DUSTIN STEUCK (HE/THEY) IS A PERFORMANCE-BASED MOVING IMAGE INSTALLATION ARTIST CURRENTLY LIVING AND WORKING IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN. STEUCK’S WORK EXPLORES QUEER NARRATIVES WHILE INTEGRATING UTOPIC THEORY INFLUENCED BY DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND HISTORICAL IMAGERY. WHETHER THE OUTCOME IS AN OBJECT, MOVING IMAGES, OR TWO-DIMENSIONAL, STEUCK’S WORK IS BASED ON THE NEED TO DOCUMENT. THROUGH GRAND SCALE PROJECTIONS, MOVING IMAGES SUPPORTS THEIR CONCEPTUAL INTERESTS, WHILE THE PROJECTOR FULFILLS SPATIAL OBJECTIVES. CURRENTLY, STEUCK IS WORKING WITH A PROJECTION MAPPING SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS HIM TO MANIPULATE MOVING IMAGES BY INVERTING GRID-POINTS INTO SPECIFIC FORMS. INTEGRATING IMAGERY OF FIG LEAVES, NARCISSUS AND HYACINTH FLOWERS, THIS WORK REFERENCES THE PAST WHILE ENGAGING CONVERSATIONS OF BEAUTY AND SALVATION.

STEUCK RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE IN SCULPTURE & DRAWING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT, 2017. ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE SELECTION AS A PRIZE WINNER IN THE LENOVO YOGA FOR ALL CREATORS X TROYE SIVAN CONTEST 2021, SEMIFINALIST FOR THE MANIFEST GALLERY’S ANNUAL PRIZE 2017, A MONTH-LONG ARTIST RESIDENCY AT VERMONT STUDIO CENTER 2018, AND HONORABLE MENTION IN THE INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CENTER’S 2017 OUTSTANDING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS. STEUCK HAS EXHIBITED LOCALLY AT SOO VISUAL ARTS CENTER & REGIS CENTER FOR ART, AND NATIONALLY AT THE BRADBURY ART MUSEUM IN JONESBORO, AZ, THE ALICE WILDS IN MILWAUKEE, WI, AND ON BILLBOARDS THROUGH THE BILLBOARD CREATIVE & SAVEARTSPACE IN LOS ANGELES, CA 2020. PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE MANIFEST GALLERY, CINCINNATI, OHIO, MOODY: ISSUE 6 ZINE IN MILWAUKEE, WI 2021, AND TENCE MAGAZINE IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN 2022."