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Stephen Powers Biographie
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1990 - 1992
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University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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1994
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Moved to New York City in 1994
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2003
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Founded the Dreamland Artist Club and partnered with Creative Time to commission over 45 artists to paint signs and rides in Coney Island
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2005
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His book of pop art short stories, First And Fifteenth, was published by Villard
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2007
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Fulbright Fellowship
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2008
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Powers painted a love story in the streets of Dublin and Belfast
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2008
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In August, again teaming up with Creative Time, he opened The Waterboard Thrill Ride, an animatronic depiction of waterboarding in Coney Island
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Born and raised and Philadelphia
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He lives and works in Manhattan.
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Expositions sélectionnées |
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2013 |
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Direct Address - Joshua Liner Gallery, New York City, NY |
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2012 |
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A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures - Joshua Liner Gallery, New York City, NY
V1x - Tonight We Wont Be Bored - V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
Exposition Bouh! - Nosbaum&Reding, Luxembourg
The Art Of The Joke - V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
Détournement: Signs of the Times - Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York City, NY
Portrait of a Generation - The Hole NYC, New York City, NY |
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2011 |
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Days, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
Sumemr Group Exhibition, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
December Group Show - Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
In The Moment: Benefit Art Sale & Auction - The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
In The Moment: Artists - The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
Contemporaries - Galleria Patricia Armocida, Milan
Summer Group Exhibition 2011 - Joshua Liner Gallery, New York City, NY
New Bohemia Signs - Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New York Minute - Garage Center for Contemporary Culture - GCCC, Moscow |
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2010 |
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TRANSFER, curated by Lucas Ribero at Brazilian Cultural Pavilion, Sao Paulo, Brazil
A Love Letter for You, Stephen Powers with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. Philadelphia, USA Special Projects
Project Space, Moniker International Art Fair, London (special project) |
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2009 |
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The New Yorkers, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Get Over It, Show & Tell Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
2 Fits of Iron and a bottle of beer, White Flaf Projects, St. Louis, USA (solo)
This Woman’s Work,White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, USA (solo)
A True Provider is Good to Find Colette, Paris, France (solo)
Semaphores of the Soul, ALICE Galleru´y, Brussels, Belgium (solo) |
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2008 |
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Waterboard Thrill Ride, part of Creative Time's Democracy In America Exhibition, Coney Island, NY, USA Special Projects
Seperating Light From Dark, Patricia Armocida Gallery, Milan, Italy (solo)
Signarama, Deitch Projects at Art Basel, Miami, FL., USA (solo) |
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2007 |
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SLEEP AND REPEAT, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Demark (solo)
The Magic Word, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA (solo)
Lots Of Things Like This, curated by Dave Eggers, Apex Art, New York, NY, USA |
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2005 |
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Service (Canal Street Raincoat Project), Created raincoats for flyer touts on busy street in New York City (special project)
Love Letters (with Joe Armhein and Tauba Auerbach), Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ESPO Bakery, Deitch Projects, The Armory Show, New York, NY (solo) |
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2004 |
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My List Of Demands, Deitch Projects, New York, NY (solo)
Beautiful Losers, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH (exhibition traveled to Yerba Buena Art Center, San Francisco, CA; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; Triennale di Milano,Milan, Italy; Le Tri Postal, Lille, France)
Dreamland Artist Club, Creative Time, New York, NY (special project)
Co-curated and participated in project in which over 40 artists painted signs and attractions in New York landmark Coney Island (special project) |
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2003 |
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3 Story Building, Alleged Annex, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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2002 |
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Session The Bowl, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Waylon/Saul, Henry Moore Foundation, Liverpool, England (Commissions)
Power Of Art, Artworks, Cincinnati, USA (Commissions) |
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2001 |
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Point Of Purchase (with Barry McGee and Todd James), Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (special project)
Street Market (with Barry McGee and Todd James), 49th Venice Bienalle, Venice, Italy (special project)
5000 Trees (with Cheryl Dunn, Jacqueline Humphries and Tony Oursler), Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA (special project) |
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2000 |
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Street Market (with Barry McGee and Todd James) , Deitch Projects, New York, NY (special project)
Indelible Market (with Barry McGee and Todd James), Curated by Alex Baker; Institute Of Contemporary Art, University Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (special project)
Institute Of Contemporary Art, University Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (special project) |
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2010 |
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A Love Letter for You: Love in Transit, Paperback (Author) |
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2008 |
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"Coney Island Sideshow Has Guantanamo Theme" Ariel Kaminer, New York Times, August 5th,2008, p D1. |
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2008 |
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"Still Painting Messages On Walls But No Longer An Outlaw" Niko Koppel, New York Times, May 29,2008 p B1 |
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2007 |
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Studio Gangster, (catalog) Gingko Press |
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2006 |
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First And Fifteenth Pop Art Short Stories, Villard, New York (Author) |
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2005 |
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"Slicker Price," Rob Walker, New York Times Magazine, October 30, 2005, p 17. |
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2005 |
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"Flash, Dash, and Now, Art," Randy Kennedy, New York Times, June 17, 2005 p D1. |
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2003 |
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Stuck On The Map, Dan Murphy, Mark Surface Intl., New York (Publisher) |
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1999 |
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The Art Of Getting Over, St. Martin’s Press, New York (Author) |
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1989 - 1997 |
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On The Go Magazine , Philadelphia & New York (Publisher, Editor) |
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Slicker Price, Rob Walker, New York Times Magazine, October 30, 2005, p 17. |
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Flash, Dash, and Now, Art, Randy Kennedy, New York Times, June 17, 2005 p D1. |
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Best Of 2001, Vince Aletti, Artforum, December, 2001, p 92. |
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