Shauna Steinbach

Shauna Steinbach is a New York-based conceptual artist working across sculpture, installation, and sound. Recent exhibitions include Hauser & Wirth, New York; Brigitte Mulholland, Paris; Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven; The Fireplace Project, East Hampton; and the Mighty Real Queer Detroit Biennial.

email: shauna.steinbach(at)gmail.com

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Education
2022    MFA: Studio Art, Hunter College, New York, NY
2003    BFA: Graphic Design, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Solo/Two-Person Exhibitions
2023    Summer Sleep, Anne Reid ‘72 Gallery, Princeton, NJ
2022    A Circle Is Always Self-Touching, Hunter MFA Thesis Presentation, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY
2022    It’s True What They Say, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions
2026    still life small deaths, Brigitte Mulholland Gallery, Paris, France
2026    Here, Not Here, The Reef, Los Angeles, CA
2026    Ensemble, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
2026    The Smoking Section, Gotham Gallery, New York, NY
2025    Conceptual Romance, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2025    All Our Affairs, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY
2024    I’ll Be Your Mirror, Mighty Real Queer Detroit Biennial, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit, MI
2023    A Hollow Space in a Solid Body, Myrtle Light Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2022    Seeker, TW Fine Art, Palm Beach, FL
2021    We Were Already Gone, Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY
2021    Mrs. Robinson, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY
2020    Trust Fall, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY
2019    Briar Cliff Review Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
2018    Los Angeles Plays Itself, Malaspina Printmakers, Vancouver, BC

Sound Performances
2022    Overflow Undertow, Shift, Brooklyn, NY
2019    Mervyn, Ace Hotel, Los Angeles, CA

Sound Performances
2022    Overflow Undertow, Shift, Brooklyn, NY
2019    Mervyn, Ace Hotel, Los Angeles, CA

Artist Talks
2019    Critical Forum, entheos cul-de-sac, PAM, Los Angeles, CA

Awards & Residencies
2027    Desert Door Residency, Joshua Tree, CA
2024    Triangle Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2024    White Columns Artist Registry, White Columns, New York, NY
2023    Eva Hesse Prize for Excellence at Hunter College
2022    Ruth Stanton Scholarship (2019-2022)
2018    Limited Domain Residency, Los Angeles, CA

Curatorial
2021    Life as Activity: David Lamelas, Leubsdorf Gallery, New York, NY

Press, Writings & Publications
2025    Khemsurov, Monica (2025, November 20). An Ashtray Extravaganza. Sight Unseen
2024    Haddad, N. (2024, June 23). Five Highlights From Detroit’s Queer Art Biennial. Hyperallergic
2023    “Thresholds,” WMN, (Issue 5)
2021    Robinson, Lorraine. “Interview with Shauna Steinbach,” Assemblage Journal2021 Steinbach, Shauna. “Untitled,” We Were Already Gone catalogue
2019    The Briar Cliff Review, (Volume 31)

Public Collections
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA