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American, b. 1948, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lives and works in New York City, New York

Internationally known as a painter and printmaker, Steve Sorman earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Minnesota in 1971. He moved to New York City in 1994.

He is best known for his multimedia, complex paintings, drawings and prints. Steve is a master at orchestrating theme, line, layer, media and color into challenging images that demand a rhythm of eye movement throughout his artwork. He is also noted for artworks that are visually complex. For example, his surfaces are rich, varied and detailed, and full of vivid color. Steve is able to utilize formal elements from the aesthetic trove of his past to create a more visually compelling present. His creative slate is never wiped clean, only refined. Nor does one ever sense that a mark has been made, a form envisioned, or a process explored just to try something new. While a new spirit is often evident, it is one that is confident with the past.

Since 1970, Sorman’s work has been in galleries in Singapore, Sweden and the United States. His work has been exhibited in numerous invitationals. In the 1970s, prestigious exhibits included the Paper as Medium, The Smithsonian Institute; The National Print Exhibition at The Brooklyn Museum and the 13th International Biennial of Graphic Art in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. In the 1980s, Sorman was invited to exhibit at the Bienal Americana de Artes Graficas at the Museo de Arte La Tertulia in Columbia.