AIFS Partnership Programs: Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs

Faculty Bio

Scott Bailey

Scott Bailey spent years as an artist and an educator while living in Japan and Egypt and traveling to more than 50 countries, before eventually returning to Washington, near where he grew up. He has taught Drawing, Painting, and Art History at the college level for two decades and currently serves as the head of the Art Department at Wenatchee Valley College. He holds a BA in Fine Arts from Gonzaga University (where he spent a year in Florence, Italy) and earned an MFA degree in Painting from Colorado State University.

As a practicing artist, he has held solo exhibitions of his paintings, sculptures, and installations in the U.S., Japan, Italy, Egypt, and South Africa, and his work has been critically recognized in a variety of national and international publications. He has also worked as a curator and writer, including as the Seattle Corresponding Editor for Contemporary Magazine (London). See examples of his creative work at www.sbailey.us.