Steve Haske grew up on the mean streets of Orange County, California, and then moved up the rough and tumble forests of Humboldt County, California to receive a degree from Cal Poly Humboldt. He also attended The University of New Orleans where he met his wife and decided to stay for a while: eating good food, listening to great music, and filling many sketchbooks with drawings. Instead of doing odd jobs for the rest of his life, he moved to Savannah, Georgia to get a Masters of Illustration from the Savannah COllege of Art and Design (SCAD) in 2005.

Steve worked for Nirve Sports in Southern California for seven years designing bikes - the kind you pedal to get around. They were mainly beach cruisers and city bikes, which he still enjoys pedaling around.

Since then he has been designing, illustrating, painting, and using other creative approaches to describe and contribute to the beautiful world around us all. He has created editorial and commercial illustrations for clients such as WNRN Radio, Nest Realty, Virginia National Bank, Rivanna Medical, Pink Magazine, Ant Farm, and more. He has drawn and designed posters for such acts as Michael Kiwanuka, Steve Miller, Ben Harper, Lockn Music Festival, Lake Street Dive, Lotus, Bela Fleck, and more.

Steve also teaches art at Renaissance School and Piedmond Virginia Community College (PVCC) in Charlottesville, VA. He can attest that young artists really are fantastic sources of inspiration and hope. That old cliche about teaching and learning being the same thing is true.

Steve Haske has exhibited artwork in various galleries, lobbies, side streets, and many personal collections.

Much of Haske’s work is focused on drawing images of architecture and mechanical structures and their complex interaction with nature. By contrasting and exploding expectations through drawing and collage, differences that can be at first jarring are made to be newly holistic.

Steve Haske currently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with his family. He has a studio at McGuffey Art Center.