Steven Chayt
The Best of the Best Juried Art Exhibition, 2017
Steven Chayt
Exhibiting Artist
Pepco Edison Place Gallery
702 8th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20068
August 11 - 30, 2017
Exhibiting Artist
Pepco Edison Place Gallery
702 8th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20068
August 11 - 30, 2017
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Bio
Steven was born in 1952 and graduated from Miami Beach Senior High in 1970. He attended the University of South Florida in 1970 and Dade Junior College from1971-1972, earning Best in Show at Dade Junior College Student Art Show in 1971 and a Solo Exhibition at Dade Junior College Theater Gallery in1972. After moving to Boston, Steven participated in a student show and earned a diploma from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and a BFA from Tufts University in 1974. Steven received an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in1976. During his time there he had a solo show “ Boat Ride” in 1975 and a Master’s Show “Landing” in 1976.
After receiving his MFA, Steven established Kenmore Press, a craft print shop and private press in 1976 and started publishing poetry, including Pokerface by Billy Collins, 1977 and Ikagnak, the North Wind by Robert Peters, 1978. His books were included in the New York Public Library Show “Best 70 Books of the Seventies”. Other books completed in Winter Haven, Florida were Collotype, History, Practicum, Bibliography, 1983 and The Ludlow Anthology, 1986. Chayt retired from teaching Communication Technology at Polk County Schools in 2014 before returning to making art. His first piece was HOHO Chair/ From Here to There, an outdoor sculpture in Winter Haven, FL, 2016. He participated in ArtPrize 8 in Grand Rapids Michigan in 2016, has been shown at the Tree Swallow Gallery Winter Haven in 2016, received Second Place at Ridge Art Association Fine Arts Show in 2017 and Juror’s Choice Award at Winter Haven Central Park Art Festival, 2017. He also participated in Mayfaire by the Lake, Lakeland, FL, 2017 and Florida’s Finest Exhibition at the Art Center Sarasota, 2017. He has an upcoming solo show: Fringe Creatives, Tampa, FL, 2017 and was recently chosen for ArtPop 2017, a public art initiative, in which artists enter designs for billboards that will be displayed throughout Polk County for a year. |
Artist Statement
"My current work explores the free association between selected photographic images and text. I want to provide and celebrate the power of both humor and paradox for the spectator. I try to create encounters that provoke an AH HA moment. I like that spectators start off a bit confused. I have always respected art that challenges me. I often use objects of popular culture. Most of the work has a sense of humor, but the humor should not be confused with a lack of seriousness.
"I want my work to be: Challenging/Funny, Thoughtful/Curious, Intriguing/Difficult, Beautiful/Confusing, Inviting/Different, Serious/Provocative" 
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