Biography and Artist StatementSteven Sandor Selpal1160 Grove Street, NEPalm Bay, Florida32905

Phone Number 321-725-5354Email sselpal@earthlink.net

Example of realism: E. 9th & Euclid Avenue, oil on canvas, 1984

Example of dream painting: 941115 (Salvador the cat), acrylic on masonite, 1995

Website: www.stevoartist.com/www.facebook.com/StevoArtistwww.youtube.com/user/StevoArtist1

EXHIBITIONS / PUBLIC APPEARANCES

2012 AUGUST 04 to AUGUST 29 2012Art Therapy, Healing Art 2http://the-artistic-circle.com/Current_Entries_Healing_Art_2.htmlDa Vinci Art Alliance 704 Catherine Street Philadelphia, Pa. 19147Group Show by submission, online

2012 JULY 21 to JULY 22 2012West Side Art Walk at Ventura County Reporter576 East Main Street, Ventura, Cain association with Art of Autism present: Art of Autism: Shattering Myths, group show curated by Debra Hosseini, author

2012 APRILDifferent...Not Less, author Temple Grandin PhD, published by Future Horizons, Inc. ISBN: 9781935274605Compilation of 14 biographies, Steve Selpal Chapter 6.

2012 APRILThe Art of Autism Shifting Perceptions, author Debra Hosseini, editor Keri Bowers. published by The Art of Autism, ISBN: 978-0-9839834-0-8

2011 JUNE 26Unitarian Universalist Church of Brevard, 2185 Meadowlane Avenue, West Melbourne, FL, solo guest speaker, The Art of Autism.

2011 JUNE 18Sensory Star Events, Unity Orlando, 4801 Clarcona Ocoee Road, Orlando, FL, guest speaker, What’s It Like To Have Autism and Be a Professional.

2011 APRIL 10WJXT-TV 4, Morning Show, Jacksonville, FL, guest interview, The Art of Autism, Shattering Myths About Autism.

2011 APRILARTISMTM The Art of Autism, Shattering Myths about People Living on the Spectrum, author Debra Hosseini, editor Rosa C. Martine PhD, published by AutismToday, ISBN: 978-0-9831308-0-2

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

My perceptions of living organisms and how they function and react to environment is my lifelong fascination. I extend this to the inanimate and the non-living entities such as buildings and rocks, as they are to me or-ganic and subjected to my own scrutiny and inclusion. My first endeavors were sculptures in 1970 which had the character of abstract flesh like organic forms. Most recently, I am reinvestigating organic forms again with my heart family sculptures.

The universal and symbolic heart shape and morph them into living entities that possess flesh.

Throughout my life of painting on canvases, I had observed the phenomenon of air and how things breathe and sustain themselves in the the fluid environment. It didn’t matter if the subjects were buildings from a perceptual in-stance or the imaginary objects and creatures from the memory of dreams.

2003 NOVEMBER 1 to DECEMBER 5, 2003Coldwell Banker Realty, Melbourne, FL (sponsor)Doors To Downtown, auction fundraiser, Melbourne Main StreetAuction: Front Street Civic Center, December 5th, 2003wooden door painted both sides, acrylic, Melbourne landscapes.

2002 APRIL 19 to July 2002Retrospective 1980’s Cleveland LandscapesSmythe Cramer Realty of Lakewood, OhioSolo show, 20 oils on canvasFeatured artist of www.golakewood.com

2000 OCTOBER 20 to MAY 2001MapleGrove Inn, Maple Heights, OHSteve Selpal Paintings and Digital PhotographySolo show, 7 acrylic paintings of dreams and 150 11x17 laser prints of performances

1999 DECEMBER 13 to JANUARY 15, 2001JCP Complex, 15736 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OHDigital PhotographySolo show, 150 11x17 laser prints of performances

1999 NOVEMBER 22 through NOVEMBER 26Morning Show Fox 8 NewsInterviewed by Margaret Deakin and usage of Dawn Memories 880917, Acrylic on Canvas 65x40 painted 3/90Used as a backdrop behind morning news proceedings. 1999 PEOPLES’ ART SHOW Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, OHOpen nonjuried show

1997 MARCH 6 to APRIL 20A HUMAN PRESENCEBeck Center Art Gallery, Lakewood, OHMembers Show, 7 paintings of dreams

1996 NOVEMBER 16 to January 15Visual Harmony Gallery/Beck Center for the Arts,Lakewood, OHMember Seasonal Show – 6 paintings of dreams

1996 OCTOBER 13 to NOVEMBER 14Dobama Theater Cleveland Heights, OHinvitational curated by Artistic Directors,Gunther Schweigler and Joyce Casey22 computer graphics and one acrylic painting 1996 JUNE to OCTOBERBiskind Art Gallery Great Northern Corporate CenterNorth Olmsted, OHInvitational by Jenny Biskind and Shirley Steindler10 works Cleveland landscapes

1996 MAY 19NOVA’S OPEN STUDIO DAYat residence, Band: SOL; Magician: FranD’Amico

1996 MAY 17 to 21Visual Harmony Gallery/Beck Center for the Arts,Lakewood, OhioNova’s Open Studio Day participants, 1 work

1996 APRIL 18 to 25SPACES Gallery Cleveland, OHMembers’ Show 3 works

1995 MAY 20NOVA’S OPEN STUDIO DAYat residence, Band: Mat Sobol & Friends plus Jehova Waitresses

1995 MAY 15 to 21Chelsea Galleries Beachwood, OHOpen Studio Day participants 3 works

1995 APRIL 21 to 28SPACES Gallery Cleveland, OHMembers’ Show 3 works

1994 SEPTEMBER 26 to OCTOBER 28Great Northern Corporate Center Corporate CenterConcourse Art Gallery title: SCENE IN MY WORLDNorth Olmsted, OH Group Invitational Show 14 paintings 1994 MAY 15NOVA’S OPEN STUDIO DAYat residence, theme: Studio: Dis-illusion3

1994 MAY 13 to 15Chelsea Galleries Beachwood, OHOpen Studio Day participants.1 work submitted – sold

1994 APRIL 24 to 30SPACES Gallery Cleveland, OHMembers’ Show 3 works

1993 MAY 16NOVA’S OPEN STUDIO DAYat residence, theme: Studio: Dis-illusion2

1993 MAY 11 to 23Powerhouse/EIO GalleryOpen Studio Day Kickoff ExhibitionCleveland, OHNova Members’ Show1 works “Dawn Memories”

1993 APRIL 23 to 30SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OHMembers’ Show3 works

1993 APRIL 18The Grog ShopMuti-media Visuals for SosumiCoventry Street, Cleveland Hts, OH 1992 NOVEMBER 6 to DECEMBER 11THE 9th ANNUAL PEOPLE’S ART SHOWLarge group show - unjuried, uncensoredCleveland State University Art Gallery2307 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH

1992 MAY 17NOVA’S OPEN STUDIO DAYat residence, theme: Studio: Dis-illusion

1992 MAY 8 to 15 2122 Literary Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH‘BLOSSOM SHOW’ (group of 4 artists) –3 works

1992 MAY 8 to 15SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OhioMembers’ Show –3 works

1992 FEBRUARY 142122 Literary Art Gallery, Cleveland, OHVALENTINE SHOW (group show)

1991 NOVEMBER 2SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OHNOTORIOUS ART AUCTION1 sale of 3 exhibited: ‘Cuyahoga Co. Courthouse’ oil on canvas 40X47 painted 1981

1991 NOVEMBER 9-DECEMBER 6THE 8th ANNUAL PEOPLE’S ART SHOWLarge group show - unjuried, uncensoredCleveland State University Art Gallery2307 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH

EXHIBITIONS / PUBLIC APPEARANCES

1991 MAY 25NOVA’S OPEN STUDIO DAYat residence

1991 APRIL 5 to JULY 17Featured ArtistSolo exhibit - 30 artworksBabylon A GO GO2523 Market Street, Ohio City

1990 NOVEMBER 9 to DECEMBER 6THE 7th ANNUAL PEOPLE’S ART SHOWLarge group show - unjuried, uncensoredCleveland State University Art Gallery2307 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH

1990 to MAY 20NOVA’S OPEN STUDIO DAYC/O ART PACKING SERVICES2130 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1990 MARCH 31Anti-Art Festival at ArtichokeE55th & Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1988 MAY13 to JULY 6On the Flats Side-three artists-invitationJudith Brandon, Steven Selpal, Phyllis Seltzer Aquilon Gallery,1575 Merwin Street, Cleveland, OH

1987 FEBRUARY to APRIL4 Cleveland Artists-invitationArtsite Gallery,11621 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH

1986 FEBRUARY to APRILPaintings & Drawings-One Person ShowOld River Cafe & Wine Company 1310 Old River Road, Cleveland, OH

1985 APRIL to MAYDrawings & Paintings-One Person ShowKent Student Center Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH

1985 SEPTEMBER 22 to OCTOBER 18Paintings-Drawings-Video-One Person ShowKennedy Memorial Union GalleryUniversity of Dayton, Dayton, OH

1984 NOVEMBER to DECEMBERPROSCENIUM-annual juried showJurors: Andrew Chakalis, Richard Treaster& Gretchen TroibnerBeck Center for the Arts, Lakewood, OH

1984 APRIL to MAYFashion-Moda-New York & Cleveland ArtistsSPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH

1984 APRIL to MAYOhio Art in the New Depressiona juried show, Juror: James T. JansonSchool of Art Gallery, Kent State U., Kent, OH

1984 MARCH 27Opening of the Government Relations Consortium,Solo Artist by invitation of the Greater ClevelandGrowth Assoc c/o Stanley Stone & Jana Van VlietHuntington Bank, High St., Columbus, OH

1983 NOVEMBER to DECEMBERPROSCENIUM-annual juried show Judges: Sylvia Ullman & Jayn WellsBeck Center for the Arts, Lakewood, OH

1983 NOVEMBER to DECEMBERInvitation courtesy of the participants & sponsors: A FESTIVAL OF MUSIC Beck Center for the ArtsLakewood, OH

1983 OCTOBER to NOVEMBERTHE CITY + PEOPLE, two person showSteven Selpal & Laurence BakerBeck Center for the Arts, Lakewood, OH

1983 SEPTEMBER to NOVEMBERALL OHIO 1983, juried show, Jurors: John H. Neff-director Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, ILDr. Paul A. Chew-director Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, PACanton Art Institute, Canton, OH

1982 JULY to AUGUSTArtist of the Month-one person show,Fairview Park Regional Branch, Cuyahoga County Libraries, Fairview Park, OH

1982 MAY to JUNECLEVELAND SEEN4 Regional Realists,selected members show,The Guild Shop, Cleveland, OH

1980 MARCH to MAYOne Man Show, invitation of Kent Art Assoc.Hart House Gallery, Fred Fuller Park,Kent, OH

1979 OCTOBER to NOVEMBER41st Area Artists Annual, juried showJuror: Joseph Hertzi-director of theCanton Art InstituteThe Butler Institute of American Art,Youngstown, OH

1979 JUNECLOSED WARDsenior show Baccalaureate folioGallery 2, School of Art Gallery,Kent State University, Kent, OH

1978 AUGUSTBlossom Festival School of Art ExhibitionJuror: Laurence AllowaySchool of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH

1977 MAY to JUNEPointellism, one person showPier 66 Gallery, Pier 66 Building,Fort Lauderdale, FL 1976 SEPTEMBER to OCTOBERArtist of the Month, one person showScience of Mind Center Gallery,Wilton Manors, FL

1976 JUNE to JULYOne Man ShowCity Hall Gallery, City Hall,Fort Lauderdale, FL

1975 DECEMBERTwo Person Show, Steven Selpal & Peter StubbingsFort Lauderdale Civic Theater, Fort Lauderdale, FL

1975 APRILFeatured Artist, invitationalPaintings and sculptureTunnel Theater, Fort Lauderdale, FL

EXHIBITIONS / PUBLIC APPEARANCES