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)