Steven Travis in front of one of his painted walls at “Oils on Tablets” in 2000.

Art exhibits

This is where I will be posting anything art related to Tapissary. Preceding a date with two asterisks (**) means it was my solo show.

I have shown Tapissary in several venues; art galleries, film, and talks:

2022. Virtual online exhibits since 2011.

Virtual exhibits allow me to work in much larger spaces than I could in real life. I bring my real life work to these online galleries by photographing paintings or drawings, and sculpting whatever else I need with 3D software.

2017. “Conlanging, the Art of Crafting Tongues” I spoke about Tapissary in this documentary which interviewed many language creators. Film by Britton Watkins.

2016. “Imaginary Languages Through the Ages” Robbins Library at the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY

2009. “Glossopoesis and Glottotechnia: the Art and Science of Language” for the third Language Creation Conference. Brown University, Rhode Island

** 2008. “Hieroglyphic Collages” Amos Eno Gallery. NY, NY

** 2006. “An Articulate Chicken Recipe” Amos Eno Gallery. NY, NY

** 2006. Talk about Tapissary via phone for Pat Search’s narrative class at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Troy, NY

** 2004. “Tapissary: Hieroglyphic Stories from a Clay Village” Amos Eno Gallery. NY, NY

** 2003. “Tritons Bleus-Vermeilles” Halle Saint Pierre, Paris, France

** 2002. “An Other Scripture”. Gallery 825. L.A., CA

** 2001. “A Diary Ventures onto Canvas” Amos Eno Gallery, NY, NY

** 2000 “Oils on Tablets” Amos Eno Gallery, NY, NY

1999. “En Marge des Cahiers” Musée Départemental de l’Éducation. Saint Ouen l’Aumone, France

** 1999 “a sculpted Village, a Silent Language, the Paintings around Them” Barnsdall Art Center, L.A., CA.

For a decade now, I’ve been focusing my exhibits online. Usually they only stay up a month or two depending on the venue. In this example, I sculpted an oval room 40 feet high upon whose walls I applied my charcoal and oil images. These chairs under spotlight dwarfed the visitors. Visitors to the virtual galleries can move their view around the 3D space, as if you are in a real space.

One of my journals displayed at the Robbins Library exhibit.photo courtesy Sally Caves — One of my journals displayed at the Robbins Library exhibit.
photo courtesy Sally Caves

A Tapisreal text written in polymer clay for the Articulate Chicken exhibit.

Polymer painting in the Articulate Chicken exhibit.

Another clay panel in the Articulate Chicken exhibit.

A goblet of polymer clay in the Articulate Chicken exhibit.

“Hieroglyphic Collages” exhibit

“Hieroglyphic Collages”photo courtesy B.T. — “Hieroglyphic Collages”
photo courtesy B.T.

“Oils on Tablets” exhibit