Solo exhibitions

2017                Cloud Storage: Memes & Graphemes, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2014                Hand & Machine, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2013                Interface, Burrison Gallery, Philadelphia
2012                Reconstructing Wikipedia, Institute for Research in Cognitive Science (IRCS),
                                        Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2011                Exposures, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2008                Symbiosis, Burrison Gallery, Philadelphia
2006                The Figurative, Kelley Writer’s House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Commissions

Dept. of Neurosurgery, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Collections

Department of Neurosurgery, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Department of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Institute for Research in Cognitive Science (IRCS), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, Texas
Private collections in the United States and Europe 

Group exhibitions

2019               Tiny/Massive, lights festival, Harpa Concert Hall facade, Reykjavik, Iceland
2019               Floating Points, Georgetown Arts Center, Georgetown, TX
2018               Dulce Bytes, Kerr Arts and Culture Center, Kerrville, TX
2017               Intersecting Perspectives, SciArt Center, NY, NY
                            online: https://www.sciartcenter.org/intersecting-perspectives.html
                            (lower left portal, #13 down)
2016               Ceres Gallery Summer Show, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2015               Miami Mix, Projects Gallery, Maimi, FL
2015               Digital animation projected on fog screen, Fog Screen Event, 6th Street, Austin, TX

2014               Projects Gallery, Aqua Fine Art Fair at Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL
2014               Ceres Summer Salon, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2014               Electric Fields-Madrid, animation digital facade, MediaLab-Prado, Madrid
2014               30th Anniversary Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY

2013               Projects Gallery, Aqua Fine Art Fair at Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL
2013               Twelve x Twelve, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Alumni Gallery,     
                                Philadelphia
2013               Sight Specific, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2013               Projects Gallery, Houston Fine Art Fair, Houston, TX
2013               Art in the Air, digital animation, PECO Crown Lights, top of 27-story Philadelphia
                                Electric Co. Bldg., Philadelphia
2012               Multiples, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Alumni Gallery, Philadelphia
2012               Fresh Impressions, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia

2011                Square Foot, Art Basil Miami, Projects Gallery, Miami, FL
2011                Philadelphia/Tri-State Artists Equity Select Curated Show, MLUC, Devon, PA
2011                Philadelphia/Tri-State Artists Equity Members' Juried Show, Wayne, PA 

2010               Pennsylvania Academy Alumni Juried Show, Pennsylvania Academy of
                             the Fine Arts Alumni Gallery (Inaugural Exhibition), Philadelphia
2010                Indoor VPAP exhibition, Esther M. Klein Gallery, Science Center, Philadelphia

http://virtualpublicartproject.com/Virtual_Public_Art_Project/Exhibitions_Shirley.html

2010                Virtual Public Art Project exhibition, DesignPhiladelphia, Independence Mall, 
                              Philadelphia   

http://breadboardphilly.org/programs/virtual-public-art-project/vpap-artists-fall-2010/shirley-steele

2010             Art in the Air, digital animation, PECO Crown Lights, top of 27-story Philadelphia
                               Electric Co. Bldg., See annimation:

http://www.youtube.com/user/steelestudiodotcom

2009                Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles
2008                Double Exposure: On-Line/On-Wall, Museum of Computer Art
                                (MOCA), Brooklyn, New York
2008                Yesterday and Today: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Alumni           
                                 Invitational Exhibition, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia
2008                Museum of Computer Art (MOCA), On-Line, http://moca.virtual.museum/
2007                Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles
2003                Studio Group, Kelley Writer’s House, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2002                The Studio Romberg, Philadelphia
1998                Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia


Teaching
2016-2017      Creative coding, Center for Arts & Entertainment Technologies, Univ. of Texas,
                           Austin, TX

Publications
2013               Cover image, Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 86, No. 5, December 2013.
2012               Cover image, Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 85, No. 5, December 2012.
2011               Wichita Falls Art and Literature Review, Vol. V, pp. 12-17.
2008               Exhibition: Double Exposure: On-Line/On-Wall, Museum of Computer Art (MOCA),
                            Brooklyn, NY
                 
Art education

1994-1998       Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia (4-yr certificate; painting &
                                 printmaking)
1986-1990       Art Students’ League, New York, NY (drawing & painting)

Scientific education and experience

1987-1994        Natural Language Processing Group, Unisys Corporation, Paoli, PA
1985-1987        Acoustics Research, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ
1980-1985        Speech Research Group, Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX
1985                 Ph.D., Brain and Language, University of Texas at Dallas