Russell Steinert received a B.A in Studio Art from Brown University and an M.A and M.F.A. from the University of California at Berkeley. He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture and the Vermont Studio Center. He has participated in exhibitions at Tanja Grunert Gallery and Private Public Gallery in Hudson, New York, The Re Institute in Millerton, New York, Furnace Art On Paper Archive in Falls Village, Connecticut, group shows in New York City and exhibitions at Gallery Paule Anglim in San Francisco, California. Russell moved to New York in 1985 to pursue a life in the visual arts, living and working in the art community of Williamsburg/Greenpoint in Brooklyn where was directly involved in the early, formative days of the creative community there. He works at present from a studio in Sharon, Connecticut, having moved from Brooklyn during the COVID pandemic.