Steven Tritt (b. 1964, USA)
Gallery Representation, The Art House Gallery, 2018 to present
Work can be seen on Artsy.net, 2018 to present
Gallery Representation, The DeKalb Gallery/The Art Box, 2014 to 2020
EDUCATION
1990 MFA with Painting/Printmaking emphasis, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
1986 BFA with Painting emphasis, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
2004 AAS, in Landscape Design and Turf Management, Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Wild and Alive Online Exhibition on Artsy.net thru The Art House Gallery, Curated by Rebecca George (Press Release); July
2022 Figure Ground, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery, Curated by Rebecca George (Press Release); April
2021 Wallscapes, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery, Curated by Rebecca George, (Press Release); August
2020 Immediate Mark, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery and Artsy.net, Curated by Rebecca George, (Press Release); December
2019 Switching Cadence: Recent Living Forms, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery and Artsy.net, Curated by Rebecca George, (Press Release); September
2018 Gestural Abstraction, The Art Box/DeKalb Gallery, DeKalb, IL (Press Release); October
2017 A Painter’s Mask, The Art Box/DeKalb Gallery, DeKalb, IL(Press Release/Catalog); May
2012 Hand Soul Coordination: Autoportraits, 161 Gallery, DeKalb, IL (Press Release); June
2011 Landscapes, Franklin's Frames & Art, Sycamore, IL
2010 Illinois Soul, Highland Gallery, Highland College, Freeport, IL (Press Release); September
2010 Illinois Wash, Bliss Beads Gallery, DeKalb, IL, (Press Release); July
2009 New Paintings, The House Café, DeKalb, IL, (Press Release)
1992 Recent Work, Highland Gallery, Highland College, Freeport, IL
1990 M.F.A. Exhibition, School of Art Graduate Gallery, NIU, DeKalb, IL
1989 Solo Exhibition, Holmes Student Center Gallery, NIU, DeKalb, IL
1986 B.F.A. Exhibition, Music Building Gallery, NIU, DeKalb, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Unknown Magic, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery and Artsy.net, Curated by Rebecca George, Chicago, IL (Press Release); February
2022 Leaders in Representational Art Volume I, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery and Artsy.net, Curated by Rebecca George, Chicago, IL (Press Release); December
2021 L’art Pour L’art, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery and Artsy.net, Curated by Rebecca George, Chicago, IL (Press Release); December
2021 Leaders in Abstraction Volume 2, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery and Artsy.net, Curated by Rebecca George, Chicago, IL (Press Release); October
2021 Leaders in Abstraction Volume 1, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery and Artsy.net, Curated by Rebecca George, Chicago, IL (Press Release); May
2021 Adroit Painters, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery and Artsy.net, Curated by Rebecca George, Chicago, IL (Press Release); February
2020 Valuable Pictures, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery and Artsy.net, Curated by Rebecca George, Chicago, IL (Press Release); June
2020 Intimate Abstracts, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery and Artsy.net, Curated by Rebecca George, Chicago, IL (Press Release); May
2020 Be Mine, The Greenleaf Art Center, Chicago, IL; February
2019 Breakthrough: Collectable Works in Contemporary Abstract, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery and Artsy.net, Curated by Rebecca George, Chicago, IL (Press Release); October
2019 Diptych Ensemble, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery and Artsy.net, Curated by Rebecca George, Chicago, IL (Press Release); September
2019 Method and Mastery, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery and Artsy.net, Curated by Rebecca George, (Press Release); August
2019 16 DeKalb Gallery Artists Exhibition, The Art Box/DeKalb Gallery, Curated by Dan Grych, DeKalb, IL (Press Release); August
2019 Raw/Refined, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery and Artsy.net, Curated by Rebecca George, Chicago, IL (Press Release); July
2019 Epiphenomenon, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery and Artsy.net, Curated by Rebecca George, Chicago, IL (Press Release); June
2019 Counterbalance, Online Exhibition, The Art House Gallery and Artsy.net, Curated by Rebecca George, Chicago, IL (Press Release); May
2018 Gallery Artists Exhibition, The Art Box/DeKalb Gallery, Curated by Dan Grych, DeKalb, IL (Press Release); December
2018 Formation, The Art House Gallery, Curated by Rebecca George, Chicago, IL (Press Release/Review); June
2017 Once Upon I Traveled…, The Art Box/DeKalb Gallery, Curated by Dan Grych, DeKalb, IL (Press Release); December
2017 Two Person Show, Foster & Buick Law Group, Curated by Dan Grych and myself, Sycamore, IL
2016 Good Thing/Small Packages, The Art Box/DeKalb Gallery, Curated by Dan Grych, DeKalb, IL (Press Release); December
2015 Gallery Artists Exhibition, The Art Box/DeKalb Gallery, Curated by Dan Grych, DeKalb, IL (Press Release); December
2014 Gallery Artists Exhibition, The Art Box/DeKalb Gallery, Curated by Dan Grych, DeKalb, IL (Press Release); December
2013 Silver Anniversary Retrospective, Mars Gallery, Curated by Barbara Gazdik, Chicago, IL (Press Release)
2010 Group Show Invitational, Hauser-Ross, Curated by Susan Edwards, Sycamore, IL (Press Release); February
1993 Group Show Invitational, Highland Gallery, Highland College, Curated by Robert Apolloni, Freeport, IL (Press Release)
JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, Venue West, Juried and Curated by Steven E Gross, Stan Klein, Deborah Maris Lader, Kim Shay & Allan Wienberger, Chicago, IL, March
2023 Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, Venue West, Juried and Curated by Steven E Gross, Stan Klein, Deborah Maris Lader, Kim Shay & Allan Wienberger, Chicago, IL, April
2023 46th Annual Art Competition and Exhibit, Beverly Arts Center, Curated by Yoonshin Park, Chicago, IL (Press Release); February/March
2022 18th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Freeport Art Museum, Curated by Cleveland Dean, Freeport, IL (Press Release); May-July
2022 Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, Venue West, Juried and Curated by Steven E Gross, Stan Klein, Deborah Maris Lader, Kim Shay & Allan Wienberger, Chicago, IL, March
2022 45th Annual Art Competition and Exhibit, Beverly Arts Center, Curated by Nathan Peck, Chicago, IL (Press Release); March/April
2022 Year 9, Side Street Studio Arts, Curated by Christian Arrecis, Elgin, IL (Press Release); March
2021 Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, Venue West, Curated by Steven E Gross, Stan Klein, Deborah Maris Lader, Kim Shay & Allan Wienberger, Chicago, IL, March
2020 Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, Venue West, Juried and Curated by Steven E Gross, Stan Klein, Deborah Maris Lader, Kim Shay, & Allan Wienberger, Chicago, IL, March
2019 Art of Illinois Exhibition, Gallery Seven, Juried and Curated by Barbara Eberhard, Romeoville, IL (Press Release), November
2019 Depicting DeKalb County, Ellwood House Museum, Juried and Curated by Brian Reis, DeKalb, IL, May-July
2019 Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, Venue West, Juried and Curated by Barbara Gazdik, Steven E Gross, Stan Klein, Deborah Maris Lader & Kim Shay, Chicago, IL, March
2018 Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, Venue West, Juried and Curated by Barbara Gazdik, Steven E Gross, Stan Klein, Deborah Maris Lader & Kim Shay, Chicago, IL, March
2017 Something Wicked Exhibition, Side Street Studio Arts, Juried and Curated by Roberto Martinez, Elgin, IL (Press Release); November
2017 Art of Illinois Exhibition, Gallery Seven, Juried and Curated by Barbara Eberhard, Joliet, IL (Press Release), November
2017 Little Things Exhibition, Dionne Victoria Studios, Juried and Curated by Dionne V Milton, Chicago, IL,
2017 Reclaimed, Reimagined, Repurposed Exhibition, Lemont Center for the Arts, Juried and Curated by Leslie Jenner, Lemont, IL (Press Release); September
2017 Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, Moonlight Studios, Juried and Curated by Barbara Gazdik, Steven E Gross, Stan Klein, Deborah Maris Lader & Kim Shay, Chicago, IL; March
2017 Sketchbook West Challenge, Las Lagunas Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2016 Big Small Works Exhibition, Elephant Room Gallery, Juried and Curated by Kimberly L. Atwood, Chicago, IL; November
2016 Art of Illinois Exhibition, Gallery Seven, Juried and Curated by Barbara Eberhard, Joliet, IL (Press Release); November
2016 Something Wicked Exhibition, Side Street Studio Arts, Erin Rehberg, Elgin, IL (Press Release); October
2016 Figuring it Out Exhibition, Studio Oh Gallery, Juried and Curated by Teresa Hofheimer, Chicago, IL; August
2016 Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, Morgan Mfg, March, Juried and Curated by Stan Klein, Deborah Maris Lader, Barbara Gazdik, Chicago, IL; March
2016 Galex 50 Exhibition, Galesburg Civic Arts Ctr, Juried and Curated by Henry Joe, Mel Adamson, Stephen Tourlentes, Galesburg, IL; March
2016 Surreal Exhibition, Open Center for the Arts, Juried and Curated by Franky Pina, Chicago, IL; March
2016 11th Annual Emerging Artist Show, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL; February
2015 Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, Revel-Downtown, Chicago, IL; March
2014 Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, Stephen M. Bailey Auditorium, Chicago, IL; March
2013 Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, Stephen M. Bailey Auditorium, Juried and Curated by Steven Gross, Stan Klein & Deborah Maris Lader, Chicago, IL; March
2012 Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, Stephen M. Bailey Auditorium, Juried and Curated by Peter Mars and Francine Turk, Chicago, IL; March
2011 Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, Stephen M. Bailey Auditorium, Juried and Curated by Susan Aurinko, Chris Campagna, Barbara Gazdik & Peter Mars, Chicago, IL; March
2010 Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, Stephen M. Bailey Auditorium, Juried and Curated by Peter Mars, Chicago, IL; March
2009 Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, River North Gallery, Juried and Curated by Peter Mars and Carrie Sechrist, Chicago, IL, ; March
2008 Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, River North Gallery, Juried and Curated by Peter Mars and Carrie Sechrist, Chicago, IL; March
1990 ARS Nova Student Exhibition, Jack Olson Gallery, NIU, DeKalb, IL
1988 ARS Nova Student Exhibition, Jack Olson Gallery, NIU, DeKalb, IL
AWARDS
2018 Contemporary Gallery Representation Program, The Art House, Chicago, IL, Juried by Rebecca George
2008 First Prize Emerging Artist, Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, Chicago, IL, Juried by Peter Mars and Carrie Sechrist
1990 Second Place, ARS Nova Student Show, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
2010 Third Prize Emerging Artist, Inspiration Corporation Exhibition, Chicago, IL, Juried by Peter Mars
ARTIST CO-OP
2009-11 The Art Attack, Member from 2009-11, quarterly group shows, Sycamore, IL
PRESS
Interview: Steven Tritt: A Virtual Studio Visit, by Kristen Beaulieu, www.lonelyocean.art, April 2020
Interview: Mastering the Art of Letting Go: The Surprising Self-Expression of Steven Tritt, Your Resource for Living, by David Barrow, Sycamore, IL December 2018
Press Release: Group Exhibition, The Art Box to feature exhibit of local artists, DeKalb Chronicle, DeKalb, IL November 2018
Press Release: Solo Exhibition, Gestural Abstractions, The Art Box/DeKalb Gallery, DeKalb Chronicle, DeKalb, IL October 2018
Review, Formation, Group Show, The Art House Gallery, by Colin S. Smith, Chicago, IL July 2018
Press Release: 2018 Contemporary Gallery Awards, The Art House Gallery, by Rebecca George, Chicago, IL April 2018
Press Release: Group Exhibition, Once Upon I Traveled, DeKalb Chronicle, DeKalb, IL November 2017
Press Release: Solo Exhibition, A Painter’s Mask, The Art Box/DeKalb Gallery, DeKalb Chronicle, DeKalb, IL May 2017
Catalog, A Painter’s Mask, by Steven Tritt, Sycamore, IL March 2017
Press Release: Group Exhibition, Good Things come in Small Package, DeKalb Chronicle, DeKalb, IL November 2016
Press Release: Juried Exhibition, Sycamore artists exhibit set at Gallery Seven, DeKalb Chronicle, DeKalb, IL November 2016
Press Release: Group Exhibition, Art Box Group Exhibit, DeKalb Chronicle, DeKalb, IL November 2015
Press Release: Group Exhibition, Artists show signature pieces at Group Exhibit, DeKalb Chronicle, DeKalb, IL November 2014
Press Release: Pick of the Week, Mars Gallery’s Silver Anniversary Retrospective, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL September 2013
Press Release: Solo Exhibition, Art show to feature local artist, DeKalb Chronicle, DeKalb, IL May 2012
Press Release: Solo Exhibition, Illinois Soul, Steve Tritt: A One Person Exhibit, Highland Community College, Freeport, IL September 2010
Press Release: Art Walk, Local artists, art seen at Art Walk, MidWeek, DeKalb, IL September 2010
Press Release: Juried Exhibition, Franklin Frame hosting wildlife photography contest, MidWeek, DeKalb, IL July2010
Press Release: Solo Exhibition, Bliss Beads Gallery hosts local artist exhibit, DeKalb Chronicle, DeKalb, IL June2010
Press Release: SoloExhibition, Local artists exhibit work at Hauser-Ross, MidWeek, DeKalb, IL February 2010
Catalog: Artist Statements, by Susan Edwards, Sycamore, IL February 2010
Press Release: Art Walk, Supporting the arts, MidWeek, DeKalb, IL May2009
Publication: Towers, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL Biannual Publication: 1984-86
EMPLOYMENT
2003-present Sycamore Park District, Golf Course Superintendent, Sycamore, IL
