STEVEN J. SEIDENBERG
[email protected]
stevenseidenberg.com
3635 19th St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
Solo exhibitions
2025, (upcoming), Lilley Museum of Art, Reno, NV (photography)
2025, (upcoming), Italian Cultural Institute, London, England (photography)
2025, (upcoming), Alta Murgia Park, Gravina, Italy (photography)
2024, Officine Fotografiche Roma, Rome, Italy (photography)
2023, Uncentered Paradigm, Festival of the Periphery, Rome, Italy (photography)
2023, MAAM’s Prayer Room (Museum of Other and Elsewhere), Rome, Italy (photography, installation)
2022, Off Main Gallery, Wellfleet, MA (photography)
2021, Right Window Gallery, San Francisco, CA (photography)
2019, MACRO (Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome), Rome, Italy (photography, installation)
2019, Citta' Dell' Altra Economia, Rome, Italy (photography)
2018, MAAM (Museum of Other and Elsewhere), Rome, Italy (photography, installation)
2018, Right Window Gallery, San Francisco, CA (photography)
2018, Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (photography)
2017, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA (photography)
2017, Passages Gallery, Portland, OR (photography)
2017, Rima Design Gallery, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico (photography)
2017, CAPO/CAAK, Kanazawa, Japan (photography)
2016, Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan (photography)
2016, Social Kitchen, Kyoto, Japan (photography)
2016, 3331 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (photography)
2015, Right Window Gallery, San Francisco, CA (photography)
2014, University of Nevada, Reno, KC Gallery, Reno, NV (photography)
2013, Right Window Gallery, San Francisco, CA (photography)
2012, Right Window Gallery, San Francisco, CA (painting)
Group exhibitions
2017, Photo LA, Lodima Press, Los Angeles, CA
2016, Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan (photography)
2013, Tapir Gallery, Berlin, Germany (painting, photography, installation)
2013, GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany (photography)
Residencies
2024, Bogliasco Residency, Bogliasco, Italy
2024, Alta Murgia National Park, Gravina, Italy
2023, American Academy of Rome, Visiting Artist
2023, Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, Ireland
2020, Azan Space Residency, Lisbon, Portugal
2020, Schoolhouse Collaborative Fellowship, Mutiyanu, China
2020, Örö Residency Programme, Finland
2016, CAPO/CAAK, Kanazawa, Japan
2015, Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
2015, USAC, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
2013, Takt Kunstprojektraum, Berlin, Germany
Books (photography)
2023, The Architecture of Silence: Abandoned Lives of the Italian South, Contrasto, Rome.
2023, Distant Voices: On Steven Seidenberg’s Architecture of Silence, Contrasto, Rome.
2017, Pipevalve: Berlin, Lodima Press, Revere, PA.
2017, Choshi. Littlefields, Portland, OR (photography)
Additional photography publications
2023, The Future Absence of Baobab: A Tent City in Rome. Places Journal (photography).
2021, Kanazawa’s Empty Spaces: Documenting akiya (vacant houses) and akichi (vacant lots). Places Journal (photography).
2019, Disaster for the People, Bonanza for the State: The Riforma Fondiaria in Postwar Italy. Places Journal (photography).
2017, Artist Spaces in Berlin: Defining and Redefining a City through Contemporary Archaeology, in Contemporary Archaeology of Cities, Oxford University Press, with Carolyn L. White.
2017, Ward, Open Space, SFMoma (photography)
Books (philosophy/poetry)
2022, Anon, Omnidawn Press, Oakland, CA
2020, plain sight, Roof Books, NY
2018, Situ, Black Sun Lit, Brooklyn, NY
2014, Itch, RaW Art Press, Pittsburg, CA
2014, Null Set, Spooky Actions Press, Albany, CA
Books in translation
2025, À Vista, Il Verri Edizioni, Milan, Italy.
Italian translation of plain sight by Brunella Antomarini.
2022, À Vista, Grupo Criador, Lisboa, Portugal.
Portuguese translation of plain sight by Tiago Alves Costa.
2021, Situ, Arcipelago Itaca Edizioni, Osimo, Italy.
Italian translation of Situ by Pietro Traversa.
2019, Dröjsmålet följer inga regler, smockadoll förlag, Malmo, Sweden and Aarhus, Denmark.
Swedish translation of Duration Knows No Law by Kristian Carlsson.
Chapbooks
2016, Duration Knows No Law, Ypolita Press, San Francisco, CA
2013, Songs of Surrender, Gummi Geliebter Verlag, Berlin, Germany
2012, Verge, Hidebound Press
Editorial
2017, pallaksch. pallaksch. III, Instance Press, contributing editor (poetry anthology)
2015, pallaksch. pallaksch. II, Instance Press, contributing editor (poetry anthology)
2012, pallaksch. pallaksch. I, Instance Press, contributing editor (poetry anthology)
Book/Journal Contributions
Recent work has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, 'Dear Kathleen...' from Nightboat Press, Armed Cell, Mirage #5, Vestiges 3, Tarpaulin Sky, Large Hearted Boy, Heavy Feather Review, Posit, Entropy, Vol. 1 Brooklyn.
Seminars
2025, Steven Seidenberg, The Architecture of Silence Symposium. Lilley Museum, Reno, NV.
2021, The Site-Specific Art of Situ. Invited seminar, 5th Annual Anglo-American Poetry in Translation. University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
2020, Imaging Failure – in conversation with Steven Seidenberg and Carolyn White. Invited seminar at the Centre for Visual Culture at Royal Holloway University, London, England.
2019, In Conversation with Jilke Golbach (Museum of London) and Carolyn White (University of Nevada, Reno). Invited lecture at the British School of Rome, Sites of Cultural Agency Conference.
2018, On Collaboration. Invited seminar at the University of Rochester, Art Department.
2018, Photography at the Margins. Workshop at the University of Rochester, Photography and the World Course, Art Department.
Additional publications
2018, The Museo dell' Altro e dell' Altrove di Metropoliz (Museum of the Other and the Elsewhere of Metropolis). Paper presented at the Conference for Historical and Contemporary Archaeology and Theory, Aarhus, Denmark.
2018, Get on the Bus, in R/Home. Giorgio di Finis, editor. Bordeaux Press, Rome, Italy, pp. 102-105.
2017, The Italian Migrant Project. Paper presented at the Conference for Historical and Contemporary Archaeology and Theory, Amsterdam, Netherlands (with Myles McCallum and Carolyn White).
2015, Tokyo Tape. Paper presented at the World Archaeology Congress, Kyoto, Japan (with Carolyn L. White).
2015, Temporary Spaces in Berlin. Paper presented at the European Archaeology Association Annual Meeting, Scotland, UK (with Carolyn L. White).
2013, The Archaeology of Art in Berlin. Paper presented at the Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory Conference, London, England (with Carolyn L. White).
[email protected]
stevenseidenberg.com
3635 19th St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
Solo exhibitions
2025, (upcoming), Lilley Museum of Art, Reno, NV (photography)
2025, (upcoming), Italian Cultural Institute, London, England (photography)
2025, (upcoming), Alta Murgia Park, Gravina, Italy (photography)
2024, Officine Fotografiche Roma, Rome, Italy (photography)
2023, Uncentered Paradigm, Festival of the Periphery, Rome, Italy (photography)
2023, MAAM’s Prayer Room (Museum of Other and Elsewhere), Rome, Italy (photography, installation)
2022, Off Main Gallery, Wellfleet, MA (photography)
2021, Right Window Gallery, San Francisco, CA (photography)
2019, MACRO (Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome), Rome, Italy (photography, installation)
2019, Citta' Dell' Altra Economia, Rome, Italy (photography)
2018, MAAM (Museum of Other and Elsewhere), Rome, Italy (photography, installation)
2018, Right Window Gallery, San Francisco, CA (photography)
2018, Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (photography)
2017, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA (photography)
2017, Passages Gallery, Portland, OR (photography)
2017, Rima Design Gallery, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico (photography)
2017, CAPO/CAAK, Kanazawa, Japan (photography)
2016, Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan (photography)
2016, Social Kitchen, Kyoto, Japan (photography)
2016, 3331 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (photography)
2015, Right Window Gallery, San Francisco, CA (photography)
2014, University of Nevada, Reno, KC Gallery, Reno, NV (photography)
2013, Right Window Gallery, San Francisco, CA (photography)
2012, Right Window Gallery, San Francisco, CA (painting)
Group exhibitions
2017, Photo LA, Lodima Press, Los Angeles, CA
2016, Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan (photography)
2013, Tapir Gallery, Berlin, Germany (painting, photography, installation)
2013, GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany (photography)
Residencies
2024, Bogliasco Residency, Bogliasco, Italy
2024, Alta Murgia National Park, Gravina, Italy
2023, American Academy of Rome, Visiting Artist
2023, Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, Ireland
2020, Azan Space Residency, Lisbon, Portugal
2020, Schoolhouse Collaborative Fellowship, Mutiyanu, China
2020, Örö Residency Programme, Finland
2016, CAPO/CAAK, Kanazawa, Japan
2015, Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
2015, USAC, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
2013, Takt Kunstprojektraum, Berlin, Germany
Books (photography)
2023, The Architecture of Silence: Abandoned Lives of the Italian South, Contrasto, Rome.
2023, Distant Voices: On Steven Seidenberg’s Architecture of Silence, Contrasto, Rome.
2017, Pipevalve: Berlin, Lodima Press, Revere, PA.
2017, Choshi. Littlefields, Portland, OR (photography)
Additional photography publications
2023, The Future Absence of Baobab: A Tent City in Rome. Places Journal (photography).
2021, Kanazawa’s Empty Spaces: Documenting akiya (vacant houses) and akichi (vacant lots). Places Journal (photography).
2019, Disaster for the People, Bonanza for the State: The Riforma Fondiaria in Postwar Italy. Places Journal (photography).
2017, Artist Spaces in Berlin: Defining and Redefining a City through Contemporary Archaeology, in Contemporary Archaeology of Cities, Oxford University Press, with Carolyn L. White.
2017, Ward, Open Space, SFMoma (photography)
Books (philosophy/poetry)
2022, Anon, Omnidawn Press, Oakland, CA
2020, plain sight, Roof Books, NY
2018, Situ, Black Sun Lit, Brooklyn, NY
2014, Itch, RaW Art Press, Pittsburg, CA
2014, Null Set, Spooky Actions Press, Albany, CA
Books in translation
2025, À Vista, Il Verri Edizioni, Milan, Italy.
Italian translation of plain sight by Brunella Antomarini.
2022, À Vista, Grupo Criador, Lisboa, Portugal.
Portuguese translation of plain sight by Tiago Alves Costa.
2021, Situ, Arcipelago Itaca Edizioni, Osimo, Italy.
Italian translation of Situ by Pietro Traversa.
2019, Dröjsmålet följer inga regler, smockadoll förlag, Malmo, Sweden and Aarhus, Denmark.
Swedish translation of Duration Knows No Law by Kristian Carlsson.
Chapbooks
2016, Duration Knows No Law, Ypolita Press, San Francisco, CA
2013, Songs of Surrender, Gummi Geliebter Verlag, Berlin, Germany
2012, Verge, Hidebound Press
Editorial
2017, pallaksch. pallaksch. III, Instance Press, contributing editor (poetry anthology)
2015, pallaksch. pallaksch. II, Instance Press, contributing editor (poetry anthology)
2012, pallaksch. pallaksch. I, Instance Press, contributing editor (poetry anthology)
Book/Journal Contributions
Recent work has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, 'Dear Kathleen...' from Nightboat Press, Armed Cell, Mirage #5, Vestiges 3, Tarpaulin Sky, Large Hearted Boy, Heavy Feather Review, Posit, Entropy, Vol. 1 Brooklyn.
Seminars
2025, Steven Seidenberg, The Architecture of Silence Symposium. Lilley Museum, Reno, NV.
2021, The Site-Specific Art of Situ. Invited seminar, 5th Annual Anglo-American Poetry in Translation. University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
2020, Imaging Failure – in conversation with Steven Seidenberg and Carolyn White. Invited seminar at the Centre for Visual Culture at Royal Holloway University, London, England.
2019, In Conversation with Jilke Golbach (Museum of London) and Carolyn White (University of Nevada, Reno). Invited lecture at the British School of Rome, Sites of Cultural Agency Conference.
2018, On Collaboration. Invited seminar at the University of Rochester, Art Department.
2018, Photography at the Margins. Workshop at the University of Rochester, Photography and the World Course, Art Department.
Additional publications
2018, The Museo dell' Altro e dell' Altrove di Metropoliz (Museum of the Other and the Elsewhere of Metropolis). Paper presented at the Conference for Historical and Contemporary Archaeology and Theory, Aarhus, Denmark.
2018, Get on the Bus, in R/Home. Giorgio di Finis, editor. Bordeaux Press, Rome, Italy, pp. 102-105.
2017, The Italian Migrant Project. Paper presented at the Conference for Historical and Contemporary Archaeology and Theory, Amsterdam, Netherlands (with Myles McCallum and Carolyn White).
2015, Tokyo Tape. Paper presented at the World Archaeology Congress, Kyoto, Japan (with Carolyn L. White).
2015, Temporary Spaces in Berlin. Paper presented at the European Archaeology Association Annual Meeting, Scotland, UK (with Carolyn L. White).
2013, The Archaeology of Art in Berlin. Paper presented at the Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory Conference, London, England (with Carolyn L. White).