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Statement Creating viewer involvement is my foremost purpose. When images inspire me, I will stir them to start a story to share. The story evolves through digital adjustment, photo transfer, and final painting of the image. Combining abstract and figurative elements, I welcome the ambiguity that invites viewers to create their own story. Biography Stan Unser was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1954 and lived most of his childhood in Minnesota. After two years of studying art and philosophy in college, his life was altered by the untimely death of a younger brother. Turning toward science, he received a MD degree from the University of Minnesota in 1982 using an Army scholarship. After completing his military career, he continued to give care and disability services to Wounded Warriors at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas until retiring his medical license in 2016. He has since continued his art training at Southwest School of Art and taught Mixed Media Art classes for Adult Learning in Retirement at Northeast Independent School District in San Antonio. Stan’s work has won multiple awards in San Antonio, New Braunfels, and Corpus Christi and is displayed throughout the United States as well as San Antonio, New Braunfels, Austin, Houston, Dallas and other Texas locations. Resume GALLERIES AND EXHIBITS 2024 The Bend magazine, Corpus Christi, Texas Artist Profile; Anything but Ordinary: A Look at the Artwork of Stan Unser 2024 San Antonio Art League and Museum; San Antonio, Texas Lone Star Horizons; juried exhibition 2024 Ardest Gallery, The Woodlands, Texas Art of the Future: juried exhibition 2024 New Braunfels Art League, New Braunfels, Texas Artist of the Year; juried exhibit Anything Goes; group exhibit 2023 San Antonio Art League and Museum; San Antonio, Texas Wax & Wildflowers; juried exhibition 93rd Annual Juried Exhibition; juried exhibit 2023 Corpus Christi Art Center, Corpus Christi, Texas All Members; juried exhibit Abstract Biennial; juried exhibit Independents; juried exhibit Dimension L; juried exhibit 2023 New Braunfels Art League, New Braunfels, Texas Artist of the Year; juried exhibit Anything Goes; group exhibit Art in Bloom; group exhibit Texas; group exhibit ARToberdest; juried exhibit 2023 K-Space Contemporary: Corpus Christi, Texas Spectacular Salon; juried exhibit 2023 Dock Space Annex, San Antonio, Texas Shared Exhibit 2023 San Antonio Artists Collective, San Antonio, Texas La Cantera Gallery 2023 Mockingbird Handprints; San Antonio, Texas Blue Star Arts 2023 Salon Mystique Gallery, Austin, Texas 2022 San Antonio Art League and Museum; San Antonio, Texas 92nd Annual Artist Exhibition; juried exhibit 2022 K-Space Contemporary: Corpus Christi, Texas Third Coast National Biennial; juried exhibit 2022 Round Rock Downtowner Gallery, Round Rock, Texas Digital Edition, juried exhibit 2022 Mockingbird Handprints; San Antonio, Texas Blue Star Arts 2022 San Antonio Artists Collective, San Antonio, Texas La Cantera Gallery 2022 Salon Mystique Gallery, Austin, Texas Juried exhibit 2022 Corpus Christi Art Center, Corpus Christi, Texas Photography Biennial; juried exhibit Independents; juried exhibit Dimension XLIX; juried exhibit Extravaganza; juried exhibit 2022 New Braunfels Art League; New Braunfels, Texas Artist of the Year; juried exhibit Anything Goes; group exhibit Wonders of Water; group exhibit Texas; group exhibit 57th ARToberfest; juried exhibit 2021 Corpus Christi Art Center; Corpus Christi, Texas Go Big; juried exhibit Independent; juried exhibit Dimensions; juried exhibit 2021 K-Space Contemporary; Corpus Christi, Texas Juried exhibit 2021 New Braunfels Art League; New Braunfels, Texas Artist of the Year; juried exhibit Anything Goes; group exhibit Bloom; group exhibit Creatures; group exhibit 56th ARToberfest; juried exhibit Small works; group exhibit 2020 New Braunfels Art League; New Braunfels, Texas Anything Goes; group exhibit Texas; group exhibit Abstract Expressionism; group exhibit 55th ARToberfest; juried exhibit Small Works; group exhibit 2020 San Antonio Art League and Museum; San Antonio, Texas Texas Clay: 20/20 Vision; juried exhibit 2019 San Antonio Art Collective; San Antonio, Texas 2019 New Braunfels Art League; New Braunfels, Texas Small Works for the Holidays; group exhibit 54th ARToberfest; juried exhibit Break It Down; group exhibit Texas; group exhibit 2019 Veterans Administration Hospital; San Antonio, Texas VA Art Competition 2018 New Braunfels Art League; New Braunfels, Texas 53rd ARToberfest; juried exhibit 2018 Lone Star Art Space; San Antonio, Texas 2018 San Antonio Library; San Antonio, Texas Engaged Spaces; group exhibit AWARDS 2024 New Braunfels Art League, New Braunfels, Texas Anything Goes First Place 2023 New Braunfels Art League, New Braunfels, Texas Anything Goes First Place Art in Bloom Third place ARToberfest Second Place 2023 Corpus Christi Art Center, Corpus Christi, Texas Independents First Place, Third Place Dimension L Third Place 2022 New Braunfels Art League; New Braunfels, Texas Texas First Place 2022 Corpus Christi Art Center, Corpus Christi, Texas Independents First Place Dimension XLIX Third Place 2021 Corpus Christi Art Center, Corpus Christi, Texas Dimension XLVIII Second Place Independents Third Place 2021 New Braunfels Art League; New Braunfels, Texas Small Works Honorable Mention Bloom First Place 2020 New Braunfels Art League; New Braunfels, Texas Anything Goes Second Place Texas Honorable Mention 55th ARToberfest Honorable Mention 2019 New Braunfels Art League; New Braunfels, Texas Break It Down First Place 2019 San Antonio Veterans Administration; San Antonio, Texas VA Art Competition First Place 2018 New Braunfels Art League; New Braunfels, Texas 53rd ARToberfest Best of Show TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2018 - 2020 Northeast Independent School District Adult Learning in Retirement San Antonio, Texas Mixed Media Art Instructor ART EDUCATION 2021-2022 Enso Circle Residency with Lynn Belisle and Michelle Belto 2017 - 2020 Southwest School of Art San Antonio, Texas Community Education courses taken in: Intensified Abstraction – two semesters Abstract Techniques Painting Portraits Digital Camera Digital Imaging – two semesters Digital Archiving Beginning Encaustics Advanced Encaustics Watercolor Professionalism & Presentation 1972 - 1974 Moorhead State University Moorhead, Minnesota Two years toward Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts OTHER EDUCATION 1999 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina Master of Public Health 1982 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Doctor of Medicine 1979 Bachelor of Science Stanley Unser [email protected] (210) 625-2231 |