About

BIO:

Stephen Signa-Avilés is an artist and educator living in Urbana, IL, where he is an Assistant Professor of 3D Practice at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Stephen spent his formative years between Illinois, Kansas, and Michigan. His research is invested in family/personal history and its connection to wider historical narratives. His practice is rooted in object-oriented collage, signaling the critical power inherent in hybridization.