Steinkamp has exhibited her work internationally in a variety of venues and contexts, but her work is still difficult to categorize. She is often described as a video artist although her work is not photo or video-based; her recent inclusion in the California Video exhibition at the Getty Museum suggests that her connection to the genre is unlikely to change. The media art world has a two-sided relation with Steinkamp, since her work is not technically interactive and she uses the computer not as a tool to comment on technology, but rather one to create imagery.
