Steven Rahbany is an American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. His work explores queer and cultural identity, mainly through memory representation. His work has been exhibited in group and solo shows around the country, at galleries such as The Houston Contemporary Art Museum, TAG Gallery, The Los Angeles Center for Photography, Agora Art Gallery in New York, and The California African American Museum.
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Dream, Kunsthaus RoZig, Virtual Exhibition
2020 Photo LA, Los Angeles, CA
Round Hole Square Peg 4, Los Angeles, CA
QUEER Isolation, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Round Hole Square Peg 4, Los Angeles, CA
QUEER Isolation, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Chelsea International Exhibition, Agora Gallery, New York City, NY
My Youth, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
My Youth, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 The Creative Portrait, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Windowspace, Helen Lindhurst Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 We Are Still Here, Helen Lindhurst Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Shared Otherness, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Perspectives 174: Re: Generation, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014 Dear Daddy, Fisher Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Public Works
2020 Masks Across Weho, Artful Distancing, West Hollywood, CA
Awards and Recognitions
2020 Round Hole Square Peg 4, West Hollywood Best In Show
Press, Articles, Interviews
2020
2/7/20 - “Round Hole Square Peg”, by Lester Fabian Brathwaite, NewNowNext.com
1/28/20 - "Meet Steven Rahbany", Voyage LA
2/7/20 - “Round Hole Square Peg”, by Lester Fabian Brathwaite, NewNowNext.com
1/28/20 - "Meet Steven Rahbany", Voyage LA
2015
12/10/15 - “University of Southern California BFA Students Speak Out and Burn Work in Solidarity with #USC7”, by Matt Stromberg, Hyperallergic
12/10/15 - “University of Southern California BFA Students Speak Out and Burn Work in Solidarity with #USC7”, by Matt Stromberg, Hyperallergic
Biography
1992 Born in Houston, TX. Currently Lives in Los Angeles, CA
Education
2016 BFA in Fine Arts, University of Southern California, Los Angeles