Stephen Shilling

Stephen Shilling is a New Jersey native who acquired his training in both fine art and commercial photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. In cinema he has worked as a Cinematographer, Editor, Assistant Director, and Script Supervisor. In addition to his career in the visual arts he has worked as a curriculum consultant at the School of Visual Arts where he assisted in the adaptation, modification and execution of what was studied in the classroom and how it was taught.



After participating in several gallery shows in New York City he decided to step away from the boisterous overstimulation of Manhattan and continues to focus on his aspirations as a fine art and commercial photographer.

During his time in Manhattan he studied and became a Master Printer with practical knowledge of all models of inkjet printers and over 150 types of media with which to print on. With this knowledge he hopes Steve Shilling Media can provide custom fine art digital printing services to artists of a variety of disciplines.


In his spare time when not busy retouching commercial work or photographing for his own body of work he tweets about and studies industrial design, architecture, urban planning, aesthetic philosophy,...

BFA Photography - SVA (School of Visual Arts), New York, NY - 2013

High School Diploma - MFS (Moorestown Friends School), Moorestown, NJ - 2009

Selected Exhibitions
2016 - Art All Day, Trenton, NJ - Nov. 12th
2016 - Art All Night, Trenton, NJ - June 18-19
2015 - Photo LA "OFF THE CLOCK: 2014 APA LA Curated Personal Photography Exhibition" Los Angeles, CA
2014 - APA | LA "'Off the Clock' 2014," curated by Britt Salvesen, Los Angeles, CA
2013 - "APA | SD presents: Untitled 2013, " curated by Philipp Scholz Rittermann, San Diego, CA
2013 - "Threads, " curated by Antonio Pulgarin. School of Visual Arts East 21st Street Gallery, New York, NY
2013 - "Mentors, " curated by Stephen Frailey. Mentor: Nico Muhly/Composer. Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2013 - "Blank Studios #1" - Exhibit at Blank Studios Lower East Side Gallery, New York, NY
2013 - "Another View" - Exhibit at GalleryHo in Chelsea District, New York, NY
2012 - "The Evolution Unfolding" - School of Visual Arts East 21st Street Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Awards & Nominations

2013 - Work inducted into the SVA Permanent Collection
2009 - Image inducted into Moorestown Friends School's Permanent Collection


Select Press & Publications

2013 - PhotoShelter "Selects #5"
2013 - Mentors: Q&A with SVA Student Steve Shilling about Working with Composer Nico Muhly