I am an artist living in Brooklyn, New York. I have a degree in Painting from Pratt Institute. For the past 10 years or so, I've been making increasingly elaborate "space missions", based initially on NASA projects, which had always looked an awful lot like Art Projects to me. I began by attempting to copy something NASA did, knowing I would fail, but would in the process acquire lots of knowledge and new skills. I always make everything myself, doing a lot of research, and using whatever means I can muster, even to the point of making up tools and processes that might be better purchased elsewhere. That methodology started from necessity and has become one of the central themes of my work. I created the fake aerospace corporation, Brower Propulsion Laboratory, to act as a platform for this increasingly diverse range of production. The more various my output becomes, the more departments are added to the company, so my interests are never curtailed by my previous activities. Interestingly, this DIY trajectory has caused me to develop skills that have gotten me my livelihood, such as it is. I have found my wage earning activity is more dependent on my artwork than the other way around.
Steven Brower
New York, NY
I am an artist living in Brooklyn, New York. I have a degree in Painting from Pratt Institute. For the past 10 years or so, I've been making increasingly elaborate "space missions", based initially on NASA projects, which had always looked an... view more
