STEUART PITTMAN
Born 1985, Chicago, Illinois
Lives and works in Oakland, California
EDUCATION
2009 M.F.A. Mills College, Oakland, California
2007 B.A. Knox College, Magna Cum Laude, Galesburg, Illinois
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
"NOWHERE / ANYWHERE," Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, California
2008
"CUSTOMS," Andrew Ütt Gallery, Oakland, California
2007
"HARVEST," Sculpture Building, Mills College, Oakland, California
"ENTASIS," Ford Center for Fine Art, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
"DocumentO" Krowswork, Oakland, California, Curated by Jasmine Moorhead
"Pizza Show" Pony Club Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Curated by Luke Forsyth
2011
"Manic Episode 2" Reynolds Gallery, Jeanette Powell Art Center, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California
"Manic Episode 2" Brickhouse Gallery, Sacramento, California
2010
Alumni Group Exhibit, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois
"Forasteros," Dancing Elephant Projects, Bogotá, Colombia
"Winter Group Exhibit," BayVAN, Oakland, California
2009
"Contemporary Works from the Cleve Carney Collection," Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois
"Fresh Young Things," JayJay Gallery, Sacramento, California
"Young Americans," M.F.A. Exhibition, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California
2008
Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, California
AWARDS / HONORS
2012
SFMOMA SECA Award Nominee
2010
SFMOMA SECA Award Nominee
2009
Jay DeFeo M.F.A. Award, Mills College
Trefethen Fellowship Merit Award, Mills College
LECTURES / SCREENINGS / PERFORMANCE / ETC.
2013
Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
The 12th Annual San Francisco Sketchfest Comedy Festival
"Only A Signal Shown," Curated by Jonn Herschend, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California, (with Wonderment Consortium)
2012
Mills College MFA Graduate Seminar Visiting Artist Lecture Series
12th Annual Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
2011
"The Shadowshopper Network @ Shadowshop Final
Days," with Packard Jennings and Scott Vermeire, curated by Frank
Smigiel with Stephanie Syjuco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San
Francisco, California
Subterranean Arthouse, Berkeley, California
"21 Projects x 21 days x 21 Hours," Royal NoneSuch Gallery, Oakland, California
Ghosttown Gallery, Oakland, California
11th Annual Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
2010
"West of the Wonder Wheel: Carnival Reception" an
Exhibition of the work of Samara Halperin, curated by Daniel Nevers,
Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
"It's Only Rock and Roll," Truesilver Union, San Francisco, California
"Circular Time," a stage production by Packard Jennings, Intersection For the Arts, San Francisco, California
"Sideshow Happening," Root Division, San Francisco, California
Royal NoneSuch Gallery @ Temescal Street Cinema, Oakland, California
2009
"FILMNIGHT 1.0," Swarm Gallery, Oakland, California
2008
Timken Lecture Hall, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
LoBot Gallery, Oakland, California
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012
Pittman, Steuart, Brochure Essay, "John Fraser, Selected Works, 1991-2012," Draewell Gallery, Judson University, Elgin, IL, October 2012
Hoffberger, Chase. Kickstopper: An 'inspirational' papier-mâché statue of Tom Hanks, @ The Daily Dot, July 2012
Harbour, Aaron. documentO @ Krowswork - Oakland, CA, @ ARTCARDS, June 2012
Harmanci, Reyhan. Is Kickstarter Getting Punk'd? @ BuzzFeed, June 2012
Chaney, Jen. Tom Hanks could become a high school statue if someone will just pony up $10K, @ The Washington Post, June 2012
McFarland, Kevin. Inspirational Tom Hanks-in-Cast Away statue subject of the world's most important Kickstarter campaign, @ The Onion A.V. Club, June 2012
2011
Pobric, Pac. A Conversation with Painter Steuart Pittman, @ On-Verge: Alternative Art Criticism, December 2011
"Steuart Pittman: Photography & Painting" @ Painters' Table, December 2011
2010
Cheng, DeWitt. NOWHERE / ANYWHERE, East Bay Express, February 2010
Gannon, Victoria. NOWHERE / ANYWHERE @ Flavorpill San Francisco, February 2010
"Steuart Pittman: NOWHERE/ANYWHERE, Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA," @ MINUS SPACE, February 2010
2009
Stoked Americans, KQED Gallery Crawl Video, May 2009
Young Americans, Mills College M.F.A. Exhibition Catalog, May 2009, featuring essays by Terri Cohn and Glen Helfand
Dalkey, Victoria. "Picked fresh from the field of fine art," The Sacramento Bee, July 2009
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Neiman Marcus Art Collection
The Knox College Art Collection
The Ellington Collection, Oakland, CA
RESIDENCIES / ETC.
2011
"NEW VOODOO," ZZA's Enoteca, Oakland, California, Curated by Obi Kaufmann
2008
24-Hour Residency Program, Pancake Clubhouse, Portland, OR
