About Steven Ketchum
Born 1983. Currently resides in Seattle.
My artwork is a reflection of confusion seen in the world. The figures in my drawings either don't understand themselves or each other. I also reflect and meditate on how cultures / civilizations are built and, given enough time, destroyed.
When I begin a piece, it is with nonrepresentational mark making and no intent or thing in mind. Somewhere in this process those loose forms begin to reveal images. It is here I craft a work towards the cues I’m noticing.
The final artworks have unpredictable effects on the viewer; one may see comedy or tragedy, violence or play. I wouldn’t want the viewer to look at the work thinking there’s something specific which I’m trying communicate. The work is not intended to be informative, but evocative.
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EXHIBITION HISTORY
2024
Rings, Blooms, and Voids - Danielle Saudino Gems and Fine Jewerly
December 5 - 28 Seattle, WA
Phreakshow - Basecamp Gallery
October 4 - 25 Seattle, WA
2017
Das kleine Format (The Small Format) - Galerie Hübner + Hübner
December 8 - 23 Frankfurt, Germany
2016
Loner Party (solo) - artfein Gallery Berlin
March 4 - May 9 Berlin, Germany
2015
Berliner Liste - artfein Gallery Berlin
September 17 - 19 Berlin, Germany
Daydreamers (solo) - Galerie Hübner + Hübner
July 17 - August 14 Frankfurt, Germany
2014
Arbeiten auf Papier - Galerie Hübner + Hübner
February 28 - March 28 Frankfurt, Germany
2013
The Working Drawing - The Bank
September 7 - October 6 Suffolk, England
Cutlog New York - Galerie Hübner + Hübner
May 9 - 15 New York, NY
Cologne Paper Art - Galerie Hübner + Hübner
April 18 - 21 Cologne, Germany
Body Politic - National Arts Club
March 7 - 17 New York, NY
2012
New America -Brooklyn Fireproof Gallery
December Brooklyn, New York
Steven Ketchum - Zeichnugen (solo) - Galerie Hübner + Hübner
March 16 - April 27 Frankfurt, Germany
2011
Governors Island Art Fair - Governors Island
September 4 - 24 New York, NY
Blood, Sweat, and Tears - NURTUREart
June 3 - June 24 Brooklyn, NY
SO HAPPY TOGETHER - Norte Maar
June 3 - July 2 Brooklyn, NY
Crime Story - Arts Guild New Jersey
May 1 - June 2 Rahway, NJ
Proportional (Online) - GalleryEll
March
Shuffled (Solo Show) - Nashville's Smallest Art Gallery
January 28 - February 24 Nashville, TN
Where It Takes You - Spattered Columns
January 19 - February 8 New York, NY
2010
PIN UPS: Pop-Up Show - Fleetwing Gallery
November 21 - Dcember 7 Brooklyn, NY
Governors Island Art Fair - Governors Island
September 4 - 24 New York, NY
Art Nyte - Cake Fore Arms
March 26 Brooklyn, NY
Love and Loss (I Miss You Hugh Grant) - Hood College, Hodson Gallery
January 8 - February 3 Frederick, MD
2008
Represent Brooklyn - TRA Gallery
April 12 - May 10 Brooklyn, NY
2007
Collective Observations - Chesapeake Gallery
September 24 - November 2 Bel Air, MD
Reenactments - Current Gallery
March 2 - 23 Baltimore, MD
2005
Senior Exhibition - Maryland Institute College of Art
8 - 15 Baltimore, MD
2004
Walk Up - Atrium Gallery
March 21 - 28 Morristown, NJ
GFA - Maryland Institute, College of Art |
March 21 - 28
Centre pour l'Art et la Culture
April 30 - May 6 Aix en Provence, France
Poor Arts - H. Lewis Gallery
October
2003
Painting Over the Lines - Maryland Institute College of Art
March 10 - 17
2000
Fresh Perspectives - Morris Museum
April 12 - June 11 Morristown, NJ
FEATURED IN:
Juxtaposition 2013
Fukt Contemporary Drawing Magazine 2012
Drawing Magazine 2011
Beautiful Decay 2010
Gawker Artists 2010