College | Sioux Falls, SD
The Nude International | Loudoun House Gallery | Lexington, KY
2005
Small Print Show | Open Press Gallery | Denver, CO
2004
Life Drawing | solo exhibition | Hye Studio, Denver, CO
2003
The Show: Southwest Juried Exhibition | Museum of Fine Arts | Santa Fe, NM
Drawings | William Havu Gallery | Denver, CO
2002
Beyond Bricks & Mortar | Gallery of Design | University of Wisconsin | Madison, WI
2001
The Photography Show | William Havu Gallery | Denver, CO
101 Vampires | GOOG | Denver, CO
1999
Solo Exhibition | Dulaney Architecture | Denver, CO
1998
Annual Show | Art Directors Club of Denver | Denver, CO
Solo Exhibition | Dulaney Architecture | Denver, CO
Arts on Vine | Denver, CO
Canyon Crossing Gallery | Brattleboro, VT
1997
IAC Contemporary Art | Albuquerque, NM
1996
William King Regional Arts Center | Abingdon, VA
Nuestra Señora II: Contemporary Visions | Guadalupe Fine Art | Santa Fe, NM
1995
Paintings 1995 | Nicolaysen Art Museum | Casper, WY
Eide/Dalrymple Gallery | Augustana College | Sioux Falls, SD
Five State Photography Exhibition | Hays Arts Center | Hays, KS
Robert A. Peck Arts Center | Riverton, WY
1994
Lure of the Local | Lucy Lippard curator | UMC Gallery | Boulder, CO
1993
All Hallow’s Eve | UMC Gallery | Boulder, CO
501 Blues | Core Gallery | Denver, CO
Annual Juried Photography Exhibition | Long Island Arts Council | Freeport, NY
1992
Solo Faculty Exhibition | Gustavus Adolphus College | St. Peter, MN
American Indian Resistance | UMC Gallery | Boulder, CO
1991
Social Commentary II | Core Gallery | Denver, CO
1990
Removed Epiphanies | M.F.A. Exhibition | University of Colorado Art Galleries | Boulder, CO
Caravan to El Salvador | Rocky Mountain Peace Center | Boulder, CO
Aesthetiphobia II | Pirate | Denver, CO
Images of El Salvador | Chicano Humanities & Arts Council | Denver, CO
Religious Legend, Lore and Myth | Sioux City Arts Center | Sioux City, IA
1989
Rochester Fine Arts Center | Rochester, MN
Our Lady of Guadalupe | Colorado Institute of Art | Denver, CO
1988
Dahl Arts Center | two-person show | Rapid City, SD
1987
B.A. Exhibition | Gallery 306 | Sioux Falls, SD
1986
Salvador | two-person show | Morrison Commons | Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD
Core Gallery | Denver, CO
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2012
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2008
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“Journey Hosts Governor’s Third Biennial Art Exhibition,” The Turtle Times, Winter 2008
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2007
Christina Knickerbocker, “Solstice Spiral,” Special to the Durango Herald, June 22, 2007
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2006
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2005
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2003
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2002
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2001
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2000
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1998
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1997
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1994
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1993
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1992
Glenn T. Morris, “American Indian Movement of Colorado Stops Columbus Day Parade in Denver,” American Indian Anti-Defamation Council Newsletter, December, 1992
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1990
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Carmen Atilano, “Images of El Salvador,” Quinto Sol, March, 1990
1987
Charles Nauman, “Painter Depicts Struggle, Hope in Latin America,” Rapid City Journal, September 20, 1987
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David Galusha and Jeanne Moore, Editors, “A World at War,” Catholic Teen, October, 1987
Writings
tbc
Scott Parsons, “Art in Architecture: Concept, Metaphor, and Design Play an Important Role in Linking Site-Responsive Public Art to the Built and Natural Landscape,” AIA Architecture SD, (forthcoming)
2010
David O’Hara and Scott Parsons, “Visual Culture and the Sacred: Creative Acts of Resistance and Redemption in Art, Film, and New Media,” in Beyond Belief: Theoaesthetics or Just Old-Time Religion, edited by Ronald R. Bernier, volume editor, Wipf and Stock Publishers, Eugene, Oregon, 2010
1999
Scott Parsons, “Artist’s Statement,” Leonardo, MIT Press, 32:3, 1999
Honors
2022
CoD+A (Collaboration of Design and Art) Top 100 Projects Award
2018
Religious Art: Visual Arts Award | Faith & Form Magazine and the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture (IFRAA)
2018
CoD+A (Collaboration of Design and Art) Top 100 Projects Award
2018
Sioux Falls Awards in the Arts | Sioux Falls Arts Council
2018
International Hardsurface Award | Terrazzo, Tile & Marble Association of Canada
2017
International Hardsurface Award | Terrazzo, Tile & Marble Association of Canada
2016
Religious Art: Visual Arts Award (Our Lady of Loreto) | Faith & Form Magazine and the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture (IFRAA)
2016
Terrazzo Design Excellence Award | Central States Terrazzo Association
2015
Religious Art: Visual Arts Award (St. Michael Parish) | Faith & Form Magazine and the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture (IFRAA)
2014
Religious Art: Visual Arts Award (Our Lady of Loreto) | Faith & Form Magazine and the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture (IFRAA)
2014
Religious Art: Visual Arts Award (Gloria Dei) | Faith & Form Magazine and the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture (IFRAA)
2014
CoD+A (Collaboration of Design and Art) Top 100 Projects Award
2014
Honor Award | National Terrazzo and Mosaic Association
2013
CoD+A (Collaboration of Design and Art) Top 100 Projects Award
2013
Gordian Harry H. Mellon Award of Merit in Job Order Contracting | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport | Doyle Dickerson Terrazzo
2013
Jane Zaloudek Award | Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2013
Artist Residency | Holden Village, Chelan, Washington
2011
Canadian Terrazzo Award | Terrazzo, Tile & Marble Association of Canada
2011
Project of the Year | Terrazzo, Tile & Marble Association of Canada
2009
Augustana Research/Artist Fund Award: “Prints, Paintings and Drawings: Reflections, Condemnation, and Transformation” | ARAF Committee | Augustana College
2008
Honorable Mention | South Dakota Governor’s Third Biennial Art Exhibition
2008
Augustana College Mellon Fund | Curator Dan Siedell, art critic and curator | Co-sponsored by the Art Department and Religion and Philosophy, with Dr. O’Hara
2007
Augustana College International Travel Grant (Peru) | International Studies Steering Committee | Augustana College
2006
Augustana College Course Development Award: “Visual Culture and the Sacred: Creative Acts of Resistance and Redemption in Art, Film, and New Media” with Dr. David O’Hara | Capstone Committee | Augustana College
2004
Golden Trowel Award | International Masonry Institute
2002
Honor Award: Job of the Year | National Terrazzo and Mosaic Association
2001
Work Sample Finalist | Creative Capital, NY
2000
Research Grant: The Lost Medicine People: A Northern Arapaho Oral History | Colorado Endowment for the Humanities
1999
Artist Project Grant: The Colorado Powwow Highway | Colorado Council on the Arts
1998
Open Studio: The Arts Online Award | Colorado Council on the Arts
1998
Annual Show: Award of Excellence | Art Directors Club of Denver, CO
1996
Tier III Award | Scientific and Cultural Facilities District | Denver, CO
1995
COVisions Project Grant | Colorado Council on the Arts
1994
Fellowship | Art Matters, Inc., NY
1992
Quincentenary Award | Chinook Fund | Denver, CO
1992
Lakota Wopila Honoring Dance | American Indian Movement of Colorado | Denver Indian Center | Denver, CO
1990
Dean’s Small Grant Award | University of Colorado | Boulder, CO
1987
Harold Spitznagle Medal for Achievement in Art | Augustana College | Sioux Falls, SD
1983-87
Regents Scholar Award | Augustana College | Sioux Falls, SD
1970-73
Drawing Awards | The Noel and Andy Show | KMGH-TV | Denver, CO
1972
Third Place (Age 7) | Samsonite International Lego Building Contest
1970
Tenth Place (Age 5) | Samsonite International Lego Building Contest
Registries
2007
The Drawing Center | New York
Academic Appointments
2018–present
Professor of Art | Augustana University | Sioux Falls, SD
2011–2018
Associate Professor of Art | Augustana College | Sioux Falls, SD
2005–11
Assistant Professor of Art | Augustana College | Sioux Falls, SD
1996–05
Instructor | Platt College | Aurora, CO
1995
Instructor | Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
1994–95
Substitute Teacher | Denver Public Schools | Denver, CO
1992–93
Visiting Instructor | Gustavus Adolphus College | St Peter, MN
1988–90
Graduate Part-Time Instructor (Instructor of Record) | University of Colorado at Boulder | Boulder, CO