About

Steven Ceraso is a New York-based artist, educator, and furniture maker, as well as a systems builder specializing in sculpture, installation, and workflow design. He holds an MFA from Claremont Graduate University and has exhibited work at institutions including Franklin & Marshall College, Iona College, The Parrish Art Museum, Angels Gate Cultural Center, The Carnegie Museum, and Adelphi University.

Steven’s practice merges material exploration with signage-driven pedagogy. As lead technologist in the Spatial Experience Design Department at SUNY FIT, he oversees fabrication workflows and scaffolds modular signage for student builds, studio upgrades, and sustainability initiatives. He developed and continues to teach FIT’s Professional Studies furniture-making curriculum, integrating analog-first methods with a focus on clarity, ergonomics, and workflow logic.

For over a decade, Steven has taught woodworking and furniture making at Makeville Studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn, where he works alongside a team of dedicated furniture makers who share a common interest in empowering the local community through craft, collaboration, and technical education. Together, they foster a vibrant learning environment that supports makers across Brooklyn and beyond. He currently teaches industrial design drawing as an adjunct lecturer at LaGuardia Community College. His broader teaching experience includes Long Island University and SUNY Old Westbury, with past roles at 3rd Ward Brooklyn, Briarcliffe College, and the New York Studio School. At Parsons School of Design, he served as a technologist in the Product Design Department, supporting fabrication and student builds.

Beyond the classroom, Steven initiated a gallery and outreach space in Bay Shore, NY, collaborating with the Long Island arts community to build infrastructure for emerging artists. He has curated exhibitions with the Art League of Long Island, LIU, and the Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery.

His current work centers on building a living archive of signage—symbolic, instructional, and mnemonic—designed to clarify systems, empower independence, and future-proof creative practice.