Stephen Felton
At first glance, Stephen Felton’s paintings may appear to consist of basic, playful images made of coloured lines on vast white canvases. Yet his work is concerned with narrative, personal documentary and lived experience. He produces artefacts as symbols of the particular moments in which they were made, developing a language of painting that is raw, direct and individual.
Felton’s work breaks down traditional barriers, accomplishing as much as possible with as little as possible. His approach can be unconventional: at times, he allows paint to drip from the back of a canvas onto the floor of the exhibition space, or presents discarded studio materials as part of the work.
Stephen Felton studied at the Massachusetts College of Art and the San Francisco Art Institute. His work has been presented internationally in solo exhibitions at Centre d’art Pasquart, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, MAMCO, Le Confort Moderne and Villa du Parc. He has also participated in group exhibitions at Centre Pompidou-Metz, Artists Space and Paula Cooper Gallery, as well as at Frieze New York. His work is held in public collections including Centre Pompidou, MAMCO and FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, and a monograph on his work is currently in preparation.
Push it, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
160 x 223.5 cm
Round midnight, 2022
160 x 223.5 cm
Acrylic on canvas
Keep your guard up, 2014
140 x 193.5 cm
Acrylic on canvas
Sky Star, 2014
Acrylic on canvas
140 x 193.5 cm
Installation view “It’s a whale”, 2014.
Galerie Valentin, Paris.
Courtesy of the artist, photo: Grégory Copitet
KBCB, Courtesy the artist, photo: Lea Kunz
Installation view “Cinder Block Garden”, 2022.
NKN, Galerie Valentin, Courtesy the artist, photo: Grégory Copitet
KBCB, Courtesy the artist, photo: Lea Kunz
Moon Spray, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
127 x 127 cm