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BORN

1960 Portland, Oregon

LIVES

Portland, Oregon

BIOGRAPHY

Steve Karlik is an abstract painter originally from Portland Oregon, he has lived and worked in New York from 1995 - 2009. His work has shown in Asia, Europe, the US and South America. His solo exhibitions include New York and Rio de Janeiro, with select group exhibitions in Australia, Berlin, Brussels, Italy, New York and Philadelphia. His work has been reviewed by Time Out New York, Il Lunedi de Republica in Italy, Art Net, The Philadelphia Enquirer, The Philadelphia Downtown ledger and by O-Globo and the Jornal O Dia in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. His work has been published by Minus Space and by Vicky Perry in "Abstract Painting: Techniques and ideas". Steve's work has been included in Catalogues for "Presentational Painting III" at Hunter College, the "Pulse" Biennale in Richmond Virginia, "Steve Karlik" Minus Space, the exhibition "Still Abstraction" for the Solar Grandjean de Montigny in Rio and in "Carrying On" at Portland State University

In April of 2005 Steve was voted into the American Abstract Artists Association, members have included Piet Mondrian, and Ad Reinhardt. In 2006 Steve participated in the exhibition and panel discussion for Presentational painting III at Hunter College and was included in the 2008 Minus Space group exhibition "Minus Space" at PS1/MoMa.

Steve has a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY, and currently resides in Portland.

EDUCATION

1997. Graduate of Fine Arts, painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Focus on Color Field Painting and Modernist Painting Theory. Thesis, Equipoise, the analysis of abstract paintings illusionistic qualities vs. theoretical object hood. Advisors Linda Francis and Eric Miles

1997. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Two years Intensive study of Contemporary Art Criticism under Robert C. Morgan, with a focus on Post Modern critique.

1994. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006 "Shift" Gallery 3, Brooklyn, NY

2005 "Steve Karlik" Minus Space

2001 "Burgundy Paintings" Restaurant Saul, Brooklyn, NY

2000 "Red, Black and Gold" Restaurant Saul, Brooklyn, NY

1999 "Recent Paintings" Restaurant Saul, Brooklyn, NY

1998 "Still Abstraction" Solar Grandjean de Montigny-Centro Cultural Puc -Rio, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro-Brazil

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010

"75th Anniversary of the American Abstract Artists" Curated by Heather Pasanti, Mary Mury and Nancy E. Green, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

"M5" Curated by Jeff Jahn, PNCA Pacific Nortwest College of Art, Portland Oregon

"Julian Dashper (1960-2009) It Is Life" Curated by Mathew Deleget, Minus Space Project Space, Brooklyn, NY

"AAA" Berlin Germany, sponsored by the BAU Institute and the Museum of the Castle of Otranto

"AAA" Otranto Italy, The Museum of the Castle of Otranto, sponsored by the BAU Institute and the Museum of the Castle of Otranto

2009

"Escape from New York" Curated by Matthew Deleget, Project Space Spare Room, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

2008

"Minus Space" Curated by Phong Bui, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center / A Museum of Modern Art Affiliate, Long Island City, NY

"Words Fail Me": Steve Karlik, Li-Trincere and Don Voisine, H29, Brussels, Belgium, Curated by Matthew Deleget

2007

"Escape from New York" Sydney Non Objective (SNO), Sydney, Australia

"Continuum" 70th Anniversary of the American Abstract Artists, St. Peters College O'Toole Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

"War is Over II" Side Show Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

2006

"Pulse" 6th Annual Biennial for Emerging Artists, 1708 Gallery, Richmond Virginia

"Presentational Painting III" Hunter College, NY

"War is Over" Side Show Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

2005

"AAF" Pier 92, David Allen Gallery

"Steve Karlik" Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY

"Small Works" Twenty-Eighth Annual Exhibition, New York University, New York, NY

"Winter Group Show and Auction" D.U.M.B.O. (DAC) Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

2004

"Winter Group Show and Auction" D.U.M.B.O. (DAC) Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

"Composition in HiFi" David Allen, Brooklyn, NY

2003

"Winter Group Show and Auction" D.U.M.B.O. (DAC) Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

"Anita Schwartz Gallery" Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2002

"Reinventing Landscape" Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

"San Francisco Art Fair" Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

"Painting Installation" Advanced Realty, Florham Park, NJ. Curated by Art Assets, LLC

"Winter Group Show and Auction" D.U.M.B.O. (DAC) Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

"AAF" Pier 92" Pentimenti Gallery

"Theme, Source, Resource, Contemporary Landscape Painting" D.U.M.B.O. (DAC) Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

"Four Artists/Four Media" Curated by Marla Goldwasser and Blair Voltz, New York, NY

2001

"Big Names, Winter Group Show and Auction" D.U.M.B.O. (DAC) Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

"Paintings from 2001" Bayerische Landesbank, Masal Fine Art, New York, NY

2000

"75 Works: Painting, Drawings, Sculpture and Photography" GAle Gates et al, Brooklyn, NY

"Winter Group Show and Auction" D.U.M.B.O. (DAC) Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

"Abertura Exposicao" Mrecedes Viegas Escritorio de Arte, Rio de Janeiro-Brazil

1999

"Size Matters, 400 Artists" GAle Gates et al, Brooklyn, NY

An Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture" GAle Gates et al. Brooklyn, NY

"Carrying On" Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR

1998

"Pelham Art Center Group Show" Pelham, NY

"Balance" K"rean Cultural Center, 460 Park Avenue, New York, NY

"Section 33" D.U.M.B.O. (DAC) Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

"Williamsburg Bridges Tibet" Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY

"Small Works" Twenty-First Annual Exhibition, New York University, New York, NY

1997

"Equipoise" Thesis Show for the Graduate of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

"Delaware College Group Show" Delaware College o0f Art and Design, Wilmington, DE

"Juried MFA Show" Pratt Institute, Pratt Institute Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY

1996

"The "SoHo Annual" 426 West Broadway, New York, NY

1995

"Untitled" The New Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

"Working Space" The East Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

1994

"Current Concerns" Portland State University, Portland, OR

AWARDS

Excellence Award for Outstanding Merit in Graduate Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 1997

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Kristin Beal-DeGrandmont and Peter Baldes, Pulse, Catalogue for the Biennale Exhibition "Pulse" Gallery 1708, Richmond Virginia. May 2006

Gabriele Everts, "Presentational Painting III" Catalogue for the Exhibition. Hunter College, NY, February 2006

Stephan Maine, Painting Presentation, The Pleasures of "Presentational Painting" at Hunter College/Times Square Gallery. Art Reviews, Art net, April 7, 2006

Presentational Painting III, Art in and around Times Square and Port Authority, This Week In New York, Volume 5 number 43, March 29, 2006

Mathew Delegate and Rossana Martinez: Interview by Chris Ashley, Catalogue for the Exhibition "Steve Karlik". Minus Space publications, Brooklyn, NY, September 2005

Vicky Perry, "Abstract Painting: Techniques and Ideas" Watson-Guptil Publications, New York, NY

Edward J. Sozanski, "Reinventing Landscape" Art Reviews, The Philadelphia Enquirer, Friday November 8, 2002

R.B. Strauss, "A Land of the Mind" Art Reviews, The Philadelphia Downtown Ledger, November 21, 2002

Enzo Siciliano, "Nuovi Talenti: Ultimo Indirizzo Brooklyn" Art Reviews, il Lunedi de La Republica. Anno 6, Numero 23 L. 1500, c 0,77 in Italia, Lunedi 14 Giugno 1999. 1998

Luiz Camilo Osorio, "Ainda Abstracao" Art Reviews, O-Globo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 07 de Decembro de 1998

Daniel Feingold, Curador, Exposicao: "Ainda Abtracao"-"Still Abstraction". Solar Grandjean de Montigny-Centro Cultural Puc-Rio, Pontifficia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro-Brazil

Anna Paula Conde, "Dupla de Abstratos" Exposicao Arte, Jornal O Dia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 07 Decembro de 1998

Robert Mahoney, "Section 33" Art Reviews, Time Out New York, Issue NO. 153. Aug 27-Sept 3rd, 1998

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member of the American Abstract Artists Association, 2005

Minus Space reductive and concept based art, representation since founding in 2003

Anita Schwartz Gallery, Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Ober Gallery, Kent Connecticut

Pierogi Gallery, Flat files, Brooklyn, NY, 2003

Minus Space Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY