Selected Biography

Education

1979 Tulane University, B.S. Mathematics

Solo Exhibitions & Installations

2007

Steelroot - Maquettes & Drawings, Kouros Gallery, New York
Steelroots, 40 Years of Public Art Anniversary, City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, catalog
Cocoons, Philadelphia International Airport, installation
Steelroots, Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, California

2006

Steve Tobin Paintings, OK Harris Gallery; New York, New York
Exploded Earth, American Museum of Ceramic Art; Pomona, California Steelroots, Kouros Sculpture Center; Ridgefield, Connecticut

2005

Trinity Root, 9.11 memorial, Wall Street & Broadway; New York, New York permanent
Steve Tobin Paintings, The Banana Factory; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Earth Bronzes and New Nature, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens; Boothbay Harbor, Maine

2004

Roots, Laumeier Sculpture Park; St. Louis, Missouri
Roots, Lincoln Park; Chicago, Illinois

2003

Lantern House, Portland Museum of Art; Portland, Maine
Earth Bronzes, College of the Atlantic; Bar Harbor, Maine
Earth Bronzes, Florida International University; Miami, Florida, permanent

2002

Tobin’s Naked Earth, George C. Page Museum, La Brea Tar Pits; Los Angeles, California (2002-2003)
Tobin’s Naked Earth, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History; Los Angeles, California (2002-2003)
Lantern House, George Eastman House; Rochester, New York

2001

Earth Bronzes, Lehigh University; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (2001-2002)
Earth Bronze Trilogy - Part I, Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery; Vancouver, Canada

2000

Earth Bronzes, American Museum of Natural History; New York, New York (2000-2001)
Earth Bronzes, Montefiore Park; West Harlem, New York (2000-2001)

1999

Cocoons, Corning Museum of Glass, Sculpture Gallery; Corning, New York (1999-2001)

1998

Earth Bronzes, Fuller Museum of Art; Brockton, Massachusetts, catalog
Earth Bronzes, OK Harris Gallery; New York, New York, catalog
Earth Bronzes, artetindustries; New York, New York, catalog

1997

Broadway River, New York University, Broadway Windows; New York, New York1996 Matzoh House, Gallery B.A.I.; New York, New York

1995

Steve Tobin: Reconstructions, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College; Collegeville, Pennsylvania, catalog
Peyton Wright Gallery; Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bentley Gallery; Scottsdale, Arizona

1994

Sanske Gallery; Zurich, Switzerland
Habatat Gallery; Boca Raton, Florida

1993

Steve Tobin at Retretti, Retretti Art Center; Punkaharju, Finland, catalog

1992

Steve Tobin, Transformations: Three Installations in Glass, Lehigh University, Wilson and Hall Gallery; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, catalog

1990

Steve Tobin, Sanske Gallery; Zurich, Switzerland

1989

Cocoons, Holsten Galleries; Palm Beach, Florida

1988

Steve Tobin: The Glass Garden, Moore College of Art and Design, Levy Gallery for the Arts; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, catalog

1987

Dream Glass, Axis Gallery; Tokyo, Japan
Glass for Tea Ceremony, Tazawa Gallery; Kyoto, Japan

1986

Wheaton Ware, LaVaggi Gallery; New York, New York

1985

Manhattan Bowls, Synderman Gallery; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1982

Glass Sculpture, Gallery 10; New York, New York

1980

Glass Portraits, Hanson Gallery; New Orleans, Louisiana
Glasscapes, Spring Street Enamels Galery; New York, New York

1979

Sculptured Glass, Bienville Gallery; New Orleans, Louisiana

Selected Group Exhibitions & Installations

2007

Accrochage, Kouros Gallery, New York
Shattering Glass: New Perspectives, The Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York, catalog

2005

Earth Bronzes, Spring/Summer 2005 Exhibitions, 2005-2007, Grounds for Sculpture; Hamilton, New Jersey, catalog
El Bosque (The Forest), Federico Silva Sculpture Museum park; San Luis Potosi, Mexico2000 Roots, Vancouver International Sculpture Project; Vancouver, Canada, catalog
Exploded Clay with Glass Riverbed, Americans in Venice Exhibition, American Craft Museum; New York, New York

1994

Waterworks, Palm Beach Community Museum; Palm Beach, Florida
Alene Lapides Gallery; Santa Fe, New Mexico
Robert Morris Gallery; New York, New York

1993

Glass Installations, American Craft Museum; New York, New York
From Our Vault, Wustum Museum; Racine, Wisconsin

1991

Le Verre, Lespace Duchamp Villion; Rouen, France

1990

Glass Doesn’t Grow in the Forest, St. Augustine Chapel, Belgium

1989

Glass America, Heller Gallery; New York, New York (1989-1993)

1986

New American Glass Focus 2, Huntington Museum of Art; Huntington, West Virginia

1983

South Glass, Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts; Roanoke, Virginia

1979

Louisiana Glass, Alexandria Museum; Alexandria, Louisisana

Selected Permanent Collections

American Center; Helsinki, Finland
American Craft Museum; New York, New York
American Glass Museum; Millville, New Jersey
Boca Raton Museum of Art; Boca Raton, Florida
Coca-Cola Corporation; Atlanta, Georgia
Finair; Helsinki, Finland
Gratz College; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
King Faisal’s Palace; Saudi Arabia
Lowe Art Museum; Miami, Florida
Musee des Arts Decoratifs; Lausanne, Switzerland
New Orleans Museum of Art; New Orleans, Louisiana
Philadelphia Museum of Art; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinis College; Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Retretti Museum; Punkaharju, Finland
State Museum; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Stephane Janssen Collection; Santa Fe, New Mexico
The White House; Washington, D.C.