To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist. — Robert Schumann
I was born in Homestead, in Pittsburgh in 1956 (Monkey/ Gemini) during a period of labor unrest. I’m talking about my mother, not Homestead. Maybe Homestead too. She was a second-generation Finn and my father was an engineer. I showed an early aptitude for art, which was a good thing because it kept me off the mean streets of our housing development. I studied art for several years at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh under Joseph C. Fitzpatrick, who’d also taught Andy Warhol.
I was dissuaded from continuing my studies in fine art by my wise elders, who were experts in career counseling, so I struck a compromise and studied Industrial Design at the University of Cincinnati. I plied that trade in the Rust Belt for a few decades, creating manufacturing jobs while designing vases, drinkware, candleholders, car seats, storage containers, tires, doo-dads, what-nots and thingamajigs, for the likes of Sears, Indiana Glass, Candle-Lite, Coca-Cola, FTD, Century, Goodyear, Brody, Homco, and many others. (My commercial floral vases are still being made, 30+ years later. My bottle-style Coke drinkware is recognized around the world. I helped design the 2002 Winter Olympic torch.)
Partway into my design career “the call of the wild” lured me back to making art, and I began painting large, satirical cartoon portraits, at first part-time and eventually full-time. Since then, I have shown my work 160+ times and have sold lots of paintings. I now reside in Rochester, NY, and I continue to paint more prolifically than ever. In my art I am deeply committed to the three E’s of Entertaining, Enlightening and Educating viewers like you. Thank you.
Art Exhibitions 11/2/2020
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.
2021 Spring Arena Art Group, Online exhibition, Rochester NY – group show.
Spring Gallery 114, “These Truths” exhibition, Portland, Oregon – group show.
Spring Rochester Contemporary Arts Center, “6x6x2021” show, Rochester, NY –- group exhibition.
Spring Exhibizone, “Diversia: Culture” online exhibition, NYC – group show.
Summer Cooperstown Art Association “85th Annual National Exhibition”,
Cooperstown, NY – group show, Jurors Citation.
Summer Las Laguna Gallery, “50” online exhibition, Laguna Beach CA – group exhibition.
Summer RIT Bevier Gallery, Arena Art Group “Non-themed Exhibition”,
Rochester, NY – group show.
Summer Indian Hill Gallery, “DAAPmade” exhibition, Cincinnati, Ohio – group show.
Summer Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Arena Art Group “70th Anniversary” show,
Rochester NY – group exhibition.
Summer Las Lagunas Gallery, “ICONS 2021” online exhibition, Laguna Beach CA – group show.
Summer Site: Brooklyn Gallery, “Painting 2011-2021” online exhibition, Brooklyn NY –
group show.
Summer Exhibizone, “Emptiness Exhibition – 2021” online show, NYC – group show.
Autumn Trolley Barn Gallery, “Of an Era, Intl. Juried Art Exhibition”, Poughkeepsie, NY
— group show.
Steven W. Justice
93 Fonthill Park Rochester, NY 14618 Phone: 585-500-8140
www.stevejusticestudio.com