Steven Brower

Born Washington D.C. 1969
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010 "WNTRSLN," Group Exhibition, Parker's Box, Brooklyn, New York
"BPL 003: Moranic Mission To Montana," Solo Exhibition, Esther M. Klein Art Gallery At The University City Science Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"BPL 003: Moranic Mission To Montana," Solo Exhibition, Visions West Gallery, Livingston, Montana
2009 "Pre-Launch Operations Test (PLOT) And Bake Sale," Solo Exhibition, Parker's Box, Brooklyn, New York
"Finding Work: Representing Labor In Contemporary Art," Group Exhibition, curated by Keith Miller, Gallatin Galleries (NYU), New York City
2008 "Steven Brower and Wendy Klemperer," Union College, Schenectady, New York
"The Golden Record - Sounds Of Earth," Curated by Mel Brimfield, Collective, Edinburgh, Scotland
2007 "BPL," Solo Exhibition, Parker's Box, Brooklyn, New York
"BPL-001, Memorial Service For Conrad Carpenter," Royal International Pavilion, Llangollen, Wales, United Kingdom
"Munin And The Search For Life On Earth," Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York City
2006 Installation of LEM at Museum Of Flight, permanent exhibit, Seattle, Washington
2005 "Summer Selections," The Fields, Art Omi, Ghent, New York
2004 "Extravehicular Activity," Solo Exhibition, Parker's Box, Brooklyn, New York
2002 "Crafting Space," SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"Ghost Town," Forde Espace d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
2001 "Pay Attention, Please," Museo d'Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy
"Chain Reaction: Rube Goldberg and Contemporary Art," Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts and Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, New York
2000 "Vacuum," Solo Exhibition, Galleria Franco Noero, Torino, Italy
"Genealogy," Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
"Dreams in the Void: Post-Heroic Visions of Space," Temple Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Transposed: Analogs of Built Space," Sculpture Center, New York City
"Greater New York," P.S.1, Long Island City, New York
"Artworkers," Travelling Exhibition, United Kingdom
1999 "Modell-Wirklichkeit," Art Gallery of Munster, Munster, Germany
"What Your Children Should Know About Conceptualism" Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen and Potsdam Germany
"Steven Brower," Vienna Secession, Vienna, Austria
"Utility," Solo Exhibition, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York City
"Construction Drawings," Kunst-Werke Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1998 "Little Worlds," Dunlop Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
"Some Young New Yorkers II," PS1, Long Island City, New York
1997 "Half Empty," Solo exhibition, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York City
"Picturing: Art According to The World," Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
"Wit, Whimsy, and Humor," College of New Rochelle, New York City
1996 "Close to Home," Lehman College, Bronx, New York City
"Downsize," Solo exhibition, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York City
1995 "Hick," E.S. Vandam, New York City
"Creation/Recreation," Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York
"Form Follows Dysfunction," Group exhibition curated with Robert Kalka, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

SPECIAL PROJECTS
2011 Guest Speaker, Hotspring Network, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2010 Residency, SIAS International University, Xinzheng, China
Guest Speaker, "Apollo 17 Commemorative Presentation," Musem Of Flight, Seattle, Washington
Guest Speaker, LucidNYC, New York City, May 26, 2010
2009 Contribution,"Brecken Ridge, WVA, High-Tech Ghost Town," Shifter Magazine, issue 15
2008 Lecture,"How To Start An Aerospace Company Without Really Knowing Anything," SIAS International University, Xinzheng City, China
2007 Contribution, "Our Comic Book," The Comic Book Project, United Kingdom
2005 page, Cabinet Magazine, issue 17
2004 Visiting Lecturer, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Visiting Lecturer, Cal State University, Bakersfield, California
2001 Residency, Art in General, New York City
2000 Residency, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
1997 "The Writer's Project," P.S. 1, Long Island City, New York
Panel discussion, "Visions of Masculinity-Images of Power," Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
1996 Visiting lecturer at Long Island University at C.W. Post, Brookville, New York
"Letter From Black Mountain College," article for ANY magazine, New York City
1993-96 Curated Exhibitions CHAMBER 1--6, New York City

EDUCATION
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. (Full Scholarship) BFA, Highest Honors, 1991

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kearney, Liz, "Art, Science Collide In Visions West Exhibit," The Livingston Enterprise, Vol. 98, No. 263, Livingston, Montana, September 23, 2010
Lebowitz, Cathy, "Social Experiments: Artist Steven Brower," unpublished manuscript, 2009
Six, Nicole, and Paul Petritsch, Atlas, Secession, Vienna, Austria, 2009
Lebowitz, Cathy, "Steven Brower," Art In America, September, 2008pdf
Kalm, James, "Brooklyn Dispatches," The Brooklyn Rail, February, 2008pdf
Review, "Steven Brower," The New Yorker, January 14, 2008
Brimfield, Mel, with Dominic Chennell, Our Comic Book, Revolver, Frankfurt am Main, 2007
Connally, Siobhan, "Steven Brower, Artist," The Artful Mind, June 2005
Ragaini, Robert, "Omi, The Art Has Landed," Register-Star, 6/16/05
Amy, Michael, Review "Steven Brower," Sculpture, April 2005 pdf
Sloterdijk, Peter, Spharen III, Schaume, Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2004
Siegal, Jennifer, ed, Mobile, The Art of Portable Architecture, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, NY, 2002
Kiendl, Anthony, and Jeanne Randolph, Little Worlds, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina Public Library, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 2001.
Collu, Cristiana, Fernando Castro, Luca Beatrice, Alberto Ruiz, and Gianni Canova, Pay Attenti(on) Please, MAN, Museo d'Arte della Provincia di Nuoro, Skira editore, Milan, 2001
Berry, Ian, ed, Chain Raction, Rube Goldberg And Contemporary Art, The Tang Teaching Museum And Art Gallery At Skidmore College, 2001
Bell, Jonathan, ed, Carchitecture, Birkhauser/August Media, London, 2001
Fallon, Roberta, "Philadelphia Story," Philadelphia Weekly Jan. 2001 pdf
Laird, Tessa, "Genealogy Mike Stevenson and Steven Brower," Eyeline, Spring 2000 pdf
Marcoci, Roxana, "Steven Brower: From White Cube to Infrastructure," Trans 6, 1999 pdf
Miller, Keith, Review "Utility," Art Papers, July/Aug. 1999 pdf
Canning, Sue, "Steven Brower Utility," Sculpture, July/Aug. 1999 pdf
Carr, C., "Handyman's Special," New York Village Voice 4/6/99 pdf
Halle, Howard, "Steven Brower: Critics Pick," TimeOut NY,3/31/99
Johnson, Ken, Review, "Utililty," The New York Times, March 19, 1999 pdf
Damianovic, Maia, Catalogue Essay, "Side Show," Lombard/Freid, 1999
Dykstra, Jean , First Exit To Brooklyn, Art & Auction, December, 1997
Mumford, Steve, "Stalking the Soho Dodo," Review, October 1,1997
Cotter, Holland, Review, "The Experimenters," The New York Times, January 10, 1997 pdf
Pascucci, Ernest, Review "Downsize," Art Forum, 11/96 pdf
Zimmer, William , "Honoring Women As Keepers of the Home," The New York Times, October 20, 1996
Smith, Roberta, Review "Downsize," The New York Times, July 19, 1996 pdf
Canning, Susan, Review "Downsize," New Art Examiner, October, 1996 pdf
Arning, Bill, Review "Downsize," Time Out New York, July 10, 1996
Levin, Kim, Review "Downsize," CHOICES, Village Voice, July 2, 1996 pdf
Harrison, Helen A., "Artists Who Make Work Out of Play," The New York Times, January 7, 1996
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