Steve Keister (b.1949, lives and works in New York, NY) earned a BFA and an MFA from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and a Gottlieb Foundation Grant, among other awards. He has had solo exhibitions at Freddy, Harris, NY; Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Texas Gallery, Houston; Blum Helman, New York; Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne; Feature, Inc, New York; and Mitchell Algus, New York. Steve’s solo exhibition BIO MESO is currently on view at Derek Eller Gallery through February 4, 2023.

Steve Keister Installation, Derek Eller Gallery

Steve Keister Siamese Cat, 2022 glazed ceramic, acrylic on wood 11 x 14.25 x 3.5 in.

Steve Keister Flying Bat 2, 2023 glazed ceramic, acrylic on wood 10 x 23.5 x 10 in.