born: 1962, lives and works in New York City

EDUCATION

1989 Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, MFA in Painting
1986 University of California, Santa Cruz, Graduate Program in Art
1984 University of California, Santa Cruz, BA in Art

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 Marcia Wood Gallery, whirl, Atlanta, GA
2008 Margaret Thatcher Projects, Transport, New York, NY
2008 Holly Johnson Gallery, Destination, Dallas, Tx
2008 Richard Levy Gallery, Sugarloaves, Albuquerque, NM
2007 Roy Boyd Gallery, Junction – paintings 1997-2007, Chicago, IL
2006 Margaret Thatcher Projects, Under a Telephone Pole, New York, NY
2005 Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2004 Margaret Thatcher Projects, Land : Mark, New York, NY
2003 Pentimenti Gallery, New Paintings, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Margaret Thatcher Projects, Signal, New York, NY
2002 Queens Museum of Art, 130 ft high, 65 thou gal, 1/2 mile deep… Queens, NY
2002 Rudolph Projects, Paintings, Houston, TX
2002 Marcia Wood Gallery, New Work, Atlanta, GA
2000 Margaret Thatcher Projects, New Paintings, New York, NY
2000 Marcia Wood Gallery, New Work, Atlanta, GA
1999 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, Landscapes and Mechanical Interventions, San Francisco, CA
1999 Margaret Thatcher Projects, New Paintings, New York, NY
1997 Marcia Wood Gallery, American Landscapes, Atlanta, GA
1996 Condeso/Lawler Gallery, Paintings, New York, NY
1996 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, Recent Paintings, San Francisco, CA
1994 Condeso/Lawler Gallery, Paintings, New York, NY
1994 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, Recent Paintings, San Francisco, CA
1992 Condeso/Lawler Gallery, Paintings, New York, NY
1991 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, Paintings From New York & California, San Francisco, CA
1990 Condeso/Lawler Gallery, Paintings, New York, NY
1990 John Slade Ely House, New Work, New Haven, CT

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 Pace Prints, 40th Anniversary, New York, NY
2007 Silas Marder Gallery, Country Side, Bridgehampton, NY
2007 Holly Johnson Gallery, Drawing Conclusions, Dallas, TX
2007 Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Surf & Turf, Larchmont, NY
2007 Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition 2007, London U.K.
2007 Pace Prints, New Editions, New York, NY
2006 Gallery Ihn, Beyond the Sensibility, Seoul, Korea
2005 Margaret Thatcher Projects, Summer Sensation, New York, NY
2005 Hunter College, HEAVENLY, or A Slice of White, New York, NY
2004 Pentimenti Gallery, Indication, Philidelphia, PA
2004 Galerie S65, Landscapes, Cologne, Germany
2004 Evo Gallery, ART…CHITECTURE, Sante Fe, NM
2003 Margaret Thatcher Projects, Project Room-New Etchings, New York, NY
2003 Marcia Wood Gallery, Tickled, Atlanta, GA
2003 Pentimenti Gallery, At Present, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Apex Art Curatorial Program, Sans-Absense Presense, New York, NY
2002 Margaret Thatcher Projects, Breathing Room, New York, NY
2002 Marcia Wood Gallery, Works on Paper, Atlanta, GA
2002 George Billis Gallery, LandEscape, curated by Lisa Hatchadoorian, New York, NY
2002 Percy Miller Gallery, In Your Time, London, UK
2002 Dumbo Arts Center, Theme, Source, Resource, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Kenise Barnes Fine Art, 2002, Larchmont, NY
2001 Rachofsky House, Two by Two for Aids and Arts, Dallas, TX
2000 Gallery Korea, Stark Narratives, New York, NY
2000 Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Great Escapes, Larchmont, NY
2000 Rachofsky House, Two by Two for Aids and Arts, Dallas, TX     
1998 Margaret Thatcher Projects, What's on the Wall, New York, NY                   
1998 Rudolph Poissant Gallery, New Work, Houston, TX
1997 Caldwell College, Relocating Landscape: East and West, Caldwell, NJ
1996 Condeso/Lawler Gallery, Summer Show, New York, NY
1995 Albright-Knox Museum, New York Selections, Buffalo, NY
1993 Condeso/Lawler Gallery, Landscapes, New York, NY
1991 First Street Gallery, The Industrial Landscape, New York, NY
1990 Albright-Knox Museum, New York Selections, Buffalo, NY
1990 Munson Gallery, Landscapes, New Haven, CT
1987 Gallery 30, Contemporary California Landscapes San Mateo, CA
1986 Civic Art Museum, Fields of Vision, Walnut Creek, CA
1985 Eloise Smith Gallery, Landscapes, curated by Terry St.John, Santa Cruz, CA
1985 Glastonbury Gallery, Done in the Open, San Francisco, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2008 Kipton Art, Transport, Bettina Prentice, December 2nd
2008 White Hot Magazine, Transport, Hans Michaud, December
2008 Dallas Morning News, William Steiger at Holly Johnson, Kriston Capps, Nov. 2nd
2008 Dallas Observer, William Steiger: Destination, Jennifer Elaine Davis, October 14th
2008 Pegasus News, William Steiger’s Destination, October 13th
2007 Chicago Tribune, Reviews – William Steiger, Alan Artner, July 6th
2007 Chicago Sun-Times, Steiger gets Maximum Impact from Minimalist Landscapes, Margaret Hawkins, June 29th
2006 Catalog Essay, William Steiger: Blind White, Bruce W. Ferguson, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2006 Atlanta Creative Loafing, Take me back, Felicia Feaster, November
2005 Art in America, William Steiger at Margaret Thatcher, Melissa Kuntz, May
2005 Catalog Essay, Heavenly: or A Slice of White, Hunter College Art Gallery, Julia Jacquette and Joie Rosen, New York, NY
2005 The New York Times, Art Review, Roberta Hershenson, March 20th
2004 NY Sun, William Steiger - Land:Mark , David Cohen, November 11th      
2004 Art on Paper, First Impression, September-October              
2004 NY Post, Art to Start With, Samuel T. Clover, October 30th
2003 The Kennett Paper, Steiger Creates the Ideal Idyll, R.B. Strauss, March 27th                
2003 The Philadelphia Inquirer, Painted Precisely, Edward  J. Sozanski, March 21st
2002 Exhibiton Essay, William Steiger: 130 ft high, 65 thou gal, ½ mile deep…, Hitomi Iwasaki, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
2002 The New York Times, Review, Ken Johnson, November 1st
2002 New York Sun, Wheels of Color, Amanda Gordon, October 8th
2002 New York Sun, In Plane View, Amanda Gordon, August 7th             
2002 New York Resident, Sara Bonisteel, August
2002 Essay, William Steiger’s Eternal Distance, Maura Robinson, New York, NY
2002 Giornale Dell’Arte, `E il passato il nostre tempo, July-August
2002 Metro Life (London) Art Review, In Your Time, Fisun Güner, August 13th
2002 The Art Newspaper, In Your Time, August
2002 Evening Standard, Opening This Week, Helen Sumpter, July 12-18
2002 New York Newsday, Weekend, A Measured Art, May
2002 Atlanta Creative Loafing, Point of View, Cathy Byrd, March
2002 The New York Times, Contemporary Views…, Dominick Lombardi, January
2001 Art News, Paradise Lost? Artists Reinvent the Landscape, Hilarie M. Sheets, March
2001 Temaceleste, Reviews, Micaela Giovannotti, January/February
2000 Catalog Essay, William Steiger: Ghosts in the Machine, by Felicia Feaster, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2000 New York Resident, Chris McCloud, November
2000 New York Contemporary Art Report, Reviews, November
2000 New York Contemporary Art Report, Reviews, October
2000 The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Recommended, March
2000 Atlanta Creative Loafing, Ghosts in the Machine, Felicia Feaster, March
1999 San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook, David Wiegand, July
1999 San Francisco Examiner, Edvins Beitiks, July
1999 Aufbau, Miriam Zißler, October
1999 NY Arts, Reviews, Daniel Rothbart, January
1999 New York Contemporary Art Report, Reviews, January          
1998 ArtPapers, American Landscape, Jerry Cullum, May/June
1998 New Art Examiner, American Landscape, Jason Forrest, April
1997 The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Paintings Capture a Nation Waiting for a Jump Start, Jerry Cullum, November
1997 The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Recommended, November
1997 Chelsea Clinton News, Heidi Calkins, December
1996 REVIEW ART, Reviews and Previews, Robert Morgan, December
1996 Catalog essay: Terry St. John, by Pavel Machotka, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 NY Soho Art Magazine, From the Galleries, Christopher Chambers, December
1994 Catalog essay, Immanence and Containment: Paintings by William Steiger, by Robert C. Morgan, Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, NY and Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA           
1994 Promenade, Gallery Hopping, March
1993 Art of California, Collections, Kathryn Runbeck, June
1992 Artforum International, Reviews, Jenifer Borum, October
1991 The Journal of Art, Economics, December
1991 San Jose Mercury News, Reviews, Dorothy Burkhart, July
1990 Cover Art Magazine, Bright Shining Lie, K.K. Kozik, October
1990 The Middletown Press, Bernard Hanson, January
1990 New Haven Independent, Christopher Arnott, January
1990 New Haven Register, Putting a Personal Stamp on Expressionism, Maxine Olderman, January
1990 New Haven Arts, Expressionism at the John Slade Ely House, Raymond Smith, January

AWARDS

1995 Art in Embassies Program, Washington, DC
1990 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award
1990 Basil H. Alkazzi Award
1989 Phelps Burdan Memorial Award for Distinction in Painting, Yale University
1988 Teaching Fellowship: Painting, Yale University
1986 Teaching Fellowship: Drawing, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

COLLECTIONS

Altria Group, Inc (formerly Philip Morris)
Amy Lau Design
AXA  (formerly Equitable)
Bank of America
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA
Dufner Heighes Design
Exxon Corporation
Geoffry Beene
Hana Bank
Microsoft Corporation
Museum of Modern Art
Pfizer Corporation           
Savannah College of Art and Design Galleries
Silicon Valley Bank
Swiss Re:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Progressive Corporation
Wellington Management
WWhitney Museum of American Art