Stephen Scott: From the Void

STEPHEN SCOTT FROM THE VOID Vernon Public Art Gallery, January 13 - March 9, 2022

FROM THE VOID: ARTIST STATEMENT My intent is to continue a body of work primarily focused on depicting portraits of fictional humanoid being posed in foreground, and scenes of violence between two individuals in the act of summoning or vanquishing. My Visual work continues to be informed by ancient art, myths and legends as well as Science Fiction literature, short stories and essays. My illustrations draw from depictions of deities or martyrs and struggles between monsters, demons and gods placed in unearthly planes of existence. In this void I create my own Mythical heroes, villains, gods, demons, and fantastic creatures, in a limitless expanse that is both infinite and intentionally sparse. Here I summon beings and invite the viewer to glimpse altered realties of potential futures and undiscovered past, blending existing imagery from antiquity with my imagination. Stephen Scott

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Stephen Lee Scott

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION 2011 Visual Arts BFA, UBC Okanagan, Kelowna BC EXHIBITIONS 2019 Five Fathoms and Friends, Five Fathoms, Vernon BC 2016 Shh! Good Art OK Valley, Headbones Gallery, Vernon BC 2015 Urban Clever Urban Cool, Headbones Gallery, Vernon BC 2013 Group Exhibition, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country BC 2012 4 Artists Who don’t Know You Either, Smash Gallery, Vancouver BC Servicemen, Headbones Gallery, Vernon BC Beauty and Other Forms of Violence, VPAG, Vernon BC 2011 Ecotone Art Festival, Rotary Performing Arts Centre, Kelowna BC Proof Positive, VPAG, Vernon BC 2010 UBCO BFA Exhibition, VPAG, Vernon BC Legacies 2010, Collaborative, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton BC Duotone Art Festival, Rotary Arts Centre, Kelowna BC Architectural Degree, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon BC Art on the Line, Juried Exhibition, UBCO, Kelowna BC 2009 State Proof, VPAG, Vernon BC Art on the Line, Juried Exhibition, UBCO, Kelowna BC 2008 Content Orange, Alternator gallery, Kelowna BC Art on the Line, Juried Exhibition, UBCO, Kelowna BC 2007 WAG, Rotary Performing Art Centre, Kelowna BC Art on the Line, Juried Exhibition, UBCO, Kelowna BC AWARDS 2010 Deputy Vice Chancellor Purchase Award, UBCO, Kelowna BC

Untitled, 2021, ink, acrylic and pastels on paper, 28 x 21 inches

Untitled, 2021, ink, acrylic and pastels on paper, 28 x 22 inches

This publication was produced in conjunction with the exhibition: Stephen Scott: From the Void Vernon Public Art Gallery, January 13 - March 9, 2022 Production: Vernon Public Art Gallery Front cover image: Untitled, 2021, ink, acrylic and pstels on canvas, 28 x 21 inches Printing: Get Smarter Copies, Vernon BC, Canada ISBN: 978-1-927407-66-0

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