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"Becoming", 60" x 48", Oil, Metal Leaf on Panel
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Name: Steven DaLuz
Current City:
San Antonio, TX
Website: stevendaluz.com
BIO:
Steven DaLuz is an artist known for figurative
works and imagined landscapes, employing a process he devised using
metal leaf, oil, and mixed media. His paintings often reflect upon
the sublime and the expressive beauty of the human figure.
Born in Hanford, California, 1953, Steve’s art
studies were interrupted by a decision to serve as a medic during the
Vietnam War era after just one semester at San Antonio College.
While serving in the Air Force, he completed a BA degree in Social
Psychology, and an MA degree in Management. Throughout, he remained
devoted to making art in his free time. After living 13 years in
other countries, Steve retired from the Air Force, and re-engaged his
lifelong passion for art by resuming his studies at San Antonio
College, where he completed an AAS in Graphic Design. He completed
the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 2003, with a concentration in
painting from the University of Texas at San Antonio. The City of San
Antonio’s Fiesta Commission selected DaLuz’s painting, “Dance
of Fiesta” for its official Fiesta Poster for 2007. He was selected
for acceptance into the 2009, 2011 and 2013 Biennales in Florence,
Italy, and his works have been published in art periodicals, such as
American Art Collector, Art in America, Fine Art
Connoisseur, The Artists, Professional Artist, The
Huffington Post and Poets and Artists magazine, where he
received the cover for the Nov 2009 Issue. His "Watchers"
exhibition in San Antonio sold out on opening night in 2011. He
recently had two works selected for publication in the book,
Strokes of Genius 3: The Best of Drawing, released in 2011
and Strokes of Genius 6, and 7 released
in 2014 and 2015 respectively. His work was also selected for
publication in the International Drawing Annual (INDA 10), scheduled
for release in Spring, 2016. Additionally, his encaustic work was
recently published in the book, Encaustic Art. He was a
featured speaker at the Representational Art Conference (TRAC 2014),
in Los Angeles, where he spoke on the Sublime in 21st Century
representational art. DaLuz was invited by California Lutheran
University to exhibit in March 2013 with renowned figurative artists
David Jon Kassan, Jeremy Lipking, Tony Pro, Alexey Steele and others.
His self-portraits were accepted into the 2011 and 2012 National
Self-Portrait Exhibitions at 33 Contemporary Gallery in Chicago, IL.
Naming his “72” exhibition one of San Antonio’s Best exhibits
for 2008, Dan Goddard, San Antonio Express-News Art Critic, called
the artwork, “…perhaps the city’s most creative response yet to
9-11.” He was invited to participate in the International Masters
of Fine Art exhibition in 2014. He curated the December issue of
Poets & Artists magazine, titled, "The Power of Drawing",
showcasing 100 drawings from across the globe. He was selected as a
finalist for the $50,000 Hunting Art Prize in 2015. He donates
artwork and portions of proceeds from sales of his work to benefit
many charitable causes. His works have been exhibited at the Museum
of Contemporary Art, in Skopje, Macedonia, Artists Space, New York,
NY, and many other commercial and university galleries. DaLuz is an
"Art Ambassador" for Canson-Royal Talens, promoting Canson,
Arches, and BFK Rives papers, as well as Rembrandt oil paints.
Widely collected, DaLuz's drawings and paintings are represented in
private and corporate collections in 21 States and several foreign
countries. Some of the corporate collectors of his work include:
Citicorp Headquarters, Houston, Texas; Methodist Hospital-Stone Oak,
San Antonio; Schell, Mitchell & Cooley, LLP, Dallas; Hermann
Memorial Ambulatory Center, Houston; Hermann Memorial Southwest
Vascular Institute, Houston; Orthopedic Specialists of Texas, Sugar
Land, TX; and many others. His work is represented by AnArte Gallery
in San Antonio, Texas, and the Marshall Gallery in Scottsdale,
Arizona.
