Meet the artist
Steve  Horan
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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Art has always been a part of my life.  As a child I played with my father’s pastels.  He was a
commercial artist who sketched with pastels. As I grew up I won summer art contests all through grade
school.  However, as many young men do I rebelled and wanted nothing to do with art --my father’s
profession.  So I enrolled in the University of Chicago and got an undergraduate degree in political
science.  However, as a graduate student, after considerable evaluation  of career goals,  I decided to
switch from the University's MBA program to Art History.  

I almost finished my Master’s degree when I was drafted into the Army during the Viet Nam War.  Art
saved me from combat duty when the military assigned me to the U. S. Army Exhibit Unit near the
Pentagon. There I learned how to silk screen print graphics onto exhibit panels.  Later, I would use this
skill to self publish several editions of silk screen prints.  When I was discharged from the Army, I was
a graphic designer for awhile with a railroad.  Once I married, I was able to become a full time
professional artist --thanks to my wife who was a teacher.

At various times in my life I have tried to avoid art --  to no avail.  My wife, Janet, will testify that
during our marriage of about four decades art has kept me sane.  Retirement has been a continuation
of art in my life which makes me immensely happy.

I hope my audience enjoys my art as much as I enjoy creating it.  Recently, I have been producing
paintings using acrylics or pastels.  As a result of living almost my entire life in Chicago, the major
portion of my recent work consists of nighttime representations of lights or images of the city.  I am
interested in capturing basic geometric relationships and if possible, some of the spiritual impact of
urban cityscapes.

When I start creating a new work of art, I begin by recalling a variety of visual images I have stored in
my memory.  Some of these memories are very fresh, being images seen only days or weeks before.  
But some are from my childhood.   I seek to discover in each stored image its essence: qualities that
had the power to impress and astonish me when I first saw the image.  

During the last thirty years, I have been juried into many national exhibitions and one-man shows and
had gallery representation in New York, Chicago and in many other cities.  In addition, agents and
publishers of my limited edition serigraphs have sold hundreds of my prints to galleries and collectors.  
I have completed works of art for galleries, corporations and private collectors as far away as
Canberra, Australia, where William Pei & Associates, architects, selected a suite of my limited edition
prints for installation in a hotel they designed.  
Art Collectors admiring Steve Horan's artwork at his one-man show in
October 2009 at the Wishing Spring Studio, Bella Vita, AR.  Horan and
his wife, Janet, are on the right.
PUBLICATIONS:           Art Scene Chicago 2000 by Ivy Sundell

REPRESENTATION:
Current:  Button-Petter Gallery, Douglas, MI
              Yajnavalka, Publisher, Houston, TX
              Greg Thompson Fine Art, Little Rock, AR                                                   
Previous: Neville-Sargent Gallery, Chicago, IL
              Fred Dorfman, Art Publisher, New York City, NY
              Greg Copeland, Inc., Publisher and Artist Representative, Newark, NJ
              Prajna Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
              Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL
              Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
             Collector’s Showroom, Chicago, IL
             Peoria Art Guild Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Peoria, IL
             Art Institute of Chicago Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Chicago, IL
             Fine Art Editions, Miami, FL
             Keyes Gallery, Springfield, MO
             Xanadu Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

ONE MAN SHOWS:
2009        One-Man Show, Wishing Springs Gallery Studio, Bella Vista, AR
2007        One-Man Show, Keyes Gallery, Springfield, MO
2006        One-Man Show, Julie Wait Designs, Rogers, AR
1979        Neville Sargent Gallery, Evanston, IL
1974        Illinois Institute of Technology, Herman Hall, Chicago, IL
1974        Northern Indiana Art Association, Hammond, IN
1974        Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL

EXHIBITIONS:
2009        Irene B. French Gallery, Merriam, KS
2008        Reconstructing Art Walk, Crystal Bridges at the Massey, Bentonville, AR
2008        Pastel National 2008 Show, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
2007        54th Annual Show of the National Society of Painters in Casein/Acrylic, NYC
2007        Art Expo Show, Boi Du Ouro Restaurant, Fayetteville, AR
2006        Vineyard Restaurant, Bentonville, AR
2006        MOAK 4 State Regional Exhibition 2006, Springfield, MO
2006        Strange Cities: the Unique and Unusual in Urban Landscape, Gallery 27+, NYC
2005        Third Place, Arkansas Pastel Society National Exhibition, Little Rock, AR
2005        Ozark Pastel Society Member Show, ACO, Springdale, AR
2005        ArtVisions 2005 Member  Show, Village Art Club, Bella Vista, AR
2005        Fusion Gallery, Bentonville, AR
2004        Ozark Pastel Society Member Show, Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, OK
2003        Ozark Pastel Society Member Show, Ft. Smith Art Center, Ft. Smith, AR
2003        Artists of NW AR Member Show, Sager Creek Art Center, Siloam Springs, AR
2002        Contemporary Art of Chicago, The Chicago Athenaeum, Schaumburg, IL
2001        One of a Kind Show, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
1995        9th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Midwest Pastel Society, Chicago, IL
1994        8th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Midwest Pastel Society, Chicago, IL
1990        Midwest Pastel Society Members Show, Chicago, IL
1986        Northwestern University Department of Education, Evanston, IL
1980        Centennial Exposition, Nashville Art Center, Nashville, TN
1977        Prajna Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
1977        Women’s Aid Society, Chicago, IL
1977        Robert Thom Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1976        New Horizons, Chicago, IL
1976        Indiana-Illinois Bicentennial Painting Traveling Exhibition
1976        Illinois Benedictine College        
1975        DePaul University,  Chicago, IL
1974        50th Anniversary of the Artists’ Guild of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1974        March Gallery (later Roy Boyd Gallery), Western Springs, IL       
                                         


                                                                     
EDUCATION:                
University of Chicago – College and Department of Art
History      Awarded Graduate Study European Fellowship
            
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:                
Artists of Northwest Arkansas
Ozark Pastel Society
Bella Vista Art Club
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:                  
Allerton Hotel, Chicago, IL                
American Hospital Association                       
American Telephone and Telegraph                
Amoco Oil                                                
Borg-Warner                                        
Chicago Board of Options Exchange              
Chicago Realtors Association                         
Chicago White Metal Company                      
City of Chicago, Dept. Urban Planning          
Continental Illinois Bank                               
Cummins Diesel                                              
Detroit Renaissance Center                             
Encyclopedia Britannica                                 
First National Bank of Glenview                     
Florsheim Shoe Company                               
Ford Motor Company, Atlanta, GA               
General Motors, Detroit, MI                          
Gould, Oakbrook, IL                                     
GTE of Indiana, Ft. Wayne                             
Holiday Inns, Duluth, MN                              
IBM, Woodstock, NY                                     
J. Walter Thompson Advertising, NYC        
Johnson and Johnson, Racine, WI             
Lakepoint Towers, Chicago, IL        
Marshall Field and Co., Chicago, IL
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
McDonalds Corp. Hdqtrs, Oakbrook, IL
Montgomery Wards
A.C. Nielson, Northbrook, IL
Peat, Marwick & Mitchell
William Pei & Associates, Canberra
Pillsbury
Playboy
Pullman Standard
Schiff, Hardin & Waite
Sears
S.E. Banking Corp., Winter Park, FL
Town & Country Bank, Newport, MN  
UIDC Management, Chicago, IL                
 U.S. Federal District Court, Chicago, IL
U.S. Post Office, San Francisco
University of Illinois Research Hospital
Liver Transplant Ward, Chicago, IL
To purchase artwork contact one of the following:
Button-Petter Gallery
161 Blue Star Highway
Douglas, MI 49406
269-857-2175
www.constancepettergallery.com
buttongallery@verizon.net
Steve Horan
28 Elizabeth Drive
Bella Vista, AR 72715
479-855-1204
www.artbystevehoran.com
sjhoran@cox.net
Yajnavalka Publishing Group
1603 West Alabama
Houston, TX 77006
866-925-6282
www.yajnavalka.com
info@yajnavalka.com
Greg Thompson Fine Art
429 Main Street
North Little Rock, AR 72114
501-664-2787
www.gregthompsonfineart.com
greg@gregthompsonfineart.com