STEVEN D. FOSTER / WORKS / CV
EDUCATION
1972 MFA, University of New Mexico
1968 BS, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology
1965 AAS, Rochester Institute of Technology
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Steven D. Foster: The Space Between, Selected Works 1977-2017, The Alice Wilds, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. March 17-April 28, 2018.
2012
Selections from: The Departing Landscape, Abstract Photographs, The Lake Series, Images of Eden,
Spectrum Gallery, Rochester, New York. January 6-February 25, 2012.
2004
Triadic Memories, Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April-June 2004.
2002
Triads and Quartets, Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Steven D. Foster Retrospective, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Chicago, Illinois, May 2002.
2001
Steven Foster: The Garage Series, Carol Ehlers Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2000
Steven Foster: The Garage Series, Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1999
Selections from Studies 1994-2000, ARTspace at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan,
Wisconsin.
1998
Selection from Studies 1994-2000, Carol Ehlers Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, June-July 1998.
Triadic Visual Poems, Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1996
Selections from Studies 1994-2000, Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Selections from Studies 1994-2000, Ehlers Caudill Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
1994
Steven Foster: Thing Centered Photographs, Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1992
Steven Foster: Color Diptychs, Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1991
Steven Foster: Color Diptychs, Ehlers-Caudill Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
1990
Steven Foster: The River Series, Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1988
Steven Foster: Family Life Series, Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Steven Foster: 12-Year Retrospective, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1985
Steven Foster: Images of Eden, Tweed Museum, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota.
Steven Foster: City Places & Images of Eden, Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1984
Steven Foster: Lake Series, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Steven Foster: Dream Portraits, Perihelion Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1982
The Lake Series: Photographs by Steven Foster, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, September 25 – November 21, 1982.
Steven Foster: Lake Series, Young-Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Steven Foster: Negative Prints, Swen Parson Gallery, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois.
Intimate Landscapes, Perihelion Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1980
Steven Foster: Negative Prints, Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
1979
Photographs by Steven Foster & Watercolors by Laurence Rathsack, Bradley Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1978
Steve Foster: The Steve Lacy Series, 1977, Renaissance Society Galleries, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, March 31-April 22, 1978.
The Steve Lacy Series, 1977, Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
1975
The Georgia Woods Series, 1974, Photography Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois.
The Georgia Woods Series, 1974, Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
1974
Emergence, Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND INVITATIONALS
2011
Exploring Photographic Style, High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia.
2007
Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin, May 5-July 15, 2007.
Place of the Transcommon, Inova/Vogel Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
2006
Photographs by the Score: Personal Visions Twenty Some Years Apart, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago,
Illinois, October 7, 2006-January 14, 2007.
2004
Pieced Together – Photomontage from Victorian Albums to Contemporary Work, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, May 22-September 19, 2004.
Super Hits of the ’70s: Photographs from the Collection, Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 8, 2004-January 2, 2005.
2003
Group Show, Fassbender Stevens Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2002
Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin.
2001
Photography: Sight-Set- Sequence, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, November 10, 2001-April 21,2002.
2000
Crossing the Line: Photography Reconsidered, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, January 29-June 4, 2000.
Work in Progress: The Madison Art Center Collects, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, February 27- May 14, 2000.
Factory Soirée, Selections from Studies 1994-2000, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Variations on a Theme, Uihlein Peters Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1999
Under Construction: Photography, 1900-2000, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 14-August 8, 1999.
Group Show, Carol Ehlers Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Arts Center, Madison, Wisconsin, September 11-November 14, 1999.
1998
First Light: The Nexus Photographers 1973-1978, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, Georgia.
Recent Acquisitions, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 22-August 16, 1998.
1997
Water, Ehlers Caudill Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Summer Exhibition.
Another History of Photography: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Milwaukee Art Museum,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 7-April 1, 1997.
Wisconsin Art Since 1990: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 21-June 15, 1997
Recent Acquisitions, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Recent Acquisitions, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin.
1996
City Stories: 150 Years of Photography in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
September 20-January 5, 1996.
Group Show, Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
A History of Photography from the Permanent Collection, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 19-April 14, 1996.
1995
Traveling Exhibition: Wisconsin Arts Board Fellowship Recipients, Miller Gallery, Madison; UW-Whitewater Fine Arts Gallery; UW-Milwaukee Fine Arts Gallery.
Photography from Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, December 1995 – February 1996.
Spring Photography Exhibition, PhotoCollect, Inc., New York, New York.
1994
’94 Benefit Auction-Exhibition, Photographic Resource Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Locations, Fredrick Layton Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1991
Invitational, Mayor’s Office, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Verging on Emergence: A Milwaukee Artists Invitational, UWM Art Museum, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1990
Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin.
Ten Photographers, Emporia State University, Norman R. Eppink and Gilson Memorial Galleries, Emporia, Kansas.
A Decade of Wisconsin Art Acquisitions, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 9-January 13, 1990.
1989
Natural Beauty (with J.P. Atterberry and Gregory Conniff), First Bank, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1988
100 Years of Wisconsin Art, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 23-November 6, 1988.
Swimmers, exhibition organized by Aperture, Burden Gallery, New York, New York.
1987
Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Arts Center, Madison, Wisconsin.
Multiple Exposure: Five Photographers, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, December 3-January 10, 1987.
1986
Group Show, Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The Poetics of Space, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Photomosaics The Landscape Reconstructed, Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, March 6-April 4, 1986
1985
Group Show, Pace/McGill Gallery, New York, New York.
1983
Santa Fe Winter Film and Photo Exhibition, Armory for the Arts, Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Dick Blau/Steven Foster/Tom Bamberger, Basquin Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1981
Fourteen Mid-Western Photographers, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
New American Photography, Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois.
1979
American Photography of ’70’s, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, February 3-March 25, 2017.
4th Presidential Invitational Exhibition, Madison Arts Center, Madison, Wisconsin.
1978
Wisconsin Directions II: Here and Now, Milwaukee Arts Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 19-December 4, 1978.
Richard Blau, Steven Foster and Robert Muffoletto, Documenta, Syracuse, New York.
Midwest Photographers, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
1977
Group Show, Perihelion Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1976
Four Brides of Stieglitz: Photographs by Steven Foster, Dick Blau, Tom Uttech, Jan Arnow, Water Street Art Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1975
Nine Contemporary Photographers, Georgia State University School of Art & Design Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
1974
Artists in Georgia, High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia.
1973
The Document, Temple University Art Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1972
Group Show, Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
1969
Vision and Expression, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York.
1967
3 (with Roger Mertin and Alice Wells), Underground Gallery, New York, New York.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2018
Horvath, Jon. Steven D. Foster: The Space Between 1977-2017. Milwaukee: The Alice Wilds, 2018. Exhibition catalogue.
McCullough, Daniel. “Steven D. Foster: The Space Between.” Lenscratch, 21 April 2018. http://lenscratch.com/2018/04/steven-d-foster-the-space-between/. Accessed 2 June 2018.
Schumacher, Mary Louise. “The Place to be on Gallery Night.” Journal Sentinel, 20 April 2018. https://www.jsonline.com/story/nletter/art-city/2018/04/20/gallery-night/535375002/. Accessed 2 June 2018.
2016
Photograph used as CD cover image by Hyperion records for their album: Feldmam: Crumb CD68108
2014
Sites of Performance: Of Time and Memory, Clark Lunberry, includes my photographs in the
essay ‘Staring Sightlessly’: Proust’s Presence in Beckett’s Absence” Anthem Press, London, October 2014.
2012
Selections from: Triadic Memories Project, featured in, “I’m Not Thinking About You” music video by Panalure.
2009
Beckett’s Proust/Deleuze’s Proust, eds. Mary Bryden, Margaret Topping; Palgrave MacMillian: 10 of my photographs in an essay by Clark Lunberry ‘Staring Sightlessly’: Proust’s Presence in Beckett’s Absence”.
2007
Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, fall 2007, 9 photographs with an essay by Clark Lunberry “Staring Sightlessly”: Proust’s Presence in Beckett’s Absence.
2005
“Foster’s Work Shines at UWM” article and reproduction by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Art Critic Mary Louise Schumacher, Sunday Cue section, September 25, 2005.
2004
“Foster’s photographs set tone with the music” review of solo show at Michael Lord Gallery by James
Auer, Milwaukee Sentinel art critic. April 28, 2004.
“Remembrance of Things Present: Steven Foster’s Repetition Series Photographs, Morton Feldman’s Triadic Memories” by Clark Lunberry, long illustrated essay found on the Morton Feldman Page website.
2002
Cover art for CD: Morton Feldman “Violin and String Quartet” Fong Rangzen Quartet.
2001
The Writer: June 2001. Three color Photos from “The River Series” 1990 to accompany an article on poetry “In the Moment” by James Applewhite.
New Art Examiner March 2001: review of show at Michael Lord Gallery, with Tom Bamberger.
New City-Chicago March 2/9, 2001: review of show at Carol Ehlers Gallery.
Art on Paper July/August 2001 review of show at Carol Ehlers Gallery.
2000
Milwaukee Journal, Cue section, Oct. 15, interview and article by James Auer regarding the two person show
by Tom Bamberger and Steven Foster at the Michael Lord Gallery, Milwaukee Oct/Nov 2000.
1999
Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, 1999.
Madison Art Center (cover of Sept/Oct/Nov quarterly for Triennial), 1999.
John Michael Kohler Arts Center bi-monthly calendar March/April & May/June, 1999.
1998
Chicago Reader, July 10,1998: “Piece Work: Steven Foster at Carol Ehlers Gallery” by Fred Camper. Large article with two reproductions.
New City Verve, July 2, 1998: Short review of exhibition at Carol Ehlers Gallery with recommendation by reviewer Michael Weinstein.
1996
The New Art Examiner, Chicago arts publication, March 1996, review: “New Photography from Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois” at the Madison Art Center, by James Rhem. (Same review published in Art Muscle, Feb./March issue, 1996)
Milwaukee Magazine, August 1996, page 107, review “Pilgrim’s Progress, Studies by Milwaukee photographer Steven D. Foster” by R.M. Ryan.
Darshan, December 1996, #117, inside cover, “Images of Eden” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 21, Cue 7E, review: “Exhibit of small-scale works makes a large-scale statement” by James Auer (with reproduction)
Art Muscle, Milwaukee arts publication, October/November, Vol 11, 1, “Essay/Steve Foster/Studies.” a poetic review by Nathan Guequierre (with seven reproductions).1996: Milwaukee Magazine, reproduction of image in article “Valley of Dreams” by Tony Hopfinger, August 1996.
Photography from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois, Madison Art Museum catalogue (and a Gallery Talk, February 9, 1996).
1995
Milwaukee Magazine, June 1995, feature photograph– lake collage– for essay on Milwaukee.
1994
Milwaukee Magazine, November 1994, two images from the “Images of Eden Series”
1991
Series of three covers (full page covers, in color) for UW- Milwaukee University Outreach catalogues (Summer, Fall, Winter/Spring 1991 issues).
1990
The River Series: MAKOM VII, editioned boxed portfolio of 12 color photographs, Michael Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, 1990.
Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Arts Center, 1990.
1988
100 Years of Wisconsin Art, Milwaukee Art Museum, 1988.
Swimmers, Aperture’s hard-cover book/catalogue for traveling exhibition, 1988.
1987
Multiple Exposure: Five Photographers, Milwaukee Art Museum, 1987. Three reproductions, vita, and a text/transcript of dialogue between the five artists about the work in the exhibition.
Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Arts Center, 1987.
Editor’s Choice II: Poetry, Fiction & Art from the U.S. Small Press, 1987.
1984
Chicago, ed. by Reginald Gibbons, a special issue (#60) of TRIQUARTERLY, an arts journal, Northwestern University. Portfolio of six reproductions.
Clockwatch Review, ed. by James Plath, Vol. 2, No. 1, a journal of the arts, Driftwood Publications, Hartland, WI. Portfolio of reproductions.
Wisconsin Directions IV, Milwaukee Art Museum, 1984. One reproduction, statement.
1982
Steven D. Foster: The Lake Series, a booklet of sixteen reproductions, an artist’s statement, and resume, co-published by the Art Institute of Chicago and TRIQUARTERLY, of Northwestern University
1981
Fourteen Mid-Western Photographers, Walker Art Center, 1981.
New American Photography, Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography, 1981.
Exposure, 19:1, Society for Photographic Education, 1981.
1975
Nine Contemporary Photographers, Art Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta, A portfolio of images and texts by each photographer, plus one of my images was used on the cover piece (included John McWilliams, Todd Walker, Sam Wang and others).
1971
AMERYKA, a publication from Poland about American photography. My image published in the Time-Life series The Print was used.
1970
Time-Life Photography Series, The Print (one image).
1969
Vision and Expression, book with show of same name, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, 1969.
SELECTED ARTIST TALKS
2001
Inova, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Art Museum, Oct. 18, 2001
2000
Center for Photography at Madison, talk and panel discussion on “Abstraction”
1997
“Photography from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois”
Artist talk in the “Work-In- Progress” Series, sponsored by the Milwaukee Art Museum Photo Council, October 28, 1997.
1988
“Lunch/Lecture” in conjunction with my retrospective exhibition at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
1986
Slide presentation of my work, University of Texas-Dallas
1985
Gallery talk and slide presentation on my work, the Tweed Museum, University of Minnesota-Duluth
1983
Slide lecture on my work, Columbia College Photo Department, Chicago
1982
Art Institute of Chicago, slide lecture to the Photographic Society of the Art Institute in association with my solo exhibition there
FOUNDING MEMBER ARTIST-RUN PHOTO COOPERATIVE GALLERIES
1972-75 Founding Member, active participant and exhibitor, Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1976-83 Founding Member, active participant and exhibitor, Perihelion Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
COLLECTIONS
Art Institute of Chicago
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Madison Arts Center, Madison, WI
High Museum, Atlanta, GA
International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
Tweed Museum, University of Minnesota-Duluth
Art Museum, University of New Mexico
Private Collections (including The First Bank System, Ray-O- Vac , Prudential Corp)
AWARDS
Wisconsin Arts Board Individual Fellowship Award, 1998
Wisconsin Arts Board Individual Artists Grant, 1994-95
Milwaukee County Individual Artists Fellowship, 1990
Wisconsin Arts Board Project Grants: l985/86, 82, 80, 78
Wisconsin Arts Board Visual Arts Fellowship: 1977
Milwaukee Artists Foundation Project Grants: 1987, 84/85, 83