About Steven Hughart

My work is centered around growing up in an impoverished Appalachia, mostly Southern WV. I am an expressionist and creating art is a very therapeutic process for me. Growing up poor and during the opioid pandemic that suffocates our area I have had many hard life lessons and traumatic experiences. I take these experiences and make beautiful works of art. I like to make beauty from my pain. It helps me heal.

Biography

I am an artist blacksmith and sculptor from Southern WV. I have lived off of every exit from Kenova to Cedar Grove growing up. I was born in Huntington and graduated high school as part of the last class of DuPont High School in 1999. I have have earned my MFA from Southern I’ll University Carbondale in Metals, and achieved my BFA/sculpture from Marshall University. Owner of Blacksnake Blacksmithing and Art Studio LLC in Barboursville, WV. I make traditional blacksmithing pieces to sell at craft shows and present sculptural works in exhibitions through out the nation and exhibit in digital online exhibitions internationally. My work has been featured in Artfields and published through various organizations and publications online. I was also a research assistant for international artist Rick Smith and have traveled abroad to Munich, Germany. I have worked with and have relationships with many outstanding and talented artists from all across the country and enjoy producing contemporary works of art for others to enjoy.

shughart81@gmail.com

Other Creative Skills

Sculpture
Public Art