필라델피아 출신의 스티븐 곤타스키(b.1972)는 브라운대학교(Brown University)에서 시각미술을, 런던 골드스미스대학교(Goldsmiths College) 대학원에서 순수미술을 전공하였다. 주로 인물형상을 묘사하는 그의 조각과 회화작품들은 작가 스스로 가공한 신화적 세계 속 예언자 혹은 환상적 인물들을 모티브로 삼는다. 특히 미술사의 고전적인 인물자세나 디테일들을 재현하는 곤타스키의 조각은 전통조각의 스테레오타입을 표현하면서도 파이버글라스(Fiber Glass) 등의 비전통적인 재료를 이용한다는 점에서 견고하고 매끈한 대량생산품의 외관을 갖는다. 작가는 Denver Art Museum, Kunst Haus Wien, Groninger Museum등에서 전시를 개최하였으며, 그의 작품은 Denver art Museum, British Museum, Le Coin du Miroir/Le Consortium(Dijon) 등에 소장되어 있다. 현재 LA에서 거주하며 활동 중이다.
Born in 1972
Lives and works in LA
Education
1994
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (BA Architectural Studies/Visual Art)
1997
Goldsmiths Collge, London (MA Fine Art)
Solo Exhibitions
2010
"I Woke Up to the Sound of a Drum," Gimpel Fils, London
2008
"Steven Gontarski," Paddington Central, Phase II, London
2007
Steven Gontarski: sculptures, Gimpel Fils, London
2006
Steven Gontarski, PKM GALLERY, Seoul
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
Zero, The Economist Plaza, London
Steven Gontarski, Gandy Gallery, Prague, Czech
2003
Prophet, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Steven Gontarski, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
2002
Epsilon Delta, Art at Habitat, Habitat Kensington, London
2001
Sun Valley (with Chantal Joffe), One in the Other, London
2000
Steven Gontarski, White Cube, London
Steven Gontarski. The Unbalance of Boredom, Taché-Lévy Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1999
Nurse, Johnen & Schöttle Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
"Die Neuen Auftraggeber in Frankreich," Galerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst, Leipzig
2009
"Le sort probable de l’homme qui avait avalé le fantôme," Centre Pompidou / La Conciergerie, Paris
"Continuity," Gimpel Fils, London
"Anamnesis and Extrapolation," PKM Gallery Beijing, Beijing
"Alternative States," Gimpel Fils, London
"Exposition Fleuves," CNEAI, Chatou, France
2008
"Focus: The Figure," Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
"Micro Narratives," Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint Etienne, Saint Etienne, France
"Crazy Damn Right I’m Crazy," Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK
2007
Elastic Taboos - Koreanische Kunst der Gegenwart, Kunsthalle Wien (Halle 1, Halle 2 im MQ),
Vienna, Austria
2006
60th Anniversary Show, Gimpel Fils, London
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
The Future Lasts a Long Time, TalEsther Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2003
Roll Out, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
Game Over, Grimm/Rosenfield, Munich, Germany
Dirty Pretty Things, The Ship, London
Dornbracht/Statements 7, Venice, Italy
Coollustre, Collection Lambert en Avignon
Guided by Heroes, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
2002
Electric Dreams, Barbican Art Gallery, London
Transformer II, Air de Paris, Paris
Jam: Tokyo-London, Tokyo City Opera Gallery, Tokyo
2001
Friends of Mine, Gallery Muu, Helsinki, Finland
Brown, The Approach, London
We Set Off In High Spiritis, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Jam: Tokyo-London, Barbican Gallery, London
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
Conversation, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes
Hard Candy Berlin, Galerie Wieland, Berlin, Germany
Hard Candy, 42 Westbourne Gardens, London
Heart + Soul, Sandroni Rey, Venice, California
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
Neurotic Realism Part I, Saatchi Gallery, London
1998
Die Young Stay Pretty, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Cloth Bound, Laure Genillard Gallery, London
1997
Humdrum, The Trade Apartment, London
1996
Sweat, Exit Art/The First World, New York
1995
Imaginary Beings, Exit Art/The First World, New York
Looking Out, Putting Out, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York
Public Collections
British Museum, London
Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA
Le Coin du Miroir/Le Consortium, Dijon, France