Stephanie Firestone ran a full-service graphic design studio before returning to fine art. Clients include Smithsonian Office of Public Affairs, National Air and Space Museum, American Red Cross NHQ, AMVETS NHQ, American Petroleum Institute, GEICO, and Promontory Financial Group, to name a few. At first rediscovering clay via functional stoneware, she quickly recommenced sculpting the figure. From there, she has moved on to mixed media and abstract painting.
She was selected to exhibit in the WPA Select 2014 Auction by Olivia Kohler-Maga, Assistant Director, 
Luther W. Brady Gallery at George Washington University, Washington, DC in 2014 and a catalog was produced. Her piece, “Nest” was included in a show in Germany and mentioned in a Washington Post Review article. Her works are purchased by individuals and businesses and she has exhibited at galleries in southwest VA, Greensboro, NC, and the metro-DC area.
Presently she is juried into various regional shows and exhibits often times along with her late father’s 
works – Peter Haikalis – whose subject matter is almost exclusively the human figure.

Group Exhibitions (incomplete listing)
2020
-Human Condition, NVFAA, The Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA, February 13 – March 22, 2020
-HOME: 29th Annual Strathmore Juried Exhibition. Mansion at Strathmore, January 11 – February 23, 2020
-All Member Show, Falls Church Arts, Falls Church, VA, February
2019
-Pieces and Parts, Falls Church Arts, Falls Church, VA
-Drawing For Art, Mansion at Strathmore, Rockville, MD
2018
-Pop-Up Gallery, SR/A Interior Design at Ascend Institute of Martial Arts, Chevy Chase MD
-Real Art on a Shoestring, SR/A Interior Design – La Collection Gallery, Chevy Chase, MD. March-November.
-Open Exhibition Group Show, Bodzin Gallery, JCC of Northern Virginia, Fairfax VA.
2017
-Best of the Region, Fine Art Show, City of Manassas, VA. Painting
2016
-Cartes Blanches, Washington Sculptors Group Annual Exhibition, The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick MD. Catalog.
-Micro-Monuments, Washington Sculptors Group at Salzlandmuseum, Germany. Catalog.
-Vases, Clayworks Supplies, Alexandria VA
2015
-Eminent & Enigmatic: Metaphors in Color, Artists Coalition of Fairfax and The Art Guild of Clifton, Fairfax VA
-Art Guild of Clifton / Fairfax Art League Show, Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center, Fairfax VA
-Artomatic Takes Flight, Reagan National Airport, Arlington VA
-Quintessential, Artworks@7th, North Beach MD
2014
-What’s On Your Mind? Strathmore Artists Members’ Group Exhibition, Strathmore Mansion, Rockville, MD
-Art Night, Washington Project for the Arts, Hickok Cole Architects, Washington DC
-Select 2014 Auction and Gala, Washington Project for the Arts, Artisphere, Rosslyn VA. Catalog.
– (e)merge art fair: 8×8 show (2-D mixed media), Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC
-Members’ Show, Art Guild of Clifton, Clifton VA
2013
-The Body Beautiful, Capitol Arts Network, Rockville MD. Painting.
-Tribute to Ceramics, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown MD
– (e)merge art fair: 8×8 show (2-D mixed media), Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC
-Open Exhibition Group Show, JCC of Northern Virginia, Fairfax VA
2012
-People & Paws 4 Hope, The View on Elm Gallery, Greensboro NC
2011
-Member/Guest Show, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton VA
-Private Arts II: A Designer’s Art Exhibition, Adam Lister Gallery, Fairfax VA
2009
-Private Arts: A Designer’s Art Exhibition, artery717, Alexandria VA
2008
-Members’ Show, Clay Connection, Artisans United Gallery, Annandale VA
-Artomatic, NOMA, Washington DC
2007
-Dana Lehrer Danze Group Show, 4-Person Group Show, Arlington VA
-Architectural Treasures, Cooper Carry / Connective Architecture, Alexandria VA
-The Mill Show, Berryville VA
2006
-Micro-Monumental, Washington Sculptors Group, Pepco Building, Washington DC
-Sculpture Now 2006, Washington Sculptors Group, Washington DC
-Fincastle Fine Art Show, Fincastle VA
-48th Annual Sidewalk Art Show, Roanoke VA