Born in 1960, Steve Muhs grew up in Southern Illinois; attended Catholic Elementary school, and public high school; received a Master’s in Art from Eastern Illinois University; received a Bachelor’s for teaching Art in 1998 in Montana; taught art on Fort Peck Indian Reservation for three years; worked as a roofer and carpenter most of his life; lived and worked in Illinois, Wyoming, Texas, Ohio, New Mexico, and Montana; travelled to China, Japan, South Korea, and Mexico; has exhibited his art mainly in Montana. The Missoula Art Museum holds a number of his works in their permanent collection, and his poetry has been published in 6×6 (Ugly Duckling Presse), as well as in the chapbook 221 Acres of Fun (UDP).