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Steve Parker is an artist, musician, and organizer based in Austin, Texas. He is the recipient of the Rome Prize, the Pollock-Krasner Award, and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. 

Parker makes social sculptures: large-scale performances that facilitate meaningful exchanges between the public, densely-layered sculptural objects, and the environment. Exhibition and performance highlights include the American Academy in Rome (Italy), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Arkansas), CUE Art Foundation (New York), the Fusebox Festival (Texas), Gwangju Media Art Festival (Korea), the Lincoln Center Festival, Los Angeles Philharmonic inSIGHT, the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), and MASS MoCA (Massachusetts). As a solo trombonist and as an artist of NYC-based “new music dream team” Ensemble Signal, he has premiered 200+ new works.

Parker’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Colossal, and Design Milk, among others. He holds degrees in Math and Music from Oberlin, Rice, and UT Austin.