Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, Clintel Steed (b. 1977) lives and works in New York City and a small monastery in a discreet location on sacred land in upstate New York. Steed earned his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he received praise and accolades for his vigorous and inexhaustible pursuit of painting.
Steed earned his MFA from Indiana University. There, his work blossomed. Immediately afterwards, Steed moved to Harlem to continue his life’s work of painting. While working at the Museum of Metropolitan Art, Steed pursued and completed a degree in Advanced Studies at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture.
Steed’s work has been exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions worldwide. Most recent solo exhibitions include, Behind the Hood at Mark Borghi, Sag Harbor, NY (2021); Allegory of Now at M+B, Los Angeles (2020); Compendium Part II, Mark Borghi Fine Art, Bridgehampton, NY (2019); and Clintel Steed: Paintings?at John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY (2018).
Steed’s work was also recently in the following group exhibitions, Incise, Echo and Repeat at The Clemente Center, NY (2019); New Narrative Now at Michael David & Company, NY (2019); Emoji Show at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, NY (2018);
Steed’s work is held in both private and public collections in the United States.
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Visual Arts