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  Steven Ceraso's studio is located on the south shore of Long Island in Bay Shore NY. Steven received his MFA in Sculpture from Claremont Graduate University in 1998. Steven worked as a tool and die welder and foundry specialist in Los Angeles before returning to New York. In New York City he worked for The New York Studio School of Drawing Painting and Sculpture, and the Product Design Department at Parsons School of Design. His experience as a studio technician and manager eventually led to developing his own courses and teaching studio sculpture.
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  Steven currently teaches Advanced Sculpture and advises MFA sculpture students at Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus. At Long Island University Steven manages the wood shop and welding studios and has developed a metal casting area for the Art Department. Steven teaches design and drawing at Briarcliffe College in Bethpage and Patchogue NY. In addition to writing and implementing new curriculum for his courses he is actively exhibiting his work.

 I am constantly working on new projects and investigating the use of new materials and technology. Many of my recent projects involve collaboration, public sculpture or site specif ic installation. Often the work is concerned with using reclaimed materials and creating a dialogue between handmade objects and found materials. The dialogue that these forms create is of concern. The relationship between the implied function of these objects and the the relationship with the viewer is a constant investigation.

Steven is involved in his community through directing workshops and curating exhibits at  a non - profit community gallery space, The Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery and Performance Space. The project has been awarded funding through the New York State Council on the Arts and JP Morgan Chase Grants. Exhibits have recieved coverage through the New York Times and Newsday. As a founding member and director of the gallery I have organized exhibits, free workshops, and worked with a wide range of emerging artists and members of the community.