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Stef Will

Stef Will

• 15 January 2021

A new Art blog – Why now?

Thank god – 2020 is finally over. What an extraordinarily terrible year it was. And sadly, it’s not even looking to improve any...

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 30 January 2021

My journey from Medicine to Art

I am often asked how a doctor like me ended up being an artist. So, this is my story - from medicine to art … I was born and grew up in

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 13 February 2021

OOO – Do objects have a soul?

I have always been interested in what happens to our ‘essence’ (some would call it ‘soul’) when our physical body eventually gives up on...

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 27 February 2021

Beyond the Boundaries – MA Fine Art Show

"There was a wall. It did not look important. It was built of uncut rocks roughly mortared. An adult could look right over it, and even

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 16 March 2021

Does our body end at the skin?

The skin is our biggest organ and also an important marker of our identity. It’s something we as humans have always taken pleasure to

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 31 March 2021

Blood & Art (don’t read this if you are squeamish…)

Blood is a substance with rich cultural significance and symbolic connotations, often referenced in art.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 14 April 2021

Anticorps – Antibodies

I virtually visited the ‘Anticorps’ (Antibodies) exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris recently and really enjoyed it (although it

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 30 April 2021

Illuminating the Self

I recently came across an exhibition online that I sadly missed at the time. I wish I could have seen it in person!

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 17 May 2021

All Systems Go…

I am interested in 'Systems Art' and love Charles Gaines’ work, so was really pleased to be able to see his recent London show.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 31 May 2021

Why did art and science get a divorce?

There was a time when art and science were very much interwoven, think Leonardo da Vinci. What changed?

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 11 June 2021

Mayfair Exhibition: Unsettled Focus

The Mayfair show spans mixed media, installation, film, photography, sculpture, painting, drawing, collage and animation. Come and visit!

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 23 June 2021

Silent auction now live!

The fun silent auction (called ‘Posted’) includes works that are up to 8x6in in size – i.e. postcard size (-ish...).

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 14 July 2021

‘Forgotten Thoughts’ exhibition at Safehouse

My fine art collage polyptych 'Birds, X-Men & Jesus' being shown at Safehouse London.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 12 August 2021

Vagina Power?

Is the Cristian ichthys (fish) symbol really derived from Vagina Power?

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 16 September 2021

‘At Faith Value’

‘At Faith Value’ investigates the current censorship of 'dissenting' opinions and the death of the scientific method.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 4 October 2021

Secret Postcard Auction

I’m excited to announce I’ve donated two pieces of art to a Secret Postcard Auction in support of mental health charity CombatStress.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 23 October 2021

The Factory Project

My visit to ‘The Factory Project’, a huge, curated art event in a derelict warehouse in London's East End.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 10 November 2021

Fallen in love

While I always assumed that I hate Josef Beuys (apologies…), it seems I may in fact be in love with Beuys’ work.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 26 November 2021

Welcome to the dungeon

While many artists hate the dirty mess of printmaking, it turns out that I really love it. Here is why...

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 8 December 2021

Performance

While I have thought a lot about systems and activism in the past year, my interest in performance is more recent.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 20 December 2021

Repetition and the Grid

You may have noticed that my work often makes use of grids and repetition. And I am of course not the only artist who made grids their own.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 4 January 2022

Re-framing the Self

As part of my current MA in Fine Art, I have been exploring the sense of self and identity in relation to embodied experience.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 22 January 2022

Nothing to see

The embodied self is not explored in isolation, as my work investigates the embodied experience in a marked period of history.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 9 February 2022

Documents from the edges of conflict

In the James Hockey Gallery, there is currently an exhibition on, called ‘Documents from the edges of conflict’ that I can highly recommend.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 23 February 2022

Vanishing Traces

Thoughts on our upcoming group show in Jane Austen house in Chawton - the first contemporary art exhibition they have ever done.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 12 March 2022

Sousveillance – watching the watchers

We are all aware of the term surveillance, but have you heard of sousveillance? And what about 'peerveillance'?

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 25 March 2022

Flame gazing

Have you heard of Trataka, candle flame gazing meditation? Try out a digital version by watching 'Vanishing Traces'.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 10 April 2022

Mother Tongue

Just a quick note to make you aware of work exploring the theme 'Mother Tongue' currently on show at the James Hockey Gallery Farnham.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 19 April 2022

London gallery speed-dating

As part of my MA Fine Art course, we recently went on a tour of London West End galleries – you may call it an art marathon...

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 11 May 2022

Polyvalent Brixton

‘Polyvalent 1 & 2’ are two site specific works that were created in a collaboration between myself and artist and filmmaker Rukiah Zakaria.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 22 May 2022

The liberty of doubt

I had the pleasure to see Ai Weiwei’s work at Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge recently, but the irony wasn't lost on me that...

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 19 June 2022

‘Deep See’

My sculptural work ‘Deep See’ is currently at show in an outdoor art exhibition put on by Surrey Hills Art.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 28 June 2022

Decrypt London

A few days ago, we installed a group exhibition in London called 'Decrypt'. It's shown at arguably London's most atmospheric exhibition...

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 10 July 2022

‘Blood Flowers’ for Helen

I love looking at the work of other artists working at the interface of art & medicine, including Helen Chadwick, whose...

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 23 July 2022

Re-seeing the world

My work often uses the algorithmic gaze as an instrument to help examine and make sense of the world by looking beyond the surface, both...

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 10 August 2022

The algorithmic gaze in relation to power and control

I am really interested in exploring the algorithmic gaze in relation to power and control with my work. This is something ...

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 24 August 2022

It’s done!

I can’t tell you how happy I am that after months of work, the ‘Final Major Project’ of my MA Fine Art is finally done!

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 5 September 2022

The grey thread of censorship

Hazy grey bars, wrappings with wax thread, deconstruction and three random words - the thought provoking details of ‘Untitled (111 Subjects)’ ...

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 23 September 2022

Enter the hidden viewing station

Let's speak about the in-situ curation of my art installation ‘Untitled (111 Subjects)’, including the sea of data, the hidden viewing station with one-way mirror, and the audio installation...

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 17 January 2023

Sigil drawings

I have drawn more than 500 sigils since becoming fascinated with the energetic concept behind them, as it ties in with my interest in the unseen.

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 15 February 2023

Going up … and staying up

This week, a couple of works from my Blue Monday series were installed in London. It was good to see them going up (…and staying up, given they weigh over 30kg each!).

Stef Will

Stef Will

• 28 February 2023

I always feel like…

My artist book ‘Untitled (111 Subjects)’ has been published. People around the world are being tracked and traced, watched & monitored – more than they have ever been in the history of humanity...

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