|
|
Artist Statement:
My training in art has focused
on traditional intaglio
printmaking. In 1958 while a
student, the art department
sponsored an exhibition of
collographs by artist Glen
Alps, inventor of the process.
They were paper and cloth
collages that were inked and
printed as an intaglio plate.
Part of the excitement, was
the imposition of a variety of
textures embossed into the
paper print. Eventually the
entire art department
experimented with this new
process.
Experimentation with different
print technologies and
processes became a part of my
printmaking history. For many
years I have tried to
incorporate video, computer
and other technologies into
generally abstract and
non-objective images. Through
the years, the underlying
themes of all works have been
structure and textures from
nature influenced by my
interests in building
construction and collage.
These have been a hallmark of
most of my work. I had access
to several computer platforms
and used them to create
patterns and textures, which
were then transferred to
photo-etched metal plates.
With the advent of color
ink-jet printers, I began a
modest move toward
computer-generated art printed
on paper.
The technology and materials
then were very primitive, so I
continued to experiment, and
...
Further Information
| |
|
|
|
|
Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
|
|
Collections:
Tennessee Tech University,
Cookville, TN
Tamarind Institute, University
of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
The Print Consortium, St.
Joseph MO
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita,
KS
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux
City, IA
South Dakota Art Museum,
Brookings, SD
Southern Graphics Council,
Statesboro, GA
University of North Dakota,
Wichita, State University,
Wichita ...
Further Information
|
|
Commissions:
Coming Soon!
|
|
|
Exhibitions for Steven Mayes:
|
|
|
Under Pressure: Arkansas Printmakers Show, Arkansas Artist’s Registry, Little Rock, AR
A Printmakers Collection, David E. And Vivian Bernard Collection, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
Arkansas Small Works on Paper, Arkansas Artist’ Registry, Little Rock, AR
34th Annual Art Exhibit, Fort Smith Art Center, Fort Smith, AR
Pattern: New Form/New Function, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Print Types, Indiana University Southwest, New Albany, IN
The Arkansas Collection: an Invitation, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
Print Types, Owatonna Art Center, Owatonna, MN
33rd Annual Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Art Association Galleries, NY
American Print Survey, Martin Museum/University Art Gallery, Baylor, University, Waco, TX
Print Types, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
Monoprints and Mixed Media, College of Eastern Utah, Price, UT
Brenau College National Invitational Art Exhibition, Gainsville, GA
Art from the Computer, Studio M: Oakland, CA
Electronic Imaging Exhibition, Florissant Valley Gallery, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO
National Computer Art/Electronic Media Exhibition, Eastern Washington University, Spokane, WA
2D-X-4, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL
Computer Art-New Work from 12 Artists, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
3rd Annual International Art from the Computer, Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
Haas Gallery, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
High Tech/High Touch: Computer Graphics in Printmaking, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn and Manhattan, NY
The Second Emerging Expressions Biennial: The Artist and the Computer, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
1986 ACM/SIGGRAPH Traveling Art Show, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Works on Paper, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA; Clatsop College, Astoria, WA
Pandora’s Box: Computer Generated Art, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
The Computer as Artist Competition, Southwest Museum of Science and Technology, Dallas, TX
SIGGRAPH ‘86 Art Show, Dallas, TX
Computer Art III, Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, KY
SIGGRAPH ‘85 Art Show, San Francisco, CA
15th Annual Fine Arts Competition, Greensboro Artists League Greensboro, SC
Invitational Works on Paper Show, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Photo Printmaking, The Catskill Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
Color-Print USA, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Paper Works, 12th National Waterloo Municipal Galleries Show, Waterloo, IA
37th, 35th & 33rd, Annual Fall Show, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City IA
4th National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Minot State College, Minot,ND
13th Midwest Biennial, Joslyn Museum, Omaha, NE
34th National Graphic Arts & Drawing Exhibition, Wichita Art Association, Wichita, KS
Second Minnesota Competition of Prints and Drawings, Benedicta Arts Center, St. Joseph, MN
Eleventh, Tenth and Ninth, Kansas Artist’s Annual Exhibition, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
Fifth North Dakota Annual Exhibition, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Eleventh Annual Mid-America Exhibition, Nelson/Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
SOLO SHOWS
University of Akron, Akron, OH
University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
Appalachian Center for Crafts, Cookville, TN
Dishman Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, VA
Odessa College Art Department, Odessa, TX
Tarrant County Junior College Northwest, Fort Worth, TX
Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, TX
Texas A&I University, Kingsville, TX
Mary Hardin Baylor University, Belton, TX
The Azalee Marshall Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX
Thomas Jefferson College, Allendale, MI
Johnson Fine Arts Center, Northern State College, Aberdeen, SD
Oscar Howe Cultural Center, Mitchell, SD
Dickenson State College, Dickenson, ND
|
|
contact artist
