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Stephen Thorpe (b. 1981, Margate, UK) lives and works in New York City
EDUCATION
2015 - MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2010 - BA Painting, Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2015 - Battersea Arts Station Purchase Prize
2014 - The Basil H. Alkazzi Foundation Scholarship Award for 2014 & 2015
2013 - Places and Spaces showdown winner, Saatchi Gallery
2013 - 3rd Ward (Brooklyn, NY) Open Call 2011 Prize Winner
2011 - Royal Scottish Academy Latimer Award
2011 - Royal Scottish Academy Sir William Gillies Bequest Award
2011 - Royal Scottish Academy The Skinny Award
2010 - Alexandria Mckenzie Legacy Award
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 - To Be Announced - Dimin Gallery, New York, USA
2024 - Who Looks Outside, Dreams; Who Looks Inside, Awakes - Wolgang Gallery, Atlanta, USA
2022 - Enter the Forest at the Darkest Point - Galerie Ora - Ora, Hong Kong
2022 - Boundaries of the Soul, Denny Dimin Gallery, New York
2020 - Semi-conscious, Galerie Ora-Ora, Hong Kong
2020 - Space Invaders, Denny Dimin Gallery, Hong Kong
2012 - Once It's In You, It Never Goes Away, Summerhall, Edinburgh, UK
2012 - The Poetics of Space, Whitespace, Edinburgh, UK
2011 - Room To Walk, Blair's College and Museum, Aberdeen, UK
2010 - E.Q Design Showcase, Aberdeen, UK
2009 - Imagining Space, Blair's College and Museum, Aberdeen, UK
ART FAIRS
2024 - Dallas Art Fair, Dimin Gallery, Dallas, USA
2024 - Art Basel, Galerie Ora Ora, Hong Kong
2023 - Untitled, Denny Gallery, Miami, USA
2023 - Kiaf, Galerie Ora Ora, Seoul, Korea
2023 - Art Basel, Galerie Ora Ora, Hong Kong
2022 - Untitled, Denny Dimin Gallery, Miami, USA
2022 - Kiaf, Galerie Ora Ora, Seoul, Korea
2022 - Art Basel, Galerie Ora Ora, Hong Kong
2022 - NADA, Denny Dimin Gallery, New York, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Wonderland, Aicon Gallery, New York, USA
2023 - The Next Ten Years, Denny Gallery, New York, USA
2021 - Collection, National Museum - Gdansk, Poland
2021 - Silver Jubilee Auction, Parasite - Hong Kong
2018 - Paul Smith, No. 9 Albemarle Street, London, UK
2017 - RSA Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
2017 - Further Away, Copeland Gallery, London, UK
2016 - Arrivals, Whitespace, Edinburgh, UK
2015 - It's All a Matter of Perspective, Battersea Arts Station, London, UK
2015 - MA Degree Show, Sackler Building, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2015 - WIP Show, Sackler Building, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2015 - RCA Secrets, Dyson Building, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2014 - WIP Show, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2014 - RCA Secrets, Dyson Building, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2013 - Places and Spaces, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2012 - RSA Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
2012 - The Importance of Being Original, Perlini Arte Padova, Italy
2011 - RSA Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
2011 - Arte Verona Fair, Perlini Arte Padova, Italy
2011 - Venus+Demarco+ Beuys, Demarco Archives, Edinburgh, UK
2011 - Aberdeen Artists, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
2011 - New Contemporaries, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
2010 - Heinzel Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
2010 - Aberdeen Artists, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
2010 - Gray Matter, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, UK
COLLECTIONS
National Museum, Gdansk, Poland
Art Collection of the East Anglia Children's Hospices, England
PRESENTATIONS
2024 - University of Exeter | 'Creativity and Aesthetics', Exeter, UK
2019 - Savannah College of Art and Design | 'The Power of Painting', Hong Kong
2019 - Opera Gallery | Panel Discussion, 'Painting and Culture', Hong Kong
2018 - Forbes Massie Design | 'Why my Magic is Better Than Dynamo's', London, UK
2017 - University of Exeter | 'Art Worlds' and 'Art Fields', Exeter, UK
2015 - Camberwell, University of the Arts, London, UK
2014 - Royal College of Art | 'Artist as Curator, Curator as Artist', London, UK
SELECTION COMMITTEES
The Basil H. Alkazzi Scholarship Award - Royal College of Art, London, UK
Ali H. Alkazzi Scholarship - Royal College of Art, London, UK
Outsanding Student Award - Hong Kong
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018 - 2020 - Professor of Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Hong Kong
2020- 2023 - Professor of Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta