Mary Stephenson
(b. 1989, London, UK) lives and works in London. She studied at The Royal Drawing School and the Royal Academy Schools, graduating in 2020. Stephenson’s paintings explore themes of intimacy, identity, and the surreal in everyday life, often using theatrical compositions and vivid, symbolic imagery.
Mary Stephenson
Flower bed
Recent solo exhibitions include Get Lifted, Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York (2023); I Speak Through My Art, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut (2022); and Naked Hearbeat, Curated by Mickalene Thomas, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles (2021).
Recent group exhibitions include Black Abstractionists: From Then 'Til Now, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas (2022); Greater New York, MoMA PS1, New York (2021); and Punch, curated by Nina Chanel Abney, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles (2019).