Background
Steve Yates was born on November 14, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Steve Yates was born on November 14, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Steve Yates received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (1972), and a Master of Arts (1975) and Master of Fine Arts (1978) from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
Curator of Photography and Prints at the Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Steve Yates taught photography, history, drawing, and painting from 1975 to 1979 at the University of New Mexico.
Steve Yates worked as a curatorial assistant at the University of New Mexico Art Museum in 1974-1975 and at Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) in 1973-1974.