Steve Keister

Born in 1949 in Lancaster, PA

Lives and works in New York, NY

Steve Keister, b. 1949 in Lancaster, PA, is an artist currently living and working in New York, NY. Keister received his BFA in 1971 from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and Rome, and his MFA in 1973 from Tyler School of Art in Rome.

Exhibitions

An Average Comet

July 20 - Aug 30, 2024

Education

1973
Master of Fine Arts
Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy
1971
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Solo/duo

2023
BATZ
Analog Diary, Beach, NY
BIO MESO
Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2022
“BATZ”
Freddy, Harris, NY
2017
Post-Colombian
Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York , NY
2016
Steve Keister: Recent Work
Rosenberg Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
2015
USOs: 1978-1981
Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Ceramic Interactions: Steve Keister
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Steve Keister: Tollan
Feature, Inc., New York, NY
2006
Shapesifter
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2002
The Shape of Time
Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Solo
Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Solo
Rosenberg Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
1996
Interstitial Archaeology
Bill Maynes Contemporary Art, New York, NY
1991
Solo
Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990
Solo
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1988
Solo
BlumHelman Warehouse, New York, NY
1986
Solo
BlumHelman Warehouse, New York, NY
1984
Solo
Carol Taylor Gallery, Dallas, TX
Solo
Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, Germany
1983
Solo
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1982
Solo
BlumHelman Warehouse, New York, NY
1981
Solo
BlumHelman Warehouse, New York, NY
1980
Options 5-Steve Keister
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Solo
Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
1979
Solo
Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, IL
1978
Solo
Pam Adler Gallery, New York, NY
1977
Solo
Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, IL

Group

2024
Harkawik, New York, NY
I was Only Dreaming
Club Rhubarb, New York, NY
2023
That Seventies Show
Eric Firestone Gallery, New York, NY
Library
Tappeto Volante, Brooklyn, NY
2022
Modular Mosaic
Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
2021
Glyphadelphia curated by Carl D’Alvia
Hesse Flatow Gallery , New York, NY
Making Faces; Steve Keister and Jared Deery curated by JJ Manford
Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
2020
Acquired on EBay (and other surrogate sources)
Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
2019
Norikabe
Tetsuo’s Garage, Nikko, Japan
Masterpieces
Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
New York Gallery Open
Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
25 Years Part 2- Abstraction
Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
2018
Mixed Bag
Real Estate Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Works on Paper 1813 - 2016
Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
Necropolitan Avenue
Real Estate Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Paradise: underground culture in NYC 1978 - 84
New York, NY
Ways and Means
1285 Avenue of the Americas Gallery, New York, NY
The Voyage of the Beagle
Radiator Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2015
The Shadow Is Taken
Algus Greenspon Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Keister Lee Levine
Ille Arts, Amagansett, NY
Feral Objects
Creon Gallery, New York, NY
2013
The Stairs
Algus Greenspon Gallery, New York, NY
Fifty Works for Fifty States: Works from the Herbert and Dorothy Vogel Collection
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2012
Pillow Talk
Ille Arts, Amagansett, NY
Fifty Works for Fifty States: Works from the Herbert and Dorothy Vogel Collection
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Paul Clay
Salon 94 Bowery, New York, NY
Building Blocks
The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
50 Works-50 States, The Vogel Collection, The High Museum
Atlanta, GA
2010
Teacup Show
Rose Burlingham Gallery, New York, NY
Fifty Works for Fifty States: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
New Work
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2009
Fifty Works for Fifty States: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Objects, Furniture and Patterns
Art Since the Summer of ’69, New York, NY
Modern and Contemporary Ceramics
A. M. Richard Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
Commune
Black & White Gallery, New York, NY
Mary's Choice
303 Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Collected Thoughts: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
What Makes a Face
Salena Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, New York, NY
Angles in America
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Present Tense
Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
styrofoam
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2007
Canal Street
Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
Corpse of Time
Galeria Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
2006
Two Friends And So On, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Faculty Exhibition
Drew University, Madison, NJ
2003
Travelers Islip Art Museum
Long Island, New York, NY
2001
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Snapshot
Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MA
1998
A.R.T.
Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Glyphriff 2
New York Art Exchange
1997
Art Resources Transfer
Inc., New York, NY
TIAA/Cref, New York, NY
Across Lines
The Rosenberg Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, NY
GRoup
Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996
The Flying Saucer Project
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
Thing
Deven Golden Fine Art Ltd., New York, NY
In On Through
Morris Healy Gallery, New York, NY
1995
NYU Faculty Exhibition
Apex Art, New York, NY
Altered and Irrational: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
1994
Group
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
In Context: What is it about modern life that makes it so . . .
New York University, New York, NY
1993
Modern Post-Modern
SUNY Plattsburgh Art Museum, New York, NY
Steve Keister & Leslie Kamen
Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
Nine Sculptors and their Printer
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
1992
Zero Gravity
Henry DeFord 3rd Gallery, Citicorp Court Square, Long Island City, NY
A Marked Difference
Maatschappij Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
Celebrating Art & Architecture
LaSalle Partners, NationsBank Plaza, Charlotte, NC
1991
Out of Site
Institute for Art and Urban Resources, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
Working on Edge
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
Fabricators
Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
Steve Keister and Carter Hodgkins
Berland Hall Gallery, New York, NY
1990
Newer Sculpture
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Painted Metal Sculpture
The Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York
1988
A Drawing Show
Cable Gallery, New York, NY
Skulpturen Republik
Kunstraum Wien, Vienna, Austria
1987
From Object to Image
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
A Drawing Show
BlumHelman Gallery, New York
The Art of Sculpture
Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL
Woodwork
Martina Hamilton Gallery, New York
1986
The Barry Lowen Collection
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show
BlumHelman Gallery, New York, NY

Awards

2000
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
1999
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant
1988
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1986
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship

Public Collections

CCS Bard Hessel Museum, New York, NY
Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
The Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Blanton Museum of Art, the University of Texas at Austin, TX
Birmingham Museum of Art, AL
Boise Art Museum, ID
Castellani Art Museum, Niagra University, New York, NY
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, IA
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, CO
Columbia Museum of Art, SC
The Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, TX
The David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University, Providence, RI
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Honolulu Academy of Arts, HI
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Huntington Museum of Art, WV
IMA - Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
The Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, TX
Miami Art Museum, FL
The Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
The National Gallery, Washington, D. C.
New Mexico Museum of Art, Musem of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Utah State university, Logan, UT
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, OK
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix Art Museum, AZ
Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
Portland Art Museum, OR
Portland Museum of Art, ME
The Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
Rodert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Saint Louis Art Museum, MO
South Dakota Art Museum, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
SUNY Plattsburgh Art Museum, New York, NY
University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, AK
The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Yale Universit Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT