Stephen Kline’s $10,000,000 license plate: In 1994 Kline designed the Florida State of the Art license plate. To date the “Art Plate” has generated over ten million dollars for the state’s arts programs. Art drawn from words Artist Stephen Kline has created a new drawing technique by using lines of language to make fascinating and charming lithographs. His art includes over 120 dog breeds, along with Santa, Eagle, Wolf, Penguin, Tiger and more. A few years back Kline sent his Santa, the signature lithograph that started it all, to his friends. The next holiday season Kline noticed that many had framed this lovable Saint Nick drawn using the words SEASON’S GREETINGS. The displaying of Santa had become a yearly tradition. Since the introduction of the Lines of Language lithographs in 1999, collectors now number over 7500 from over 20 countries and in every state in the US. Publications include Art in America, Art & Oxygen, and ARTnews. Through fundraisers and auctions, Kline’s lithographs have generated tens of thousands of dollars for animal rescues and other charities worldwide.
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PUBLIC ART: Stars & Stripes, Hillsborough County Permanent Collection purchase The Solicitor, Permanent Collection purchase, Hillsborough Public Art The Chess Player, Board of County Commissioners, Office of County Attorney, Hillsborough Permanent Collection purchase Photography Grant Award: TAMPA WORKS, corporately funded in part by TECO Created the Florida State of the Arts license plate, generating ten million dollars for the arts.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Partial List) Pasco-Hernando Community College, November-Dec KLINE, November, Washington, DC, Dr. Kenny/Thanos ABC News Sponsored Exhibit KLINE, May, Cohosted by Emeline C. Acton and the Hillsborough County Attorney’s Office A.E. Bean Backus Gallery and Museum, FL The Pasco Arts Center, Jan 12 thru Feb 3, FL Capitol Gallery, Florida State Capitol, Tallahassee, FL Foxworth Gallery, New York City, NY
JURIED MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS (Partial List) The Florida National, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL New Jersey Arts Annual (Photography), Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ Tenth Midwest Biennial, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
JURIED Group EXHIBITIONS (Partial List) The Art Guild of Holiday Island 20th annual Labor Day Art Exhibit – Juror galleryNOW.com exhibition FL Competitive Exhibition, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida 15th Annual FL Center for Contemporary Art Members Show Annual Artists of Florida Exhibit, Sarasota Art Center 13th Annual FL Center for Contemporary Art Members Show Invitational, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ U.S.S.R. Guest Artist sponsored by TAWA, Trenton, NJ New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
PUBLICATIONS (Partial List) St. Petersburg Times (Article) SENSE AND NONSENSE, 4th Edition (Drawings) Art in America, May (Front Page) Justin Vineyards (Artist’s Wine Label Series) Tampa Tribune, July (Review) Art & Oxygen, Winter (Article) Artspeak, June (Review) Communicator’s Journal, Cover Paintings (3) Des Moines EHS yearbook “Quill” (Cover) PROFESSIONAL ART
DIRECTION/PHOTOGRAPHY/WRITINGS Union Pacific’s theater-in-the-round Spokane World’s Fair Multimedia presentations: Carnegie Hall – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Celebrated Clients: Isaac Asimov – Mannheim Steamroller – Edie Adams – C.W. McCall 27 Fortune 500 Companys’ Annual Reports Fashion photography: Studio and Location worldwide Co-author of the novel: Estados Unidos/UNITEDSTATES
