Steven Tannenbaum

ART, LIKE LIFE, HAPPENS BY ACCIDENT.

A whiff of control; some semblance of steering. And belief of a firm grip. But we're grasping at the air beneath our feet. The truth is: we don't hold anything. It comes in bits and bobs, dashes and jots - brief glimpses, spaces, sliding out of sight.

For truth, is to feel it slip away.

And then to try to create it.
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Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, & often both, my art reflects the intersection between logic and intuition, real and abstract, time and the timeless.

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Steven Tannenbaum grew up in New Jersey, where he learned how to garden and defend himself. He now lives in Portland, Oregon, and his art is in public & private collections across the US, Israel, and England.
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I received my BA in advertising from Boston University, but started making art at the same time. Since then I've been self-taught, and I take from all artistic movements and artists, stuff it in my satchel, give it a shake, and use what pops out.

'’Forever forever’
Statesman, MO 2024

A New Way to Play' -Portland, OR 2022

'The Last Bastion' -Los Angeles, CA 2020

'A New Day' -Grünewald Guild, Leavenworth, WA 2018

'Nude in the 21st Century' -Astoria, OR 2018

'Finding Our Way and Getting Lost' -Dayton, OH 2017

'Lost and Found' -Portland, OR 2016

'Shifting Ballistics' -Multnomah, OR 2016