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Steven DaLuz

Steven DaLuz (born 1953) is a contemporary American Neoluminist artist known for using chemically induced patinas on metal leaf and mixed media to produce figurative works and imagined landscapes often reflecting upon the sublime as a pictorial theme.[1][2][3][4][5] Emerging from a life shaped by movement, service, and devotion to art,[6] his work has been published in established art periodical sources[7][8][9][10][11] and art books.[12][13][14][15] His art is said to combine figurative realism, abstracted environments, and imaginative realism, unified by an enduring exploration of radiant light.[6] His profile is listed in the directory of artists of the municipal government of San Antonio, Texas.[6]

Steven DaLuz
Becoming, oil and metal leaf on panel
Born1953 (age 72–73)
Hanford, California
MovementNeoluminist

Biography

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DaLuz was born in Hanford, California.[3] He earned a degree in painting from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2003 after spending over 24 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a major. He began his art career painting human representations of otherworldly beings, some of them even showing billowing angel wings.[16] In his mature life he has suffered several life-threatening health episodes valued by the artist as intimate conversations with death.[17] Growing up in a military family and moving often across different geographies raised his atmospheric sensibility, which later influenced his art.[18]

Education

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DaLuz holds degrees in Social Psychology (BA, Park University, 1979), Management (MA, Central Michigan University, 1981), Graphic Design (AA), San Antonio College, 2001), and Fine Arts (BFA, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2003).[3]

Career

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DaLuz is known for figurative works and imagined landscapes, using both encaustic and a process he devised with metal leaf, oil, and mixed media.[7] A common feature throughout his artwork is the sense of mystery and otherworldly light, which he strives to achieve through the use of chemically induced patinas on metal leaf and other combinations of mixed media.[19] He confesses to a deep love of the liminal sublime, the experience of the small self in the face of supreme and universal forces.[17] His achievements include the exhibition of his works in many galleries and museums across the US and abroad,[5] his wins of art awards, and the inclusion of his work in several art reference books, including the series Strokes of Genius[12] and the manual Encaustic Art, by Jennifer Margell.[13] DaLuz's work was lauded by PleinAir, an art magazine focused on landscape paintings by artists using plein air techniques.[10] In 2009, he was given the cover of Poets and Artists Magazine.[11] Alongside pieces from artists from all over the world, works by Daluz were included in the Lunar Codex collection sent to the Moon in 2024 via NASA's Artemis program.[20][21] He has been an active art curator,[22][23][24] and is affiliated with the Veterans Art Institute.[25]

Exhibitions

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  • 2007 Dance (Solo), AnArte Gallery, San Antonio, Texas[26]
  • 2008 Works by Steven DaLuz, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia[27]
  • 2011 Watchers, (Solo), AnArte Gallery, San Antonio, TX[28]
  • 2013 New Works (Solo), AnArte Gallery, San Antonio, TX[17]
  • 2014 Selfie, AnArte Gallery, San Antonio, Texas[29]
  • 2016 Mystica (Solo), AnArte Gallery, San Antonio, TX[30]
  • 2018 Communion (Solo), AnArte Gallery, San Antonio, TX[31]
  • 2021 Between Worlds (Solo), AnArte Gallery, San Antonio, TX[32]
  • 2022  One World Gallery Suchi, Tokyo, Japan[33]

A more complete list of DaLuz's shows, such as Milestones (2005), Imaginary Places (2006), Passages (2008), Geomorphosis (2008), Dance 2 (2009), Cataclysm & Creativity (2009), Emanations (2010), Paintings and Pirouettes (2011), Glimpse (2012), New Works (2013), Figments of the Sublime (2015), Communion (2018), and others, may be found in his CV.[34]

Awards

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  • 2025 The Almenara Art Prize -Religious and Spiritual Category— for Voyager.[37]

Press

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Articles

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  • American Art Collector: The Art of the Nude[7]
  • Artist Spotlight[8]
  • Lunar Codex inclusion[2]

Interviews

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  • Steven DaLuz, Artist[38]
  • Between Worlds[28]
  • Artist Interview with Steven DaLuz 2013[39]
  • An interview with Steven DaLuz[40]
  • The Drawing Source interview[41]

Critique

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  • Michael Pearce: "rich and colorful patinas created with gloved hands to combine alchemical transmutations with controlled accidents of abstraction"[17]
  • Christopher Volpe: "a unique process applying metal leaf and chemically induced oils in dramatically lit in abstractions, figurative paintings, and imaginary land or sky scapes"[10]
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References

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  1. ↑ Kralik, Brandon (20 August 2014). "The Sublime Through the Eyes of Steven DaLuz". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved Oct 28, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Artwork Depicting FlatironDragados Vice President Makes Lunar Journey". www.fdcorp.com. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  3. 1 2 3 "Steven DaLuz". AnArte Gallery. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  4. ↑ Impressions, Gaye Sekula (2016-05-25). "The Texas Portrait Network: Featuring Member: Steven DaLuz". The Texas Portrait Network. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  5. 1 2 3 "Steven DaLuz Fine Art". faso.com. Retrieved 2026-03-31.
  6. 1 2 3 "Steven DaLuz". Getcreativesanantonio.com: The Cultural Calendar for the City of San Antonio, Texas. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  7. 1 2 3 "THE ART OF THE NUDE". American Art Collector. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  8. 1 2 Magazine, Professional Artist (2014-12-17). "Steven DaLuz". Professional Artist Magazine. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  9. ↑ "PA November 2009". PoetsArtists. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Volpe, Christopher (2024-01-16). "Steven DaLuz: Reaching Through the Material to the Immaterial". Streamline Publishing. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  11. 1 2 "PA November 2009". PoetsArtists. Retrieved 2026-04-02.
  12. 1 2 Wolf, Rachel Rubin, ed. (2018). Strokes of genius 10: inspiring subjects. Strokes of genius, the best of drawing (First ed.). Blue Ash, Ohio: North Light Books. ISBN 978-1-4403-5241-6.
  13. 1 2 Margell, Jennifer (2014). Encaustic Art. Art of Century (1. Aufl ed.). s.l.: Parkstone-International. ISBN 978-1-78160-239-3.
  14. ↑ Ross, Kara Lysandra; Ross, Frederick C (May 12, 2023). International Realism 16th International ARC Salon. Melton, England: ACC Art Books. ISBN 978-1-78884-220-4.
  15. ↑ International Photography Annual 5. Manifest Press. 31 July 2017. ISBN 978-1940862194.
  16. ↑ Bennett, By Steve (2011-12-22). "Did angel art soothe a restless spirit?". MySA. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  17. 1 2 3 4 "Steven DaLuz and Realms Beyond in the Sublime Days of Solitude". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  18. ↑ "Steven DaLuz, 1953 | Abstract painter". Tutt'Art@ | Pittura * Scultura * Poesia * Musica (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-04-03.
  19. ↑ Holland, Natalie (2018-04-19). "Why do the artists do what they do – Steven DaLuz". Medium. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  20. ↑ Guzman, René A. (2024-01-04). "San Antonio artist's work headed to the moon". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  21. ↑ "A Global Project Is Sending Time Capsules to the Moon Containing Artworks and Objects by More Than 30,000 Creatives". Artnet News. 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  22. ↑ "Get digital access to PoetsArtists - Issue 78 issue | Magzter.com". Magzter. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  23. ↑ "Get digital access to PoetsArtists - Issue 59 issue | Magzter.com". Magzter. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  24. ↑ "The Human Condition". PoetsArtists. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  25. ↑ "Veteran Art Institute". Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  26. ↑ Mishra, Sandeep Kumar (2019-06-12). "My Gallery". San Antonio Review. III (I). doi:10.21428/9b43cd98.0af9a2ba.
  27. ↑ Impressions, Gaye Sekula (2016-05-25). "The Texas Portrait Network: Featuring Member: Steven DaLuz". The Texas Portrait Network. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  28. 1 2 "Steven DaLuz, Artist – Arts Alive San Antonio". 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  29. ↑ Silva, By Elda (2014-06-24). "Artists engage in 'Selfie' reflection". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  30. ↑ "MYSTICA". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  31. ↑ "Steven Daluz". American Art Collector. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  32. ↑ "Steven DaLuz "Between Worlds"". AnArte Gallery. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  33. ↑ Osamu Obi (2022-09-01). "One World" Gallery Suchi 2022. Retrieved 2026-04-02 – via YouTube.
  34. ↑ "STEVEN A. DALUZ" (PDF). getcreativesanantonio.com.
  35. ↑ Mancuso, Christina. "2015 Hunting Art Prize Announces Finalists". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  36. ↑ "BoldBrush Painting Competition Winner - September 2018 | Voyager by Steven DaLuz". faso.com. Retrieved 2026-04-02.
  37. ↑ "THE 2025 ALMENARA ART PRIZE AWARDS". thealmenaracollection.com.
  38. ↑ "Steven DaLuz, Artist – Arts Alive San Antonio". 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
  39. ↑ Gardner, Gavin T. (2013-04-05). "Gavin Gardner Fine Art: Artist Interview with Steven DaLuz". Gavin Gardner Fine Art. Retrieved 2026-03-25.
  40. ↑ theoriginalvangoghsearanthology (2013-06-07). "An interview with Steven DaLuz". TheOriginalVanGoghsEarAnthology. Retrieved 2026-03-25.
  41. ↑ "Interview with Steven Daluz". The Drawing Source. Retrieved 2026-03-29.
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