BIOGRAPHY
Steve Sangapore is a contemporary oil painter and mixed media sculptor. Using vastly different stylistic approaches of composition, medium and structure throughout various series, his work can be described at once as aesthetically traditional and conceptually contemporary. His work is intellectually exploratory with a gravitation toward religion, science and the human condition. Steve Sangapore’s work has been exhibited nationally in galleries and leading art fairs and has been included in a variety of publications including Art Business News and The Boston Globe.
STATEMENT
I have an insatiable curiosity for how the world works. I am as passionate in my interest as to how the universe operates on a technical and mechanical level as I am concerned with how I, and we as humans, are to conduct ourselves within it.
The scientific enterprise and its method guide us in a way that provides us with technical answers to our questions of how?. Questions like, How does gravity work? or, How is the perception of color processed in the brain? Are best handled within the domain of science. As far as we are concerned, these are testable questions that have measurable answers.
This is, however, only one side of a two-sided coin. All of the information in the world as to how reality is structured is important and fascinating - yet it is meaningless to an individual or community without a coherent system of ethics, morals and virtues. The “answers” to these types of problems are relative, dynamic and ultimately subjective. Science may tell us how the world works, but art in all of its manifestations informs us how to be in the world. It is primarily these ideas that I explore in my work.
Every series I create weaves my own personal story with my interests in the humanities, science, and religion. These intellectual domains provide great value when they attempt to explain our world and can offer deep context to the human condition. Whether generating tension or resolve, I try to create a space in my work for them to communicate. On canvas, these ideas coalesce into what is best described as a calculated technique with attention to detail. Stylistically, each series is quite different and ranges from contemporary realism to surrealism to gestural abstraction - sometimes in a single painting.
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GALLERY REPRESENTATION & AFFILIATION
Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA 2020 - Present
Fountain Street Fine Art, Boston, MA 2018 - 2024
SOLO/TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
Specularis, Two-Person Show with Rob Sullivan, Fountain Street Fine Art, Boston, MA
2021
PHANTASM, Two-Person Show with Ponnapa Prakkamakul, Fountain Street Fine Art, Boston, MA
2019
Annex Member Show: Lydia Kinney, Steve Sangapore & Casey Stanberry, Fountain Street Fine Art, Boston, MA
2017
New Visions: Steve Sangapore & Diego Velez, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
2016
Omneity: Steve Sangapore & On-Kyeong Seong, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA
2013
Vibrations, Macdonough Gallery, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
NATIONAL ART FAIRS
2024
Intersect Aspen, bG Gallery, Aspen, CO
2023
LA Art Show, bG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art Palm Beach, bG Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
USED, Selected for Juror's Choice Prize, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
COLOR, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Small Works: Holiday 2023, Member’s Group Show, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Spectrum Gestalt 2023, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Small Works: Symphony, Member’s Group Show, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
2022
Form and Emptiness, Core Member’s Group Show, Fountain Street Fine Art, Boston, MA
Small Works: Nature Now, Member’s Group Show, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
FRESH PAINT 2022, Exhibition Auction & Fundraiser, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
National Exhibition: CROSSING BORDERS, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Portrait Show X, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Small Works: Encounter New England, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
New Members Show (2022), Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
The Space for Maybe, Core Member’s Group Show, Fountain Street Fine Art, Boston, MA
2021
Member's Exhibit: Holiday Small Works, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
FRESH PAINT 2021, Exhibition Auction & Fundraiser, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Portrait Show IX, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Small Works Member's Show: Sea/Port, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
New Members Virtual Show, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Winter Mystic, Virtual Invitational, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
UPENDED, Fountain Street Fine Art Core Member Exhibition, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
2020
Holiday Small Works Member's Show, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Unity, Fall Juried Member’s Show, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
New Haven Paint & Clay Club: Selected Member’s Exhibition, Six Summit Gallery, Westbrook, CT
New Haven Paint & Clay Club: Member’s Exhibition, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
ROX/Se, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
2020: Sharp Focus, Core Member’s Group Show, Fountain Street Fine Art, Boston, MA
LA Art Show, bG Gallery/Gestalt Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Read Between the Lines, Core Member’s Show, Fountain Street Fine Art, Boston, MA
Surreal & Fantasy Art, Invitational, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Apotheosis, Invitational, Monogalia Arts Center, Morgantown, WV
Cambridge Art Association Presents: Emerging Artists, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Exquisite Array: Human, Nature & Object, Core Member’s Show, Fountain Street Fine Art, Boston, MA
Small Works, Invitational, bG Gallery/Gestalt Projects, LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Small Works Show, Catalyst Gallery, Beacon, NY
Creature, The LIC Arts Open Gallery at The Factory, Long Island City, Queens, NY
2017
Artspace’s City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
New Haven Paint & Clay Club Presents: 116th Annual Exhibition, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Cambridge Art Association Presents: Emerging Artists, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2016
Trees of Life & Evil Eyes, Abrazo Interno Gallery at The Clemente, New York, NY
Synesthesia, Invitational, Beechwood Arts, Westport, CT
Framework - New England Emerging Artists, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
New Haven Paint & Clay Club Presents: 115th Annual Exhibition, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
The First Five Years: Exhibitor Retrospective, Invitational, Uforge Gallery, Boston, MA
Cambridge Art Association Presents: 30 Artists Under 30, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2015
Science & Art, Invitational, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
104th Group Exhibition, Connecticut Academy of Fine Art, Mystic, CT
New Haven Paint & Clay Club Presents: 114th Annual Exhibition, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
BIBLIOGRAPHY/PRESS
2024
The Fictional Cafe, "Between the Notes: The Value of Rests in the Music of Life", By Steve Sangapore, February
2023
Artscope, "INTENTIONALLY PROVOCATIVE: ‘USED’ AT ATTLEBORO ARTS MUSEUM", Featured Review, By Suzanne Volmer, Issue: July/August
Artscope, "Art With A Capital A? Why AI Can't Make Art", Featured Article, By Steve Sangapore, Issue: May/June
Fountain Street Fine Art Blog & Newsletter, "LIVE Recording, Artist on Artist: AI & Art with Steve Sangapore & Rob Sullivan", May
The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro Arts Museum will celebrate what's 'USED', Sun Chronicle Staff, June 2023
Fountain Street Fine Art Blog & Newsletter, "But It's Beautiful! Why Artificial Intelligence Can’t Make Art", By Steve Sangapore, May
Interalia Magazine, "But It's Beautiful! Why Artificial Intelligence Can’t Make Art", By Steve Sangapore, July
2021
Interalia Magazine, "(UN?) HOLY ALLIANCE: Why the Titans of Science and Religion Continue to Clash", By Steve Sangapore, November
The Fictional Cafe, "(UN?) HOLY ALLIANCE: Why the Titans of Science and Religion Continue to Clash", By Steve Sangapore, August
Association of Women Art Dealers Blog, "PHANTASM at Fountain Street Gallery", By Dina Rose Friedman, May
Copley Society of Art Blog & Newsletter, "Steve Sangapore and the Art of Conceptual Realism", By Caroline Browne, April
Fountain Street Fine Art Blog & Newsletter, "SUPERPOSITION", By Steve Sangapore, April
WBUR, The ARTery, 15 Spring Art Exhibitions to See, By Pamela Reynolds, April
Fountain Street Fine Art Blog & Newsletter, "New Beginnings & COVID Creativity", By Steve Sangapore, March
Artscope, Copley Society Diversifies Its Membership, Featured Article, By Rachel Flood, Issue: January/February
2020
Interalia Magazine, “What God Is. (Without the Woo Woo)”, By Steve Sangapore, November
The Fictional Cafe, "What God Is. (Without the Woo Woo)", By Steve Sangapore, September
@Fountain Street Fine Art, "Live at Five: Steve Sangapore", Steve Sangapore & Tatiana Flis, July
2019
Bank of America “Diversity and Inclusion” :60, Product Feature, Produced by Morton Jankel Zander, Inc.
Interalia Magazine, “SUPERPOSITION”, By Steve Sangapore, November
The Fictional Cafe, The Strong Stuff: The Fictional Cafe Anthology, Cover art feature, Issue 1, October
The Fictional Cafe, "My Year in Art: How I Combined Interest with Emotion", By Steve Sangapore, September
SciArt Center & Magazine, "Colloquium Features Steve Sangapore", By Kiran Gurung, Spring
The Boston Voyager, Artist interview, February
2018
The Boston Globe, Artist interview, By Kaya Williams, September
E-Squared Magazine, Cover feature, Issue 3, Fall
2016
Interalia Magazine, “Known Unknowns: An interview With Steve Sangapore”, By Richard Bright, September
Artscope, work selected for “30 Below” exhibition feature, Winter
2015
Creative Quarterly, Issue 38, Summer
SciArt Magazine, “Steve Sangapore Talks About The New Unconscious”, Summer
Art Business News, Article feature, “The Artist’s Space”, Winter
RESIDENCIES & RETREATS
2018
Visionary Painting Intensive with Alex Grey, CoSM, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, Wappingers Falls, NY
EDUCATION
2013
B.A., Studio Art, Graphic Design, Minor in Music, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT