steve roden is a visual and sound artist from los angeles. his work includes painting, drawing, sculpture, films, and sound installation. the works are a combination of conceptual strategies and intuitive movements. found structures and systems are lifted from their original intentions and used as the basis for improvisation and abstraction. in the visual works, printed language, graphic design, maps, and other forms of specific visual notation are lifted from their original intentions and abstracted to create open readings. in the sound works; objects, architectural spaces, and field recordings, are abstracted through electronics to create audio new spaces, or 'possible landscapes'. the sound works present themselves with an aesthetic roden describes as "lower case" - sound concerned with subtlety and the quiet activity of listening. the la weekly recently called roden "the most idiosyncratic abstract painter to emerge from l.a. in the 90's"; while the wire magazine recently referred to roden's cd 'the radio' as "a particularly modest form of genius", and included it in it's best of 2000 experimental cd's.
steve roden has been exhibiting his visual and sound works since 1986. he has had numerous solo and group exhibitions internationally, including museums, galleries and arts spaces in usa, italy, france, japan, bulgaria, slovenia, england, etc. recent shows include the stadt galerie museum in saarbrucken germany, miami museum of contemporary art, ucla armand hammer museum & the mak center for art and architecture los angeles, the drawing center, nyc; the jennjoy gallery, san francisco, kunsthallen brandts klaedefabrik, odense, denmark, podewil, berlin, germany; the santa barbara contemporary arts forum, california; gallery e/static, torino, italy; studio 5 beekman, nyc, ny; INMO gallery los angeles; and others. his visual and sound work has appeared in catalogs, museum publications, magazines and newspaper reviews internationally.

roden has performed live improvised soundscapes in arts spaces, galleries, museums, theatres, and alternative spaces worldwide including the san francisco museum of modern art; the ica & the hayward gallery, london; the walker art center, minneapolis; logos, gent, belgium; the musee de beaux artes nantes; as well as performance tours of brazil and japan. sound festivals include the international symposium on electronic arts (isea), england; transmissions, chicago; musique ultimes, france; interzone one, japan; sampling rage, berlin; en red o, barcelona; and others. recently roden presented his filmwork 'book of seconds' at cinema nova in brussels with live sound accompaniment, and his film/sound work 'cosmic dancer' was recently premiered at the pacific film archives.

roden has released several cd's of his sound works under his own name, as well as under the name 'in be tween noise'. labels include trente oiseaux, germany; sonoris, france; gmbh, france; digital narcis and meme from japan; and line, usa. roden's work has appeared on a number of international compilations, including the tulpas project on selektion, germany. in 1999, roden co-edited the publication 'site of sound ' an exploration of the relationships between sound and architecture, with contributions from various architects, sound artists and critics including christina kubisch, steve peters, tom marioni, and pierre koenig

roden received an mfa from art center college of design in pasadena, ca in 1989, and a bfa from otis parsons in los angeles in 1986.

upcoming projects include Ð a large scale sound installation at the stadt galerie in saarbrucken germany for the exhibition "resonance 2" in september 2002. 2003 solo shows of visual works include the pomona college museum of art, california; susanne vielmetter projects, los angeles; and suyama space, seattle. roden will present a sound installation and video installation as part of the beyond noise conference at ucsb, santa barbara in august. upcoming performances include nijmegen holland; albuquerque, new mexico; and los angeles. upcoming cd releases include a document of a sound installation created for inmo gallery in chinatown los angeles for sonoris records, france; a document of the kunst radio commission "resonant cities" for trente oiseaux, germany; and a project done in collaboration with architect tadao ando related to his water temple in japan for new plastic music, los angeles.