Steve Roden cause of death: What happened to Steve Roden?

American contemporary artist Steve Roden passed away on September 6, 2023, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was aged 59.

Roden had been diagnosed with the disease since 2017.

Who Was Steve Roden?

Steve Roden was a contemporary artist, record producer and musician, who made music across lowercase, ambient, and minimalism genres.

Roden worked in the fields of visual art, and sound characterized by amplified quiet sounds to release complex and rich soundscapes.

The California native began his artistic journey in 1985, and has since produced many albums, including Forms of Paper, which was commissioned by the Los Angeles public library.

Roden’s work had been featured in several exhibitions such as “the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA, the Creative Media Center, City University of Hong Kong; the Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA; the Chinati Foundation, Marfa; and the Henry Art Museum, Seattle.”

His work has also been included in “the Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas; the Mercosur Biennial in Porto Allegre, Brazil; the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; the Serpentine Gallery, London; the Drawing Room, London; the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla; the Sculpture Center, New York; the Centre Georges Pompidou Museum, Paris; the UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles & Miami MOCA, Miami, and the Drawing Center, New York.”

Aside from the keyboard, Roden played the synthesizer, sampler, and other contemporary instrument.

In 2011, Roden was awarded the Artist Grant of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and recently he received a grant from the California Community Foundation Getty Fellowship.