1972
Born Philadelphia, USA
1994
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (BA Architectural Studies/Fine Art)
1997
Goldsmiths College, London (MA Fine Art)
Lives and works in London
Solo Exhibitions
2003
Prophet, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
Steven Gontarski, Le Consortium, Dijon
2002
Epsilon Delta, Art at Habitat, Habitat Kensington, London
2000
Steven Gontarski, The Unbalance of Boredom, Taché-Lévy Gallery, Brussels
Steven Gontarski, White Cube, London
Group Exhibitions
2003
Roll Out, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
Game Over, Grimm/Rosenfeld, Munich
Dirty Pretty Things, The Ship, London
Dornbracht / Statements 7, Venice
Coollustre, Collection Lambert en Avignon
Guided by Heroes, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
2002
Electric Dreams, Barbican Art Gallery, London
Transformer II, Air de Paris, Paris
Jam: Tokyo-London, Tokyo City Opera Gallery, Tokyo
2001
Friends of Mine, Gallery Muu, Helsinki
We Set Off in High Spirits, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Jam: Tokyo-London, Barbican Gallery, London
Freestyle. Werke Aus der Sammlung Boros, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Mind the Gap, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm
Chantal Joffe and Steven Gontarski, One in the Other, London
2000
A very nice film club, Vilma Gold Gallery, London
Conversation, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes
Hard Candy Berlin, Galerie Wieland, Berlin
Hard Candy, 42 Westbourne Gardens, London
Heart + Soul, Sandroni Rey, Venice, California
Drawings, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv
Drawing Exhibition, Tâché Levy Gallery, Brussels
1999
Din, 4 x 4 Gallery, Amsterdam
Heart + Soul, 60 Long Lane, London
Nurse, Johnen & Schöttle Gallery, Cologne
Neurotic Realism Part I, Saatchi Gallery, London
1998
Die Young Stay Pretty, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Cloth Bound, Laure Genillard Gallery, London
1997
Humdrum, The Trade Apartment, London
1996
Sweat, Exit Art/The First World, New York
1995
Imaginary Beings, Exit Art/The First World, New York
Looking Out, Putting Out, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York
1994
American Beauty, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Public Collections
British Museum, London
Denver Art Museum, Denver
Succession René Magritte, Brussels