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)

2023National Scrollathon: New York Edition, The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
2022-23National Scrollathon: Florida Edition / Lead with a Laugh, Sarasota Art Museum, Sarasota, FL
2021-22Rikers Portrait Project, NYC Department of Corrections, Rikers Island, East Elmhurst, NY
2020The Other Side, The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
2016Chapel: Spirit and Flesh, Ahmanson Collection Gallery, Irvine, CA (catalog)
2015Mary Queen of the Universe, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (catalog) / Miami Dade College Museum of Art + Design, Miami, FL
2015Scouts or Sports?, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
2014Function + Fantasy, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA
20119769 Radio Drive, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI (catalog)
2007Shadow Tower, Greenlease Gallery, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)

2023Think Pinker, Gavlak, Los Angeles, CA
2022Symbiosis, Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA
2021A Mark Extended, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI
2019speechless: different by design, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (catalog)
2017The Times, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
2016NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY (catalog)
2014New. New York, Essl Museum Contemporary Art, Klosterneuburg, Austria (catalog)
2012Bad For You, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
2010Think Pink, Gavlak, Palm Beach, FL
2007Pricked! Extreme Embroidery, The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2006Design Life Now, Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt, NY (traveled)
2004Le 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)

2022Right Here. Right Now., LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY (32 x 8 x 12 ft. sculpture)
2020Fantasîa, U.S. Department of State Art in Embassies, Asunción, Paraguay
2019New Beginnings, Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center, Detroit, MI
2019Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
2019Scroll Space, Dallas Museum of Art & High Museum of Art, Atlanta
2019Growth & Strength, Parkland Recreation Center, FL (The Power of Art Initiative)
2016Lesson of Encouragement, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA
2015Fabulous 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)