Steven Anderson

Artist Bio

Steven Anderson has worked and exhibited in Milwaukee area galleries and arts institutions for the past 25 years. He is currently the Exhibitions & Collections Manager at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design in Wisconsin. In addition, he has a ceramics studio, IronClayWorks, with his wife Christine at their Bay View home. He has a BFA from University of Illinois at Chicago and a Post Baccalaureate from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, both in Art Education. He also has a Master Gardener Certification from the Wisconsin DNR. He has extensive experience in handling, preparing, installing and caring for exhibits and objects of all kinds. Past professional positions include; Exhibitions Preparator for the John Michael Kohler Art Center in Wisconsin, Conservation Assistant at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Operations Manager for the Michael Lord Gallery in Milwaukee, Head Preparator at the Haggerty Art Museum at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Program Manager for the Union Craft Centre at UW-Milwaukee and Substitute Teacher for MPS and Glendale/River Hills Public Schools.

ICW is a Milwaukee-based ceramics studio that was founded in 1999 by Steven Anderson. The studio generates high fire stoneware sculpture, architectural ceramics and pottery, hand built and wheel thrown. Each piece is stamped and numbered in sequence as it is made and retains the fine craft aesthetic of being handmade and unique. Editions of new work generally come out in the Fall of each year and feature collections of the previous year’s creative output.

IronClayWorks