Steven Gagnon
email: Steven@stevengagnon.com
Steven D. Gagnon was born in Fort Pierce, Florida in 1973. He studied in Europe for over a year while attending Pepperdine University. Upon his return to the United States, he studied for three years under artist, Natalie Nijinski. At age 22, he was granted an artist residency at Art Center South Florida in Miami Beach. In 2005, he lived in Berlin to create the Eins Werden project, a multi-media sculpture about German Re-unification that he conceptualized 5 years prior. He currently resides in Miami.Gagnon’s work has been exhibited in public museums and private galleries throughout the United States as well as Germany. His piece The American Way was exhibited at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. in the show, “MoneyMaking: The Fine Art of Currency at the Millennium.” The work appeared on the cover of the catalogue for the exhibition as well as various publications. The Wall Street Journal considered his work, along with the work of Ray Beldner, as one of the highlights of the show, which also featured such artists as Andy Warhol, Arman, Laurie Anderson, Roy Lichtenstein, and Mel Chin. The exhibition that debuted at the Federal Reserve was renamed “Show Me the Money” and the work toured to various museums throughout the United States. Gagnon was also invited to exhibit The American Way in a unique solo exhibition on a billboard that toured throughout the state of California sponsored by Valley Outdoor, Inc. His piece was featured on the newsstand cover wrap of the May 2003 issue of Harper’s Magazine and was circulated throughout North America. Also in this year, Gagnon was invited to participate in Paradies Projekt, a group exhibition of over 200 international artists that took place in a German World War II bunker underneath Alexanderplatz in former East Berlin. In 2005, he exhibited his Eins Werden project in front of the KunstFabrik during the Berlin Kunstherbst, a city wide exhibition for contemporary art. He has since created two other video sculptures that were exhibited in various art fairs and received much publicity. Gagnon’s work is in public, corporate, and private collections in North and South America as well as Europe. These include: the Federal Reserve Board; the Art Museum of South Texas; UMB Bank; InterBank Collection; Patrizia Grundbesitz GmbH & Co. Kg.; Shaun Woodward, Member of British Parliament; Richard Shack, art collector; Jean Cherqui, art collector; and Andrew Tobias, author
Taxi
Kissing Wolves
Time Machine
