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Signe Margaret Stuart was born December 3, 1937, in New London, Connecticut, to Carl Einar and Anna Louise (Gustafson) Nelson. She studied at the Yale-Norfolk Art School in 1959, earned a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Connecticut in 1959, and completed a Master of Arts degree at the University of New Mexico in 1961. She married Joseph Stuart on June 18, 1960.
Stuart joined the faculty of South Dakota State University in 1970 as a professor of art and taught until 1994. Following her retirement from SDSU, she continued her work as an independent artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 2001, she served as artist-in-residence at Grinnell College. Her career includes exhibitions and publications such as Signe Stuart: Retrospective, held March 4 to April 23, 1995, at the South Dakota Art Museum, South Dakota State University. She has been recognized in biographical listings including Marquis Who’s Who for her contributions to the visual arts.