Stevie Love lives surrounded by nature in an adobe house that she and her husband made by hand on the north-facing slope of the San Gabriel Mountains high above the Western Mojave Desert. Her paint-sculpture hybrids are inspired by intense energy, joy, nature, visual culture, and being open to experiment.
Love’s philosophy builds on the early Modernists’ belief in artmaking as a spiritual practice and extends it into everyday contemporary life, and to that end she is practicing metaphysics in the studio. She professes an addiction to acrylic paint for its ability to make three-dimensional sculptural forms, and her tools include squeeze bottles and pastry tubes. The addition of faux fur and faux gems brings a funky sense of surprise and humor. Esteemed writer and critic, Peter Frank, characterized the work as “the crass and the cosmic”.
Love’s work has been featured in private and public spaces across the U.S., and in Asia, and Europe, and is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA, and the Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA.
Contact: love.stevie@gmail.com
https://www.facebookcom/stevie.love.735
https://instagram.com/stevielovestudio
Website https://www.stevielove.com
Interview: http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-stevie-love-studio-north-la-high-desert/
Review: http://diversionsla.com/stevie-love-textural-wall-sculptures-blooming-with-color/
Artsy Shark Featured Artist: https://www.artsyshark.com/2018/08/06/featured-artist-stevie-love/
SaatchiArt page: https://www.saatchiart.com/stevieslove
Art Slant page: https://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/121357-stevie-love
Solo Exhibitions
2023
John Wayne International Airport, Terminal C, Orange County, CA.
2022
Ontario International Airport, Terminal 2, Ontario, CA.
Joy at the Center. LaunchLA Gallery, Los Angeles.
2021
Aftermath. Metro Gallery, Pomona, CA.
2020
Norco College Gallery, Norco, CA.
2019
Metro Gallery, Pomona, CA.
2017
Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA.
Metro Gallery, Pomona, CA.
2016
Andlab Gallery, Los Angeles
2015
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy.
2013
Groundspace Project, Los Angeles.
2012
Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, California.
2006
Andlab Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2003
RVF Museum, California State University,
San Bernardino, CA.
2002
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California.
Selected Group Exhibitions and Awards
2024
DESERT FOREST, Getty PST Art and Science Collide, Museum
of Art and History, Lancaster, California.
2023
Made in California, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, California.
Seeing Red, Womens Caucus for Art, Heffler Contemporary,
Cathedral City, California.
Intersect Palm Springs Art Fair, Palm Springs Convention Center.
2022
Surrealism Now, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art,
Santa Ana, CA.
Play Time at The Makery, Los Angeles, CA.
Legacy Show. RAFFMA Museum, Cal State University,
San Bernardino, CA.
Embrace. Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA.
2021
Old Broads, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA.
Reflection, Korean Cultural Center and Launch LA, Los Angeles, CA.
Even Sparkles Have Shadows, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA.
NOMAD, Del Amo Crossing, Torrance, CA.
Made in California, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA.
Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Ontario, CA.
2020
Purchase Prize, 35th Annual Juried Exhibition, Lancaster Museum
of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
Made In California. City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA.
Bouquet. Roswell Space, Los Angeles, CA.
Curious Compendium. Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA.
StARTup Art Fair. Venice, CA.
Collaborate and Create. Loft at Liz’s, Los Angeles, CA.
2019
Selections from the Permanent Collection. Museum of Art and History,
Lancaster, CA.
Tower of Babel. Vienna, Austria.
Artist & Researcher. USC Keck School of Medicine, Ted Meyer, Curator,
Los Angeles, CA.
Paintings from the Interior. UCR ArtsBlock, A. Campognone, curator,
Riverside, CA.
Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art. juried, Los Angeles, CA.
2018
Riverside City College. Riverside, CA.
Volumen et Rotulus. Rearte Gallery, Vienna, Austria.
Music for Your Eyes. Peter Frank curator, Orange County Center for
Contemporary Art.
Untitled. Paige Wery curator, Artshare LA, Los Angeles.
2017
Los Angeles Painting: Formalism to Street Art. Bruno David Gallery,
St.Louis, Missouri.
A Flag Flying Over A Smoking Battlefield. Mat Gleason, curator, AXIS,
Sacramento. CA.
Volumen et Rotulus. Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy.
Blue Mountain Gallery, Priscilla Vail Caldwell, curator, NYC, New York.
2015
Artslant prize winner, Los Angeles.
2014
MAS Attack. Max Presneill, curator, VAST Space, Las Vegas, Nevada.
2013
Award. Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Int’l Competition,
Los Angeles.
2012
Artslant prize winner. Los Angeles.
FRESH. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles,.
2011
Energy. Howard N Fox, curator, Orange County Center
for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana CA.
Nip. Habib Kheradyar, curator, Post Gallery, Los Angeles.
Chain Letter. Doug Harvey, curator, Shoshana Wayne Gallery,
Santa Monica, California.
TelArtPhone. Mat Gleason, curator, Beacon Arts, Inglewood, California.
2008
Gwangwhamoon International Art Festival. Seoul, South Korea,
and Beijing, China.
2007
Pillow Talk. Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles.
2006
Hallways. EJ Hauser, Curator, 139 Plymouth, Brooklyn.
Painting’s Edge. Roland Reiss, curator. Fullerton College Art Gallery,
Fullerton, California.
2005
All California Exhibit. Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, California.
Bibliography
Davis, Genie. Stevie Love: Textural Wall Sculptures. Diversions LA. March 11, 2020.
“Artists and Researchers Collaborate at Keck School of Medicine,” LA Artnews, May, 2019.
Studio Visit, Vol. 44, 2018. Editor Steven Zevitas. Juror Francine Weiss PhD, Senior Curator, Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island.
Frank, Peter. "Stevie Love, The Crass and the Cosmic”, 2013.
McGovern, Tom. "Stevie Love, Paintings." 2013.
Crussell, Jeffrey. International Survey of Contemporary Art. 2011.
Artscene Gallery Guide. “Continuing and Recommended.” April 2006.
Gottlieb, Shirle. “OK to Touch.” Long Beach Press-Telegram. 2000.
Kugelman, Kerry. “Stevie Love and Gina Han – Sequence.” Art.Blogging.LA. Sept. 13, 2006.
McCorkle, MeryLynn. “Travelogue 21.” nyartsmagazine.com. Berliner Kunst, Int'l edition. May 2003.
McCorkle, MeryLynn. “Travelogue 21.” zerodegreesart.com. May 1, 2003.
Public Collections
Riverside Art Museum. Riverside, California.
Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, California.
Education
MFA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California.
BFA California State University, San Bernardino, California.
Residencies
2017 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy.
2015 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy.
2006 Painting’s Edge, Idyllwild, CA, Roland Reiss, Director.
2004 Painting’s Edge, Idyllwild, CA, Roland Reiss, Director.