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DON'T MISS THE FINAL WEEKS!

The San Antonio Botanical Garden presents Rooted, a monumental sculpture exhibition by acclaimed artist Steve Tobin. From towering root systems to polished clouds, egg-laden nests, and spiraling tornados, the forces of nature are on display throughout the Garden through October 30.

About the Exhibition

The San Antonio Botanical Garden presents Rooted, acclaimed contemporary artist Steve Tobin’s largest monumental sculpture exhibition. The exhibition includes Tobin’s Steelroots and Bronze Roots series, as well as new, nature-inspired sculptures sent directly from the artist’s studio. Over 20 sculptures are rooted throughout the Garden, inviting guests to see and experience nature’s power, grace, and complexity. 

Bronze Roots, Steelroots, and Beyond

STEVE TOBIN’S TOWERING, NATURE-INSPIRED WORKS 

The Garden proudly welcomes beloved work spanning the artist’s 40-year career, as well as new sculptures that make their world debut in San Antonio.

The Bronze Roots series are casts of upturned trees that expose and immortalize the intricate life beneath. The Steelroots series includes smooth, abstract root interpretations that explore negative space and shifting shadow.

Discover the artist’s most current collections inspired by forces of nature including polished clouds, egg-laden nests, and spiraling tornados.

Exhibition Map

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About Steve Tobin

Steve Tobin is a contemporary American artist known for his dramatic, nature-inspired sculptures. He developed an interest in the fusion of art, science, and ideas as a theoretical mathematics student at Tulane University. Throughout his 40-year career, he has created organic works in glass, clay, wood, bronze, and steel. He is best known for his Trinity Root, a cast of the stump and roots of a sycamore tree that was smashed by debris during the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York City. Tobin lives and works in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 

Tobin’s work has been shown in museums across the U.S. and abroad including the American Museum of Natural History in New York; the Retretti Art Centre in Punkaharju, Finland; The Carpe Diem Gallery in Paris, France; the Sanske Galerie in Zürich, Switzerland; and at the Shanghai Jing’An International Sculpture Project in Shanghai, China.

Photo by Greg Gorman.

Made possible by

Betty Stieren Kelso Foundation
Dickson-Allen Foundation
Gretchen Swanson Family Foundation
Cynthia and Forrest Miller
Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts
Steve Tobin: Rooted Host Committee

Forrest E. and Cynthia D. Miller, Chairs

Penelope Speier and Sonny Collins

Anonymous

The Antrim Family

Ann Griffith Ash

Elise Ring Boyan and Craig Boyan

Susan and John Kerr

Bekki and Greg Kowalski

Marie and Ryan Mays

Jenny and Rick Schimpff

Phyllis and Michael Viola

Joan and Reed Williams

Anonymous

Dan and Carla Carlson Family

Magdalena and Raul Gaona, Jr. M.D.

Karen and Jim Greenwood

The Helen K. Groves Fund

King Family Foundation

Barbara C. Kyse

Vicki and John Mclaughlin Family

Carolyn and Allan Paterson

Ethel T. Runion

John S. Troy, Landscape Architect Inc.

Ann Brennand Watson

Julie and Peter Zacher

Mollie Zachry