KENNETH STEINBACH
Kenneth Steinbach is a Minneapolis based artist who uses a variety of media and approaches, but works principally in sculpture. His work uses imagery gathered from such distant locations as the floor of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, images of the surface of Mars transmitted back from the Pathfinder Spacecraft, and topographical maps from the northern Canadian wilderness. Using antiquated art making methods such as scrimshaw, silverpoint, and bone carving, he explores the intersecting layers of intimacy and distance in era defined by the collapse of traditionally established notions of time and space.
Recent exhibits include the one person show Methods and Zahirs at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, the Winds of Inspiration invitational exhibit at Gustavus Adolphus College, and the 2009 Midwest Biennial in Wausau, Wisconsin where he received the “Best of Show” award. He has shown throughout the United States, including exhibits at Circa Gallery in Minneapolis, the Phillip Slein Gallery in St. Louis, and Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Los Angeles. He has work in more than 30 corporate, academic, and individual collections including Midway Contemporary Art in Minneapolis, and NYCAMS in New York. Kenneth Steinbach is the recipient of two Minnesota State Arts Board grants and a grant from Bethel University in direct support of his work. He is Professor of Art and Sculpture at Bethel University in St. Paul, and a member of Form + Content Gallery.
