Steve Nyland (b. January 1967) is an artist living & working in the greater Syracuse NY area. Steve obtained his BFA in Media Studies (Experimental Studios) at Syracuse University’s School of Visual & Performing Arts in August of 1992 and his MFA in Studio Arts from State University of New York at Albany in June of 1997.
Steve undertook post graduate studio work at SUNY Empire State College in Manhattan NY 1997-1999, serving as Studio Intern to artists Mel Bochner and Luca Buvoli. Also participating in subsequent exhibits including at PS 122 Manhattan, Galapagos Art & Performance in Brooklyn, CBGB Gallery Bowery, and the 2002 Free Biennial Open Studio at Hunter College in Manhattan.
Between 2003 and 2008 Nyland ran a home video mail order business for obscure cult movies & pop culture ephemera out of his Syracuse home, publishing reviews on the subjects regularly at IMDb from 1999 through the present day. During this period Steve also developed a background in video and digital media arts utilized in presenting his artwork to this day.
Steve began exhibiting his artwork in the Central New York area full time starting in 2008, working also as a Curator in both the Syracuse and Utica NY and sitting on various arts committees in both locations. He acted as Director of Visual Arts for the Utica Music & Arts Festival from 2014 - 2017, worked as Gallery Director for The Dev in downtown Utica from 2015 - 2017, and maintaned the Macartovin Annex Studio & Exhibition Space on Genesee St from April 2014 through January of 2020.
From January 2015 through May 2020 Steve worked as Artist in Residence and Curator for The Tech Garden in downtown Syracuse NY, producing in all twenty two quarterly public exhibits of CNY area artists through March 2020.
Steve currently maintains a painting studio and media arts lab in the Syracuse University area, publishing weekly blogs and video content (youtube.com/sqTake2/) on Painting + Visual Arts (syracuseartfreak.blogspot.com/) and Vintage Pop Culture Ephemera (spacetrucks.blogspot.com/).
Studio Arts Instagram: artbynyland
Space Bling Instagram: space.trucks
YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/SqTake2
Click Here for IMDb Profile & Reviews History
Arts Blog: syracuseartfreak.blogspot.com
Space Blog: spacetrucks.blogspot.com
Contact 1: space.trucks.1138@ gmail.com
Contact 2: squonkamatic@ netscape.net
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Steve N. May 2023
Edit 052423 Exhibition record and CV to follow. Considering cover image options
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