Lighthouse Art Center
Bio
Chad R. Steve was born and raised in Lake Mills, Wisconsin. He received his BFA from University of Wisconsin-Stout. In 2009 he moved to Hawaii and received his MFA from University of Hawaii at Manoa. While living there, he worked at the University as an adjunct professor and a lab technician. Chad has instructed at a variety of institutions such as Hawaii Potter’s Guild, Honolulu Art Museum, Montana University, and Western Montana University. Chad has had the honor of being a artist-in-residents at Clay Studio of Missoula and the Armory Art Center. He’s currently the Director of Ceramics and Sculpture at the Lighthouse ArtCenter.
RESUME
Current Position:
Director of Ceramics and Sculpture, The Lighthouse Art Center, Tequesta Florida
Education
2012 MFA, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu Hawaii
2008 BFA, University Of Wisconsin Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin
Past Ten Years of Exhibitions
2020 Last Call V, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
2019 Craft Forms, The 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, PA
The Art of TH Drink 2019, Butler Art Center, Butler PA
29th All Florida Juried Art Show, Court House Cultural Art Gallery, Stuart, FL
Perfect Pitcher, Good Earth Potter, Bellingham, WA
Cup: The Intimate Object, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Fresh Squeezed 3, Morean Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL
Past and Present, NCECA UW-Stout Show, Caulfield’s Clay works, Minneapolis, MN
Continuum 16, Art Palm Beach, Clematis Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Art Synergy, West Palm Beach Convention Center, WPB, FL
2018 Cup of Joy, Trackside Studio, Spokane WA
Drip, Morean Center for Clay, Saint Petersburg, FL
Twenty Years: A Clay Studio of Missoula Retrospective, Missoula MT
Ware/ Wear, Pocosin Arts Gallery, Columbia, North Carolina
2017 Faculty Exhibition, Lighthouse Art Center Gallery, Tequesta FL
For Pitcher of Pourer, The Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
The Modern Show, Curated by Bane, Studio 1608, West Palm Beach, FL
Recent Transitions, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL
2016 Southern Miss Ceramic National, The University of Southern Mississippi Gallery, MS
WILD, Cornell Art Museum: Old School Square, Delray, FL
Urban Art Junction with Art Palm Beach, Studio A, Lake Worth, FL
Art Synergy, Benziaten Center for the Arts Gallery, Lake Worth, FL
2015 Ceramic Mind Field: Contemporary Clay and Ceramics, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach FL
Rhythm, Repetition, Ritual, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
Structure Rising, Lewiston Art Center, Lewiston, MT
Exploring, Emerick Art Gallery, University of Montana Western, Dillon, MT
2014 RE/CREATION, Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Drink! Juried Cup Show, Slipe Gallery, University of Hartford, Art School, CT
Clay? V, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland WA
On The Horizon, St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, FL
2013 Artist-in-Resident Show, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula MT
Contained: Teapots, Functional to Whimsical and Beyond, Muse Gallery, Longmont CO
ICMEA 2013 Emerging Artist Competition, Fuping, China
Drink This! The Workhouse International Ceramic Cup Show, Lorton VA