Steve Justice was born in Homestead, Pittsburgh in 1956 (Gemini/Monkey). His mother was a Finn and his father was an engineer. In his formative years of stone and steel, Steve showed an early aptitude for art and studied at the Carnegie Institute under Joseph C. Fitzpatrick, who had also taught Andy Warhol. Steve then studied industrial design at the University of Cincinnati, after which he was employed for many years designing a variety of consumer and commercial products, most notably consumer glassware (FTD, Coke &c). Partway into his design career he was drawn back to the practice of fine art and began producing large, satirical oil portraits, at first part-time and now full-time. He proceeded to participate in more than a hundred exhibitions, in spite of a 6-year hiatus, during which he drew and made prints while living in Hong Kong. He and his wife Dr. Lorraine Justice now reside in Rochester, NY. Steve Justice is deeply committed to entertaining, enlightening, and educating viewers through his art, so stay tuned.
Art Exhibitions 11/2/2020
Steven W. Justice
93 Fonthill Park Rochester, NY 14618 Phone: 585-500-8140
www.stevejusticestudio.com
1988 Autumn Columbus Art League, Columbus, OH — group exhibition.
1989 Spring Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA — group exhibition.
Autumn Bellissimo Gallery, Columbus, OH — two-person exhibition.
Autumn Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH — three-person exhibition.
1990 Summer Ohio State Fair Exhibition, Columbus, OH — group exhibition, Distinguished Artist Award.
1991 Winter Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH — solo exhibition.
Spring Inview Gallery, Columbus, OH — group exhibition.
Spring Carson Street Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA — group exhibition.
Spring Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA – group exhibition. Best of Show.
Spring Westmoreland Art Nationals, Greensburg, PA – group exhibition.
Summer Acme Art Gallery, Columbus, OH – three-person exhibition.
Summer The Dell, Columbus, OH – solo exhibition.
Summer The Northern Art Competition, Rhinelander, WI – group exhibition.
Summer The Southside Art League Regional Show, Indianapolis, IN – group exhibition.
1992 Spring Harrisburg Art Nationals, Harrisburg, PA – group exhibition, Distinguished Artist Award.
Spring Columbus Art League, Columbus, OH – group show.
Spring It’s an Art Gallery, Columbus, OH – group show.
Summer Cedar Rapids Art League, Cedar Rapids, IA – group show.
Summer Ohio State Fair, Columbus, OH – group show.
Autumn Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, OH – group show.
1993 Spring Ambrosia Gallery, Columbus, OH — two-person exhibition.
Spring The Gallery on Broadway “Emerging Artists” Show, Nashville, TN – group exhibition.
Spring Artswatch Gallery “Ohio Invitational”, Louisville, KY — group exhibition.
Spring Ohio State University “All Ohio Exhibition”, Mansfield, OH –group exhibition.
Spring South Ohio Museum “Sight and Insight” show, Portsmouth, OH — group exhibition.
Spring Tapatio, Columbus, OH – 2-person exhibition.
Spring BACA “9th Annual Juried Exhibition”, Berkeley, CA – group show.
1993 Spring Univ. of North Dakota “National Art Exhibition”, Grand Forks, ND — group exhibition.
Spring LaFond Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA – group exhibition.
Summer Westmoreland Art Nationals, Greensburg, PA – group exhibition, Distinguished Artist Award.
Summer Via Galleria, Columbus, OH – solo exhibition.
Summer The Northern Art Competition, Rhinelander, WI – group exhibition.
Summer The Ohio State Fair Exhibition, Columbus, OH — group exhibition.
Autumn Mt. Vernon Nazerene College Gallery, Mt. Vernon, OH – 2-person exhibition.
Autumn It’s An Art Gallery, Columbus, OH – group exhibition.
Autumn Klamath Juried Exhibition, Klamath, OR – group exhibition.
Autumn Indianapolis Art League Regional Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN – group exhibition.
Autumn Dougherty Arts Center “Artists Response” Exhibition, Austin, TX — group exhibition.
Autumn Fort Wayne Art Museum “New Art Exhibition”, Ft. Wayne, IN – group exhibition.
1994 Winter Franklin Univ. Bunte Gallery, Columbus OH – solo exhibition.
Winter Colorado Springs Art Gallery “49th Annual Natl. Exhibition”, Colorado Springs, CO – group exhibition.
Spring Dairy Barn Arts Center “Area Art on View” Exhibition, Athens, OH– group exhibition.
Spring Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA – group exhibition.
Summer Fort Wayne Regional Biennial Art Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN – group exhibition.
Summer Westmoreland Art Nationals, Greensburg PA – group exhibition.
Summer Chautauqua 37th National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua, NY — group exhibition, Distinguished Artist Award.
Summer Colfax Cultural Center “Art & Social Justice” Show, South Bend, IN — group exhibition.
Summer Butler Institute 58th Annual Midyear Exhibition, Youngstown, OH, — group exhibition, Distinguished Artist Award.
Summer Ohio State Fair Exhibition, Columbus, OH – group exhibition.
Autumn Klamath Juried Open Exhibition, Klamath Falls, OR – group show.
Autumn Dougherty Arts Center, “Artists Response” Exhibition, Austin, TX –group exhibition.
1995 Winter Eclectic Art, Columbus, OH – group exhibition.
Winter Bacci, Columbus, OH – 2-person exhibition.
Spring Ohio State University “All Ohio Arts Exhibition”, Mansfield, OH –group exhibition.
Spring Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, Invitational group show.
Spring Genesis Art Gallery, Athens OH – group exhibition.
Summer Trumbull Art Gallery Annual Exhibition, Warren OH – group show.
Summer Ohio State Fair Exhibition, Columbus OH – group exhibition.
Summer Eclectic Art, Columbus OH – group exhibition.
Autumn Worthington Art Council, Worthington OH – solo exhibition.
Autumn Agora Gallery, NYC, New York – group exhibition.
Autumn EIO Gallery/Powerhouse “Morality” Exhibition, Cleveland, OH – group exhibition.
1996 Winter Ohio State Univ. “All Ohio Exhibition”, Mansfield, OH – group exhibition.
Spring Borders, Columbus, OH – solo exhibition.
Spring Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA – group exhibition.
Spring Trumbull Gallery, Warren, OH – solo exhibition.
Summer Ohio State Fair Exhibition, Columbus, OH – group exhibition.
1997 Winter Dublin Arts Council, Dublin, OH – group exhibition.
Winter Columbus Art League “86th Spring Exhibition”, Columbus, OH – group exhibition, Award.
Winter Ohio State Univ. “All Ohio Arts Exhibition”, Mansfield, OH – group exhibition.
Spring Harrisburg Art Nationals, Harrisburg, PA – group exhibition, Award.
Summer Butler Institute “61st Annual Mid-year Exhibition”, Youngstown, OH – group exhibition.
Summer Penn State U., Central Pennsylvania “Images 97” Exhibition, State College, PA – group exhibition, Merit Award.
Summer St. Francis College “Three Rivers Arts Exhibition”, Fort Wayne, IN– group exhibition.
Summer Pittsburgh Progressive Artists “People’s Art Show”, Pittsburgh, PA – group exhibition.
Autumn Urban Inst. for Contemporary Art “Myth America” show, Grand Rapids, MI – group exhibition.
1997 Autumn East New Mexico Univ. “Scene Unseen” Exhibition, Portales, NM — group exhibition, Award (juror was Lucy Lippard).
Autumn Artspace/Lima “Hunger” Exhibition, Lima, OH – group exhibition (juror was Judy Chicago).
1998 Winter Denison Univ. “Re-presenting Art History” Show, Granville, OH – group exhibition.
Winter Fort Wayne Art Museum “Club Art Show”, Fort Wayne, IN – group exhibition.
Spring Artlink Gallery “Images of Human Form” show, Fort Wayne, IN – group exhibition.
Spring Zanesville Art Center “56th Annual Exhibition”, Zanesville, OH –group exhibition.
Summer Penn State U., Central Pennsylvania “Images 98” exhibition, State College, PA – group exhibition.
Autumn Indianapolis Arts Council “Inspired By Funk” Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN — 2-person exhibition.
1999 Spring Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA – group exhibition.
Summer Chautauqua 42nd Natl. Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua, NY – group exhibition.
2000 Summer Gemena Gallery “Exile” Exhibition, Atlanta, GA – group exhibition.
2001 Winter Allen Ashton Gallery “North Fulton Regional 2001”, Roswell, GA –group exhibition.
2001 Spring Oconee Arts Center “Southworks 2001” Exhibition, Watkinsville, GA — group exhibition.
Spring Harrisburg Art Nationals, Harrisburg, PA – group exhibition.
Spring Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA – group exhibition.
Summer Dalton Arts Center 38th Annual Exhibition, Dalton, GA – group show.
Autumn Georgia State Fair Exhibition, Perry, GA – group exhibition.
Autumn Tennessee Valley Arts & Crafts Museum, Tuscumbia, AL – group exhibition.
2002 Winter Abernathy Arts Center “North Fulton Regional 2002” show, Atlanta, GA — group exhibition.
Spring Chattahoochee Valley Arts Museum “National XXII” show, LaGrange, GA – group exhibition.
Spring Oconee Arts Center “Southworks 2002” Exhibition, Watkinsville, GA – group exhibition.
Spring ATHICA “Artists Response to War” Exhibition, Athens, GA – group exhibition.
Spring Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA – group exhibition.
2002 Spring Decatur Arts Festival Exhibition, Decatur, GA – group exhibition.
Summer Dalton Arts Center 39th Annual Exhibition, Dalton, GA – group show.
2003 Winter Abernathy Arts Center “North Fulton Regional 2003” show, Atlanta, GA- group exhibition.
Winter The Green Rabbit Gallery “New Beginnings” show, Alpharetta, GA –group exhibition.
Spring Oconee Arts Center “Southworks 2003” Exhibition, Watkinsville, GA — group exhibition.
Summer Dalton Arts Center 40th Annual Exhibition, Dalton, GA – group exhibition, Award.
2003 Autumn Unity North, Henrietta GA – group exhibition.
2004 Winter Abernathy Arts Center “North Fulton Regional 2004” show, Atlanta, GA — group exhibition, Finalist Award.
2009 Autumn Gecko, Hong Kong – solo exhibition.
2011 Autumn Brighton Arts Festival “18th Annual”, Rochester, NY –group exhibition.
2012 Spring Bridge Art Gallery “Balance” show, Rochester, NY – group exhibition.
Summer Bridge Art Gallery “The Road Less Travelled” show, Rochester, NY — group exhibition.
Autumn Bridge Art Gallery “Relationships” show, Rochester, NY – group exhibition.
Autumn Brighton Arts Festival “19th Annual”, Rochester, NY – group exhibition.
2015 Spring Crary Gallery, Warren PA, “Metaphors, Betaphors and Zetaphors” – solo exhibition.
2016 Spring Art Expressions “East Meets West” show, Rochester, NY – group show.
Spring Rochester Cultural Arts Center “6x6x2016 Exhibition”, Rochester, NY — group exhibition.
Summer Little Theater Café Gallery, Rochester, NY – solo exhibition.
Summer Bridge Art Gallery “Age and Beauty” show, Rochester, NY – group exhibition.
Summer Cooperstown Art Association “81st Annual National Exhibition”, Cooperstown, NY – group exhibition.
Summer Little Theater Café Gallery “Best of Show” exhibition, Rochester, NY – group exhibition.
Autumn Cincinnati Art Club “ViewPoint 48” show, Cincinnati, OH – group exhibition.
Autumn MUCCC Theater Gallery, Rochester, NY – solo exhibition.
Autumn Bridge Art Gallery “In My Neck of the Woods” show, Rochester, NY – group exhibition.
2017 Spring Rochester Contemporary Art Center “6x6x2017” show, Rochester, NY – group exhibition.
Summer RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) Main Gallery, Rochester, NY – solo show.
Summer Bridge Art Gallery, Rochester, NY – group exhibition.
Summer Little Theater Café Gallery, Arena Art Group “Jazz” exhibition, Rochester, NY — group show.
Summer Cooperstown Art Association “82nd Annual National Exhibition”, Cooperstown, NY – group exhibition.
Autumn MuCCC Theater Gallery, Arena Art Group ”Edge of Night” exhibition, Rochester, NY — group show.
Autumn Arena Art Group “Dabble Project” exhibition, Rochester, NY – group show.
Winter Geisel Gallery, Arena Art Group exhibition, Rochester, NY – group show.
2018 Spring Williams Gallery, Arena Art Group “Expanding Dimensions” exhibition, Rochester, NY – group show.
Summer Link Gallery, Arena Art Group “Summer in the City” exhibition, Rochester, NY – group show.
Summer Cooperstown Art Association “83rd Annual National Exhibition”, Cooperstown, NY – group show.
2019 Winter Williams Gallery, “Light Sources”, Rochester, NY – solo exhibition.
Winter Nu Movement Gallery, “Naked”, Rochester, NY – group exhibition.
Summer Sewickley Public Library, “Some Day Your Prints Will Come”, Sewickley, PA — solo exhibition.
Summer Memorial Art Gallery, “66th Rochester/ Finger Lakes Exhibition”, Rochester, NY – group show.
Summer Little Theater Café Gallery, Arena Art Group “Jazz” exhibition, Rochester, NY – group show.
Summer MuCCC Theater Gallery, Arena Art Group “Fringe 2019” exhibition, Rochester, NY – group show.
Autumn Mill Art Center & Gallery, Arena Art Group “Arena @ the Mill” exhibition, Honeoye Falls, NY – group exhibition.
Autumn Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 29th Annual Members Exhibition, Rochester, NY – group exhibition.
Autumn Bridge Art Gallery “Life is a Journey” show, Rochester, NY – group exhibition.
2020 Spring Barrett Art Center, “Margins National Juried Exhibition, Poughkeepsie, NY — group exhibition.
Spring MuCCC Theater Gallery, “5th Anniversary Gallery Exhibit, Rochester, NY – group exhibition.
Spring Rochester Contemporary Arts Center, “6x6x2020” show, Rochester, NY – group exhibition.
2020 Summer Cincinnati Art Club “Viewpoint 52” show, Cincinnati Ohio – group exhibition.
Summer d’art Center “Natl. Exhibition … Art for Therapy, Coping & Mental Health Awareness”, Norfolk Virginia – group show.
Summer Hera Gallery “Right to Vote” exhibition, Wakefield, RI – group show.
Autumn Las Laguna Gallery “Political Discord” exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA- group exhibition.