Tobin’s work is inspired by nature. His sculptures activate their surroundings; a perfect marriage of landscape and art. Shadows cast by his Roots make ever-changing ‘land-drawings’.  He created the first memorial near Ground Zero; a massive Trinity Root, cast from the “tree that saved St. Paul’s Chapel” during the World Trade Center attack. “The function for me of roots is to show the power of the unseen,” Tobin told The NY Times. “On 9/11, we found out about the power of all our unseen connections, the things that nurture us that are hidden below the surface.” 
  
 
Education
   
1979
B.S. Theoretical Mathematics, Tulane University, New Orleans LA 
  
  
 
Solo Exhibitions and Installations
 
2012
Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL

2011
Steve Tobin's Natural History, Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples FL
 
Touching Earth & Sky, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, University of Minnesota, Chaska MN 

2010
Steelroots, Morton Arboretum, Lisle IL

2009
Steelroots, public installation, Chicago IL

2008
Steelroots, Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami FL
 
Weeds in the Garden, installation at Fordhook Farms/Burpee Seed Gardens, Doylestown PA
 
Steelroots, Kouros Gallery, New York NY

2007
Steelroots, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, part of 40 Years of Public Art Anniversary, New York NY (catalog)
 
Cocoons, installation at Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia PA
 
Steelroots, Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco CA

2006
Steve Tobin Paintings, OK Harris Gallery, New York NY
 
Exploded Earth, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona CA
 
Steelroots, Kouros Sculpture Center, Ridgefield CT

2005
Trinity Root, permanent 9/11/2001 Memorial, Wall Street and Broadway, Trinity Wall Street Church, New York NY
 
Steve Tobin Paintings, The Banana Factory, Bethlehem PA
 
Earth Bronzes and New Nature, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay ME

2004
Roots, installation at Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis MO
 
Roots, installation at Lincoln Park, Chicago IL

2003
Lantern House, Portland Museum of Art, Portland ME
 
Earth Bronzes, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor ME

2002
Tobin’s Naked Earth, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History and George C. Page Museum, La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles CA (2002 – 2003)
 
Lantern House, George Eastman House, Rochester NY

2001
Earth Bronzes, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA
 
Earth Bronze Trilogy, Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2000
Earth Bronzes, American Museum of Natural History, New York NY
 
Earth Bronzes, Montefiore Park, West Harlem, New York NY

1999
Cocoons, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY

1998
Earth Bronzes, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton MA (catalog)
 
Earth Bronzes, OK Harris Gallery, New York NY (catalog)
 
Earth Bronzes, artetindustrie Gallery, New York NY (catalog)

1997
Broadway River, Broadway Windows, New York University, New York NY

1996
Matzoh House, Gallery B.A.I., New York NY

1995
Steve Tobin: Reconstructions, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville PA (catalog)
 
Steve Tobin: Reconstructions, Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe NM

1994
Steve Tobin, Sanske Galerie, Zurich Switzerland
 
Steve Tobin, Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton FL

1993
Steve Tobin at Retretti, Retretti Art Centre, Punkaharju, Finland (catalog)

1992
Steve Tobin Transformations: Three Installations in Glass, Wilson and Hall Gallery, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA (catalog)
 
Steve Tobin, Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton FL

1990
Cocoons, Youens Gallery, Houston TX
 
Steve Tobin, Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland

1989
Cocoons, Holsten Galleries, Palm Beach FL

1988
Steve Tobin: The Glass Garden, Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia PA (catalog)

1987
Dream Glass, Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
 
Glass for Tea Ceremony, Tazawa Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

1986
Wheaton Ware, LaVaggi Gallery, New York NY
 
Glasscapes, Glass Gallery, New York NY

1985
Steve Tobin, David Bernstein Gallery, Boston MA
 
Manhattan Bowls, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia PA

1982
Glass Sculpture, Gallery 10, New York NY

1980
Glass Portraits, Hanson Gallery, New Orleans LA
 
Glasscapes, Spring Street Enamels Gallery, New York NY

1979
Sculptured Glass, Bienville Gallery, New Orleans LA
 
 

Group Exhibitions and Installations
 
2008
Retrospective of the Permanent Collection, inaugural exhibition in the Museum of Art and Design (formerly American Craft Museum), 2 Columbus Circle, New York NY

2007
Shattering Glass: New Perspectives, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah NY (catalog)

2005
Earth Bronzes, installation in the park, Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton NJ (2005-2007)
 
El Bosque (The Forest), Federico Silva Sculpture Museum Park, San Luis Potosi, Mexico 

2000
Roots, Vancouver International Sculpture Project, Vancouver, Canada (catalog)
 
Exploded Clay with Glass Riverbed, Americans in Venice Exhibition, American Craft Museum, New York NY 

1994
Waterworks, Palm Beach Community Museum, Palm Beach FL
 
Group Exhibition, Robert Morris Gallery, New York NY
 
 

Public Collections

Museum of Art and Design, New York NY
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville PA
Gratz College, Elkins Park PA
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Mizner Park, Boca Raton FL
The Sculpture Foundation Collection
Lehigh University Museum of Art, Lehigh PA
Moravian College, Bethlehem PA
City of Calgary, Canada
Florida International University, Miami FL
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Millville NJ 
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Switzerland