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Russell Stephanchick
ArtistCleveland Heights Ohio 44106 United States Home Phone: 216-440-1964 Membership: April 22, 2026 Website: Portfolio
Bio
Russell Stephanchick is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art, and is an
accomplished Industrial Designer, Artist, and Craftsman who has worked in the
automotive, marine, and trade show industries. His corporate design and fine art career
span a 40 year period in which his work, both corporate and fine art, has been exhibited
nationwide.
In the past, Russell has been juried into the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Annual May
Show On three different occasions with three different media, Metals, Silkscreen, and
Basket weaving. In 1974-1975 He served a Silversmithing apprenticeship in Bristol,
England. Upon his return to the states, he opened his 1st studio/ workshop/boutique in
Cleveland Heights and traveled extensively doing juried Craft Fairs and ACC Wholesale
Shows.
Russell is a restless creator and has touched many different mediums:
Silversmithing, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Printmaking, Ceramics and Origami.
Artist Statement
The Modern Primitives is his most recent series and is comprised of recycled and
repurposed materials and constructed in a way to evoke an essence of tribal and primitive
color and texture. I imagine them to be relics and artifacts discovered in sacred burial
grounds or archaeological digs. Expressing these pieces in a modern context could be
construed as an allegory for lost spiritual ritual and the mystery of the ancient world,