The Team

Steve Shaheen is an artist based in Brooklyn, New York. He works in various media, with a specialization in sculpture.  He has trained and worked extensively in Italy as a stone carver, and earned his MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2005.  In 2002, he spearheaded an effort to create a 100-ton marble and granite memorial to the members of his community who were lost on 9/11. His awards include grants from the Ludwig Volgestein Foundation and La Fortuna Foundation, and a 2009-2010 residency at the Digital Stone Project.

Steve’s personal website is at www.stephenshaheen.com

Peter Simon Mühlhäußer lives and works in both Brooklyn and Germany. During 2004-07 he studied at the Johannes Steinhäuser professional school in Lasa, South Tirol, Italy. He earned degrees of both Stonemason and Stonecarver for his practice in lasa-marble. In 2009 Peter received his MFA from the New York Academy of Art, earning two significant awards(the Walter Erlbacher Award for excellence in anatomy and the 2009/10 Fellowship Award) and graduating Cum Laude. Peter is represented by 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel in Chelsea, New York.

Peter’s personal website is at peter-muehlhaeusser.de.

Amy Miller is an artist and teacher/researcher. She holds a MA in Art Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and a BS in Visual Art with a minor in Art History from Pace University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. Currently, Amy divides her time between stone carving and working as a Studio Teacher in a Reggio-inspired private school in New York City. Most recently, she presented her new and continuing research at the European Early Childhood Education Research Association conference in Birmingham, England in September 2010. Amy has taught art courses in varied media in a diverse range of educational settings.