Biography

John Jay Steensma
Born: December 8, 1941, Moscow, Idaho
Education: B.F.A., School of Art, University of Washington, 1962
Died: October 7, 1994, Seattle, Washington
Buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, Seattle, WA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2006          Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Porland, Oregon.
                   Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2004         "Works on paper”, The Last Supper Club, Seattle, WA
                 “The Abstract Work”, The James Crespinel Studios, Seattle, WA
                 “From the Estate”, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland OR
2000         “It was about painting”, The Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
                  (Ree Brown, Gordon Delgaty and Mike Hickey,co-curators)
                 “Jay Steensma: Outside Looking In”, Kurt Litdke Galleries, Seattle, WA
1997         “Jay Steensma: A Retrospective”, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, (Matthew Kangas, curator).
                 “I’m sorry girls, I just don’t want to water it down”, Mazey Hickey Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996         “Jay Steensma (1941-1994): Retrospective: Paintings and works on paper”. Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
1995         “The Lamentations of Jay Steensma”, Mazey Hickey Gallery, Seattle Washington.
                  “Memorial Exhibition”, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, (Chris Bruce and Wesley Wehr, co curators).
1994         Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA
                  Galleria Dos Damas, San Diego, CA
                  MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA
1993         Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA
                  David Leonardis Gallery, Chicago, IL
                  “12 Mountain Paintings”, Lucky Pierre’s Palace of Fine Art, Seattle, WA
1992         MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA
                  Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
1991         Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
                  Pulliam/Nugent Gallery Portland, OR
1990         Pulliam/Nugent Gallery, Portland, OR
1989         Mazey Hickey, Gallery, Seattle, WA
                  MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA
                  Pulliam/Nugent Gallery, Portland, OR
1988         Mazey Hickey Gallery, Seattle, WA
1987         Mazey Hickey Gallery, Seattle, WA
1985         Jackson Street Gallery, Seattle, WA
1984         Washington Hall Performance Series Gallery, Seattle, WA, (Michael Dugan,curator).
1983         The Boisere, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1976         Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA

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