Artist Greg Stephens

Greg Stephens - Artist Statement

I began making paper collages over 20 years ago. As my working methods evolved, my palette of raw materials expanded to include paint, drawings and found objects.

At art school I went though a brief rebellion against the creation of objects and focused instead on media arts. I applied the same battery of collage processes (add, delete, copy, paste, layer, filter) to computer animation, video and electronic music. Echoes of my object art entered the digital realm, and over time, output from the electronic art was composted back into the object art.

The object, it seemed, would not be ignored and has for some time been the main focus of my artistic practice. Whatever the medium, my process of collecting fragments and assembling new possibilities has always been more intuitive than premeditated. The meanings attached to these artifacts often become clear only as they are accumulated, juxtaposed and assembled into resonant webs of pictorial clues.

Resume

2004 B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

2001 Under Construction, Blue Heron Art Center, New York, NY

1994 The Computer in the Studio, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA

1994 Video screening, Instituto Federico Brandt, Caracas, Venezuela

1993 The Installment Plan, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1992 13th Annual Fort Point Channel Open Studios, Do While Studio, Boston, MA

1991 The Unrest Event, Godine Library, Massachusetts College of Art

1991 Culture VS. Culure Presents CVC 1.0, Tower Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art

1990 Season’s Greetings Staff Show, Thompson Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art

1990 Collections, Recollections and Souvenirs, Crackatorium Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art

1990 Gala Fall Show 1990, Tower Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art

1990 Pride Show ‘90, Student Center Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art

1990 Nightwork, A-4 Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art

1990 The Hardest Part, Student Center Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art

1990 Images: Welcome to the New Gay 90s, Club Cafe, Boston, MA

1989 G.L.A.B.A.A.M.C.A.D.S., Tower Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art

1989 Diverse Group: Collage, Tower Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art

1989 Exhibit A, Tower Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art

1989 Ides of March, Thompson Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art

1994 The Computer in the Studio Catalog, Nicholas Carpasso, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park

1990 Main Courses, Tom Grabosky, Bay Windows, Vol.8, No. 5, February 1990

1989 The GALA show reflects contemporary alienation..., Rudy Kikel, Bay Windows, Vol.7, No. 51

Lectures and Public Speaking

2002 Interactive Media, Guest instructor, USC School of Cinema-Television, Los Angeles, CA

1997 Designing Across Media, Guest instructor, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1996 Designing Across Media, Guest instructor, School of the Museum of Fine Arts

1993 Introduction to Computer Art, Visiting artist, School of the Museum of Fine Arts

1991 Collage and Assemblage, Visiting artist, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1990 Collage and Assemblage, Visiting artist, Massachusetts College of Art

2004 Sound design for Summer, Deepening Then Gone, presented by Confluence Theatre Company at the The Chocolate Factory, Long Island City, NY

2003 Sound design for Safe from the Future, presented by Confluence Theatre Company at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pittsburgh, PA

2002 Set and sound design for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, presented by the Confluence Theatre Company at the La Tea Theatre (Clemens Soto Velez Cultural Center), New York, NY.

1993 Art School Associates Award, Massachusetts College of Art

1991 City of Boston recognition for artwork donated to the Human Rights Charitable Foundation's AIDS Project auction



	Greg Stephens - Artist Statement I began making paper collages over 20 years ago. As my working methods evolved, my palette of raw materials expanded to include paint, drawings and found objects. At art school I went though a brief rebellion against the creation of objects and focused instead on media arts. I applied the same battery of collage processes (add, delete, copy, paste, layer, filter) to computer animation, video and electronic music. Echoes of my object art entered the digital realm, and over time, output from the electronic art was composted back into the object art. The object, it seemed, would not be ignored and has for some time been the main focus of my artistic practice. Whatever the medium, my process of collecting fragments and assembling new possibilities has always been more intuitive than premeditated. The meanings attached to these artifacts often become clear only as they are accumulated, juxtaposed and assembled into resonant webs of pictorial clues. Resume Education 2004 B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA Exhibitions 2001 Under Construction, Blue Heron Art Center, New York, NY 1994 The Computer in the Studio, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA 1994 Video screening, Instituto Federico Brandt, Caracas, Venezuela 1993 The Installment Plan, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA 1992 13th Annual Fort Point Channel Open Studios, Do While Studio, Boston, MA 1991 The Unrest Event, Godine Library, Massachusetts College of Art 1991 Culture VS. Culure Presents CVC 1.0, Tower Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art 1990 Season’s Greetings Staff Show, Thompson Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art 1990 Collections, Recollections and Souvenirs, Crackatorium Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art 1990 Gala Fall Show 1990, Tower Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art 1990 Pride Show ‘90, Student Center Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art 1990 Nightwork, A-4 Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art 1990 The Hardest Part, Student Center Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art 1990 Images: Welcome to the New Gay 90s, Club Cafe, Boston, MA 1989 G.L.A.B.A.A.M.C.A.D.S., Tower Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art 1989 Diverse Group: Collage, Tower Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art 1989 Exhibit A, Tower Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art 1989 Ides of March, Thompson Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art Publications 1994 The Computer in the Studio Catalog, Nicholas Carpasso, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park 1990 Main Courses, Tom Grabosky, Bay Windows, Vol.8, No. 5, February 1990 1989 The GALA show reflects contemporary alienation..., Rudy Kikel, Bay Windows, Vol.7, No. 51 Lectures and Public Speaking 2002 Interactive Media, Guest instructor, USC School of Cinema-Television, Los Angeles, CA 1997 Designing Across Media, Guest instructor, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 1996 Designing Across Media, Guest instructor, School of the Museum of Fine Arts 1993 Introduction to Computer Art, Visiting artist, School of the Museum of Fine Arts 1991 Collage and Assemblage, Visiting artist, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA 1990 Collage and Assemblage, Visiting artist, Massachusetts College of Art Theatre Design 2004 Sound design for Summer, Deepening Then Gone, presented by Confluence Theatre Company at the The Chocolate Factory, Long Island City, NY 2003 Sound design for Safe from the Future, presented by Confluence Theatre Company at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pittsburgh, PA 2002 Set and sound design for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, presented by the Confluence Theatre Company at the La Tea Theatre (Clemens Soto Velez Cultural Center), New York, NY. Awards 1993 Art School Associates Award, Massachusetts College of Art 1991 City of Boston recognition for artwork donated to the Human Rights Charitable Foundation's AIDS Project auction





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