Steven Shearer


Steven Shearer is a contemporary artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has exhibited internationally, including the Tate Modern in London, The New Museum, the Barbara Gladstone Gallery in New York, the Galerie Eva Presenhuber in Zurich, and the Renaissance Society in Chicago. Nationally, he has shown at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto and the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver. He is represented in London, New York, Turin, and Zurich.

Work

Shearer' photography, drawing, painting, and collage tend to focus on youth, alienation, aggression, melancholy, and heavy metal. In Artforum, Matthew Higgs affectionately called Shearer the "bastard offspring of the Photo-conceptualists."

Press

Deborah Campbell. “.” Canadian Art. Fall 2005.
Lupe Nunez-Fernandez. “.” Saatchi Gallery. Spring 2007.
“.” The Power Plant. Winter 2007/2008.