Steve Lambert's father, a former Franciscan monk, and mother, an ex-Dominican nun, imbued the values of dedication, study, poverty, and service to others—qualities which prepared him for life as an artist. Steve's projects and art works have won awards from Prix Ars Electronica, Rhizome/The New Museum, the Creative Work Fund, the California Arts Council, and has been collected by the Library of Congress. Lambert has appeared live on NPR, the BBC, and CNN, and been reported on in the Associated Press, the New York Times, the Guardian, Harper's, and Newsweek. Steve received a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2000 and a MFA at UCDavis in 2006. He dropped out of high school in 1993.

Current résumé is here:
http://visitsteve.com/resume/


For me, art is a bridge that connects uncommon, idealistic, or even radical ideas with everyday life. I carefully craft various conditions where I can discuss these ideas with people and have a mutually meaningful exchange. Often this means working collaboratively with the audience, bringing them into the process or even having them physically complete the work.

I want my art to be relevant to those outside the gallery—say, at the nearest bus stop—to reach them in ways that are engaging and fun. I intend what I do to be funny, but at the core of each piece there is also a solemn critique. It's important to be able to laugh while actively questioning the various power structures at work in our daily lives.

I have the unabashedly optimistic belief that art changes the way people look at the world. That belief fuels a pragmatic approach to bring about those changes.