Steve Wanna is a multi-disciplinary sound and visual artist whose work includes music, sound design for dance collaborations, sculpture, installation, photography, and works for mixed media. His work showcases the hidden, often ignored beauty he finds in chaotic and seemingly random phenomena. Abstract, experimental, and multimedia, his work is inspired by science, nature, and philosophy, often incorporating elements of controlled randomness—uncertainty is built into the process.
Born and raised in Lebanon, Wanna immigrated to the US with his family as a teenager. He holds a doctorate in Music Composition from the University of Maryland. Wanna’s works have been presented at venues and galleries at home and abroad. Recent exhibitions include a 2-person show at the Delaware Contemporary titled Inquiry: At The Intersection of Curiosity, which featured an installation of eight sound sculptures from his ongoing series Inner Spaces, and a solo show titled Transparent to Transcendence at Touchstone Gallery in Washington, DC (reviewed in the Washington Post). His immersive, spatiotemporal, site-specific installation A Vast Expanse was selected for the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington SOLOS 2023 and recently installed at the museum. Ferns, scrawned black, an outdoor sound installation was presented at The Kreeger Museum in Washington DC in 2024.
Born and raised in Lebanon, Wanna immigrated to the US with his family as a teenager. He holds a doctorate in Music Composition from the University of Maryland. Wanna’s works have been presented at venues and galleries at home and abroad. Recent exhibitions include a 2-person show at the Delaware Contemporary titled Inquiry: At The Intersection of Curiosity, which featured an installation of eight sound sculptures from his ongoing series Inner Spaces, and a solo show titled Transparent to Transcendence at Touchstone Gallery in Washington, DC (reviewed in the Washington Post). His immersive, spatiotemporal, site-specific installation A Vast Expanse was selected for the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington SOLOS 2023 and recently installed at the museum. Ferns, scrawned black, an outdoor sound installation was presented at The Kreeger Museum in Washington DC in 2024.