STEPHEN WRIGHT
Beach Break
Pictured on cover: Untitled (SWR0003), 2021, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches
STEPHEN WRIGHT
Beach Break
These ocean scenes of Zuma beach, painted from a swimmer’s perspective during the Summers of 2021 and 2022, evoke the physical sensations of being one with an ever-changing oceanic topography.
Capturing an instant of the sea’s beauty, and highlighted by the warmth of the sun, each canvas invites viewers to float into a pristine moment in time. Strokes were put to canvas with an intention of introspection and mystery, leaving the imagination weightless.
To be pushed by cool ebbs, refreshed.
Beyond the place where toes feel the sandy bottom.
Finding communion with the immense energy where all life on Earth became manifest.
Untitled (SW0010), 2022 oil on canvas 30 x 40 inches
Untitled (SWR0003), 2021 oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches
Untitled (SWR0013), 2021 oil on canvas 18 x 36 inches
Towards Shore, 2022 oil on canvas
36 x 48 inches
Peaks & Valleys, 2022 oil on canvas
30 x 48 inches
Big Foam, 2021 oil on canvas 36 x 48 inches
Alchemy, 2023
oil on canvas
30 x 48 inches
Untitled (SWR0011), 2021 oil on canvas 36 x 48 inches
Untitled (SWR0012), 2021 oil on canvas 11 x 14 inches
STEPHEN WRIGHT
BORN
1962 Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
1987 BFA: Graphic Design, Minor: Illustration, Cal State, Long Beach, CA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Solo Show, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Solo Show, Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Solo Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2006 Solo Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2005 Solo Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2004 Solo Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Summer Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2017 Woman as Warrior Group Show, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago Ill
2017 Human Interest: Six Figurative Painters, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2016 50 Years a Dealer: George Henoch Shechtman, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2015 Summer Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2014 Sound & Vision, Sound City Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Winter Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2013 Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2013 Group Show, Nudes, Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 Winter Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2011 Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2011 New Masters, Subliminal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2009 Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2009 Group Show, Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Art of the 20th Century, New York, NY
2008 Art City Istanbul, Turkey
2008 Contemporary Istanbul, Turkey
2008 Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2008 E & R Cyzer Gallery, London, England
2008 Los Angeles Art Show, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Art of the 20th Century, New York, NY
2007 Male/Female: The New Realism, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2007 Los Angeles Art Show, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2006 Art of the 20th Century, New York, NY
2006 US Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Juxtaposition, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2006 40 Years: A Dealer's Collection, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2006 Art Chicago in the Park, IL
2006 Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2005 Art of the 20th Century, New York, NY
2005 US Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Art Chicago in the Park, IL
2005 Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2005 San Francisco Int'l Art Exposition, CA
2004 Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2004 Art of the 20th Century, New York, NY
2004 US Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2003 Art of the 20th Century, New York, NY
2003 US Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 Fine Art Connoisseur, volume 14, issue 4
2017 Luxe magazine (cover), Sept/Oct issue
2016 New American Paintings, issue 121
2011 Manifest INPA 2, International Painting Annual
2010 Empty Magazine, issue 18
2009 Poets & Artists, volume 2, issue 6
2009 Poets & Artists, volume 2, issue 4
2009 O&S Magazine, summer volume
2009 American Art Collector, April
2006 American Art Collector, "Destination New York", May
2005 The New York Post, Review, by James Gardner
2004 ARTNews, “Invitational 2004,” by Mary Schneider Enriquez, May
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Alvaro Atencio, New York, NY & Caracas, Venezuela
Tony Brackett, New York, NY
Mark & Jeannie Cohen, Penn Valley, PA
Mr. Mayer Dwek, Cologny , Switzerland
Joan Fisher, New York, NY
Stuart Gimbel, Rancho Mirage, CA
Sylvia & Tony Hadley, Paris, France
Sarah & Douglas Hamilton, New York, NY
Ann & Bill Hicks, Eden Prairie, MN
Donna Holmes & Robert Lipton, New York, NY
Louise & Joseph Kovacs, Greenwich, CT
Joyce Marino, McLean, VA
Pat & John Merchant, San Francisco, CA
David Older, New York, NY
Marc S. Plonskier, Newton, MA
Jose Quant, New York, NY
Linda & Ronald Rashkow, Highland Park, IL
Robert Speiser, New York, NY
John Tucker, Lanexa, VA
Howard A. Tullman, Chicago, IL
Orna & Ramy Weitz, New York, NY & Tel Aviv, Israel
Gary West, Hartford, CT
Carole Zabar, New York, NY
Serge Zaluski, Perpignan, France
Nancy Hicks & George Schechtman, New York, NY
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