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Stephen Todd
Painter.
Stephen is a Sheffield based artist working across painting, drawing and photography. His
work has a strong sense of mark making often incorporating text, whether legible or not.
“Painting is a physical process for me and needs to explore the characteristics of the tools
and materials used. It needs to show the strokes of the brush, the lines of the pen and the
fluidity of paint”
His influences include the watercolours of JMW Turner; the war paintings and landscapes of
Eric Ravilious, Paul Nash and John Piper; the lead ships and landscapes of Anselm Keifer,
to name but a few.
"How we look at the landscape determines how we internalise it"
Ultimately his work attempts to be strong, visual and aesthetic in quality.
Brief Biography
Stephen studied fine art at Sheffield Hallam University and has shown work regularly across
the region and beyond.
He has received several awards to undertake research and show work including Year of the
Artist and Arts Council awards.
He shows work regularly at the Cupola Gallery, Sheffield and has representation online by
the New Blood Art.
Summary of Solo Shows
2000 - Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
2001 - Clifton Park Museum, Rotherham – Roman Rig
2004 - Bloc Gallery, Sheffield – Presentation of Facts
2004 - Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
2007 - Derby Museum and Art Gallery - Show of Evidence
2008 - Cupola Gallery – Restless Nature
2009 - The Circle, Sheffield
2011 - Cupola Gallery – Angel of History
2013 - Sheffield Fringe – Light Touch
2014 - Cupola Gallery – Land as Disquiet
2017 - Beverley Museum and Art Gallery – Humber Estuary: Changing Views
2019 - The Ropewalk – Humber Estuary: Inner Landscapes
2020&21 - Cupola Gallery – Fact from Fiction
2025 - Gallery at SALT, Beverly - Inland : Outland
2026 - Cupola Gallery – And Quiet Flows the Don
Other recent shows:
- Harrison Lord Gallery, Brighouse
- Art Café Gallery, Whitby
2021 + - Kentmere House Gallery, York
2022 + - Dovecot Gallery, Doncaster
2022&24 - Harley Open, Harley Gallery, Welbeck
2020&21&23 - Ferens Open, Ferens Gallery, Hull
2021 - New English Art Club Annual Show, Mall Galleries, London
2023 - INGS Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2025 - Royal Watercolour Society Open, Bankside Gallery, London
- Royal Academy Summer Show, RA, London
2026 - Royal Watercolour Society Open, Bankside Gallery, London
Stephen is a Sheffield based artist working primarily with landscape and the human form. His main methods of practice are painting, drawing, print-making and photographic means. The work has a strong sense of marks and lines often incorporating writing. It maintains a direct use of colour and references the materials being used. Stephen also undertakes projects that consider the historic significance of places and events and seek to bring this more conceptual approach into the range of work he undertakes. Ultimately Stephen seeks to make pieces that are visually strong, aesthetic in quality and that continue to affect the viewer.