1972 Born in Philadelphia, USA
Lives and works in LA
1994 Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (BA Architectural Studies/Visual Art)
1997 Goldsmiths Collge, London (MA Fine Art)
Solo Exhibitions
2007
Steven Gontarski: sculptures, Gimpel Fils, London, UK
2006
Steven Gontarski, PKM GALLERY, Seoul, Korea
Steven Gontarski, Galleria Changing Role - Move Over Gallery, Naples, Italy
2005
The Visitors, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
2004
December Morning Prophecy, Inside the White Cube, London, UK
Zero, The Economist Plaza, London, UK
Steven Gontarski, Gandy Gallery, Prague
2003
Prophet, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Steven Gontarski, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
2002
Epsilon Delta, Art at Habitat, Habitat Kensington, London, UK
2001
Sun Valley (with Chantal Joffe), One in the Other, London, UK
2000
Steven Gontarski, White Cube, London, UK
Steven Gontarski. The Unbalance of Boredom, Taché-Lévy Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1999
Nurse, Johnen & Schöttle Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
Elastic Taboos - Koreanische Kunst der Gegenwart, Kunsthalle Wien (Halle 1, Halle 2 im MQ), Vienna, Austria
2006
60th Anniversary Show, Gimpel Fils, London, UK
2005
Pour de Vrai, Musée des Beaux Arts, Nancy, France
The Future Lasts a Long Time, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
2004
Kingdom, Market Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Nachtelijke Uitspattingen/Nocturnal Emissions, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
Suejin Chung, Meena Park, Steven Gontarski, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
The Future Lasts a Long Time, TalEsther Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2003
Roll Out, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Game Over, Grimm/Rosenfield, Munich, Germany
Dirty Pretty Things, The Ship, London, UK
Dornbracht/Statements 7, Venice, Italy
Coollustre, Collection Lambert en Avignon
Guided by Heroes, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
2002
Electric Dreams, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
Transformer II, Air de Paris, Paris, France
Jam: Tokyo-London, Tokyo City Opera Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2001
Friends of Mine, Gallery Muu, Helsinki, Finland
Brown, The Approach, London, UK
We Set Off In High Spiritis, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, USA
Jam: Tokyo-London, Barbican Gallery, London, UK
Freestyle. Werke Aus der Sammlung Boros, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Mind the Gap, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2000
A very nice film club, Vilma Gold Gallery, London, UK
Conversation, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes
Hard Candy Berlin, Galerie Wieland, Berlin, Germany
Hard Candy, 42 Westbourne Gardens, London, UK
Heart + Soul, Sandroni Rey, Venice, California, USA
Drawings, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Drawing Exhibition, Taché-Lévy Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1999
Din, 4x4 Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Heart + Soul, 60 Long Lane, London, UK
Neurotic Realism Part I, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
1998
Die Young Stay Pretty, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
Cloth Bound, Laure Genillard Gallery, London, UK
1997
Humdrum, The Trade Apartment, London, UK
1996
Sweat, Exit Art/The First World, New York, USA
1995
Imaginary Beings, Exit Art/The First World, New York, USA
Looking Out, Putting Out, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, USA
Public Collections
British Museum, London, UK
Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA
Le Coin du Miroir/Le Consortium, Dijon, France