Steve Keister (b. 1949) is an artist based in New York City and he received his BFA and MFA from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia. He has received awards and grants from John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship. His work is in the collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, LA, Miami Art Museum, Hood Museum, Harvard Art Museum, Portland Art Museum, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY, and many more.