Steven J Oscherwitz
Artist, Art/Science Researcher
Artists cannot be artists without being thinkers.
I am, if anything, a thinker first, then an artist.
Double majoring in Biology and Philosophy, Steven graduated with a Baccalaureate of Arts from Miami University in 1975. Finding his artistic voice and passion, he received his Baccalaureate of Fine Arts from the School of Painting and Drawing at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Continuing his passion, Steven then graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts from the School of Painting and Drawing at the Art Institute of Chicago. He also conducted independent scholarly research in the history of art and science at The University of Chicago and the University of Washington, Seattle.
Steven has also recently been accepted into the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA) Program in Portland, Maine. The IDSVA PhD in Visual Arts: Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art Theory is a non-studio PhD for artists and creative thinkers. He is in the process of finding a scholarship for the three year program.
CODAME describes Steven as an inventive draftsman, having produced a large body of work, which he terms architectonic studies.
Ever a student of the sciences and humanities, Steven has explored the interrelated histories of philosophy, science, art, optics, and technology intensely while studying at the University of Chicago, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute, and, more recently, at Stanford’s Linear Accelerator. He has also participated in the development of art/science integration at The Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, where he has presented his art/science research on a periodic basis. All of these educational and intellectual experiences have resulted in a life-time of science-inspired art and search for expression.
Steven has had his work exhibited in a central gallery of the Smithsonian Institution (1981) and the Art Institute of Chicago (1981) among others.
His work has also been exhibited internationally at the 10 American Artists – St. Peter/Au Castle, Austria (2003). He has been represented by the Central Wyoming College Gallery, Riverton, Wyoming (2003), The William Struve Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (1994-95) and the Margulies Taplin Gallery, Florida (1993-94).