About

Biography:

Steven Lang is a writer and artist from St. Paul, Minnesota. His debut novel, The Art of Falling Apart, was published in 2026 by Flexible Press. His short stories are included in the anthologies Fiction on a Stick, published by Milkweed Editions, The Art of Wonder, published by the University of Minnesota Press, and in various literary journals such as Prime Number Magazine, Stonecoast Review, Cutbank, Catamaran Literary Reader, and Chestnut Review. His photography has been featured in Romka Magazine, Into the Void, Midwestern Gothic, Der Greif, Minnesota Monthly, and other print and online publications. He is the recipient of Loft Mentor Award from the Loft Literary Center, a Next Step Fund award from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, and a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant. He currently lives in Lauderdale, Minnesota.

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Education:

  • B.F.A. Studio Arts, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, summa cum laude

Publication History:

  • The Art of Falling Apart – Flexible Press, 2026 (novel)
  • Prime Number Magazine – Fall 2024 (fiction)
  • Stonecoast Review – Summer 2023 (fiction)
  • Catamaran Literary Review – Summer 2023 (fiction)
  • Chestnut Review – Winter 2021 (fiction)
  • Into the Void – Issue 13 (photography)
  • Romka Magazine, Berlin, Germany, Issue 10 (photography)
  • Cutbank Literary Journal – Issue 87 (fiction)
  • Slush Pile Magazine – Issue 20 (fiction)
  • The Art of Wonder – Minneapolis Institute of Art (fiction and photography)
  • Der Greif, Issue 7 – Augsburg, Germany (photography)
  • Fiction on a Stick – Milkweed Editions (fiction)

Selected Exhibition History:

(Group)

  • Open Door 17 – Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis – 2022

  • The North – Film North Gallery, St. Paul – 2018

  • Art Needs People – Minneapolis Central Library, Minneapolis – 2018

  • What I Think About – Katherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota – 2017

  • POP < 5000 – The Edward and Helen Morrison Gallery, University of Minnesota, Morris – 2015
  • Americana – The Soap Factory, Minneapolis – 2014

  • Made Here – Hennepin Theatre Trust, Minneapolis – 2014

  • Untitled 10 – Soo Visual Arts Center (SooVAC), Minneapolis – 2013

  • Open Door 9 – Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis – 2013

  • Primer – The Edward and Helen Morrison Gallery, University of Minnesota, Morris – 2013

  • Friedman Iverson – Minneapolis – 2013

  • Artists in Storefronts – Minneapolis – 2012

  • Untitled 8 – Soo Visual Arts Center (SooVAC), Minneapolis – 2011

  • Flesh and Form – Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis – 2011

  • Regional Juried Art Exhibition – MN State University, Winona, MN – 2011

  • Food Fight – Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis – 2011

  • Ten Year Anniversary Show – Gallery 360, Minneapolis – 2010

  • Open Door 6 – Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis – 2010

  • O.C.D. – Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis – 2010

(Solo)

  • The Traveling Museum, St. Anthony, Minnesota, 2016
  • Normandale College, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2015
  • Leaky Sink: Tuck Under Gallery, Minneapolis, 2014
  • The Nicollet, Minneapolis, MN, 2013
  • A Clean Poorly Lighted Space – University of Wisconsin-Stout, 2011
  • Mitrebox Studio – Minneapolis, 2010
  • Mill District Arts Gallery – Minneapolis, 2009
  • Gallery360 – Minneapolis, 2008
  • The Office of U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone – St. Paul, 1997

Activities/Awards:

  • Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, 2022
  • MRAC Next Step Fund award, 2016
  • Writer-in-residence, Coffee House Press, 2016
  • Roberta Mann Innovation Award, Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2014
  • Loft Mentor Award, Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis, 2013
  • Resident Artist, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina, 2012
  • Grand Prize, Time Stands Still, Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, 2012
  • Best in category, Minneapolis Ten Second Film Festival, 2011 (Category: Behind Closed Doors)
  • Jerome Artist Residency, Tofte Lake Center, Ely, Minnesota, 2010