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Curriculum Vitae
Education
1986 MFA, University of Texas, Austin
1981 BFA, University of North Texas, Denton
Exhibits
2008 Curiosities, Dallas, Texas, Steve Wiman: Pairs
2007 d berman gallery, Austin, Texas, Hillevi Baar & Steve Wiman
2007 Double J Ranch, Mineral Wells, Texas, Bits and Pieces
2007 Fort Worth Community Center, Fort Worth, Texas, Found Objects: Collections
2007 Scanlan Gallery at St. Stephens School, Austin, Texas, Wordplay
2006 d berman gallery, Austin, Texas, Heat
2006 The People’s Gallery, Austin City Hall, Texas, 2006 Exhibit
2005 d berman gallery, Austin, Texas, Object
2005 Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, Color/Pattern/Grid: Selections from the Austin Museum of Art & Austin Collections
2005 Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas, Mas! Mas! Mas! Por Que? Por Que? Por Que? A Show of Curious Collections
2004 O² Gallery, Austin, Texas, Collected Response
2004 Big Red Sun, Austin, Texas, Balls, Orbs, Spheres, and Other Round Objects (installation)
1991 Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, Texas, Yet Another Chain Reaction
1990 500 Exposition Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Invites
1990 Art Bar, Dallas, Texas, An American Birthday Salute
1990 Hickory Street Annex, Dallas, Texas, Pivotal Signals, Kevin Curry, Curator
1990 Taller San Calacas Studio Gallery, Blue Star Arts Complex, San Antonio, Texas, Precious and Grace, curator Hills Snyder
1990 1600 Smith, Houston, Texas, A Texas Celebration, Neil Prinz, juror
1990 Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Lost and Found
1989 Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Small Works
1989 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, The TV Show
1989 Upper West Pavilion Trammel Crow Center, Dallas, Texas, It’s All About Time
1989 Trans Avant-Garde, Austin, Texas, New Work
1989 Zanzibar, Dallas, Texas, Zanzibar Installation
1988 Alternate Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Distinctive Vision
1988 Galleria Sin Fronteras, Austin, Texas, Group Exhibition
1988 Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Arlington, Texas, New American Talent 1988, juror Richard Armstrong
1988 Studio Gallery, Brookhaven College, Dallas, Texas, Objective Response
1988 Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, Dia de los Muertos
1987 Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, Texas, The Austin Visual Arts Association 10th Anniversary Exhibition
1987 Diverse Works, Houston, Texas, Found: Works by Texas artists who work with found materials
1987 The College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, Visual Articulations, juror Susan Freudenheim
1987 Austin College, Sherman, Texas, Recent Work: Mark Monroe and Steve Wiman
1986 Archer M. Huntington Gallery, The University of Texas at Austin, MFA Thesis Exhibition
1986 Transco Tower, Houston, Texas, The Sculpture Symposium
1986 Marvin Seline Gallery, Austin, Texas, Laguna Gloria Art School Faculty Exhibition
1986 The College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, All Texas 2-D and Low Relief, juror Becky Duval Reese
1986 Patrick Gallery, Austin, Texas, Artists of the Western Stair step, curator Hills Snyder
1986 Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas, Intersections: Artists’ View of the City
1985 Hall of Walls Gallery, Austin, Texas, New Work (one person exhibition)
1985 Designer Space, Austin, Texas, Austin Visual Arts Association Citation Exhibition, juror Tony Moore
1985 500 X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Personal Affects
1985 Archer M. Huntington Gallery, The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas Annual Student Exhibition
1985 Austin, Texas, Tasting the Blaze: an intimate spectacle, a collaboration with Deborah Hay, Pauline Oliveros, and Tina Girouard
1985 Captain Quackenbush’s Intergalactic Dessert Company and Espresso Café, Austin, Texas, Trash and Trivia
1984 500 X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, By Special Arrangement
Public Art Commissions
2005 Finalist, Design Commission for Whole Foods Market, Austin, Texas
2004 Art in Public Places Grant, City of Austin, Texas, design and contract commission as lead artist for Bubble Fountain as part of the Spiral Garden for Town Lake Park
2003 Art in Public Places Grant, City of Austin, Texas, for JJ Pickle Elementary School/St. John's Neighborhood Multipurpose Center, collaboration with Beverly Penn, Community Core Sample Project
2002 Art in Public Places Grant, City of Austin, Texas, lead artist for Bubble Fountain as part of the Spiral Garden for Town Lake Park, collaboration with lead artist Beverly Penn and four other artists
2000 Art in Public Places Grant, City of Austin, Texas, for JJ Pickle Elementary School/St. John's Neighborhood Multipurpose Center, collaboration with Beverly Penn, The Threshold Project
1996 Mural Project for Travis Heights Elementary School, Austin, Texas. Collaboration with other parents
1992 Art in Public Places Grant, City of Austin, Texas, South Austin Senior Citizens Activities Center – Broken Dish/Tile Mosaic Community Quilts in collaboration with Jill Bedgood, Community Quilt
1989 Commission for Southwestern Bell Telephone Advanced Education Center, Irving, Texas
Bibliography
2007 Mitchell, Charles Dee, “Report From Austin: Art By Southwest,” Art in America, December
2007 Dick Holland, “I Put a Spell on You,” Tribeza Magazine, July
2006 Nikki Moore, “HEAT,” Austin Chronicle, Vol. 25 No. 45, July 7
2006 Hillary McMahan, “Heat at d berman,” Cantanker Magazine, 19 June
2005 Amy Prince, “Uncommon Knowledge,” Brilliant Magazine, March
2005 Rebecca S. Cohen, “Object: d berman gallery”, Artlies Magazine, Issue 47
2005 …might be good, Issue # 48, July 8, “Five Artists Show "OBJECTS" at d berman gallery”
2004 Jennifer Irsfeld, “Collect It: Obsessions. Antiques Dealer Steve Wiman is Having a Ball Collecting Orbs,” Country Home, October
2004 Madeline Irvine, “Marjorie Moore and Steve Wiman: Collected Responses”, Artlies Magazine, Issue 42
2002 Heather McKinney, “Artifacts Arranged Artistically,” Texas Architect, March
1995 Joel Weinstein, “Mosaics of Life,” Austin American-Statesman, December 1st
1990 Janet Kutner, “It’s not just the art that’s hot,” Dallas Morning News, July 19
1990 Marcia Goren Weser, “Canvassing Contemporary Art Month Offerings,” San Antonio Light, July 11
1989 Sophia Dembling, “Road Crew,” Dallas Morning News, November 18
1985 “Art on View,” Detour, Summer
1988 John Herndon, “Abstract Figures, Figurative Abstraction,” Duende, June
1990 Mel McCombie, “All and Sundry,” Austin American-Statesman, May 12
1995 Janet Kutner, “Distinctive Vision III,” Dallas Morning News, August 6
1987 Mel McCombie, “Found,” Art News, October 1987
1985 Thomas L. Turk, “On Their Way,” Cultural Activities Center Exhibition Catalog, April
1985 Mel McCombie, “A Passion for Bits and Pieces,” Austin American-Statesman, April 26
1985 Tony Moore, “AVAA 1985 Citation Exhibition,” AVAA Exhibition Catalog, November
Awards
1989 Winner, Patrick Media Group billboard competition: “A Gift of Art;” Cash award and public billboard display on city highways, Dallas, Texas, for a period of one year
1986 Austin Book Award: illustrated collection of poems, Razor Wire, by Grady Hillman
1985 “Works on Campus,” Sid Richardson Hall, The University of Texas, Austin; juror Eric McCready; cash award
“1985 New American Talent Exhibition,” Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas; juror Patterson Sims; cash award
“State Citation Exhibition,” Arts Warehouse, Austin, Texas; juror Jim Edwards; cash award
