Represented by Allan Stone - Projects N.Y.C, NY – 1980-2020

1976 Kent State University, MFA - Painting & Drawing
1973 Kent State University, BFA - Painting & Drawing

1981-1982 Assistant to Al Held, New York, NY
1982-1983 Assistant to Helen Frankenthaler, New York, NY
1982-1985 Assistant to James Rosenquist, New York, NY
1978 Visiting Artist, Painting Workshop, Ohio Arts Council

Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Carter Group, New York, NY
The Robert Kogod Collection, Washington D.C.
Ford Motor Co, Dearborn, MI
U.S. Trust, New York, Boston, MA
Bank of America, New York, NY
Tropicana Corporation, Bradenton, FL
USAA Corporation, Tampa, FL
Fine Arts Society, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota, FL
Berger Financial Services Co., Chicago, IL
Diop Collection, Dakar, Senegal
Forsta Bank, Goteborg, Sweden
Fortunoff, Inc., New York, NY
Handelsbank, Stockholm, Sweden
Konstwerk, Goteborg, Sweden
Michener Collection, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, New York, NY
Orentriech Foundation, New York, NY
Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation, Richmond, VA
Swedish Cultural Center, Tokyo, Japan
Star Bank, Goteborg, Sweden
Bowery Artist Project, N.Y.C, NY

2019 Alan Stone Projects, Steve McCallum: Paintings 1984-1998, New York, NY
2014-2015 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2009 West Liberty University, Wheeling, WV
2007 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Crandall Gallery, University of Mount Union, Alliance, OH
2001 Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
1999 Alan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
1992 Barbara Scott Gallery, Miami, FL
One Tampa City Center, Tampa, FL
1988 Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Cooper Gallery, Tampa, FL
1985 Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
1980 Hansen Gallery, New York, NY
1979 Hansen Gallery, New York, NY
1978 Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH

2019 Alan Stone Projects, Living Large: Big Paintings, New York, NY
2018 Alan Stone Projects, Art Miami, Miami, FL
2017 Alan Stone Projects, Art Miami, Miami, FL
2017 Alan Stone Projects, EXPO Chicago
2010 Kent State University, Kent, OH
2008 The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2006 Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2003 The Shape of Color, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
2002 Abstraction, Alan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Fortieth Anniversary Exhibition, Alan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Summer Selections, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Alan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
A Few Great Big Paintings, Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Coplan Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
1996 Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Maxwell, McCallum, Olivera, Stetson University, Duncan Gallery, Deland, Fl
Ruth Eckerd Hall, Tampa, FL
1994 Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Stylt Gallery, Goteborg, Sweden
1993 New Acquisitions, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Imago Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
1992 Alan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Imago Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
1991 Alan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Cooper Gallery Tampa, FL
ABC- 37 Painters & Sculptors: On View, ABC Gallery, Capital Cities/ABC, New York, NY
1990 Alan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Stylt Gallery, Goteborg, Sweden
Cooper Gallery, Tampa, FL
1988 Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Duke University, Durham, NC
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1986 Ohio Perspectives, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
1984 Art and the Suburban Experience, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1983 Bowery Seven, Crandall Gallery, Mount Union College, Alliance, OH
1980 Alan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
1979 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
1977 Six Painters from Northeastern States, Edinboro State College, Edinboro, PA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1976 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1975 Nova Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1973 Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH
1970 Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH

1993 Gottlieb Foundation Grant
1981 New York State Council of the Arts Grant

Cleveland Institute of Art
College of Wooster
Ringling College of Art and Design
Kent State University
Youngstown State University
University of Akron
Visiting Artist-Painting Workshop, Ohio Arts Council

For the last 51 years I have been concerned with formal elements of color and composition. I attempt to push these formal elements out of contextual reference to create what I refer to as hyper-ambiguous spatial relationships. Color-critical information conveyed in my work is paramount to achieving my desired retinal result. Calvin Reid stated that “some images assault the senses radically; some images lull the observer into fragmented-fractal-puzzle solving” (Art In America, February 1999).

Critic Stephen Westfall wrote “For the most part, McCallum’s colors are hotly synthetic and there are dozens of them in each painting. The viewer is apt to feel overwhelmed by his initial take, assaulted by the complexities of space, line, color and contrast…but Steven is out to achieve something other than a furious spectacle. Intrigued by all the activity and persuaded by the light, a viewer can look at these works a long time without exhausting them” (Art In America, December 1988).

Matisse, Leger, Davis, Held, and Rosenquist played a pivotal role, all having influenced my visual vocabulary. It has taken some years of studying and dissecting elements of the aforementioned artists. It is within the “unlimited confines” of these historically significant artists that I find yet uncharted waters that provide many facets and nuances for my personal exploration.

For the last twenty years I have been exploring the nuances of computer ‘built’ digital images and photographic manipulation; the results of which are expressed in large format digital prints.

The transition from painter to digital composer has yielded expansive possibilities for my work including the obvious introduction of recognizable elements and incorporation of more modulated forms.

My work aesthetic, work ethic and dedication to experimentation have remained intact and unchanged for over fifty years. I strive to yield a lasting, resonant and convincing visual illusion by optimizing color, organization, principles of perception, applying sound studio practices and staying current with technology.

Steven McCallum