Steve Roden children: Does Steve Roden have kids?

Late visual artist Steve Roden is survived by his three children – Dylan, Spring, Star; and three grandchildren.

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 “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 plays 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.