Steven Pearson is a Painter and an Associate Professor in the Art & Art History Department at McDaniel College in Westminster, MD where he has been teaching various art courses since 2004. He is also the Director of the college’s Rice Gallery. Prior to that he was a Lecturer at Iowa State University from 2001 -2004, and an Adjunct Professor at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY from 1997-2001.

He received his Master of Fine Arts in Painting from the Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1997, and his Bachelor of Science in Studio Art from the College of Saint Rose in 1994. He served in the US Navy from 1986-1992.

Mr. Pearson has upcoming exhibitions at The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts(March '10), The Arlington Art Center(April '10), The Thompson Gallery(April '10), Christopher Newport University(Spring '11), and his work has recently been exhibited at such places as Sub-Basement Artist Studios, Delaplaine Visual Art Center, American Contemporary Gallery, The Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, MSAC-The James Backas Gallery, The Galleries at C.C.B.C. Catonsville, AM Projects-Chicago, and The District of Columbia Arts Center.

Mr. Pearson has been an Artist in Residence at the Vermont Studio Center in 2010, 2006, 2003, as well as the Ragdale Foundation in 2005.

Mr. Pearson has also received several grants, including an Individual Artist Grant from the Maryland State Arts Council (2010), Artists Grants from the Vermont Studio Center(2010, 2006, 2003), and Faculty Development Grants from McDaniel College(2009, 2008, 2005).

Mr. Pearson’s work can be found in several public and private collections including: Schenectady Museum, University of Mary Washington, Siena College, College of Saint Rose, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Prologue Inc., FTI Consulting, Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel, The League For People With Disabilities, Baltimore, MD, and McDaniel College.