Steuart Pittman
Oakland, California
Born 1985

EDUCATION

2009 M.F.A. Mills College, Oakland, California
2007 B.A. Knox College, Magna Cum Laude, Galesburg, Illinois

EXHIBITIONS

2019
“Lake,” Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, California

2017
“The Twist,” Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, California

2016
“Northern California Elegy: New Drawings,” The Sanctuary, Arcata, California

2013
“FORMALITIES,” Johansson Projects, Oakland, California

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

2018
“Reductive Non Objective Project – SF,” The Great Highway Gallery, San Francisco, CA, with accompanying catalog
“The Laura + John Fraser Collection,” Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL

2017
“Unusual Business,” Gravel & Gold, San Francisco, CA

2016
“Screen Play,” 2601 Pasadena Ave, Los Angeles, CA
“Plus One,” Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
“Artist Select,” Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
Cordesa Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2015
“Second Nature,” curated by Megan Cerminaro, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, California 
“Welcome To My World,” curated by Chris Ashley, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, California
“Drawing Show,” American Steel Studios, Oakland, California
“Bitch, Please,” N.B.D. Projects, San Francisco, California
“Art Opening Volume 8,” The Battery, San Francisco, California
“Trap the Line,” Bunny Gallery, Oakland, California
“New Normal One,” a Guerrero Gallery production, Oakland, California

2013
“Homecoming Exhibit: 6 Knox Artists,” Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois

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

2019
Tosa Studio Award Nominee, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, California

2018
SFMOMA SECA Award Nominee

2016
Peter S. Reed Foundation Award in Painting
Tosa Studio Award Nominee, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, California

2012
SFMOMA SECA Award Nominee

2010
SFMOMA SECA Award Nominee

2009
Jay DeFeo M.F.A. Award, Mills College, Oakland, California
Trefethen Fellowship Merit Award, Mills College, Oakland, California

LECTURES / SCREENINGS / PERFORMANCE / ETC.

2017
“The Painting Salon: May 2017,” with Marcela Pardo Ariza and Kate Rhoades, R/SF Projects, San Francisco, California
“Steuart Pittman and Hung Liu In Conversation with Sarah Roberts, Curator at SFMoMA,” Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, California, 11 March
Gravel & Gold, San Francisco, California, with Scott Vermeire

2016
The Independent, San Francisco, California, with Scott Vermeire, in support of Neil Hamburger
Mills College Painting Department, Oakland, California 
“Plus One” Panel Discussion, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, California
Mills College Fine Art Graduate Department 
San Francisco Art Institute, with Scott Vermeire

2015
“Friends Fair,” Hashimoto Contemporary and Spoke Art, San Francisco, California, presented by Eggy Press
Mills College Painting Department, Oakland, California
“ART NIGHT SF,” UN Plaza, San Francisco, California, with Packard Jennings and Scott Vermeire
“Tongue In Cheek,” di Rosa, Napa, California, with Packard Jennings and Scott Vermeire
The Battery, San Francisco, California
“Parking Lot Art Fair,” San Francisco, California, with Packard Jennings and Scott Vermeire
The 14th Annual San Francisco Sketchfest Comedy Festival

2014
The Lab’s 24-Hour Telethon, The Lab, San Francisco, California, with Packard Jennings and Scott Vermeire
Mills College Drawing Department, Oakland, California
20th Street Block Party, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California, “Postal Mortem,” a Jennie Ottinger Production, with Packard Jennings and Scott Vermeire
L@TE Friday Nights at BAM/PFA: “Talkies, Featuring Ron Lynch & Sad Vicious,” Programmed by George Chen, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California
The Steve Allen Theater at the Center for Inquiry, Hollywood, California
“Postal Mortem,” a Jennie Ottinger Production, with Packard Jennings and Scott Vermeire, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California
“Four Perspectives on Joseph Campbell,” Humboldt State University, Arcata, California
The 13th Annual San Francisco Sketchfest Comedy Festival
100 Performances for the Hole, SOMArts, San Francisco, California

2013
Mills College Painting Department, Oakland, California
Panel Discussion, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois
“Video Renegades: Experimental Video at Mills,” Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California
“Sad Vicious Slays Will Brown: FRIDAY THE 13TH, Nightmare On Auto Park Drive,” Will Brown, San Francisco, California
The Steve Allen Theater at the Center for Inquiry, Hollywood, California
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
13th Annual Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
SFMOMA Future Countdown Live, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California
The 12th Annual San Francisco Sketchfest Comedy Festival
“Only A Signal Shown,” Curated by Jonn Herschend, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California

2012
Mills College MFA Graduate Seminar Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Oakland, 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

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

2017
Morris, Barbara. “Critic’s Picks: San Francisco,” @ art ltd. magazine, Feb 28
“Steuart Pittman’s ‘The Twist’ at Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley,” @ Blouin Artinfo, Feb 6
Hotchkiss, Sarah. “Two Solos at Traywick Contemporary Bound by More than Just Quiet Grace,” @ KQED Arts, Feb 2

2016
Kelley, Megan. “A Powerhouse of Contemporary Counterparts Opens at Cumberland Gallery,” @ Nashville Arts Magazine, May 21
Pittman, Steuart. “Think Spring: An Online Exhibit selected by Steuart Pittman,” @ NIAD, Richmond, CA, April

2015
Hoover, Justin. “Artists’ Markets: Parking Lot Art Fair and stARTup Fair,” @ Art Practical, with Wonderment Consortium, May 19
“‘Tongue-in-Cheek’: New at di Rosa,” Napa Valley Register, with Wonderment Consortium, May 13
Whiting, Sam. “Quite a lot of art as guerrilla gallery fills parking spaces,” San Francisco Chronicle, with Wonderment Consortium, May 3

2014
Lefebvre, Sam. “I Spent Twenty-Four Hours at The Lab’s Crazy Fundraising Soiree.” East Bay Express, with Wonderment Consortium, November
“Artist Project: Live Radio Auction,” @ Art Practical, with Wonderment Consortium, curated by Jonn Herschend, July

2013
Palmer, Tamara. “Sad Vicious Throws Holiday Party,”@ NBC Bay Area, December
Rosen, Ariel. “Review: ‘Formalities’ featuring Dan Graybar and Steuart Pittman at Johansson Projects, Oakland,” @ San Francisco Arts Quarterly, October
“Formalities: Dan Grayber and Steuart Pittman at Johansson Projects” @ Oakland Art Enthusiast, October
Smigiel, Frank, “A Producer’s Journal, or Judgement A-Go-Go,” from Contemporary Art: 1989 to the Present, edited by Alexander Dumbadze and Suzanne Hudson, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, West Sussex, UK

2012
Pittman, Steuart, Brochure Essay, “John Fraser, Selected Works, 1991-2012,” Draewell Gallery, Judson University, Elgin, IL, October
Hoffberger, Chase. Kickstopper: An ‘inspirational’ papier-mâché statue of Tom Hanks, @ The Daily Dot, July
Harbour, Aaron. documentO @ Krowswork – Oakland, CA, @ ARTCARDS, June
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
McFarland, Kevin. Inspirational Tom Hanks-in-Cast Away statue subject of the world’s most important Kickstarter campaign, @ The Onion A.V. Club, June

2011
Pobric, Pac. A Conversation with Painter Steuart Pittman, @ On-Verge: Alternative Art Criticism, December
“Steuart Pittman: Photography & Painting” @ Painters’ Table, December

2010
Cheng, DeWitt. NOWHERE / ANYWHERE, East Bay Express, February
Gannon, Victoria. NOWHERE / ANYWHERE @ Flavorpill San Francisco, February
“Steuart Pittman: NOWHERE/ANYWHERE, Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA,” @ MINUS SPACE, February

2009
Stoked Americans, KQED Gallery Crawl Video, May
Young Americans, Mills College M.F.A. Exhibition Catalog, May, featuring essays by Terri Cohn and Glen Helfand
Dalkey, Victoria. “Picked fresh from the field of fine art,” The Sacramento Bee, July