Born Philadelphia, USA in 1972
Lives and works in London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
I woke up to the sound of a drum, Gimpel Fils, London
Ob 08, Central Saint Giles, London
2008
Steven Gontarski, Paddington Central, Phase II, London
2007
Sculptures, Gimpel Fils, London
Portraits, Changing Role, Rome
Obélisques CC/BS, Nouveaux Commanditaires, Chaucenne, France
2006
Steven Gontarski, pkm gallery, Seoul
Steven Gontarski, Changing Role, Naples
Day of St George, White Cubicle - George and Dragon, London
Steven Gontarski - Centre d’Art Mobile, L’Eglise de Fouvent et Roche en Haute-Saône
2005
The Visitors, Groninger Museum, Groningen
2004
December Morning Prophecy, White Cube, London
Zero, The Economist Plaza, London
Steven Gontarski, Gandy Gallery, Prague
2003
Prophet, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
Steven Gontarski, Le Consortium, Dijon
2002
Epsilon Delta, Art at Habitat, Habitat Kensington, London
2001
Sun Valley, One in the Other, London
2000
Steven Gontarski, White Cube, London
Steven Gontarski. The Unbalance of Boredom, Taché-Lévy Gallery, Brussels
L.A.X., Islington Business and Design Centre, London
1999
Nurse, Johnen & Schöttle Gallery, Cologne
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
2008
Focus: The Figure, Denver Art Museum
Micro Narratives, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint Etienne, Saint Etienne
Crazy Damn Right I’m Crazy, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
2007
Elastic Taboos, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
Arte e omosessualita, Palazzina Reale, Florence
New Works, v22 Ashwin Street, London
2006
60th Anniversary Exhibition, Gimpel Fils, London
Material World, Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Sixty Years of Sculpture in the Arts Council Collection, Longside Gallery, Wakefield
2005
Pour de Vrai, Musée des Beaux Arts, Nancy
The Future Lasts a Long Time, Le Consortium, Dijon
2004
Kingdom, Market Gallery, Glasgow
Nachtelijke Uitspattingen/Nocturnal Emissions, Groninger Museum, Groningen
Suejin Chung, Meena Park, Steven Gontarski, Kukje Gallery, Seoul
The Future Lasts a Long Time, TalEsther Gallery, Tel Aviv
2003
Roll Out, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
Game Over, Grimm/Rosenfield, Munich
Pretty Little Things, The Ship, London
Steven Gontarski, Marc Quinn and Thomas Rentmeister, Dornbracht/Statements 7, Venice
Coollustre, Collection Lambert en Avignon
Guided by Heroes, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
2002
Electric Dreams, The Curve / Barbican Art Gallery, London
Transformer II, Air de Paris, Paris
Jam: Tokyo-London, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
Cascade Proposals, CBK, Groningen
2001
We Set Off In High Spirits, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Brown, The Approach, London
Jam: Tokyo-London, Barbican Gallery, London
Freestyle. Werke Aus der Sammlung Boros, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Mind the Gap, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm
Friends of Mine, Gallery Muu, Helsinki
2000
Conversation, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes
Hard Candy Berlin, Galerie Wieland, Berlin
Hard Candy, 42 Westbourne Gardens, London
Heart + Soul, Sandroni Rey, Venice, California
Drawings, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
Drawing Exhibition, Taché-Lévy Gallery, Brussels
A very nice film club, Vilma Gold Gallery, London
1999
Neurotic Realism Part I, Saatchi Gallery, London
Din, 4x4 Gallery, Amsterdam
Heart + Soul, 60 Long Lane, 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