Stephen Kent
Stephen Kent (USA, 1985) lives and works in Berlin. He works around ideas of resolution and image production through the decorative gesture and the exploration of cultural codes embedded in everyday objects. In his ceramics, paintings and mosaics the artist demonstrates his engagement with psychedelic culture and comparative mythology. He explores cultural codes that can be found embedded in everyday objects and scenarios. With a medium-reflexive approach, he uses a process-oriented language to humorously investigate the stuff our world is made of. It remains a staged clash of ancient and digital pixels, an ironic montage of high and mass culture with an inquisitive wink.
Kent received a Master of Fine Arts at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Detroit, and his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania State University. He has recently exhibited with Elephant Kunsthall in Norway, Good Weather Gallery in the U.S., LVL 3 in Chicago, Haverkampf Leistenschneider Galerie in Berlin, Szydlowski Galeria in Warsaw, and Die Brücke Museum, Berlin. His mosaic works have been written about in publications such as Der Tagespiegel and the Chicago Tribune.Stephen Kent (USA, 1985) lives and works in Berlin. He works around ideas of resolution and image production through the decorative gesture and the exploration of cultural codes embedded in everyday objects. In his ceramics, paintings and mosaics the artist demonstrates his engagement with psychedelic culture and comparative mythology. He explores cultural codes that can be found embedded in everyday objects and scenarios. With a medium-reflexive approach, he uses a process-oriented language to humorously investigate the stuff our world is made of. It remains a staged clash of ancient and digital pixels, an ironic montage of high and mass culture with an inquisitive wink.
Kent received a Master of Fine Arts at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Detroit, and his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania State University. He has recently exhibited with Elephant Kunsthall in Norway, Good Weather Gallery in the U.S., LVL 3 in Chicago, Haverkampf Leistenschneider Galerie in Berlin, Szydlowski Galeria in Warsaw, and Die Brücke Museum, Berlin. His mosaic works have been written about in publications such as Der Tagespiegel and the Chicago Tribune.
Ph. Jens Ziehe
Stephen Kent, WITHIN THE EGG OF A FLEA (DONG XUAN CENTER), 2021Print on Dibond, marble, tile, cement on wood panel, 90x70x4 cm. Ph: Alberto Fanelli.
Stephen Kent, WITHIN THE EGG OF A FLEA (BERLIN FABRIC MARKET), 2021Print on Dibond, marble, tile, cement on wood panel, 90x70x4 cm. Ph: Alberto Fanelli.
Stephen Kent, DAYFLOWERS (DENIM), 2021 – WILTED VASE I (COCKTAIL HOUR), 2021Plaster, resin, pigments, acrylic, 51x41x4 cm (each) Ph: Alberto Fanelli.
- Ana Cardoso,
- Athanasios Argianas
Apr 14-16, 2023
VIP Preview Apr 13th
Established
Pav.3 – Booth 7
- Serena Vestrucci
Palazzo Merulana, Rome
Mar 25 – May 21, 2023
Curated by Joanna De Vos and Melania Rossi
- Ana Cardoso
MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology
Mar 29 – Sep 11, 2023
Curated by João Pinharanda
- Serena Vestrucci
PRIMO PIANO Palazzo Grillo
Mar 4 – Apr 8, 2023
Curated by Pierre Dupont with Anna Daneri
