My current studio practice is an investigation of references, how we process information and transform it into abstract new media. As a multidisciplinary painter, I aim to ask questions of people, turning dialogue into formulas from which I create imagery. I utilize modern Philosophy, from Cassirer to Meillassoux, as inspiration, bringing ideologies which I find poignant and political into a contemporary context. Ranging from oils and acrylics on canvas to works on paper and painted objects, I employ transparency and color to show the evolution of the work, layering hues and combining meticulous brushwork with dramatic motion and textured surfaces. My work is an expressive means of learning and understanding information as it is put forth in this world, while still focusing on the complexity of objects and images themselves. As I continue to unpack references and answer my own questions, I hope for the work to exist in a global context, boiling down issues into numbers and images, understanding existence from a more complex and universal standpoint, all based around art and conversation.
About the Artist
Stephen Reichert (American, b. 1975) is an artist originally from Wisconsin, now based in Baltimore City, Maryland. His works of multidisciplinary painting and drawing are held in private, corporate, and public collections, both nationally and abroad. Recent exhibition locations include solo shows at Hancock Solar Gallery, Co_Lab, Baltimore City Hall, and Sotheby’s Roland Park Gallery; and group shows at Ellington-White Contemporary, Gardiner Gallery of Art (Oklahoma State University), American Visionary Art Museum, Arts Fort Worth (formerly Fort Worth Community Arts Center), University of Maryland, Cabrillo Gallery, National Art League, Waterloo Arts Gallery, Area 405, MAP (Maryland Art Place), Abington Art Center, Goucher College Rosenberg Gallery, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and many others. Reichert has been invited to lecture, host events, been interviewed or a panel member at Artomatic (DC), Baltimore Museum of Art, CAM Raleigh, Creative Alliance, Johns Hopkins University, Old Dominion University, The Walters Art Museum, University of Colorado Denver, University of Florida, University of Virginia, Western Illinois University and others; and his work was recently featured in a course at Loyola College. He holds degrees from Trinity College and the University of Maryland, and has studied painting and aesthetics, as well as other artistic disciplines. He is the founder and editor of the poetry magazine Smartish Pace and hosts The HOT L, a monthly reading series. Stephen Reichert is represented by K. Hamill Fine Art & Design.Stephen Reichert website View Website Stephen Reichert website Purchase Art
Artist's Statement
RECENT SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2022 * Cerulean Arts Gallery, Cerulean Arts' 10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Jill A. Rupinski of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA * Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Abstract 2022, Juror: Mark Perlman, Sebastopol, CA * National Art League, 91st Annual Juried Open Exhibition, Juror: Mary S. Cantone of William Ris Gallery, New York, NY * South Arkansas Arts Center, Annual Juried Art Competition, Juror: Taylor Jasper of The Momentary, El Dorado AR * MAP (Maryland Art Place), Out of Order, Baltimore, MD * Abington Art Center, Summer Juried Show, Juror: Meg Wolensky of Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA * Cabrillo Gallery, Natural Habitats, Jurors: Donna Seager & Suzanne Gray of Seager Gray Gallery, Aptos, CA 2021 * Ivy League Gallery, Magical Thinking, Minneapolis, MN * MAP (Maryland Art Place), Out of Order, Baltimore, MD 2020 * American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD * MAP (Maryland Art Place), Under 500, Baltimore, MD * MAP (Maryland Art Place), Out of Order, Baltimore, MD 2019 * Oklahoma State University, Gardiner Gallery of Art, 2019 Cimarron National Works on Paper Exhibition, Juror: Jodi Throckmorton, Stillwater, OK * MAP (Maryland Art Place), Under 500, Baltimore, MD * Ministry Lofts at St. Michael’s, Baltimore, MD * Trestle Gallery, Small Works, Brooklyn, NY * Grey Matter Art Space, CASA Art Auction, Baltimore, MD * XS (eks’es’), Baltimore, MDFeatured Work
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