$100 US Flag, 2004

Steven D. Gagnon   Emerging artists

Steven Gagnon is a Miami Beach based artist whose work focuses on American culture and is known internationally for his paintings, prints, sculptures, and car video installations. He studied at Pepperdine University in California.

His work has been exhibited nationally at such prestigious institutions as the Naples Museum of Art, the Palm Springs Desert Museum, the Bladen Memorial Art Museum, the Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Museum of South Texas, and the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science to name a few.

His car video installations caused a stir at both 2008 Presidential Conventions, the Houston Fotofest Bienniel, and art fairs in Berlin, Cologne, Miami, New York, and Palm Beach. His art has been written up in such respected publications as the Wall Street Journal, Harper’s Magazine, the Miami NewTimes, Arnet.com, and ArtInfo.com as well as having been featured on billboard in Miami, New Jersey, New York City, and throughout California.

Gagnon’s work can be found in public and corporate collections including: the Federal Reserve Board; the Art Museum of South Texas; The American Bankers Association; American Bank; Congressional Bank; and UMB Bank. He was a resident artist at ArtCenter South Florida and is represented in Germany by Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann and in the United States by Eckert Fine Art, Markowicz Fine Art and Vertu Fine Art.