| Steven Brower Born Washington D.C. 1969 Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. (Full Scholarship) BFA, Highest Honors, 1991 | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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| 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 | |