Meet Stephen
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Upcoming Exhibitions
VAA International Art Exhibition, Virtual, April 12 - June 30
Group Exhibition "Contemporary Painting", Brick Lane Gallery, London, June 22nd-5th July
The Sussex Art Faire at Goodwood Racetrack, Goodwood, UK July 2nd
-4th 2021
Solo Exhibition, The Aldeburgh Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, UK Date TBD
Solo Exhibition, The Sentinel Gallery, Wivenhoe, UK TBD Oct 22nd-28th
Solo Exhibition, Aldeburgh Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk March 3rd - 9th March 2022
Solo Exhibition 2022, The Sentinel Gallery, Wivenhoe, UK 16th - 22nd June
Fresh: Art Fair 2022 - Cheltenham Racecourse 9th - 12 June
Sentinel Gallery - Colchester June 16th -22nd
Crafthouse, Woodbridge, Suffolk July 27th - August 2nd (joint exhibition with Hemingstone Art)
Crafthouse, Woodbridge, Suffolk Feb 22nd - 28th Feb 2023
The Bell Gallery, 40 Earsham St, Bungay 1st March - 1st April
Sentinel Gallery - Colchester April 17th - 23rd 2023
Makers Gallery Holt 3rd-9th May 2023
Oval Market, London 2nd June
The W gallery, 1st July
Barbican London 2023 TBC
About Stephen
Stephen is a Suffolk-based artist with a background in Architecture. Despite having very low marks in art classes as a college student studying to become an architect (because he tended to paint what he wanted, not what he was asked to paint), he became a well known local artist in Doha when, unbeknownst to him, some early paintings of his were taken to a local gallery and immediately sold.
Stephen focuses his art on city skylines to help capture and preserve important places and memories for people. The places we've lived and visited became a part of who we are, but memory is a fickle thing. Over time it fades, and people can become lost to us.
But art is a way to give permanence to those memories and significant, life-shaping events. He prefers to capture these moments using acrylic paint on canvas. Sometimes his skylines are relatively literal and straight forward- capturing important places that mean something for his customers or himself. Other times they're more abstract to represent the way we experience a place differently depending on our state of mind.
Each painting is a story of something, some place, or someone who changed a person and made them who they are today.
Awards
Artist of the Future Award, Contemporary Art Curator Magazine 2020
Arthouse Gallery Award: 1st Place in the Acrylic Category 2020
Publications & Press
The Art Book 2020 by Art Freaks (Forthcoming)
Contemporary Art Curator Magazine Interview & Artist Directory
Qatar Tribune Chill out section
Past Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition, The George Farnham Gallery, Saxmundham, UK Sept 29-Oct 10th 2020
Solo exhibition "ARTchitecture", Carousel Gallery, Framlingham. August 2020
Joint exhibition with Verity Watkins, Carousel Gallery, Framlingham May 2019
“Solo Exhibtion”, The Corridor, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Doha. January/February 2016
“Summer Exhibition”, The Corridor, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Doha. July/August 2015
Open House Exhibition, Al Jazi Village 2, Al Gharaffa, Doha. June 2015
Joint exhibition with Verity Watkins, Aswan Gardens, Al Gharaffa, Doha. December 2012
Joint exhibition with Verity Watkins, Aswan Gardens, Al Gharaffa, Doha. October 2011
Joint exhibition with Claire Lake, West Bay Lagoon, Doha. November 2010