STEVE CURRIE
Born Flint, MI - Lives Brooklyn, NY.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 - “to a T”, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2020 - “mapping conflicting impulses”, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2018 - "Pools", Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2015 - "gone fishing...", Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2012 - "From an Old Drawing", Elizabeth Harrris Gallery, New York, NY
2010 - "Long Highway", Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2007 - "Some Roads", Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2006 - Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1998 - Revolution Billboard, Detroit ( Ferndale ), MI
1996 - Slusser Gallery, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Bobbit Visual Arts Center, Albion College, Albion, MI
1995 - Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
- Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
- Revolution Gallery, Detroit ( Ferndale ), MI
1993 - Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
1992 - Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
1991 - Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
1990 - Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
1989 - Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
1988 - Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
1987 - Diferenca Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
1986 - Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1998 - “Contingent/Continuous (with Nancy Cohen), Visceglia Gallery,
Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ
1997 - With Lucio Pozzi, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 - New Gallery/New Work Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York
2015 - "Boxart: After Hours", Firework Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- "Intricate Expanse", Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
2011 - "2 + 2 = 4," Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2007 - Davidson Contemporary, Seattle, WA
2006 - "All Sentient Beings", curateed by Virginia Shore, Dumbo Arts Center,
Brooklyn, NY
2005 - “Yo Graph Net Interporn”, ArtMoving, Brooklyn , NY
2004 - “NYFA 2004 Inspiration Awards Benefit, New York , NY
2002 - “Knockout Fairground”, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York , NY
2001 - “Energy Inside”, Faulconer Gallery, Bucksbaum Center for the Arts,
Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
1999 - “BILLBOARD Art on the Road”, MASS MoCa, North Adams , MA
- “To The Fore”, Revolution/NY, New York , NY
1998 - “Wild”, Exit Art/The First World, New York , NY
- “Gotham Group”, Charles Cowles Gallery , New York , NY
- “Hot”, Revolution Gallery, Detroit ( Ferndale ), MI
1996 - “Symbiosis”, Mott Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Flint , MI
1995 - “Contemporary and Modern Sculpture”, Grace Borgenicht Gallery,
New York, NY
- “Semaphore: Placing the Mark – Bill Bace and Renegade Spaces Project”,
New York, NY
1994 - “ Michigan Directions: Flint Area Artists”, Flint Institute of Arts , Flint , MI
- “Fabricated Nature”, Boise Art Museum , Boise , ID , traveled to U. of
Wyoming Museum of Art, Laramie, WY, Virginia Beach Center for The Arts,
Virginia Beach, VA
- “Works on Paper”, Slusser Gallery, U. of Michigan , Ann Arbor , MI
1993 - Grace Borgenicht Gallery , New York , NY
- “Volume, No Noise”, Klein Art Works, Chicago , IL
- “Sporting Works”, David Anderson Gallery, Buffalo , NY
- “Five Sculptors”, Rosa Esman Gallery , New York , NY
- “Yale collects Yale”, Yale University Art Gallery , New Haven , CT
- “Contemporary Abstraction”, Klein Art Works, Chicago , IL
1991 - “Height, Width, Length: Contemporary Sculpture From The Weatherspoon
Collection”, Weatherspoon Art Gallery , The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, NC
- “American Narrative Painting and Sculpture: The 1980s”, The Nassau County
Museum of Art , Roslyn Harbour , NY
- “Fabricators”, Grace Borgenicht Gallery , New York , NY
- “Source Material”, Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago , IL
1990 - “Spring Acquisitions”, Weatherspoon Art Gallery , University of North Carolina,
Greensboro , NC
1988 - “Innovations in Sculpture”, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art,
Ridgefield, CT
- “Four Sculptors”, Vaughan Gallery, Minneapolis , MN
- “The 1980s: A New Generation of American Painters and Sculptors”, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York , NY
1986 - "Invitational Exhibition," Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012 - Faye Hirsch, Exhibition Reviews , Art in America, October
2010 - Naves, Mario, "Steve Currie: Long Highway," City Arts, May 5
2007 - Goodman, Jonathan, "Improvisation, Complexity, and Form", catalogue essay
for exhibition at Elizabeth Harris Gallery
- Naves, Mario, "Currently Hanging", The Culture, The New York Observer,
October
2006 - Goodman, Jonathan, Sculpture, June, pp73-74
- Ostrow Saul, "Steve Currie at Elizabeth Harris Gallery", Art in America,
April, p153
1997 - Banes, Ashley and Harai, Randi, “Recent Sculptures”,
Cybersurfing 57 th , July
1996 - Melrod, George, “Home is Where the Art is”, Art & Antiques” , June
- Scholt, Grayce, “Arts Review”, The Flint Journal , Flint , MI , February 25
1995 - Licata, Elizabeth , “Living with Art”, ARTNews , December
- Miro, Marsha, “Sculptor's Ideas Take Flight on Themes Inspired by
Space Exploration”, Detroit Free Press , March 28
- Colby, Joy Hakanson, “Full House”, The Detroit News , March 17
1994 - Schnoor, Chris, “Sculptural Dualities”, Reflex , August/September, p 13
- Melrod, George, “Steve Currie at Grace Borgenicht”, Art in America, May
- Ross, Jeanette, “Through a Looking Glass”, Artweek , May 19, p 12
- Phillips, Patricia C., “Steve Currie”, Artforum , April, pp 99-100
- Harthorn, Sandy, “Fabricated Nature (exhibition catalogue essay from The
Boise Art Museum , Boise , ID
1993 - Melrod, George, “Steve Currie”, Sculpture , July-August, p 66
1991 - Artner, Alan and McCracken, David, “Ten Exhibitions Graced the City”,
Chicago Tribune, The Arts Section 13, December 29, p 18
- Artner, Alan, “Calderesque Play Lightens Currie's Sophisticated Work”,
Chicago Tribune, May 10
- Hixson, Kathryn, “Chicago in Review: Steve Currie”, Arts Magazine,
September
- McLaughin, Bonnie, “Source Material”, Inside Art, The Reader , Aug 9
1990 - Heartney, Eleanor, “Steve Currie”, ARTNews , Summer
- Kimmelman, Michael, “Steve Currie”, The New York Times , Feb 16
1989 - McCracken, “Opposites attract in Currie's sculptures”, Chicago Tribune ,
April 14
1988 - Scott, Martha B., “Innovations in Sculpture 1985-88”, catalogue essay from
the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield , CT
- Princenthal, Nancy, “Steve Currie at Grace Borgenicht”, Art in America,
December
- Baker, Kenneth, “Complex, Cool Sculptures”, San Francisco Chronicle,
September 19
- Kimmelman, Michael, “Uptown, Novices and Modern Masters”, The New York
Times , February 26
1986 - Brenson, Michael, “Sculpture Breaks the Mold of Minimalism”, The New York
Times , November 23
- Brenson, Michael, “ Bountiful Season in Outdoor Sculpture Reveals Glimmers
Of a New Sensibility”, The New York Times, July 18
EDUCATION
B.F.A., University of Michigan, 1977
M.F.A., Yale University, 1984
AWARDS
1997 - New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Sculpture
1990 - New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Sculpture
1988-89 - National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Sculpture
1987 - MADEIN/Luso-American Foundation Grant
1986 - Igor Foundation Grant
COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
AT&T Corporation, New York, NY
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Buscaglia-Castellani Art Gallery, Niagara University, Niagara Falls, NY
Chemical Bank, New York, NY
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Luso-American Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Miami-Dade Community College, Miami , FL
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth , TX
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach , CA
The Sunrise Museum, Charleston , WV
The United States Embassy in Skopje, Macedonia
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis , MN
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina , Greensboro , NC
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT