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Steven Daluz

Steven DaLuz is a versatile artist whose current interests are split between abstraction and figurative art. He works in oils, mixed media and encaustics. While identified with abstract works that are landscape referential— employing metal leaf, oil, and mixed media, he is also known for figurative works that straddle impressionism and realism, infused with expressive color, ethereal light, and elements of mystery. Born in Hanford, California, Steve’s art studies were interrupted by the Vietnam War after just one semester at San Antonio College. While serving in the Air Force, Steve completed a BA degree in Social Psychology, and an MA degree in Management. Throughout, he remained devoted to making art in his spare time. After living 13 years in other countries, Steve retired from the Air Force, and engaged his lifelong passion for art by resuming his studies at San Antonio College, where he completed an AAS in Graphic Design. He completed the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (Summa cum Laude) in 2003 from the University of Texas at San Antonio. The City of San Antonio’s Fiesta Commission selected DaLuz’s painting, “Dance of Fiesta” for its official Fiesta Poster for 2007.

He was recently selected for acceptance into the 2009 Biennale in Florence, Italy. Naming his “72” exhibition one of San Antonio’s Best exhibits for 2008, Dan Goddard, San Antonio Express-News Art Critic, called the artwork, “…perhaps the city’s most creative response yet to 9-11.” His works have been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, in Skopje, Macedonia, the Blue Star Contemporary Art Center in San Antonio, the Weil Gallery of Texas A&M University, Artists Space, New York, NY, the Southwest School of Art and Craft, and many other commercial and university galleries. Steve’s drawings and paintings are represented in private and corporate collections in 18 States and several foreign countries.

DaLuz is listed in the Art in America Annual, 2008-2009, American Artist Bluebook, and the 15th Edition of Living Artists. The AnArte Gallery, in San Antonio, and Laura Rathe Fine Art in Houston, Texas currently represent his work. He has solo exhibitions scheduled for January, 2010, at the AnArte Gallery, and May 2010, at Laura Rathe Fine Art.

EDUCATION:
BFA, Painting (Summa Cum Laude). University of Texas at San Antonio, 2003
AAS, Graphic Design, San Antonio College, 2001
MA, Management, Central Michigan University, 1981
BA, Social Psychology, Park University, 1979

www.stevendaluz.com.

I embrace painting as an exquisite, relevant art form. For me, the smell and physicality of paint is all at once seductive. I have found this to be true also of encaustics. Painting is a passage to another reality—an illusion of space and, often a reflection of the world within. I am compelled to do work that conjures up a sense mystery and ethereal light, whether figurative or abstract. My interests are evenly split between the two. When intense observation takes its toll, I relish the opportunity to simply work with shapes, color, and textures to convey a particular mood or sense of place. In these works, reference to landscape, spirituality, and the figure serve as inspiration. In some, the shapes simultaneously allude to figuration and geological form. The abstract works employ copper, composition gold leaf, various chemically-induced patinas, and oil on cradled birch panels. The figurative works are either oils on canvas, wood, mylar or encaustics. While many of these works engage mixed media, paint remains the constant—a partner with whom I joyfully wrestle and dance.

As an artist, I am in a constant state of flux—always searching for that immeasurable something that defines where I am in the moment. Throughout my search, I feel I am on the precipice of something new, intense, and spiritual. I ask for patience as I continue to reflect and grow, and as my work evolves.

AWARDS and HONORS:
Selected for 2009 Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
Finalist, Artist of the Year, San Antonio Art League and Museum, 2009
Selected for the Florence Biennale, 2009, Florence, Italy
“72” Exhibit selected as one of city’s 10 best of 2008 for visual arts by San Antonio Express-News
Painting selected for City of San Antonio’s official Fiesta Poster for 2007.
Honorable Mention (International Diploma of Excellence). Artoteque Global Art Annual, 2006.
Contributor’s Award, 76th Annual Artists Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 2006
Best in Show. Regional Artists Consortium, Spring Exhibition, SanAntonio International
Airport, San Antonio, Texas. Juried by Linda Hammond, 2003.
Fainter Scholarship Award Recipient, for Fine Art, San Antonio College, San Antonio,
Texas, 2000

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Panelist, Visual Arts Panel, San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs, Apr 2004
Member, San Antonio Art League & Museum, San Antonio, Texas, 2004-present
Member, Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas, 2003 – present
Member, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas, 2004- present
Member, San Antonio Visual Artists. San Antonio, TX, 2007 – present
Member, Texas Wax/Austin, Austin, TX, 2008

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
Citigroup Headquarters, Houston, TX
Whitestone Financial Group, San Antonio, TX
Schell, Mitchell, & Cooley, LLP, Dallas, TX
Law Offices of Sean O’Neill, San Antonio, TX
Hermann Memorial Ambulatory Center, Houston, TX
Hermann Memorial Southwest Heart & Vascular Institute, Houston, TX
Johnson & Blohm Associates, Inc., Houston, TX
Strasberger & Price, LLP, San Antonio, TX
Orthopedic Specialists of Texas, Sugar Land, TX
Joeris General Contractors, San Antonio, TX
Eagle Medical, San Antonio, TX

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS/COMMISSIONS:
Works in private collections in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, Washington, DC ., Mexico, and Nicuragua.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Art in America Annual 2008-2009, P. 254, 258
Poets & Artists, Sept 2009, P. 35
“The Best of 2008”, San Antonio, Express-News, Dan Goddard, Dec 28, 2008, 7H
Fine Art Connoisseur, Sept/Oct 2008, p. 72
ArtLies, Fall, 2008
“A Promise of Heaven”, San Antonio Express-News, Dan Goddard, Nov 23, 2008, 5H
NSIDE Magazine (San Antonio Business Journal), Corie Smelker, May/June 2008, P.47
210 SA, “ Art Show Reflects Many Faces of Women”, Jennifer Lloyd, Jul 16,2008
San Antonio Current, “The Multi-Layered Women”, Jennifer Herrera, Jul 24,2008
LUXE Magazine, Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2008, p. 105
Fine Art Connoisseur, Dec 2007, P. 88
The American Artists Bluebook, www.askart.com
The Current, May 30 – June 5, 2007, P.16, Elaine Wolff
ArtLies, Summer, 2007
Living Artists, 15th Edition, 2007
Fiesta Magazine, 2007, P.10
San Antonio Express-News, Stephanie Arias, Feb 20, 2007
Fort Worth Weekly, “Imaginary Landscapes”, Oct 25, 2006
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, , “The List!”, Gaile Robinson, Sept 29, 2006
San Antonio Woman, Jul/Aug 2006, P. B-31
San Antonio Express-News, (Culturas), “Pick Six”, Dan Goddard, July 16, 2006
Texas Monthly, “The Filter: Selected Events”, July 2006
La Prensa, “Blossoming Artists Flaunt their “Milestones”, Nov, 2005

GALLERIES REPRESENTING:
AnArte Gallery
7959 Broadway, Suite 404
San Antonio, TX 78209
Ph: 210-826-5674

Laura Rathe Fine Art
2707 Colquitt Street
Houston, TX 77098
(713) 527-7700

Skyline Art Services
6955 Portwest Drive
Houston, Texas 77024
(877) 297-1222

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2009 79th Annual Artists Exhibition, San Antonio Art League & Museum (Apr 2009)
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Buchanan Gallery, Houston, Texas (March 2009)
7th Annual Art from the Heart, Omni Hotel, San Antonio, Texas (May 2009)
Degrees, M2 Gallery, Houston, Texas (May 2009)
Dance 2 (SOLO Exhibit), AnArte Gallery, San Antonio, TX (June 2009)
Red Dot, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas (June 2009)
Figments, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, Texas (Sept 2009)

2008 The Many Faces of Women, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, Texas (Jul 2008)
Red Dot, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas (June 2008)
Spectrum (Luminaria Exhibition), 1100 ArtSpace, San Antonio, Texas

Cataclysm & Creativity: Art in an Age of Uncertainty, Weil Gallery, Texas A& M University,
Corpus Christi, Texas. Curated by Dr. Carey Rote, Texas A & M University, and Liljiana Nedelkovska, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia (Aug 2008)

Passages, (SOLO Exhibit), AnArte Gallery Satellite, Biga on the Banks, San Antonio, Texas

78th Annual Artists Exhibition, San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio, Texas
Juried by: Toby Kamps, Senior Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston

Geomorphosis, (SOLO Exhibit), Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, Texas (Oct 2008)
Seventy-Two, AnArte Gallery, San Antonio, Texas (Nov 2008)
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, New York (Dec 2008)

2007 Cataclysm & Creativity: Art in an Age of Uncertainty, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Skopje, Macedonia. Curated by Dr. Carey Rote, Texas A & M University, and Liljiana Nedelkovska, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia

Group Summer Show, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, Texas
Latino Expressions IV: Artistas de San Antonio; San Antonio Public Library
Dance (SOLO Exhibit), AnArte Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

2006 Narratives & Suggestions, AnArte Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Blue Star 21, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas.
Curated by: Bill Campbell, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas

Imaginary Places, (SOLO Exhibit); Monticello Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
Arts & Eats, Tobin Estate, San Antonio, Texas
Attraction of Abstraction, Art SA Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, Curated by Darryl Mix

76th Annual Artists Exhibition, San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio, Texas
Juried by: Maurice L. Gray, Professor Emeritus, California State, Fullerton

“5 x 7”, ArtHouse, Austin, Texas
Small Works for a Big Cause, Finesilver Gallery, (Say Si Benefit); San Antonio, Texas
3 Voices, 1100 Art Space, San Antonio, Texas
Seventy-Two (Preview), Studio 3, San Antonio, Texas

2005 San Antonio Painting 2005, Part II, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio Texas. Curated by Bill Fitzgibbons.

Milestones, Art SA Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, Curated by Darryl Mix
San Antonio Art League Museum, Contemporary Art Month Exhibition
RAC Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
“5 x 7”, ArtHouse, Austin, Texas
REAL-TIME, Global (Juried) On-line Art Annual of Contemporary Artists

2004 74th Annual Artists Exhibition, San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio,
Texas. Juried by Camille Przewodek.

Los San Antonians, Bismarck Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Two-person show, Kellum & Markey ArtSpace, San Antonio, Texas
Healing Today for Tomorrow, 1906 Art Gallery, San Antonio, Texas