artists

BRIAN STEPHENS

To view all available work by Artist Brian Keith Stephens visit artsy. Brian Keith Stephens is a perfect example of an artist who paints directly from his emotions and instincts. Stephens prepares his canvases by attaching random bits of cloth and canvas to the surface, creating abstract patterns that he overlays with frenetic, layered, broad strokes by brush and palette knife. Simple images of animals, his children and those he loves take on iconic stature in his large paintings. Stephens has exhibited in Germany, France, Denmark and across the U.S.

Life inspires me, the everyday energy around me, love inspires me.

Education

M.F.A., City College of New York, New York, New York 2004
B.F.A., Lyme Academy College of Fine Art, Lyme, Connecticut 1998

Commissions

Mural for Schoeller plastic company, Langerwehe, Germany, 1999, 30x80 ft.
Mural for Aldo Company, Langerwehe, Germany, 2000, 28x120 ft.

Reviews, Articles

Amy Berry The New London Day, December 1, 2012
George Gerard, Art-Scope February, 2010
Audrey Smith, New York University, 2008
Tom Huhn, Chair – Art History Department, School of Visual Arts, 2006
Sharma Howard, The London Times, November 16, 2006
Beth Dufresne, The New London Day, October 27, 2006
Tom Huhn, Chair – Art History Department, Wesleyan University, 2004
Kathleen Edgecomb, The New London Day, New London, Sept. 25, 2003
Dan Person, The New London Day, New London, March 9, 2003
Dürener Zeitung, Düren, Germany, August 17, 2002
Steven Slosberg, The New London Day, New London, September 2, 2001
Dürener Zeitung, Düren, Germany, March 16, 2000
Dürener Nachrichten, Düren, Germany, March 16, 2000
Judy Birke, New Haven Register, New Haven, June 11, 2000
Waz, Waltrop, Germany, September 15, 2000
Dürener Nachrichten, Düren, Germany, November 19, 1999

Solo Exhibitions

"The Fox and the Pineapple" Sirona Fine Art, Hallandale Beach, FL, 2014
"missing title" Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2012
"mixed signals" collaboration Pola Esther, Hygienic Gallery, New London, 2012
"dance dance dance" Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 2012
"butterfly kisses" Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2011
"family fun" colaboration Pola Esther, Lighthouse Gallery, Groton, Connecticut, 2011
"all the dreams" Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York City (catalog), 2010
"map your dreams" Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2010
"glow motion" collaboration Pola Esther, Studio A, New London, Connecticut, 2010
"farm life" Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, 2009
"for my brothers and sisters" Axelle Fine Arts, San Francisco (catalog), 2008
"to thoughts we know" Axelle Fine Arts, New York City (catalog), 2008
"i won’t go" Axelle Fine Arts, Boston (catalog), 2007
"time-space" collaboration Adrien Broom, Diane Birdsall Gallery, Connecticut, 2007
"life i know" Alva Gallery, New London, Connecticut, 2006
"romantic inclination" House of Culture, Duren, Germany (catalog), 2006
"desires of intellect" Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2006
"time to know what you want" Axelle Fine Arts, San Francisco, California (catalog), 2006
"the map of misbelieve" Galerie Lutz Rohs, Düren, Germany, 2006
"in my heart i know" Axelle Fine Arts, New York, New York (catalog), 2005
"hope and innocence within reach" Diana Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2005
"for us" Compton-Goethals Gallery, City College of New York, New York, 2004
Axelle Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, 2004
"intermix" Adlon Hotel, Berlin, Germany (catalog), 2004
Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, 2003
"new york" Gallerihuset, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2003
Golden Street Gallery, New London, Connecticut, 2003
"where we shine" Greene Art Gallery, Guilford, Connecticut (catalog), 2002
Danish Hydraulic Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2002
Serges Medien, Köln, Germany, 2001
Galleri Anne Karrebaek, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2001
Haus des Gastes, Uhldingen, Germany, 2001
Dresdner Bank, Düren, Germany, 2000
Stadtsparkasse, Düren, Germany, 2000
St. Laurentius Stift, Waltrop, Germany, 2000

Group Exhibitions

Sirona Fine Art, Hallandale Beach, Florida, 2013
Slater Museum, Norwich, Connecticut, 2013
Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, Boston, 2012
Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2012
Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, Boston, San Francisco, 2011
Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2011
Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, Boston, San Francisco, 2010
Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2010
"le salon des petits formats" Axelle Fine Arts, New York City (catalog), 2009
Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans, 2009
Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2009
Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans, 2008
Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2008
Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans, 2007
Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2007
Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans, 2006
Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2006
Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, Boston, New Orleans, 2005
Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2005
"the bigger picture" Garvin Gallery, Essex, Connecticut, 2005
Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, New Orleans, 2004
Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia, 2004
Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, New Orleans, 2003
Galerie de l’Europe, Paris, France, 2003
Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia, 2003
"julian" Hygienic Gallery, New London, Connecticut (catalog), 2003
National Art Club, New York, New York, 2003
Gallerihuset, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2002
Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, Groton, Connecticut, 2002
Wethersfield, Amenia, New York, 2002
Galerie de l’Europe, Paris, France, 2002
"all paintings great and small" Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2002
"three big boys" Stonington Vineyards Gallery, Connecticut, 2001
Gallerie de l’Europe, Paris, France, 2001
"all paintings great and small" Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2001
Greene Art Gallery, Guilford, Connecticut, 2001
Core Gallery, New Paltz, New York, 2001
"france etats-unis" Galerie GNG, Bordeaux, France (catalog), 2001
Galerie Gladbach, Gladbach, Germany, 1999