About the Artist

Contact Info
Michael Steddum
PO Box 162
Webb City, MO 64870
Call: (417) 434-6870

Michael Steddum was raised in California. He joined the Navy at eighteen and traveled the world. He started off as a cook and ended his enlistment as a Draftsman Illustrator. After his enlistment was up, he found work in a gallery in San Diego. In 1990, Michael left the gallery to pursue a career as a full-time artist.

In Michael’s current body of work, transparent glass objects represent people or situations that we all know. There is a narrative with each painting. Sometimes humorous and others are serious. Each painting has its own story in which Michael is eager to tell.

Constantly exploring this world through his art, Michael has spent almost three decades painting his way through life and sharing his art.

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EDUCATION

BFA Studio Art/Painting  Missouri Southern State University, Summa Cum Laude

 

EXHIBITIONS

2020     Orange Beach Festival of Art, Orange Beach, Alabama

2020    NOAPS "Spring On-Line International Exhibition" (Juried)

2020     Naples New Year's Art Show, Naples, Florida

2019     RiverArtsFest, Riverside Drive in Downtown Memphis, TN

2019     Wildwood Art Festival, Wildwood, Missouri

2019     Summit Art Festival, Downtown Lee's Summit, Missouri

2019     Cottonwood Art Festival (Fall), Richardson, TX

2019     Joplin Arts Fest, Mercy Park, Joplin, Missouri

2019     Mosaics Fine Art Festival, St. Charles, Missouri

2019     26th Annual 2019 Saint Louis Art Fair, Clayton, Missouri

2019     Oconomowoc Festival of the Arts, Oconomowoc, WI

2019     Art Fair on the Square, Madison, Wisconsin

2019     Smoky Hill River Festival Fine Art & Craft Show, Salina, Kansas

2019     Columbus Arts Festival 2019, Columbus, Ohio,

2019     Prairie Village Art Show, Prairie Village, Kansas

2019     Paseo Arts Festival, Paseo Drive Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

2019     Cottonwood Art Festival, Spring, Richardson, TX Texas

2019     Art in the Square | Southlake, Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas

2019     The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival, The Woodlands Town Center,                 Waterway and Town Green Park, The Woodlands, Texas

2019     Scottsdale Arts Festival, Scottsdale Civic Center Park, Scottsdale,                       Arizona

2018     Buttonwood "We Art Together" Kansas City, MO

2018     NOAPS "Fall On-Line International Exhibition" (Juried)

2017     One Man Show October 2017 Art Central, Carthage, MO

2016     Artists of Northwest Arkansas 22nd Annual Regional Art Exhibition, Fayetteville, AR (Juried)

2016     “69th Annual Membership Show” Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO

2016     Spiva Small Works, Joplin, MO

2016     Joplin Regional Artists Coalition "Transformations", Joplin, MO 

2016     Joplin Regional Artists Coalition "The Skys the Limit" Mt. Vernon, MO

2016     Art Central Membership Show, Carthage, MO

2015     Art Central Annual Membership Exhibition, Carthage, MO

2015     Watercolor Missouri International 2014, St Louis, MO (Juried) Awarded Signature Membership

2015      Passion, Art Central Hyde House Show, Carthage, MO

2014     “67th Annual Membership Show” Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO

2014     Kansas Watercolor Society National Exhibition, Wichita, KS (Juried)

2014     Thomas Hart Benton Four State Regional Competition, Neosho, MO

2014     National Members’ Invitational, Missouri Watercolor Society, Columbia, MO

2014     “6th Annual PINNACLE National Competition” Florida A&M University (Juried)

2014     “National Small Oil Painting 2014” Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS (Juried)

2014     Artists of Northwest Arkansas 20th Annual Regional Art Exhibition, Springdale, AR (Juried)

2014      Kansas City Artists Coalition 19th Undergraduate College Student Exhibition (Juried)    

2014     Artists of the 21st Century Exhibition, Humboldt, TN (Juried) 

2014     Watercolor Missouri International 2014, Fulton, MO (Juried) 

2014     85 Years/85 Artists, Menlo College, Atherton, CA.

2013     “66th Annual Membership Show” Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO

2013     Kansas Watercolor Society National Exhibition, Wichita, KS (Juried)

2013     “Small Works”George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO

2013      Artists of Northwest Arkansas 19th Annual Regional Art Exhibition, Springdale, AR (Juried)

2013      National Members’ Invitational, Missouri Watercolor Society, Columbia, MO

2013      National Endowment for the Arts, Art Workers, Joplin, MO

2013      Kansas City Artists Coalition 2013 Undergraduate College Student Exhibition (Juried)

2012      “65th Annual Membership Show” Juror: Thor Mednick, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO

2012     “Small Works” George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO

2012     “Small Art, Big Love” The Beehive Collaborative, Carthage, MO

2012     “National Small Oil Painting 2012” Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS (Juried)

 

AWARDS/HONORS

2020     Orange Beach Festival of Art, Orange Beach, Alabama. 2nd Place 2-D

2019     Wildwood Art Festival, Wildwood, Missouri. 1st Place Award

2019     Summit Art Festival, Downtown Lee's Summit, Missouri. Best of Show

2019     Mosaics Fine Art Festival, St. Charles, Missouri. Juror's Award

2019     26th Annual 2019 Saint Louis Art Fair. Clyton, Missouri. Second Place Painting Award

2019     Oconomowoc Festival of the Arts, Oconomowoc, WI "Best in Painting" Award

2019     Art in the Square | Southlake, Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas, Juror's Award

2018     Buttonwood "We Art Together" Kansas City, MO, Best of Show & People's Choice Award

2018     NOAPS "Fall On-Line International Exhibition" (Juried) Merit Award

2016     Spiva Small Works, Joplin, MO, Best Still Life

2016     Joplin Regional Artists Coalition "Transformations", Joplin, MO, Second Place 2D

2016     Joplin Regional Artists Coalition "The Skys the Limit" Mt. Vernon, MO, Second Place 2D

2015      Passion, Art Central Hyde House Show, Carthage, MO, Best of Show

2014     Thomas Hart Benton Four State Regional Competition, Neosho, MO, Fourth Place Award  

2014      National Members’ Invitational, Missouri Watercolor Society, Columbia, MO, Merit Award

2014     “National Small Oil Painting 2014” Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS, Director Emeritus Purchase Award   

2014     Artists of the 21st Century Exhibition, Humboldt, TN, 1st Place 2D

2013     “Small Works” George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO, Best Still Life

2013      National Members’ Invitational, Missouri Watercolor Society, Columbia, MO, Merit Award

2013      Artists of Northwest Arkansas 19th Annual Regional Art Exhibition, Springdale, AR (Juried) Gwen & Harold Long Memorial Award for Oil

2012      “65th Annual Membership Show” Juror: Thor Mednick, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO,   Merit Award

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