Laurie Steelink
Born Phoenix, Arizona
Tribal affiliation: Akimel O'otham, Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona
Education
1990
Master of Fine Arts, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
1986
Bachelor of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Selected Exhibitions
2022
DON ED HARDY & LAURIE STEELINK, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, California. November 5–December 17, 2022
California Biennial 2022: Pacific Gold, Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, California. Curated by Elizabeth Armstrong, Essence Harden, Gilbert Vicario. October 8, 2022–February 26, 2023
RESTORING THE BALANCE: Rematriating Indigenous Lands, The GateWay Art Gallery Center for Diversity, Equity, at Gateway Community College, Phoenix, Arizona. Organized by Cahokia Socialtech + Artpace in partnership with Local Matriarch and Gateway Community College. October 7, 2022–January 2023
Desert Rider, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona. Curated by Gilbert Vicario. April 24–September18, 2022
2021
Small Works in Flux: a shifting exhibition and sale of small works by Southern California artists. Flux Art Space, Long Beach, California. December 4 – December 22, 2021
Hermerica, Kleinhert/James Center of the Byrdcliffe Guild,Woodstock, New York. Curated by Carrie Feder. March 13–April 25, 2021
2020
The Naked Mind, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Curated by Georganne Deen. October 24–December 19, 2020
2019
Small works in Flux, Flux Art Space, Long Beach, California. December 7–21, 2019
Attempt to Raise Hell: 25 years of Track 16, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, California. November 16–December 21, 2019
Didn’t you know what you were carrying on your back?, Rosalux, Berlin, Germany. Curated by Sean Meredith for Track 16 Gallery.
June 7–23, 2019
Protecting Mother Earth, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, California. Curated by Rowan Harrison. March 9–April 28, 2019
2018
Laurie Steelink: Coming into being; Gathering the Elder in Me, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California. October 13–December 8, 2018
2017
Cross Town Traffic, Manhattan Beach Art Center, Manhattan Beach, California. May 8–June 17, 2017
2016
Transnational Narrations: Paperworks, The Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, The Philippines. Curated by Kevin Power and Monica Carballas. February 24–April 17, 2016
2014
Habit Forming: Makers that Matter, Cornelius Projects, San Pedro, California. August 23–December 13, 2014
2012
Transnational Narratives: Paperworks, Bangkok University Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand. Curated by Kevin Power and Monica Carballas. November 21–December 13, 2012
Curatorial Exchange, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California. Curated by Carl Berg. September 8–October 20, 2012
2011
Monsters of Art, West Los Angeles College, Culver City, California. Curated by Doug Harvey. October 26–December 1, 2011
Role Reversal, Mount Saint Mary’s College, Los Angeles, California. Curated by Carl Berg. September 6–October 18, 2011
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California. July 23–August 23
TEL-ART-PHONE, Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, California. Curated by Matt Gleason. May 28–July 3, 2011
The Archaic Revival, Las Cienegas Projects, Culver City, California. Curated by Dani Tull. January 29–February 26, 2011
Laurie Steelink Newborn, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, California. Curated by Kristine McKenna. December 2, 2010–January 8, 2011
Indian Markets
2021
Virtual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
2020
Virtual Santa Fe Indian Market organized by SWAIA (Southwest Association for Indian Arts). On-line. Santa Fe, New Mexico
Virtual American Indian Arts Marketplace, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, California
2019
American Indian Arts Marketplace, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, California
Santa Fe Indian Market, organized by SWAIA (Southwest Association for Indian Arts). Santa Fe, New Mexico. Accepted artist, unable to attend.
Visiting Artist
2022
Museum of Indigenous People, Prescott, Arizona. November 12 & 13, 2022
Conversation on Art with Meg Linton: Featuring Laurie Steelink, Brentwood Art Center, Brentwood, California. Zoom presentation. August 5, 2022
2021
Pilgrim School, Los Angeles, California. November 17, 18 & 29, 2021
History of Women Artists. Professor Betsy Lohrer Hall. California State University Fullerton. Zoom presentation. March 24, 2021
Environmental Art in the Expanded Field. Professor Beth Stephens. University of California, Santa Cruz. On-line video course. 2019–2022
Selected Publications, Articles and Videos
2022
California's Biennial's New Energy. Print edition newspaper article by Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times. September 4, 2022
Why the Orange County Museum of Art is resurrecting its longtime California Biennial. On-line newspaper article by Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times. August 31, 2022
DESERT RIDER | Under the Hood: Laurie Steelink. Video interview on YouTube. Published by the Phoenix Art Museum. August 22, 2022
Art as the Vehicle of Choice: Latinx and Indigenous artists use automobiles to amplify their cultural identity and challenge systems of erasure. On-line arts magazine review by Lynn Trimble, Hyperallergic. August 18, 2022
Community Member Exhibits Work at PHX Art Museum. Print edition newspaper article by Emma Hughes, Gila River Indian News. June 17, 2022
Maintenant 16: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art. Literary journal edited by Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges. Published by Three Rooms Press, New York, NY. 2022
2021
MELUS (Multi-ethnic Literature of the United States). Cover image of literary journal. Published by Oxford University Press, Volume 46, Issue 2, Summer 2021
2021 Art Encounter: Laurie Steelink Studio Visit & Plugged-In Virtual Connection with Laurie Steelink. Featured artist in Season 2 of the Kleefeld Museum's Art Encounter video series on YouTube. Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contmeporary Art Museum, California State University Long Beach. March 2021
The Closing Circle: Laurie Steelink. Magazine article by Richard Modiano, AMASS Magazine. Issue 80 Number 4 Volume 24. March 22, 2021
Maintenant 15: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art. Literary journal edited by Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges. Published by Three Rooms Press, New York, NY. 2021
2020
The Naked Mind. Exhibition catalogue. Published by Smart Art Press. 2020
Santa Fe Indian Market in Pasatiempo. Interior cover page. Newspaper section, Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper. August 14, 2020
2019
“Protecting Mother Earth” Gives Voice to Native Artists. Newspaper article by Jesse La Tour, Fullerton Observer. March 10, 2009
2018
An Artist Finds What Was Lost Coming Into Being. Newspaper article by Andrea Serna, Arts and Culture Writer for Random Lengths News. October 25, 2018
Maintenant 12: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art. Literary journal edited by Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges. Published by Three Rooms Press, New York, NY. 2018
2014
Cornelius Projects: An Art Hub in San Pedro. On-line article by Shelly Leopold. KCET Artbound. September 15, 2004
San Pedro: A Different Kind of Burgeoning Art Scene. Newspaper article by Evelyn McDonnell. LA Weekly. January 9, 2014
2012
Transitional Narratives: Paperworks. Exhibition catalogue. Published by Bangkok University Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
Selected Curatorial Projects
2019
Corny's Kaufhof, Cornelius Projects, San Pedro, California. March 2–April 7, 2019
2018
In a good way: A survey of Gatherings 1992–2017 & What does your land mean to you?: Photographs of Coastal Southern California Indigenous People by Tom Gugler, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California. October 13–December 8, 2018
2017
From the Desert to the Sea: The Desolation Center Experience. Co-curated with Stuart Swezey, Mariska Leyssius and Craig Ibarra, Cornelius Projects, San Pedro, California. June 17–August 27, 2017
Standing Rock is Not Over! An exhibition to benefit the Water Protectors, Cornelius Projects, San Pedro, California. March 11–25, 2017
Chiaroscuro: Paintings by Candice Gawne, Cornelius Projects, San Pedro, California. November 6, 2016–January 22, 2017
2016
Here comes Fluxus, Track 16 Gallery, Culver City, California. April 30–June 4, 2016
Awards
2020–21
Cultural Trailblazer, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, California
Other Experience
2017–present
Core Committee Member, The Many Winters Gathering of Elders, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California
2013–present
Founder, director & curator, Cornelius Projects, San Pedro, California
2002–2016
Director and curator at Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, California & Culver City, California
1995–2002
Registrar and curator at Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1990–1995
Archivist at the Gilbert & Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Foundation, New York, New York
Studio Assistant to Fluxus artist Geoffrey Hendricks, New York, New York
Tattoo Artist, Brooklyn, New York