Steven Gontarski (born 1972)[1] is a sculptor from Philadelphia whose work has been included in solo and group exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Kunsthalle Wien, White Cube gallery and the Groninger Museum. Gontarski is a graduate of Brown University and Goldsmiths College, University of London.[2]
In 2008, Gontarski created Ob 8, a bright red abstract sculpture which stands 5 metres high and is made of painted and lacquered glass-fibre-reinforced plastic. The organic shape of the work has been described as "recognisable but not identifiable, conjuring comparisons to many things in the real world: clouds, organs, oceans, smoke rings."[3]
2010I woke up to the sound of a drum, Gimpel Fils, LondonOb 08, Central Saint Giles, London
2008 Steven Gontarski, Paddington Central, Phase II, London
2007Sculptures, Gimpel Fils, LondonPortraits, Changing Role, RomeObélisques CC/BS, Nouveaux commanditaires, Chaucenne, France
2006Steven Gontarski, pkm gallery, SeoulSteven Gontarski, Changing Role, NaplesDay of St George, White Cubicle - George and Dragon, LondonSteven Gontarski - Centre d’Art Mobile, L’Eglise de Fouvent et Roche en Haute-Saône
2005The Visitors, Groninger Museum, Groningen
2004December Morning Prophecy, White Cube, LondonZero, The Economist Plaza, LondonSteven Gontarski, Gandy Gallery, Prague
2003Prophet, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los AngelesSteven Gontarski, Le Consortium, Dijon
2002Epsilon Delta, Art at Habitat, Habitat Kensington, London
2001Sun Valley, One in the Other, London
2000Steven Gontarski, White Cube, LondonSteven Gontarski. The Unbalance of Boredom, Taché-Lévy Gallery, BrusselsL.A.X., Islington Business and Design Centre, London
1999Nurse, Johnen & Schöttle Gallery, Cologne