Born in Panama City Florida during the summer of 1981, Stephen Eakin received a B.F.A. from University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, and an M.F.A. from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis in 2007. He has exhibited video, film, installation, and sculptural projects in Minneapolis, Reno, Berkeley, Sacramento, Stockton, New York City, Kalamata, Winnipeg, and Texas. Eakin has shown at Rogue Space in Chelsea, New York City, Rosalux Gallery in Minneapolis, Axis Gallery in Sacramento, and The San Joaquin International Film Festival in Stockton. He is is currently working with the touring exhibition group Non Solo, and has an upcoming solo exhibition at Lousiana Tech University, as well as a two person exhibition at AC Institute in Chelsea both in fall of 2011.