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