Stan Shetka

STAN SHETKA

American inventor, professor, artist/designer,
and founder/CEO of Collateral Healing, Inc.

Education

Undergrad

1973-74

Wimbledon School of Art,

Wimbledon, England,

(full tuition scholarship)

BFA

1975

Minneapolis College of Art and Design,

Minneapolis, Minnesota

MFA

1978

University of Minnesota,

Minneapolis, Minnesota

World Art Project®

1973-Present

Founder/Coordinator/Artist

Life Long Project

Stan Shetka

is an American inventor, professor, artist/designer, and founder/CEO of Collateral Healing, Inc. In the early 1990’s he invented Shetkastone®, one of the only true wood replacement materials made form 100% recycled paper/cellulous fiber. From 1992 up to 2007 he was the President and CEO of All Paper Recycling, Incorporated. Stan’s inventions have been featured on the front pages of major magazines and Newspapers around the world such as: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Asahi news, Japan.

In 1994 his work was featured in a one-person exhibition titled “Paper Futures” at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Internationally he has been interviewed on the CBS morning show, HGTV, CNN, Swedish Television Productions and the Associated Press. He has lectured at the Forest Products laboratory in Madison Wisconsin, England, China, Japan, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic. Over the past thirty years Stan has received in excess of $1 million in grants and has continually evolved the concept of creating wood, stone and plastic replacement products made from recycled plant, paper and cloth fibers.

He has designed products for several industries including furniture, building and construction, shipping and crating, point-of-purchase displays and toys. Recently he identified key components necessary for high production turnkey factories that have the potential to create an industrial revolution centered on the production and manufacturing of “green” wood- replacement products made from recycled materials and non-wood renewable fibers.

Curriculum Vitae

Collateral Healing, Inc. (CHI)

2007-Present

President and CEO

10247 40th Street West,
Webster, MN 55088

Research and Development: Farming/Food Production, Water/Purification, Building&Construction, Business Development, Energy Systems, and New Employment Opportunities/Living Wages.

Gustavus Adolphus College

1979-Present

Full Professor of Art and Design

800 College Ave.
St. Peter, MN 56082

(1998 - Egypt, Cairo, January Term Travel Course, Professor, ) (1989 - Institute of the Ministry of Space, Holography Collaboration, Beijing, China. Teaching & Learning Holography) (1982 Kansai Gaidai Exchange Professor one year, Kansai Gaidai University, Hirikata City, Japan. East and West Architecture Concerns.) (2012-13 Sabbatical Leave, Research & Development New Housing Designs).

Regenerated Solid Materials, Inc. ( RSM, Inc.)

2009-Present

Owner/Management Team

Montreal, Canada

Product Name: NāTreeà®, 2009-2013: Three year $350,000 Research and Development completed. Business Plan Finished. Product Testing Complete. Technical Specifications for new products Complete. Investment capital opportunities being investigated.

Virginia A. Groot Foundation

1989-Present

Member, Board of Directors 1989-Present
Vice President, Board of Directors 2016-Present

Evanston, IL

www.virginiaagrootfoundation.org.

All Paper Recycling, Inc. / ShetkaWorks, LLC

1992-2007

Founder/ President

435 West Industrial Street,
Le Center, MN 56057

“All Paper Recycling, Inc. believes that all wood, stone and plastic consumer products can be replaced with products made from 100% recycled paper, cloth, and/or plant fiber,” and they are well on their way to proving this a possibility. Over 30 years of research and development. More All Paper Recycling info

Patents

Patent Granted on November 12, 1991

U.S. Patent No. 5,064,504.
PULP MOLDING PRESS DESIGN

Patent Granted on February 19, 1991

U.S. Patent No. 4,994,148.
PULP PRESS MOLDING METHOD FOR MAKING PRODUCTS FROM PAPER PULP FROM RECYCLED PAPER.

GRANTS & AWARDS

2023 Community Engaged Learning Grant, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota
2026-2023 Art, Innovation, and Design Development Project, Virginia A Groot Foundation, Evanston, IL
2013-2009 Artist Project: Regenerate Solid Materials, Diamond Productions, Montreal, Quebec H4p 2N5, Canada
2009 Artist Project: Making Boards from Ethanol Production By-products, Fagen, Inc. Granite Falls, MN
2006 Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, Owatonna, MN
2005 Vanguard Award Nominee, Owatonna, MN
2004 Job-Z Award, All Paper Recycling, Inc. Le Center, Minnesota
1998 Jerome Foundation Visual Arts Travel and Study Grant, St. Paul, MN

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EXHIBITIONS and MILESTONES

2023* WORLD ART PROJECT® (WAP®) Semi-centennial Milestone: Launch of the new WAP® website, Webster, MN
2022* Collateral Healing, Inc. Milestone: Landfill Abatement and Remediation Project, WAP®, Webster, MN
2021* Collateral Healing, Inc., “New Septic is No Septic”, Patent Update, Webster, MN
2020* Collateral Healing, Inc., Kinetic Selective Insect Picking Sculpture, Webster, MN
2020* Collateral Healing, Inc. “Weeds the new Wood” Kinetic Sculptures that Picks Weeds, Webster, MN
2019* Collateral Healing Wholism, “Art That Captures Carbon”, Webster, MN
2018* Collateral Healing, Inc., Good Carbon Fiber Fertilizer, Webster, MN
2018* Fiber Product Production System that Filters Water,

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PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

2023* Collateral Healing, Inc. “Affordable Fiber House “Project”,  WAP®, Webster, MN
2018* Children’s Museum, St. Paul, MN
2012* New Prague High School, New Prague, MN
2011* Common Roots Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
2009* Macalester College, Markim Hall’s Institute for Global Citizenship,  St. Paul, MN
2008* Saint Olaf College, Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences,  Northfield, MN
2007* United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY
2006* Minnesota State Fair, MPCA Reduce reuse and recycle exhibition space, St. Paul, MN
1997* Intermedia Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1995* The Children’s Museum, Permanent Installation,  St. Paul, MN

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TV NEWS

2019 - CBS TV News

2018 - ShetkaStone HGTV

2018 - FOX 9 TV News

PUBLICATIONS

2009 - How-To Magazine
2009 - 35C Magazine
2007 - Waste News
2005 - Natural Home & Garden Magazine
2005 - Custom Home Magazine
2001 - Here By Design Magazine
2000 - Art at Work Catalog
1997 - MINTEX Catalog
1996 - Compressed Air Magazine
1994 - Fiberarts Magazine
1993 - St. Peter Herald Newspaper
1993 - PAPER FUTURES MAEP
1993 - New York Times Newspaper
1989 - Asahi Evening News, Japan
1988 - Chicago Tribune Newspaper
1988 - Arts MIA Magazine