Steven Alexander is an American artist who makes abstract paintings characterized by luminous color, sensuous surfaces and iconic configurations. His works are composed as sensate visual events that embody potential states of being. They invite meditative encounters with the viewer's perception and imagination. Alexander completed an MFA from Columbia University where he studied with Richard Pousette-Dart and Dore Ashton. He has been awarded grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and the Belin Foundation, and has completed a studio residency at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center. He has also been a visiting artist at Parsons School of Design, an artist-in-residence at Studio Arts Centers International in Florence, Italy, and a professor of visual arts at Marywood University. His work has been widely exhibited and collected throughout the United States and abroad.
b. 1953, Stamford, TX
EDUCATION
1977
Columbia University, New York, MFA
1975
Austin College, Sherman, Texas, BA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Spanierman Modern, New York (solo)
2020
Spanierman Modern, Miami, Chroma Consciousness
2018
Spanierman Modern, New York, Call & Response
2017
The Curator Gallery, New York, Places To Be: New Paintings
Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston, Efforts of Affection: A Decade of Painting
2016
David Findlay Jr Gallery, New York, Recent Paintings
2015
Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston, Manifest
2013
David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, Slave to Love
Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston, Terraplane
2012
David Findlay Jr Gallery, New York, Recent Paintings
2010
Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston, Brooks Run to the Ocean...
Morpeth Contemporary Gallery, Hopewell, NJ, Paintings
Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Dallas, Vibrolux
2007
Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston, World At Large
2006
Test Pattern Gallery, Scranton, Echo Systems
2004
Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston, Terra Sutra
2002
Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston, As What Is
2001
Mahady Contemporary Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, The Belkin Project
Gremillion Gallery, Austin, Andalucia
2000
Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston, Notes From Toscana
1999
AFA Gallery, Scranton, Recent Paintings
1997
Suraci Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, Figure Paintings
1995
King's College, Wilkes Barre, Paintings
1994
Roxx Gallery, Baltimore, Paintings
1992
Amdur Gallery, Austin, Recent Paintings
1986
Waterfront Studio, Brooklyn, Collages
1978
P.S. 1, Long Island City, Monks, Crows & Pilgrims, studio installation
1977
Columbia University Campus Sites, New York, 3 Outdoor Situations
TWO & THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022
Lockwood Gallery, Kingston, NY, Color: The Primary Material - Steven Alexander & Grace Bakst Wapner
2019
Spanierman Modern, Miami, Color, Pattern, Texture, Shape: Steven Alexander, Louise P. Sloane, Heidi Spector
2016
ICON Contemporary, Brunswick, ME, Laura Duerwald & Steven Alexander
2014
David Findlay Jr Gallery, New York, Steven Alexander, Barbara Grad, Logan Grider
2013
David Findlay Jr Gallery, New York, Steven Alexander, Logan Grider, Robert Reed
2011
Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, Steven Alexander & Taro Suzuki: Paintings
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & FAIRS
2023
Spanierman Modern, New York, On View
Art On Paper New York 2023, Spanierman Modern, New York
Art Cake, Brooklyn, On Balance: New Work by American Abstract Artists (Curated by Mary Birmingham)
2022
Art On Paper New York 2022, Spanierman Modern, New York
Seattle Art Fair 2022, Spanierman Modern, New York
K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, Living In Color
Corey Daniels Gallery, Wells, ME, Summer Group
Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, Digital: AAA Prints 2012-2019
2021
Art On Paper New York 2021, Spanierman Modern, New York
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT, Digital: AAA Prints 2012-2019
Poimena Gallery, Tasmania, Australia, Orbit (Curated by Paul Snell)
Four Seasons Downtown, New York, Seasons In Art (Curated by Melissa Twomey)
Corey Daniels Gallery, Wells, ME, Summer Group
2020
Spanierman Modern, New York/Miami, Summer Selections
Art On Paper New York 2020, Spanierman Modern, New York/Miami
Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY, 2020 Vision
Spanierman Modern, Miami, Abstract Allegories
GCC Arte Contemporaneo, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, Gran Inauguracion
Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, Digital: AAA Prints 2012-2019
2019
Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, Small World
Texas Contemporary 2019, Houston, Spanierman Modern, New York/Miami
Seattle Art Fair, Spanierman Modern, New York/Miami
Art On Paper New York 2019, Spanierman Modern, New York/Miami
Corey Daniels Gallery, Wells, ME, Flux
2018
Art Miami, Spanierman Modern, New York/Miami
Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, Shaping
Sponder Gallery, Boca Raton, Think Pink II
Spanierman Modern, Miami, Inaugural Group
Seattle Art Fair, Spanierman Modern, New York
Art On Paper New York 2018, Spanierman Modern, New York
Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, Juxtaposition
Corey Daniels Gallery, Wells, ME, 2018 Season Opener
The Curator Gallery, New York, Louder Than Bombs (Curated by Douglas Witmer)
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Sponder Gallery, Boca Raton/Miami
2017
Art Palm Beach, Sponder Gallery, Boca Raton/Miami
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Sponder Gallery, Boca Raton/Miami
2016
The Curator Gallery, New York, Artists of the Year
Glassell Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Painting Color (Curated by Susan Bonfils)
Art Concept: Miami, Baker Sponder Gallery, Boca Raton/Miami
Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York, Chromatic Space (Curated by Jonathan Lippincott)
Boeckercontemporary, Heidelberg, Germany, Fiction (Curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones)
Divisible, Dayton, OH, Louder Than Bombs (Curated by Douglas Witmer)
1285 Avenue of the Americas Gallery, New York, The Onward of Art (Curated by Karen Wilkin)
Abrons Arts Center, New York, Visible Histories (Curated by Max Weintraub)
David Findlay Jr Gallery, New York, Selections
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, Sideshow Nation IV - Thru the Rabbit Hole
2015
David Findlay Jr Gallery, New York, SummerSet
The Curator Gallery, New York, Some Assembly Required (Curated by Mark Wethli)
Dallas Art Fair, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe
Art Wynwood/Miami, David Findlay Jr Gallery, New York
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, Paperazzi 4
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, Sideshow Nation III: Circle the Wagons
2014
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, To Leo, A Tribute from the American Abstract Artists
David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, Holiday Group Show
David Findlay Jr Gallery, New York, SummerSet 2014
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, Paperazzi 3
Art Wynwood/Miami, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe
Dallas Art Fair, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe
Art Miami, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe
2013
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, Paperazzi 2
2012
David Findlay Jr Gallery, New York, SummerSet 2012
Gremillion & Co Fine Art, Houston, 20 Artists
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, Paperazzi
2011
David Findlay Jr Fine Art, New York, SummerSet
Crane Arts Center, Philadelphia, American Abstract Artists: Abstraction∞
McKenzie Fine Art, New York, Plane Speaking
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, Paper 2011
R&F Gallery, Kingston, NY, Conversations
2010
Salao de Artes, Galeria Murilo Castro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, As You Like It - Part II
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, Paper Works
David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, Op, Pop & Geo Again
Gallery OneTwentyEight, New York, Geometric Themes and Variations
Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston, Works On Paper
2009
Denise Bibro Platform, New York, Blogpix (Curated by Joanne Mattera)
Gallery OneTwentyEight, New York, Geometrics II (Curated by Gloria Klein)
Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, Project Room
Pocket Utopia, Brooklyn, 246 Editions
2007
SACI Gallery, Florence, Italy, Invitational
2006
Scope/Miami, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York
Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, summer group
2004
Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, summer group
2003
Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston, Forty
2001
Institute for International Education, New York, invitational
1999
Gremillion Gallery, Austin, Inaugural Exhibition
1998
Everhart Museum, Scranton, Art X 12
1996
The Painting Center, New York, National Juried Show
1994
Takasaki Art Center College, Takasaki, Japan, Strength In Diversity
1993
Inman Gallery, Houston, Small Works Invitational
1992
Janus Gallery, Santa Fe, gallery group
D-Art Visual Arts Center, Dallas, 1992 Critic's Choice
1991
Sena Galleries, Santa Fe, Summer Invitational
1990
Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Austin Annual
1989
Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Austin Annual
1975
Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, Tarrant County Annual
1974
Oklahoma Art Museum, Oklahoma City, Eight State Biennial
Art Museum of South Texas, Port Arthur, Five State Annual
AWARDS & HONORS
2022
Ballinglen Arts Foundation Fellowship
2015
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2014
American Abstract Artists, New York, Elected Member
2013
Liberty Mutual Building, Boston, Commission
2012
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Austin, Commission
2010
Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Discipline Field, Marywood University
2009
Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Artist-In-Residence
2008
Hines Building, New York, Commission
MD Anderson Medical Center, Houston, Commission
2002
Mercedes Benz Corporation, USA, Commission
2000
Belin Foundation Grant for Painting
1984
P.S. 122, New York, Summer Studio Residency
1977-78
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, Studio Residency
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Burns & Levinson, Boston
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Austin
Hines Interests, New York
Liberty Mutual, Boston
Mercedes Benz Corporation, USA
MD Anderson Medical Center, Houston
MoffettNathanson Research, New York
Mountain View College, Dallas
Preferred Capital, Tahoe City
Trammell Crow, Dallas
United Airlines, Houston
United Airlines, Newark
And numerous private collections throughout the US and abroad