Steve Lambert | |
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Born | 1976 |
Nationality | American |
Education | MFA University of California at Davis, BFA San Francisco Art Institute |
Known for | Street Art, Performance, and Internet Art |
Awards | 2003 Annual Adbusters contest, 2004 Creative Work Fund award, 2006 Eyebeam Fellowship, 2007 Rhizome Commission, 2007 Eyebeam Senior Fellowship, 2009 Eyebeam Senior Fellowship, |
Steve Lambert is an American artist (born 1976) who works with issues of advertising and the use of public space. He is a founder of the Anti-Advertising Agency, an artist-run initiative which critiques advertising through artistic interventions, and of the Budget Gallery (with Cynthia Burgess) which creates exhibitions by painting over outdoor advertisements and hanging submitted art in its place.[1] Lambert's artistic practice includes drawing, performance, intervention, culture jamming, public art, video, and internet art. He has worked with the Graffiti Research Lab, Glowlab, and as a senior fellow at Eyebeam.[2]
Lambert is a member of the New York based artist group Free Art and Technology Lab. He has won several awards including from Turbulence, the Creative Work Fund, Rhizome/The New Museum, Adbusters Media Foundation, and the California Arts Council.[citation needed]