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

2005 Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2004 Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2003 Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2002 Rudolph Projects, Houston, TX
2002 Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000 Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2000 Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1999 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
1998 Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1996 Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, NY
1994 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, NY
1990 John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005 HEAVENLY, or a Slice of White, curated by: Julia Jacquette and Joie Rosen, Hunter College, NY
2004 Indication, Pentimenti Gallery, Philidelphia, PA
2004 Landscapes, Galerie S65, Cologne, Germany
2004 ART...CHITECTURE, Evo Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
2003 "Project Room" New Etchings/New Paintings, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2003 Tickled Pink, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2003 At Present, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Sans, Absense Presense, Curated by Allison Peters, Apex Art Curatorial Program, New York, NY
2002 Breathing Room, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2002 Works on Paper, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2002 LandEscape, Curated by Lisa Hatchadoorian, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2002 In Your Time, Percy Miller Gallery, London, U.K.
2002 Theme, Source, Resource, Curated by Robert Poplack, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center (DAC), Brooklyn, NY
2002 Group Show, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2001 Two by Two for Aids and Arts, Rachofsky House, Dallas, TX
2000 Stark Narratives, Gallery Korea, New York, NY
2000 Great Escapes, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2000 Two by Two for Aids and Arts, Rachofsky House, Dallas, TX
1999 City Hall, San Francisco, CA
1999 Contemporary Realism, One Bush Street, San Francisco, CA
1998 What's on the Wall, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
1998 New Work, Rudolph Poissant Gallery, Houston, TX
1997 Relocating Landscape: East and West, Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ
1996 Summer Show, Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Summer Pursuits, Elma & Milton Gilbert Pavilion, Riverdale, NY
1995 New York Selections, Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
1993 Landscapes, Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Art of Our Times, Woodcliff, NJ
1992 Contemporary Landscape Painting, Gallery Concord, Concord, CA
1991 The Industrial Landscape, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
1990 New York Selections, Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
1990 Landscapes, Munson Gallery, New Haven, CT
1987 Contemporary California Landscapes, Gallery 30, San Mateo, CA
1986 Fields of Vision, Civic Art Museum, Walnut Creek, CA
1986 Valley United Arts Festival, San Francisco Arts Commission, S.F. CA
1986 The New Regional Painters, curated by Judith Quenvold, Oakland, CA
1985 Landscapes, curated by Terry St.John, Eloise Smith Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1985 Glastonbury Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984 Santa Cruz County Art Museum, Santa Cruz, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2005 Art in America, William Steiger at Margaret Thatcher, Melissa Kuntz, May
2005 Catalog Essay, Heavenly: or a Slice of White, Julia Jacquette and Joie Rosen, Hunter College Art Gallery, 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 Exhibition Essay, William Steiger: 130 ft high, 65 thou gal, 1/2 mile deep..., Hitomi Iwasaki, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
2002 The New York Times, Review, Ken Johnson, November 1st
2002 NY Sun, Wheels of Color, Amanda Gordon, October 8th
2002 NY 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), In Your Time, Fisun Guner, August 13th
2002 Evening Standard (London), Opening This Week, Helen Sumpter, July 12-18
2002 New York Newsday, A Measured Art, Annabelle Kerins, 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, 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, Daniel Rothbart, January
1999 New York Contemporary Art Report, Reviews, January
1998 ArtPapers, Jerry Cullum, May/June
1998 New Art Examiner, Jason Forrest, April
1997 The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Jerry Cullum, November
1997 The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Recommended, November
1997 Chelsea Clinton News, Heidi Calkins, December
1996 REVIEW ART, Robert Morgan, December
1996 Catalog essay: Terry St. John, by Pavel Machotka, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 NY Soho Art Magazine, Christopher Chambers, December
1994 Catalog essay: 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, Kathryn Runbeck, June
1992 Artforum International, Jenifer Borum, October
1991 The Journal of Art, Economics, December
1991 San Jose Mercury News, Dorothy Burkhart, July
1990 Cover Art Magazine, K.K. Kozik, October
1990 The Middletown Press, Bernard Hanson, January
1990 New Haven Independent, Christopher Arnott, January
1990 New Haven Register, Maxine Olderman, January
1990 New Haven Arts, 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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
Museum of Modern Art
Savannah College of Art and Design Galleries
Pfizer Corporation
Swiss Re:
Microsoft Corporation
The Progressive Corporation
Wellington Management
Altria Group, Inc (formerly Philip Morris)
Silicon Valley Bank
AXA (formerly Equitable)
Geoffrey Beene
Exxon Corporation
Dufner Heighes Design