STEVE WIMAN

EDUCATION

1986 MFA, University of Texas, Austin
1981 BFA, University of North Texas, Denton

SELECTED SHOWS

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
2004 O2 Gallery, Austin, Texas, Collected Response
Big Red Sun, Austin, Texas, Balls, Orbs, Spheres, and Other Round Objects (installation)
2001 Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas, Mas! Mas! Mas! Por Que? Por Que?
Por Que? A Show of Curious Collections
1991 Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, Texas, Yet Another Chain Reaction
1990 500 Exposition Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Invites
Art Bar, Dallas, Texas, An American Birthday Salute
Hickory Street Annex, Dallas, Texas, Pivotal Signals, Kevin Curry, Curator
Taller San Calacas Studio Gallery, Blue Star Arts Complex, San Antonio, Texas, Precious and Grace, curator Hills Snyder
1600 Smith, Houston, Texas, A Texas Celebration, Neil Prinz, juror
Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Lost and Found
1989 Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Small Works
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, The TV Show
Upper West Pavilion Trammel Crow Center, Dallas, Texas, It’s All About Time
Trans Avant-Garde, Austin, Texas, New Work
Zanzibar, Dallas, Texas, Zanzibar Installation
1988 Alternate Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Distinctive Vision
Galleria Sin Fronteras, Austin, Texas, Group Exhibition
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Arlington, Texas, New American Talent 1988, juror Richard Armstrong
Studio Gallery, Brookhaven College, Dallas, Texas, Objective Response
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
Diverse Works, Houston, Texas, Found: Works by Texas artists who work with found materials
The College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, Visual Articulations 1987, juror Susan Freudenheim
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
Transco Tower, Houston, Texas, The Sculpture Symposium 1986
Marvin Seline Gallery, Austin, Texas, Laguna Gloria Art School Faculty Exhibition
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
Patrick Gallery, Austin, Texas, Artists of the Western Stairstep, curator Hills Snyder
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas, Intersections: Artists’ View of the City
1985 Hall of Walls Gallery, Austin, Texas, New Work (one personexhibition)
Designer Space, Austin, Texas, Austin Visual Arts Association Citation Exhibition, juror Tony Moore
500 X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Personal Affects
Archer M. Huntington Gallery, The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas Annual Student Exhibition
Austin, Texas, Tasting the Blaze: an intimate spectacle, a collaboration with Deborah Hay, Pauline Oliveros, and Tina Girouard
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

2005 Rebecca S. Cohen, “Object: d berman gallery”, Artlies Magazine, Issue 47
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 1
1990 Janet Kutner, “It’s not just the art that’s hot,” Dallas Morning News, July 19
Marcia Goren Weser, “Canvassing Contemporary Art Month Offerings,” San Antonio Light, July 11
1989 Sophia Dembling, “Road Crew,” Dallas Morning News, November 18
“Art on View,” Detour, Summer
1988 John Herndon, “Abstract Figures, Figurative Abstraction,” Duende, June
Mel McCombie, “All and Sundry,” Austin American-Statesman, May 12
Janet Kutner, “Distinctive Vision III,” Dallas Morning News, August 6
1987 Mel McCombie, “Found,” Art News, October 1987
Thomas L. Turk, “On Their Way,” Cultural Activities Center Exhibition Catalog, April
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