Education
2007 B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI
2005–2006 European Honors Program, Rome, Italy
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026 Stephen Truax: Again, for the first time, Fernberger, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
2016 Stephen Truax: How Will I Know, organized by Anne Luther, 67 Ludlow, New York, NY (monograph)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 a field of bloom and hum, curated by Ian Berry, Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2024 The Swimmer, curated by Jonathan Rider, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
Fire Island: The Art of Liberation, curated by Nina Sangimino, The Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY
2022 Wish You Were Here, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
A Light That Swam Like Minnows, organized by Aaron M. Skolnick, Bill Arning Exhibitions, Kinderhook, NY
2021 You Got Your Secret On, organized by Aaron M. Skolnik, Quappi Projects, Louisville, KY
2018 Emoji Show, Klaus von Nichtssagend, New York, NY
2013 Donut Muffin, organized by Jessica Duffett and Tamara Gonzales, Dorsky Foundation, Long Island City, NY
2012 The escape from the banal everyday life …, organized by Brooke Moyse, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Artist Bibliography
2026
Dempsey, John. Fire Island: 100 Years. New York: Phaidon Monacelli Press, 2026. (illus. In color p. 262)
2024
Colman, David. “The Swimmer.” ARTFORUM, October, p. 162. (illus.)
Tafoya, Harry. “The Still Life: NYC’s Buzziest Art Shows This Month.” Paper. July 29.
Hernandez, Mario. Bushwick’s Bohemia Art and Revitalization in Gentrifying Brooklyn. Routledge.
2023
Moffitt, Evan. “On Fire Island, a Home for Art — and the Artists Who Make It.” The New York Times, Aug. 31.
2017
Trouillot, Terence. “Stephen Truax: How Will I Know.” ArtPulse. March 9.
2016
Butler, Sharon. “Ideas and Influences: Stephen Truax.” Two Coats of Paint. September 30.
2014
Antonini, Marco, and Christopher K. Ho. “Conversation: Ariel Dill, Lauren Portada, Stephen Truax,” and “Postscript to Golden Age.” Golden Age, ed. Marco Antonini and Christopher K. Ho. NURTUREart, Brooklyn.
Chapline, Jonathan. “Interview: Stephen Truax.” #FFFFFF Walls. March 6.
2013
Vartanian, Hrag. “And They’re Off: Friday Night Openings at BOS 2013.” Hyperallergic. June 1.
Sutton, Benjamin. “10 Must-Visit Studios, Exhibitions, and More at BOS 2013.” ArtInfo. May 30.
Gantert, Patrick and Nicole Killan. “Don’t Move to New York, or Do…” WowHuh. April 30.
Butler, Sharon. “Donut Muffin Examines Unification.” Two Coats of Paint, March 6.
Bartlett, Josey. “A painting sans paint, a sculpture on canvas.” Queens Chronicle. January 3.
2012
Rooney, Kara L. “The escape from the banal everyday life …” The Brooklyn Rail. December.
Butler, Sharon. “Artists as Curators: Brooke Moyse.” Two Coats of Paint. November 16.
Panero, James. “Carol Salmanson and Stephen Truax.” The New Criterion. June.
Short, Aaron. “Open Season! Bushwick’s biggest art event of the year.” The Brooklyn Paper, May 31.
Ho, Christopher K. “The Clinton Crew.” WowHuh. March 31.
Public Collections
Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
21C Museum Hotel, Louisville, KY
Curatorial Projects
2025 Toward the Light: Artists for the Ali Forney Center, David Zwirner, New York (October 28 – November 1, 2025)
2021 Any distance between us, co-organized with Dominic Molon, RISD Museum, Providence, RI (July 17, 2021 – March 13, 2022)
2018 Intimacy, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY (June 28 – August 24, 2018)
2016 The Female Gaze, Part Two: Women Look at Men, curated by John Cheim, Cheim & Read, New York, NY (June 23 – September 2, 2016)
2012 Love, One River School of Art & Design, Englewood, NJ (November 4 – December 21, 2012)
2011 Portal, co-organized with Janis Ferberg, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney; ICANN, Sydney; Regina Rex, New York; artists’ studios, New York (August – September, 2011)
Curatorial Bibliography
2025
Miller, Leigh Anne. “David Zwirner Benefit Exhibition Raises Nearly $1 M. …” ArtNews. December 12.
Kazakina, Katya. “It’s Gala Season in New York’s Art World …” Artnet News. October 30.
Can Yerebakan, Oscar. “Exhibition… to raise funds for LGBTQ+ youth centre.” The Art Newspaper. October 28.
Miller, Leigh Anne. “Exhibition… to Raise $350,000 for New York’s Ali Forney Center.” ArtNews. October 28.
Trouillot, Terence. “Artists Band Together and Raise… for Homeless LGBTQ+ Youth.” Frieze, October 27.
2024
Quinn, Michael. “Portraits in Dialog.” The Gay & Lesbian Review, Boston. February.
2018
Christie-Dervaux, Millie. “Intimacy.” The Brooklyn Rail. August 22.
Small, Zachary. “Looking at Queer Constellations of Intimacy.” Hyperallergic. August 20.
Telling, Olly. “Four artists busting the stereotype that queer art …” Dazed. July 19.
Pham, Larissa. “In Queer Art, There’s a Time for Action and a Time for Languor.” Garage. July 12.
Goldstein, Caroline. “Beat the Heat With These 19 Summer Group Shows.” ArtNet. July 4.
Russeth, Andrew. “9 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week.” ArtNews. June 25.
Ellwood, Mark. “Your guide to 2018’s NYC Pride.” New York Post. June 21.
Indrišek, Scott. “The Precarious, Glamorous Lives of Independent Curators.” Artsy. February 8.
2012
Berg, Tatiana. “Love.” ArtPulse magazine, Miami. Winter.
Butler, Sharon. “Artists as Curators: Stephen Truax.” Two Coats of Paint, New York. November 13.
2011
Chayka, Kyle. “Does Social Media Art Have to Be Online?” ArtInfo, New York. September 22.
Zak, Lena. “Social media art brings virtual audiences into cyber galleries.” CNN Travel, Sydney. August 29.
Editor
2023 Living Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters, ed. Xavier F. Solomon, Stephen Truax, and Aimee Ng, The Frick Collection, New York.
2015 Kristina Matousch, ed. Jens Soneryd and Stephen Truax. Galleri Riis, Stockholm.
Selected Published Texts
2023 Truax, Stephen. “We Can Occupy This Space Now.” Living Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters, ed. Xavier F. Solomon, Stephen Truax, and Aimee Ng, Frick Collection, New York.
2022 Truax, Stephen. “With You.” Manual Issue 16. RISD Museum, Providence, RI.
2021 Truax, Stephen. “The Marks Men Leave.” You & i are Earth, ed. Fergus Feehily. Paper Visual Art, Berlin/Dublin.
2019 Truax, Stephen. “Pastel Then, Pastel Now; Nicolas Party: Pastel.” Hyperallergic, Brooklyn. December 14.
2017 Truax, Stephen. “Why Young Queer Artists Are Trading Anguish for Joy.” Artsy, November 7.
2012 Truax, Stephen. “Love: Conceptual Strategies in Contemporary Painting.” ART BLOG ART BLOG, New York. November.
2011 Truax, Stephen. “DIY Bushwick.” “Artists in Bushwick.” The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn. June – July.