Born in 1968, United States
Lives and works in New York, NY

EDUCATION
1990-1992 University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009

• “Two Fists of Iron and a Bottle of Beer”, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
• “Semaphores of the Soul”, ALICE Galleru´y, Brussels, Belgium

2008

• “Separating Light From Dark”, Patricia Armocida Gallery, Milan, Italy
• “Signarama”, Deitch Projects at Art Basel, Miami, FL

2007

• “SLEEP AND REPEAT”, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Demark
• “The Magic Word”, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA

2005

• “ESPO Bakery”, Deitch Projects, The Armory Show, New York, NY

2004

• “My List Of Demands”, Deitch Projects, New York, NY

2003

• “3 Story Building”, Alleged Annex, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008

• Waterboard Thrill Ride, part of Creative Time’s Democracy In America Exhibition,Coney Island, NY

2007

• “Lots Of Things Like This”, curated by Dave Eggers, Apex Art, New York, NY

2005

• “Love Letters”, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• “Service” (Canal Street Raincoat Project), New York, NY

2004

• “Beautiful Losers”, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD; USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL; Palazzo dell’Arte, Milan, Italy; Le Tri Postal, Lille, France; Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland; Arhus Kunstbygning, Denmark; La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain (traveled 2004-2008)
• Dreamland Artist Club, Creative Time, New York, NY (project) Co-curated and participated in project in which over 40 artists painted signs and attractions in New York landmark Coney Island, Coney Island, NY (project)

2002

• “Session The Bowl”, Deitch Projects, New York, NY

2001

• “Point Of Purchase” (with Barry McGee and Todd James), Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• “Street Market” (with Barry McGee and Todd James), 49th Venice Bienalle, Venice, Italy
• “5000 Trees”, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2000

• “Street Market” (with Barry McGee and Todd James), Deitch Projects, New York, NY
• “Indelible Market” (with Barry McGee and Todd James), curated by Alex Baker, Institute Of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008

• Kaminer, Ariel. “Coney Island Sideshow Has Guantanamo Theme” NY Times. August 6.
• Koppel, Niko. “Still Painting Messages on Buildings, but No Longer a Vandal” NY Times. May 29.

2007

• Studio Gangster, Gingko Press
• Pym, William.” Steve Powers: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts” Artforum. December 12.

2006

• First And Fifteenth Pop Art Short Stories, Villard, New York (Author)

2005

• Walker, Rob. “Slicker Price,” New York Times Magazine, October 30. p17.
• Kennedy, Randy. “Flash, Dash, and Now, Art,” New York Times, June 17. pD1.

2003

• Stuck On The Map, Dan Murphy, Mark Surface Intl., New York (Publisher)

2001

• Aletti, Vince. “Best Of 2001,” Artforum, December. p92.

1999

• The Art Of Getting Over, St. Martin’s Press, New York (Author)

1989 – 1997

• On The Go Magazine, Philadelphia & New York (Publisher/Editor)

Selected Award/Lectures
2005

• Harvard Graduate School Of Education, Cambridge, MA [lecture]

2003

• Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA [lecture]