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Known for his work in painting, sculpture, sound, and video, Steve Roden created a visionary and idiosyncratic aesthetic language across multiple mediums that was rooted in his interest in translating systems. Roden made connections and meaning by experimenting with visual imagery, music, language, code, translation, listening, and the amassing of various collections of objects and ephemera. Taking a particular interest in the relationship between color and sound, he focused specifically on spectrums of noise which are used to determine frequencies in sound as they relate to color. Roden then transformed this into profoundly beautiful and intellectual visual experiences.

In his two-dimensional work, Roden used various forms of specific notation (words, musical scores, maps, etc.) and translated them through self-invented systems into scores, which then influenced the process of painting, drawing, sculpture, and composition. These scores, while perhaps rigid in terms of their parameters and rules, also allowed for intuitive decisions. In the visual works, translations of information such as text and maps, became rules and systems for generating visual actions such as color choices, number of elements, amounts of time, and form building.

Steve Roden was born in 1964 in Los Angeles and lived there until his death in September 2023. He attended two of Los Angeles’s premier art schools, Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design where he received his BA in 1986, and Art Center College of Design where he received his MA in 1989.

Since 1986, Roden consistently exhibited and performed his work across the United States and internationally. His first exhibition at Vielmetter Los Angeles was in 2003, followed by eight other solo exhibitions. His artwork has been exhibited at venues including: Mercosur Biennial, Porto Alegre Brazil; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA; UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece; Singuhr-Horgalerie, Berlin; Center for Book Arts, New York; The Kitchen, New York; Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA; La Casa Encendida, Madrid; and Studio la Citta, Verona, Italy; among others.

Roden performed his soundworks at various arts spaces and experimental music festivals worldwide including: Serpentine Gallery, London; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Dca Dundee, Scotland; Redcat, Los Angeles; and Crawford Gallery, Cork, Ireland. He created numerous site-specific sound works for spaces such as Moca At The Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles; The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA; the Mak Center For Art And Architecture/Schindler House,  Los Angeles; Chinati, Marfa, Texas; City University Of Hong Kong; Girard College, Philadelphia; and the city of West Hollywood, California.

His artwork is held in many public and private collections including Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece; the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA; the Blanton Museum of Art, University Of Texas, Austin; the Palm Springs Museum, Palm Springs, CA; and Benton Museum Of Art at Pomona College, Claremont, CA.

Selected Works

This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "human scale (my body floating over the silent world, where bells sound like rainbows)." This artwork was created in 2005 and measures 66" x 66" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (167.64 x 167.64 x 3.81 cm). Its medium is Oil, acrylic, ink, bees wax, polyurethane on linen.
Steve Roden
“human scale (my body floating over the silent world, where bells sound like rainbows),” 2005
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "the sky crying is." This artwork was created in 2015 and measures 65" x 36" [HxW] (165.1 x 91.44 cm); 72 ¹⁄₈" x 46" x 3" [HxWxD] (183.19 x 116.84 x 7.62 cm) framed. Its medium is Acrylic, sumi ink, collage, magazine images.
Steve Roden
“the sky crying is,” 2015
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "the silent world." This artwork was created in 2005 and measures 18" x 18" x ³⁄₄" [HxWxD] (45.72 x 45.72 x 1.91 cm). Its medium is Oil, acrylic on linen.
Steve Roden
“the silent world,” 2005
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "object of the sea." This artwork was created in 1999-2000 and measures 30" x 30" x 1" [HxWxD] (76.2 x 76.2 x 2.54 cm). Its medium is Oil and polyurethane on linen.
Steve Roden
“object of the sea,” 1999-2000
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "the streets are made of pistachio." This artwork was created in 2015 and measures Printed with Leslie Ross-Robertson/Wavelength Press; 20" x 26" [HxW] (50.8 x 66.04 cm); 23 ¹⁄₄" x 29 ¹⁄₄" [HxW] (59.05 x 74.29 cm) framed. Its medium is Letterpress, ink, collage, sumi ink, watercolor, pencil, and crayons.
Steve Roden
“the streets are made of pistachio,” 2015
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "ear is for sees (line and and horns) 1789." This artwork was created in 2007 and measures 22" x 11" [HxW] (55.88 x 27.94 cm) paper size; 27" x 15 ¹⁄₂" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (68.58 x 39.36 x 3.81 cm) framed. Its medium is Pencil, ink, watercolor and collage on paper.
Steve Roden
“ear is for sees (line and and horns) 1789,” 2007
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "when this falls apart you will have to put it back together." This artwork was created in 2015 and measures 30" x 22" [HxW] (76.2 x 55.88 cm); 33 ¹⁄₈" x 24 ³⁄₄" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (84.13 x 62.86 x 3.81 cm) framed. Its medium is Acrylic, sumi ink, crayon, cardboard, embroidery thread, pencil.
Steve Roden
“when this falls apart you will have to put it back together,” 2015
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "late march or early april." This artwork was created in 2015 and measures 50" x 30" [HxW] (127 x 76.2 cm); 70 ³⁄₈" x 40 ¹⁄₂" x 2" [HxWxD] (178.76 x 102.87 x 5.08 cm) framed. Its medium is Pencil, sumi ink, crayon, frottage, gesso, acrylic on paper.
Steve Roden
“late march or early april,” 2015
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "the basement tapes (stereo)." It is unknow when this artwork was created and measures 29" x 22" [HxW] (73.66 x 55.88 cm)32 ⁵⁄₈" x 25 ¹⁄₈" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (82.88 x 63.83 x 3.81 cm) framed. Its medium is Cardboard, construction paper, crayon, ink, pencil collage.
Steve Roden
“the basement tapes (stereo)”
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "when the body becomes a city and the city becomes a body (levitation)." This artwork was created in 2013 and measures 67" x 21" [HxW] (170.18 x 53.34 cm); 68 ¹⁄₂" x 23 ¹⁄₂" [HxW] (173.99 x 59.69 cm) framed. Its medium is Printer's ink, pencil, colored pencil on paper.
Steve Roden
“when the body becomes a city and the city becomes a body (levitation),” 2013
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "from 33 to 45." This artwork was created in 2019 and measures 36" x 50" x 2" [HxWxD] (91.44 x 127 x 5.08 cm). Its medium is Acrylic on canvas.
Steve Roden
“from 33 to 45,” 2019
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "water music 10." This artwork was created in 2015 and measures 10" x 8" [HxW] (25.4 x 20.32 cm) paper size13 ¹⁄₂" x 10 ¹⁄₂" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (34.29 x 26.67 x 3.81 cm) framed. Its medium is Watercolor and sumi ink on paper.
Steve Roden
“water music 10,” 2015
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "water music 5." This artwork was created in 2015 and measures 10" x 8" [HxW] (25.4 x 20.32 cm) paper size13 ¹⁄₂" x 10 ¹⁄₂" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (34.29 x 26.67 x 3.81 cm) framed. Its medium is Watercolor and sumi ink on paper.
Steve Roden
“water music 5,” 2015
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "water music 1." This artwork was created in 2015 and measures 10" x 8" [HxW] (25.4 x 20.32 cm) paper size13 ¹⁄₂" x 10 ¹⁄₂" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (34.29 x 26.67 x 3.81 cm) framed. Its medium is Watercolor and sumi ink on paper.
Steve Roden
“water music 1,” 2015
Steve Roden “in and in and up and down below (above),” 2019
Steve Roden
“in and in and up and down below (above),” 2019
Steve Roden “bandwidth #1,” 2019
Steve Roden
“bandwidth #1,” 2019
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "one plus one minus one (loner)." This artwork was created in 2015 and measures 61 ³⁄₄" x 49 ¹⁄₂" [HxW] (156.84 x 125.73 cm) framed. Its medium is Acrylic on canvas.
Steve Roden
“one plus one minus one (loner),” 2015
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "dark entries 1." This artwork was created in 2015 and measures 61 ³⁄₄" x 37 ¹⁄₂" [HxW] (156.84 x 95.25 cm) Framed. Its medium is Acrylic on canvas.
Steve Roden
“dark entries 1,” 2015
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "morphing terrarium." This artwork was created in 2015 and measures 49 ¹⁄₂" x 61 ³⁄₄" [HxW] (125.73 x 156.84 cm) framed. Its medium is Acrylic on canvas.
Steve Roden
“morphing terrarium,” 2015
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "aggregate (veils)." This artwork was created in 2010 and measures 72" x 72" [HxW] (182.88 x 182.88 cm). Its medium is Acrylic and oil on linen.
Steve Roden
“aggregate (veils),” 2010
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "third stone." This artwork was created in 2010 and measures 26" x 22" [HxW] (66.04 x 55.88 cm). Its medium is Acrylic and oil on linen.
Steve Roden
“third stone,” 2010
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "fifth stone." This artwork was created in 2010 and measures 32" x 22" [HxW] (81.28 x 55.88 cm). Its medium is Acrylic and oil on linen.
Steve Roden
“fifth stone,” 2010
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "from sound to stone (buoyant aparatus)." This artwork was created in 2010 and measures 87 ⁵⁄₈" x 44 ¹⁄₂" [HxW] (222.56 x 113.03 cm) paper size94 ³⁄₄" x 48" [HxW] (240.66 x 121.92 cm) framed. Its medium is Sumi ink, watercolor, collage, pencil and frottage on paper.
Steve Roden
“from sound to stone (buoyant aparatus),” 2010
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "erosion 2." This artwork was created in 2010 and measures 26" x 22 ¹⁄₃₂" [HxW] (66.04 x 55.94 cm) paper size; 27 ³⁄₄" x 23 ³⁄₄" [HxW] (70.48 x 60.32 cm) framed. Its medium is Sumi ink, ink, watercolor, collage and pencil on paper.
Steve Roden
“erosion 2,” 2010
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "shadow of a shadow (reflections)." This artwork was created in 2010 and measures 45" x 26" x 19" [HxWxD] (114.3 x 66.04 x 48.26 cm). Its medium is Plaster and cardboard.
Steve Roden
“shadow of a shadow (reflections),” 2010
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "striations (stones and clouds)." This artwork was created in 2010-11 and measures TRT: 00:06:00 mins looped. Its medium is Two 16 mm films with ink transferred to video, color, no sound.
Steve Roden
“striations (stones and clouds),” 2010-11
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "bowrain." This artwork was created in 2010 and measures Site specific installation; Dimensions variable: 45' x 45' [HxW] (1,371.6 x 1,371.6 cm). Its medium is Wood, wire, twine, sound composition, 6 audio speakers, 3 cd players, 3 stereo amplifiers, ink on 16mm film stock transferred to video, 3 dvd players, 3 video projectors.
Steve Roden
“bowrain,” 2010
This image depicts an artwork by Steve Roden titled "blanche." This artwork was created in 2010 and measures 5 1/2" x 3 3/4" painting size. Its medium is Acrylic and oil on linen, based on postcard from the archives of Frederick Hammersley, circa 1930's and 1940's.
Steve Roden
“blanche,” 2010

Exhibitions

Born: 1964, Los Angeles, CA
Died: 2023, Los Angeles, CA
1989
MFA, Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA
1986
BFA, Otis /Parsons, Los Angeles, CA
1985
Parsons, Paris, France

Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2024
"floating over the silent world," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2023
"Tribute to Steve Roden," Studio La Cittå, Verona, Italy
2019
"could/cloud," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2018
"the walls with sand in a single neutral color,” Spazioersetti, Udine, Italy (Link)
2017
"Steve Roden," La Kunsthalle Mulhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Mulhouse, France (Link)
2016
“A Year Without Painting,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
“Extra-Ordinary Things,” Biola University, LA Mirada, CA
2015
Steve Roden and Alexandra Grant: These Carnations Defy Language, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
2013
"rag-picker", Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
"rag-picker," CRG Gallery, New York, NY
The Spaces Contained In Each, St. Cornelius Chapel, Governors Island, New York (collaboration with Stephen Vitiello)
Jenny Perlin & Steve Roden, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, curated by Bruce Checefsky
2012
bells, shells, steps and silences, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
some small fires," Run Run Shaw Creative Media Center, City University of Hong Kong
notations, Marxhausen Gallery of Art, Concordia University, Seward, NE
rag picking, Singuhr Hoergalerie at Meinblau Kunsthaus, Berlin, Germany
a song without words / a music without sound, Le Bon Accueil, Rennes, France
rag picking (v.2), Chapellle Saint-Joseph, Montfort su Meu, France
2011
stones throw, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2010
Steve Roden: In Between: A Mid-Career Survey, curated by Howard Fox, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
blinking lights at night, Phonebox at IMO projects, Copenhagen, Denmark
when words become forms, Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
2008
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
"to these four horizons, Geluidpost/Lokaal01, Breda, the Netherlands
2007
Susanne Vielmetter Berlin Projects
2006
"lines and spaces", Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, CA
"Steve Roden: recent work, Studio la Citt, Verona, Italy, curated by Valerio Deh
"steve roden: day ring, night ring, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, sound installation in James Turrells Skyspace
"Recent Monotypes, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA
2005
"seam arks, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
"seamarks", Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
"Steve Roden: Transmissions from Space", Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science, Fresno, CA
2004
"ear(th)", Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology
"New Work", Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
"cups into clouds, songs into rain", e/Static Gallery, Torino, Italy
"stills (for guru dutt)", Tang Museum at Skidmore College, MY
2003
Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
"the silent world", Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Los Angeles, CA
"the surface of the moon", Suyama Space, Seattle, WA
"chamber music", Jack Straw New Media Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002
"light forms," Singuhr - Hrgalerie in Parochial, Berlin
"a year of skies," e/Static Gallery, Torino, Italy
"some reconstructions of wandering & inner space," Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2000
Jenn Joy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"mir/we ned to say goodbye," Studio Five Beekman, New York, NY
"The Guardshack, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA,
1999
"the anatomy of touch/ the alchemy of the verb," JennJoy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997
Griffin Contemporary Exhibitions, Venice, CA
Pac Des Ouches, Nevers, France
1996
Griffin Contemporary Exhibitions, Venice, CA
1995
Gallerie OU', Osaka, Japan
1992
Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024
"Re-Iterative II," curated by John David O’Brien, Terminal 5, LAX Airport, Los Angeles, CA
2023-2025
"Energy Fields: Vibrations of the Pacific," Curated by Lawrence English with Fulcrum Arts, Getty PST Initiative, Chapman University, Orange, CA
2023
"Fogli (Leaves)," Roswell Space Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Organized by John O'Brien, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
2022
"Generations," Brand Art Library, Glendale, LA
2021-2022
"LA Biblioteca, Artists' Books from Los Angeles/Italia," The Don B. Huntley Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, CA (Link)
2020
"Audiosphere Sound Experimentation 1980-2020," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
"20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"In Verbis Artis," HMCT Gallery at ACCD, Pasadena, CA
2019
"Centennial: 100 years of Otis College Alumni," Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2018
“Evolver,” LA Louver, Los Angeles, CA
2016
“Sound of Silece,” Broel Museum, Kortrijk, Belgium
“SYNAESTHESIA,” Five Car Garage, Los Angeles, CA
“Mas all del sonido,” Muntref-Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
MAK, curated by Michael Ned Holte, Schindler House, Los Angeles, CA
“Sweet Gongs Vibrating,” San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
2015
"Wunderkammer, Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, CA
By This River, curated by Michael Solway, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
"The recorder was left on, or the closer I get to the end the more I rewrite the beginning, curated by Suzy Halajan, Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, Los Angeles, CA
2014
First International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Cartagena de Indias #1: Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
"Left Coast: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Reverb!, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, curated by Max Presneill
Portraits of the Garden, Sturt Haaga Gallery, Descanso Gardens, La Caada Flintridge, CA
2013
"In the Sance Room: Acquisition Highlights from 2003-2013," Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
"heroes," Carter & Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
"Lines + Spaces" Joseloff Gallery at the Hartford Art School, curated by John Yau, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
Observer Effect, Gallery 400 at the University of Chicago Illinois, Chicago, IL
2012
Silence, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX; Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Finale, Inglewood Main Library, Inglewood, CA
Purepresence Presents: "Parisonic Room", La Gaite Lyrique, Pairs, France
2011
Time Again, Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Summer Group Sculpture Show, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
Game Theory, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
With Hidden Noise, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
An Exchange eith Sol Lewitt, Cabinet, New York
Absence/Presence: Contemporary Abstraction, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA
"In and Outside: Writing," Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
"Worlds," Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2010
The Hendersons Will Be There, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
“Inaugural Group Exhibition, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
The Drawing Machines, Galleria Gregor Podnar, Berlin, Germany
ARTe SONoro, curated by Jose Manuel Costa, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Ear to the Page, curated by Alan Light and James Hoff, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Re-Sound, Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
Sound in Space, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
2009
at the Brewery Project: 1993-2007: the Finale, The Armory Gallery, Pasadena, CA (December 7, 2008 March 1, 2009)
"Hidden City, various sites, Peregrine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2008
"Selections from the Permanent Collection, EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
"L.A. Now," Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV, curated by David Pagel (Link)
"L.A. Paint," The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA, curated by Philip Linhares (Link)
"Perspectives 163: Every Sound You Can Imagine, The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX, curated by Toby Kamps and Christopher Cox and traveling to: New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA (February 5 March 28, 2009) (Link)
"Marfa Sessions, Marfa Ballroom and Various Sites, Marfa, Texas, curated by Regine Basha & the Relay Project
"Happy New Ears, Kortrijk, Belgium, curated by Joost Fonteyne (upcoming)
"Southern California Painting, Oakland Museum, CA, curated by Phil Linares
(dis)concert "sound objects, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
"Some Paintings: The Third (2007) LA Weekly Annual Biennial, Track 16, Santa Monica (curated by Doug Harvey)
"Before and After Science, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, curated by Michael Ned Holte
2007
"Mercosur Biennial, Porto Allegre, Brazil
"Sleppet (part of Grieg 07), Bergen, Norway, curated by Jorgen Larsen, traveling to Oslo
"soundwaves, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
"between thought and sound, The Kitchen, New York, curated by Debra Singer and Matthew Lyons (catalog)
"Reverberations: Steve Roden & Stephen Vitiello, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX, curated by Regine Basha
"decoupage (f d), Blank, Torino, Italy
"Open End, Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
"Kit Bashing, Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
"invisible. Other, New American Art Union, Portland, OR, curated by TJ Norris
2006
"The Grand Promenande, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, curated by Anna Kafetsi (two sound installations)
"Eco E Narciso, Museum of Modern Architecture (MaAm), Ivrea, Italy, curated by Danieal Cascella & Rebecca De Marchi
"Draw A Line, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Hollywood
"(Keep Feeling) Fascination: Recent Abstract Painting in Los Angeles, Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, Cal State LA, Los Angeles
"Space is the Place, 2005 ICI Traveling Exhibition, curated by Alex Baker and Toby Kamps, ICA Portland, Maine, Cranbrook Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
"Intersections, Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Ohio
"Cityscapes, ARCO, Project Booth selected by Christopher Miles, presented by Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Madrid, Spain
"Otis / LA, Nine Decades of Los Angeles Art, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Immodesty, Another Year in LA, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Linda Day
2005
"Sculturra Liggera / Light Sculpture, 503 Mulino, Vincenza, Italy, curated by Simone Menegoi
"COLA, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Award, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Park Sounds, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK, with Paul Panhuysen
"EN/OF Editions, Printed Matter, New York, NY
"In the Abstract", Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Percussion Music, Solway Jones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Artists Select Artists", Kustera Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
"I10, McClean Gallery, Houston, TX
"je ne regrette rien, Studio La Citta, Verona, Italy
"Wordplay, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
"In Resonance, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, curated by Fionn Meade and Robert Millis
"sounds like drawing, The Drawing Room, London, UK, curated by Anthony Huberman
2004
"Listen", Pompidou Center, Paris, curated by Boris Tissot
"Specific Objects: The Minimalist Influence", Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA, with Sol LeWitt, Dan Flavin, Carl Andre, Donald Judd, Agnes Martin, Robert Irwin, John McLaughlin, Byron Kim, Daman Ortega, and others, La Jolla, CA
"Treble", The Sculpture Center, New York, NY, curated by Regine Basha, with Francis Alys, Euan McDonald, Max Neuhaus, Dario Robleto, Mungo Thompson, Steven Vitiello and others)
"Painting Now", The Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
"The Sound of Place / The Place of Sound", Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID
"southwestNET: PHX/LA", Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2003
"audiolab 2", Centre George Pompidou Museum, Paris, France
"Painting by Letters, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Eve Wood
"Graphic Eloquence", UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas, 2-person show with Jeff Elrod, curated by Francis Colpitt
"Before and After Sound", e/Static Gallery, Torino, Italy
"Transmission, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM, curated by Steve Peters
2002
"Resonance 2", Stadtgalerie, Saarbrucken, Germany
"25th anniversary selections exhibition, The Drawing Center,NY
"New Works / New Spaces, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA, curated by Jay Belloli
"LA Freewaves, Marios Furniture, Los Angeles, CA, citywide media festival
2001
"In Between Outdoors", MAK Center for Art & Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
"Cross-Cuts", Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
"6 Degrees: Art in the Libraries, Hollywood Regional Branch LA Public Library, Los Angeles, CA
"Between Representation, INMO Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Doug Harvey
2000
"Break Step, INMO Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"En Red O", Centre de Cultura Contempornia de Barcelona, Spain
"Exquisitely Wrought, The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA, curated by John OBrien
"The Other Side of Zero", Video Positive Festival, Tate Gallery Liverpool, UK
1999
"Fall Selections 99"The Drawing Center, New York, NY
"Motion Studies" Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark
"Sig Alert, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ, curated by John Spiak
"Painting…, Post, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Habib Khederyer
1998
"Sound, Refusalon, San Francisco, CA, curated by Jennifer Hope Davy
ISEA 98, various sites, Liverpool, UK
"Open Container, Refusalon, San Francisco, CA, curated by David Hunt
"Viaggiatori", Palazzo Dei Consoli, Gubbio, Italy
"The House Was Quiet, site specific installation, Senkoji Temple, Osaka, Japan
"Sound Pictures, Komaba Ryo Gallery, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan
1997
"Parallels", Kunstalle Grassi-Museum, Leipzig, Germany
"Allegorical Re/Visions, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Noel Karten & Ruth Weisberg
1996
"Tangles", Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
"Dal Campo dObsservazione to The Brewery, Palazio Ducale, Gubbio, Italy
"Triennial Sofia 96 Exhibition of Painting, Art Gallery of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria
"Currents in Abstraction, Ikon Ltd/Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
1994
"Transtextualism", Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Far Bazzar, The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
1993
"Peculiar Paintings", Woodbury College, Burbank, CA
"Germinal Notations", Food House, Santa Monica, CA
1992
"FAR Bazzar, The Old Federal Reserve Building, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Sound Performances, Installations, Film Screenings

2015
"re:sound / touch," Sound Festival, Mare Island, CA
Installation and Peformance: Vancouver Musical Festival, Simon Frazier University, Vancouver, Canada
Performance: Hidden Voices Conference, Aarhus, Trine, Denmark
2014
"bricks and mortar," Steve Roden and Stephen Vitiello, Muses de la ville de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
This, Neil Greenberg, Steve Roden, and James Kidd Studio, New York Live Arts, New York, NY
Steve Roden and Stephen Vitiello, Monoquini, Bordeaux, France
2013
Soundtracks for Ghosts Before Breakfast by Hans Richter, LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), Los Angeles, CA
2012
Performance, "Sequences and Scores", presented by LACE and the Los Angeles Filmforum at The Spielberg Theater at Egyptian Theater, Los Angeles, CA
Performance for "Shells, Bells, Steps and Silences" with Lawrence English, LACE, Los Angeles (Link)
2010
Performance, CEAIT Festival, REDCAT, Santa Monica, CA (FRIDAY MARCH 5, at 8:30 pm)
Screening, "Not a Place, An Outlook", Governors Island, NY, June September
Performance, Possible Landscape (for Donald Judd), 2010 01SJ Biennial, San Jose, CA
UNES PIERRE, DES ARCS ET DES OREILLES, web project, Palais De Tokyo, Paris, France
2008
Performance, "Glow, Dusk-to-Dawn, City of Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
"18 Happenings in 6 Parts, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), Hollywood, CA (director and performer of a re-invention of Allan Kaprows seminal 1969 work in conjunction with the MOCA Kaprow retrospective. With Michael Ned Holte, Simone Forti, Rae Shaolan-Blum, Flora Weigmann, Carol Stakenas, and Steve Irvin)
Collaborative Performance, "Mammoth, LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), Los Angeles, CA
2007
Sound installation and discussion with Jeremy Strick, MOCA director, "Dark Over Light Earth, MOCA Pacific Design Center, January 20
Performance, "Activating the Medium Festival, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
Screening, "everything else &/or nothing at all, International Film Festival, Rotterdam, January 27, 29
Reading and Sound Performance, with Simone Forti and Anne Tardos, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA
2006
Sound Performance, "Klang Aparatus, Tesla, Berlin Germany
Music Performance, "Tribute to the Life and Art of Nam June Paik at LACMA, Bing Theatre, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 1
San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, San Francisco, CA
2005
Performance, "Sound Architecture, Serpentine Gallery, London
Installation, "Soundwalk 05, sound festival various sites, Long Beach, CA
"The Bells, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA, live soundtrack to the silent film 'the bells'
2004
Performance, "Suite in Parochial, Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, Singuhr Horgalerie in Parochial, Berlin (live Collaboration w/ Frank Bretschneider)
"Nest, commissioned site specific sound installation in downtown Ketchum, ID (part of sound of place show)
2003
Performance and Film Screening, "KYTN, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland
Performance and Artist in residence, "Paesinae, Theatre du Point Aveugle, Marseille, France
Performance, "Possible Landscape, MIT University, Boston, MA
Performance, "Possible Landscape, Bard College, New York, NY
Performance, "house of waterproof paper, 3 Nights of Fluxus, Otis Art Instituate, Los Angeles, CA
Performance, "Possible Landscape, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2002
Performance, "Bell Forms, Stadt Galerie, Saarbrucken, Germany
Performance and Residency, Extrapool, Nijmegen, Holland
Performance, "Off12, Stadt Galerie, Saarbrucken, Germany
2001
Performance, "Flight Pattern, Podewil, Berlin, Germany
Performance, "Soundhouse, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles,CA
Performance, "12K/BipHop Festival, Tonic, New York City, NY
Film Screening, "Touch Tones, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
2000
Sound Performance, Architeturra, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Performance, "Water Temple, Centro Brasileiro Britnico,So Paulo, Brazil
Performance, "Unfolding Resonance, Hayward Gallery London, UK
Film Screening and Performance, "Light Structures, Cinema Nova, Brussels, Belgium
Performance, "Interference, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1999
Installation & Performance, "Heizlufter, Sampling Rage Festival, Berlin, Germany
1998
Performance, "Helios Flying, REV, ISEA 98, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Installation with Doug Aitken, "Hysteria, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Performance, "Soundwork, Tokyo (Uplink), Osaka (Senkouji Temple), Matsuyama (Sound Gallery), Kobe (Kobe Design University)
1997
Performance, "Cloud Moving, ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), London
Performance, "Enclosures, Festival Musique Ultimes', Dijon, France
1996
Performance, "Ngattaugree, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), CA
Performance, "Somnia, Ducal Palace, Gubbio, Italy, with John OBrien and Toti Marcadante
1995
Performance, "Communicating Vessels, Interzone One: New Music Festival, Osaka, Japan
1994
Performance, "Asphalt Opera #9, Zenko Temple, Osaka, Japan
1993
Performance, "Phonography, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
1991
Performance, "Fireworks, Fandangos, Osaka; Sate Senin, Sayama; Theatre Poo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

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2010
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2008
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2007
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2006
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2005
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2004
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Guido Curto, Steve Roden e/Static, Flash Art, Oct./Nov., Italy
Chiara Bertola, Steve Roden e/Static, Tema Celeste, Sept., Italy
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CAF, Essays by Meg Linton & Christoph Cox., Santa Barbara, CA
Doug Harvey, Chaos Theory ..., LA Weekly, June 7 13
Eric Fredericksen, Art of Noise, Architecture Magazine, May
BT Monthly Art Magazine, Vol. 54, no. 821, June, Japan
Eleanor Welles, Steve Roden, ArtScene, May, CA
2001
Snapshot, Exhibition Catalog, UCLA Hammer Museum, CA
Louanne Greenwald, In Between Art & Architecture, Exhibition Catalog, Mak Center for Art & Architecture, CA
David Pagel, Down to Earth & Eye Catching, LA Times, Oct. 16
Shana Dambrot, Snapshot, Tema Celeste, Oct., Italy
Elisa Turner, A Visual Tale of Two Cities, Miami Herald, Oct. 28
Aric Chen, How Many Inches, Surface Magazine, Spring, USA
Doug Harvey, Multiple Exposures, LA Weekly, june 22 28
2000
Olivier Lamm, Poesie del la Matiere, Planet of Sound, France
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1999
Drawing Papers I, The Drawing Center, NY, exhibition catalog
Rob Young, Of Architecture & the Ear, The Wire, Oct., London, UK
Steve Roden & Brandon Labelle editors, Site Of Sound, Smart Art Press / Errant bodies, Los Angeles, CA
1998
Tyler Stallings, Review, Zing Magazine, Summer
Doug Harvey, Steve Roden, Art Issues, Jan., No. 51
Bradley Smith, The Billboard Guide to Progressive Music, Billboard Publications, USA
1997
Translations & Articulations, Exhibition Catalog, Griffin Contemporary Exhibitions, essays by Christopher Miles, B. Labelle, & Steve Roden

Awards, Grants and Fellowships

2016
Rauschenberg Residency, Captiva, FL
2014
Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel Visiting Artist, Duke University, NC
2011
Foundation for Contemporary Arts, 2011 Artist Grant
2010
Chinati Foundation, Artist in Residence, Marfa, TX
2009
Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY
2008
California Community Foundation Getty Fellowship
2005
Nimoy Artist in Residency Grant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2004
COLA Award, Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, CA
City of Los Angeles COLA Award
City of Pasadena Individual Artist Grant, Pasadena, CA
2003
California Arts Council Grant in Visual Arts
Engine 27, New York, NY, grant and residency
2001
Durfee Foundation Grant

Public Collections

Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas, Austin, TX
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
National Museum of Contemporary Art / Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Athens, Greece
Palm Springs Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Pomona College Museum of Art, Pomona, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC