Education:
MFA, Painting, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA
BFA, Painting, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Teaching Experience:
Spring 2023 Northeastern University, Boston, MA - Lecturer: Conceptual Drawing
Fall 2022 Northeastern University, Boston, MA - Lecturer: Observational Drawing
Spring 2022 Northeastern University, Boston, MA - Lecturer: Color and Composition, 2D Fundamentals
Spring 2020 Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA - Lecturer: Advanced Drawing Studios 1&2
Visiting Critiques:
Final Critique, Undergraduate Senior Painting class, Lesley University College of Art and Design, 2023
Final Critique, Undergraduate Junior Painting class, Lesley University College of Art and Design, 2023
Final Critique, Graduate, MFA program, Lesley University College of Art and Design, 2020
Final Critique, Undergraduate Painting class, Lesley University College of Art and Design, 2019
Curatorial Projects:
Perspective Redefined, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Break of Day, Edge of Night, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Why Do You Build Me Up?, Lesley University, Vandernoot Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 2019
Vernon Street Artists, Old Schwamb Mill, Arlington, MA, 2019
Awards/Grants/Residencies:
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 2018
Visual Arts Fellowship Grant, Somerville Arts Council, 2018
The Artists and Craftsman Supply Award, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2008
Selected Exhibitions:
2023
Ineffable Patterns, MTN Space Gallery, Lake Worth Beach, FL, March 2023 (Solo exhibition)
The Painting Center, NY, NY, September 2023, (Two Person exhibition)
2022
Abstract Art: Contemporary Approaches, Curator: Boriana Kantcheva, The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
Finding a Memory, Curator: Erika Hess, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
Boston Biennial 6, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2021
Interiors, MTN Space Gallery, Lake Worth Beach, FL
Solo Show at the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts, Rochester, NH
2021 Emerging Artists Exhibition, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
MFA Thesis:An Unpredictable Time & Place, MASSMoCA, North Adam, MA
Pride - A VSC Queer Alum Online Exhibition, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
New Talent: Davis Arney, Steven J. Cabral, Shantel Miller & Ransome, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Kinship: The Inspiration of Artistic Connection, Poughkeepsie, NY
2020
Repeat as Needed, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
Raw, MFA Exhibition Online, University of Montana, MT
2018
Seeking Balance, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA (Solo)
The Depth of Stillness, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA (Solo)
Pushing Forward, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
W-Intermission, Coastal Contemporary Gallery, Newport, RI
Forms of Expression: Geometric Abstraction in Boston Today, Curator: David Guerra, The Yard, Boston, MA
Fay Chandler EMERGING Art Exhibition 2018, Boston, MA
Space Invaders, Juried by Samuel Rowlett, Fountain Street Fine Art Gallery, Boston, MA (Catalog)
Chain Reaction, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Entangle, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
At The Edge: A Shifting, Coastal Contemporary Gallery, Newport, RI
2017
Sense of Place, Castle Hill Gallery, Juried by Patricia Miranda, Truro, MA
Depth Perception, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Curators: Cherie Mittenthal and Joanne Mattera, Dennis, MA (Catalog)
Creative Crossroads, Curator: Debra Olin, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
2016
New England Collective VII Juried Show, Juried by Julie Burros, Galatea Fine Arts, Boston, MA
You Think It’s _____, but It’s Really ______., Midway Gallery, Boston, MA
MELT, Brickbottom Gallery, Curated by Debra Olin, Somerville, MA
Boston Biennial 4, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2015
Images of Grief and Healing, Chandler Gallery, Cambridge, MA (Catalog)
InSight Exhibition, Lunder Arts Center, Juried by Randi Hopkins, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Gallery Affiliations:
mtn space, Lake Worth Beach, FL
The Painting Center, New York, NY
Private Collections:
Capital One
Google
Selected Bibliography:
Kingston Gallery, Exhibition Review: Repeat as Needed, August 2020
Fountain Street Fine Art Gallery, "Space Invader" exhibition catalog, Juried by Samuel Rowlett, January 3rd -28, 2018
Cape Code Museum of Art, "Depth Perception exhibition catalog", Published by: Joanne Mattera, Karen Freedman
Chandler Gallery, "Images of Grief & Healing exhibition catalog"
Kingston Gallery, A Studio Visit with Steven Cabral, January 2019
Improper Bostonian, Pushing Forward, January 2019
Kingston Gallery, Steven Cabral: Seeking Balance, September 2018
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Celebrating Local Art with the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, May 2018
Galatea Fine Art, Getting out a Blow Torch was Cabral's Next Step, by Barbara Lindstrom and Frank Capezzera January 2018
ProWax Journal, Issue 16, April/June 2017 <prowaxjournal2.blogspot.com/2017/03/editors-choice-what-were-seeing-liking.html>
Duende Literary, Issue 3, October 2015 <http://www.duendeliterary.org/steven-j-cabral>
MFA, Painting, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA
BFA, Painting, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Teaching Experience:
Spring 2023 Northeastern University, Boston, MA - Lecturer: Conceptual Drawing
Fall 2022 Northeastern University, Boston, MA - Lecturer: Observational Drawing
Spring 2022 Northeastern University, Boston, MA - Lecturer: Color and Composition, 2D Fundamentals
Spring 2020 Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA - Lecturer: Advanced Drawing Studios 1&2
Visiting Critiques:
Final Critique, Undergraduate Senior Painting class, Lesley University College of Art and Design, 2023
Final Critique, Undergraduate Junior Painting class, Lesley University College of Art and Design, 2023
Final Critique, Graduate, MFA program, Lesley University College of Art and Design, 2020
Final Critique, Undergraduate Painting class, Lesley University College of Art and Design, 2019
Curatorial Projects:
Perspective Redefined, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Break of Day, Edge of Night, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Why Do You Build Me Up?, Lesley University, Vandernoot Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 2019
Vernon Street Artists, Old Schwamb Mill, Arlington, MA, 2019
Awards/Grants/Residencies:
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 2018
Visual Arts Fellowship Grant, Somerville Arts Council, 2018
The Artists and Craftsman Supply Award, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2008
Selected Exhibitions:
2023
Ineffable Patterns, MTN Space Gallery, Lake Worth Beach, FL, March 2023 (Solo exhibition)
The Painting Center, NY, NY, September 2023, (Two Person exhibition)
2022
Abstract Art: Contemporary Approaches, Curator: Boriana Kantcheva, The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
Finding a Memory, Curator: Erika Hess, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
Boston Biennial 6, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2021
Interiors, MTN Space Gallery, Lake Worth Beach, FL
Solo Show at the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts, Rochester, NH
2021 Emerging Artists Exhibition, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
MFA Thesis:An Unpredictable Time & Place, MASSMoCA, North Adam, MA
Pride - A VSC Queer Alum Online Exhibition, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
New Talent: Davis Arney, Steven J. Cabral, Shantel Miller & Ransome, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Kinship: The Inspiration of Artistic Connection, Poughkeepsie, NY
2020
Repeat as Needed, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
Raw, MFA Exhibition Online, University of Montana, MT
2018
Seeking Balance, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA (Solo)
The Depth of Stillness, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA (Solo)
Pushing Forward, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
W-Intermission, Coastal Contemporary Gallery, Newport, RI
Forms of Expression: Geometric Abstraction in Boston Today, Curator: David Guerra, The Yard, Boston, MA
Fay Chandler EMERGING Art Exhibition 2018, Boston, MA
Space Invaders, Juried by Samuel Rowlett, Fountain Street Fine Art Gallery, Boston, MA (Catalog)
Chain Reaction, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Entangle, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
At The Edge: A Shifting, Coastal Contemporary Gallery, Newport, RI
2017
Sense of Place, Castle Hill Gallery, Juried by Patricia Miranda, Truro, MA
Depth Perception, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Curators: Cherie Mittenthal and Joanne Mattera, Dennis, MA (Catalog)
Creative Crossroads, Curator: Debra Olin, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
2016
New England Collective VII Juried Show, Juried by Julie Burros, Galatea Fine Arts, Boston, MA
You Think It’s _____, but It’s Really ______., Midway Gallery, Boston, MA
MELT, Brickbottom Gallery, Curated by Debra Olin, Somerville, MA
Boston Biennial 4, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2015
Images of Grief and Healing, Chandler Gallery, Cambridge, MA (Catalog)
InSight Exhibition, Lunder Arts Center, Juried by Randi Hopkins, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Gallery Affiliations:
mtn space, Lake Worth Beach, FL
The Painting Center, New York, NY
Private Collections:
Capital One
Selected Bibliography:
Kingston Gallery, Exhibition Review: Repeat as Needed, August 2020
Fountain Street Fine Art Gallery, "Space Invader" exhibition catalog, Juried by Samuel Rowlett, January 3rd -28, 2018
Cape Code Museum of Art, "Depth Perception exhibition catalog", Published by: Joanne Mattera, Karen Freedman
Chandler Gallery, "Images of Grief & Healing exhibition catalog"
Kingston Gallery, A Studio Visit with Steven Cabral, January 2019
Improper Bostonian, Pushing Forward, January 2019
Kingston Gallery, Steven Cabral: Seeking Balance, September 2018
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Celebrating Local Art with the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, May 2018
Galatea Fine Art, Getting out a Blow Torch was Cabral's Next Step, by Barbara Lindstrom and Frank Capezzera January 2018
ProWax Journal, Issue 16, April/June 2017 <prowaxjournal2.blogspot.com/2017/03/editors-choice-what-were-seeing-liking.html>
Duende Literary, Issue 3, October 2015 <http://www.duendeliterary.org/steven-j-cabral>