Bio & Resume
Steven J. Duede
E-Mail steven@studiosjd.com

Steven Duede studied painting and printmaking at the Kansas City Art Institute and at Park University in the mid 1980s' to the backdrop of locust trees and the rolling landscapes of middle America. A young entrepreneur, he co-founded and operated EHP Records {enormous horsepower} in 1986 where he went on to become known in midtown Kansas City for specialized services in imported and independent music but also host to a gallery space for regional and national artists to exhibit their works. Individual artists as well as senior painting classes from Kansas City Art Institute hung works in the EHP Gallery space. In addition to hosting art exhibits Steven worked as a DJ and promoter, booking nationally known artists in independent arts and music and in doing so affecting the arts and music scene in Kansas City MO at that time. Steven continued to exhibit work and to develop as an artist participating in a variety of public venues, galleries and arts festivals including live performances.

Steven developed DUEDE dot COM in 1997 and then the now defunct FUNDAMENTALDESIGN dot COM in 1999 as vehicles for showcasing his work to a wider audience. In addition to an ongoing exhibit schedule Steven began to work independently as a website and graphic designer participating in several arts and education related internet and graphic design projects.
Since moving to the Boston area in summer of 2001, Steven has participated in several public art exhibits most notably at the Zeitgeist Gallery in Cambridge, Holyoke Center Exhibit Space in Cambridge and in the Arlington Center for the Arts, DeCordova Museum and Cambridge Art Association. In addition Steven's work was accepted into the DeCordova Museum's corporate arts program with works on loan to specific corporate members. A prolific artist Steven continues to move forward in the creative process.

Mr. Duede spent three years as Visitor Services director with the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park and presently works as Visitor Services manager at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston one of the largest Contemporary Art Museums in the United States and one of a kind in the region. He is very active in the administrative day to day activities personally working toward creating greater access for the public to Contemporary Art. An appointment to the Board of Directors with the Cambridge Art Association has further expanded administrative work with a focus on marketing, public relations and programming.

Click here for full Exhibit list.

Visit www.icaboston.org
Visit www.DeCordova.org
Visit www.Cambridgeart.org

Art in Private Collections:
USA: Atlanta GA. Boston MA. Chicago IL. Kansas City, MO. Maynard MA. Mission, KS. New York, NY. Orlando FL. Somerville MA. St. Louis MO.
EU: Brussels and Namur, Belgium

Public/Private collections: Fales Library at New York University. New York, NY.

Current Exhibits:
upcoming: New Works in Painting Holyoke center Exhibition space 1350 Mass Ave Cambridge 10/13 through 11/8

{Ongoing}DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park Corporate Arts Program.
Selected works on loan. Exhibiting at Onesource inc. in Concord MA. USA. Martignetti Beverage and Stride Rite Shoes Corporate offices. Spring, 2004-06

Work experience:

Director of Visitor Services at THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART/BOSTON 5/2006 to Present.
Actively managing the day to day activities within the Museum. Admissions, Membership recruitment, Member's event staffing and logistics. Security. Oversees and maintains the Visitor Services Staff. Maintains access to the Museum and Terrace in regard to all visitors and tours formal and informal. Box office management to Performing Arts Center Facilitates Visitor Access to Educational Programs Liason to the public.

Director of Visitor Services at DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln MA. August 2002 to 4/2006. Actively managing the day to day activities within the Museum and Sculpture Park. Admissions, Cafe Management, Membership recruitment, Ammenities Programming, Security. Oversees and maintains the Visitor Services Staff. Maintains access to the Museum and Sculpture Park in regard to all visitors and tours formal and informal. Liason to the public.

June 2005 to Present: Board of Directors Cambridge Art Association Executive Committee, marketing and public relations committee, Member outreach committee as well as web development and exhibit planner.

October 2004: Consultant to the New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain CT. Focused discussion on Visitor Services programming, tours and membership activities. In advance of upcoming expansion.

2001-April/May: Conducted three six hour seminars in creative web design and development through Communiversity, a not for profit community education organization based in Kansas City MO. and attached to the University of Missouri in Kansas City.

1986 to 1989: Sole Proprieter and General Manager. EHP {Enormous Horsepower} Records. Kansas City, MO. Specialized Duties included managment of retail sales, inventory control, music inventory buying, bookkeeping as well as graphic design in display and advertising. Interviewed sales staff, hired, conducted performance evaluations, and dismissed staff members as needed. In addition to the shop's display art, several art exhibits and a guest lecturer from the Kansas City Art Institute were organized by Mr. Duede.

Work experience in art and design:

Click these selections for Various FLASH Animated works:
Tack><Head Promo.- Fundamentaldesign logo page. -Eightball Films.- TV Bomb Animation

1997 to 1999: Duede.com/Fundamentaldesign.com. Art Director/Designer.
Self employed artist, web developer, graphic designer, digital photographer. Projects include: University of Missouri in Kansas City, Bookstore, www.umkc.edu/bookstore, Museum of private collector, ww.quentincrispmuseum.com {kansas city MO.}. Phonetics and speech workshops, www.joyofphonetics.com {Kansas City, MO.}E-mail Louis Colaianni. Television, video advertising agency, www.eightballfilms.com {Chicago, IL.} E-mail Eric George of Eightballfilms. Jazz orchestra, www.teddylee.com {Chicago,IL.}. Historical anniversary of Kansas City, www.kcmo.org/timeline150 {Kansas City, MO.} E-mail: John Laroe. Various art works completed on commission. Skills include: Attention to detail and knowledge of various software, web design and digital photography techniques. Deadlines, customer relations and creativity.

Other Design Team Projects:

Assisted in the creation of graphic images, digital photography, and web sites. Projects include New Letters {Publication of the University of Missouri in Kansas City}, Sosland Journal {Publication of the University of Missouri - Kansas City}, KCMO.org {City Offices of Kansas City, Missouri}, Focus Group, not for profit community outreach organization attached to the city government in Kansas City MO. Skills: Attention to detail and knowledge of various software, web design and digital photography techniques. Contact: John Laroe, 816.668.3347, E-mail: john@laroe.com Go to Laroe.com

Full list of participating web and graphics design projects:
Sosland Journal 1998/ New Letters Publications 1998/ Kansas City Star KC 150 anniversary website 1999-2000/ Focus Group Online 1999-2001/Camp Discovery 1999/ Eightballfilms.com 1999-2001/ UMKC School of Education 2000/ Womens International Student Organization 2000/ UMKC Bookstore 2000-01/ Teddylee orchestra 2000/ Quentin Crisp Museum 2001-present/ Joyofphonetics.com 2001-2004.

High Protein Dub volume one and two

Volume I september 2001
Volume II June 2002

Education:

Attended the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City MO. in 1985 and 1986 studying painting, printmaking and photography as well as two semesters studying painting at Park University in Parkville MO. and Penn Valley College in Kansas City MO. Continuing education includes two recent multimedia courses at M C Colleges in Kansas City MO. Topics covered included Adobe Photoshop techniques, digital video editing and CD-ROM authoring. Fall 2001 Completed training with Macromedia University On-line in Flash animation. 24 years of studio artwork and participation in the creative process and the visual arts.