STEVEN LADD & WILLIAM LADD
Multidisciplinary Artists | Public Art | Social Practice
www.stevenandwilliam.com | www.scrollathon.com
steven@stevenandwilliam.com | (646) 238-7009
EDUCATION
1999 – BFA, Theater Arts, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO (Steven Ladd)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2023 – National Scrollathon: New York Edition, The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
2022-23 – National Scrollathon: Florida Edition / Lead with a Laugh, Sarasota Art Museum, Sarasota, FL
2021-22 – Rikers Portrait Project, NYC Department of Corrections, Rikers Island, East Elmhurst, NY
2020 – The Other Side, The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
2016 – Chapel: Spirit and Flesh, Ahmanson Collection Gallery, Irvine, CA (catalog)
2015 – Mary Queen of the Universe, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (catalog) / Miami Dade College Museum of Art + Design, Miami, FL
2015 – Scouts or Sports?, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
2014 – Function + Fantasy, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA
2011 – 9769 Radio Drive, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI (catalog)
2007 – Shadow Tower, Greenlease Gallery, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2023 – Think Pinker, Gavlak, Los Angeles, CA
2022 – Symbiosis, Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA
2021 – A Mark Extended, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI
2019 – speechless: different by design, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (catalog)
2017 – The Times, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
2016 – NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY (catalog)
2014 – New. New York, Essl Museum Contemporary Art, Klosterneuburg, Austria (catalog)
2012 – Bad For You, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
2010 – Think Pink, Gavlak, Palm Beach, FL
2007 – Pricked! Extreme Embroidery, The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2006 – Design Life Now, Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt, NY (traveled)
2004 – Le Cas Du Sac, Musée de la Mode et du Textile, Palais Louvre, Paris
AWARDS, HONORS & RESIDENCIES (Selected)
2021-22 – Rikers Island Artists-In-Residence, NYC Department of Corrections
2020-21 – National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts Panelist (Steven Ladd)
2018 – Visiting Artists, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, CO / Après SCAD, Lacoste, France
2017 – Barbara and Donald Tober Foundation Grant, NY
2016 – National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts Panelist (Steven Ladd)
2015 – Brooklyn Arts Council Community Arts Fund Grant, NY
2014 – The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, NY
2010 – The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Grant, NY
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS (Selected)
2022 – Right Here. Right Now., LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY (32 x 8 x 12 ft. sculpture)
2020 – Fantasîa, U.S. Department of State Art in Embassies, Asunción, Paraguay
2019 – New Beginnings, Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center, Detroit, MI
2019 – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
2019 – Scroll Space, Dallas Museum of Art & High Museum of Art, Atlanta
2019 – Growth & Strength, Parkland Recreation Center, FL (The Power of Art Initiative)
2016 – Lesson of Encouragement, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA
2015 – Fabulous Phil, City Point, Brooklyn, NY (40 x 40 ft.)
COLLECTIONS
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS (Selected)
Musée de la Mode et du Textile, Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris
Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA
Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY
Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
The Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
PRIVATE & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS (Selected)
Fidelity International
The Art Collection at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Palace Sports & Entertainment, LLC
United States Department of State (Art in Embassies)
Agnes Gund Collection
Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection
BIBLIOGRAPHY (Selected)
Kaufman, David C. Architectural Digest, “A New Exhibition Features the Hopes—And Artwork—Of Rikers Island Prisoners” (2020)
Beckenstein, Joyce. The New York Times, “Old Belts and Fishing Tackle Transformed” (2014)
Loos, Ted. Architectural Digest, “Sibling Revelry” (2014)
Prentnieks, Anne. Artforum, “Critic’s Pick: Steven and William Ladd” (2014)
Hodge, Brooke. T Magazine Blog, “The Magical World of Steven and William Ladd” (2014)
Morse, Marcia. Sculpture Magazine, “Steven and William Ladd” (2011)