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Jay Steensma
Jay Steensma
Jay Steensma

Jay Steensma

born Moscow, Idaho, 1941; died Seattle, Washington, 1994
BiographyJay Steensma attended the University of Washington School of Art starting in 1959. After graduating he worked briefly as a collections intern at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, then returned ot Seattle where he taught at Cornish College of the Arts.

He created a large body of work but did not exhibit much due to personal struggles until the 1980s. Museum holdings include Smithsonian Institution; University of Oregon; Tacoma Art Museum; Seattle Art Museum; Cheney Cowles; and Humboldt Cultural Center, Eureka, California.

source: Museum of Northwest Art
[acccessed September 2022]

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