Stella Coyle Healey

Born and raised on the East Side of Saint Paul MN, Stella Coyle Healey graduated with a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2025. With a major in Fine Arts Studio; Sculpture and a minor in Art History, she is heavily influenced by surrealist thought and psychedelic glam sensibilities. Through repetitive processes like collage, wood working and sewing, physical and theoretical layers are formed and stripped away within her work. These processes operate as acts of care and love- always referential and always contextual. She utilizes this way of making to explore topics like gender performance, mental illness, desirability and the home.

Education

2025

BFA, Major in Fine Arts Studio; Sculpture, Minor in Art History,

Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

 

Group Exhibitions

2024

Made at MCAD,

Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis MN

Awards

2024

Kinji Akagawa Merit Scholarship,

Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN


Professional Experience

2022-present

Volunteer props and costume Assistant

Speaking Out Collective


2023

Commissioned illustration work

Speaking Out Collective

Summer 2023, 

Children’s Bookmaking workshop , 

MN Writers Workshop Day Camp at the University of Minnesota

In association with Speaking Out Collective

Summer 2024,

Children’s Collage workshop

MN Writers Workshop Day Camp at the University of Minnesota

In association with Speaking Out Collective

Head 1968, digital collage Finally finished this project a couple nights ago ! It’s part of a larger series in collaboration with @anemosise and bunch of other wonderful talented people! This was such a joy to make, I love the monkees so much
American Sphinx, 2025 An edition of five etchings based off of the work of Tiepolo. • • #makemcad #intaglio #intaglioetching #Tiepolo #giovannitiepolo #sphinx
Namesake, 2025 Drypoint An edition of five drypoint self portraits. My first ever intaglios! • • #makemcad #intaglio #drypoint
Bronze Thong and her Song, 2024 Bronze cast thong, and documentation of my sound performance on December 11th in the MCAD college center entitled Bronze Thong Song • Thank you again to Maggie for filming <3 #bronzecasting #ceramicshellcasting
The Preacher, 2024. Hand puppet made from an old sock, vintage comforter, brown bag papier-mâché, oil pastels, vintage charms and sticky wax. #puppet #handpuppet #makemcad #fiberarts
The Nurse, 2024. A hand puppet made from a blanket, sheets, old underwear, tulle, Girl Scout pins, fake pearls and garnet beads. #puppets #puppet #puppetry #handpuppet #makemcad #fiberart
The Guide,2024. A puppet made from various fabrics, hot glue, thread, paper and misc other ingredients. The Guide is a hand puppet designed for two hands, the first operates normally while underneath two finger from the second hand operate the two ar
Summer heat series, drawn in may 2024, arranged and scanned in august Graphite, ink, and wax pencil on tracing paper #mymcad #collage #tracingpaperdrawing #kimdeal
Guideposts, 4&5/5, 2024. 4- misc wood, aluminum clip light shade, expanding foam, bread, misc hardware, acrylic paint. 5-misc. wood, bread, gesso, sawdust, misc. hardware, graphite, pastel and acrylic paint #makemcad #sculpture #shrines #interd
Guideposts 2&3/5, 2024. 2-misc wood, expanding foam, mud, wood chips, pencil, pastel, acrylic paint. 3-misc. wood, lipstick marks, pencil, gesso, tissues, wood chips, expanding foam, bread, candy tin and misc embellishments-ft. a special visito
Guideposts 1/5, 2024. Misc. wood, lilac limb, paper, nails, needle and thread, a button and charcoal • Guideposts are an interactive experience inspired by cycles of hope and loneliness. Guideposts were placed around campus as markers to a non e
Studio Step Stool, 2024. A simple wooden step stool upholstered with various items and substances from around my studio sewn into clear vinyl patches. Some of the contents include bread, and glitter, a hospital bracelet, a poem, broken machine needle