Mixed Media Expressions

The fine art and graphic design of Stephen Anderson Stephen Anderson received his BFA from California University Long Beach, and makes artwork from his studio in Santa Ana California. During the day he works as a designer for the apparel industry, then pursues his artistic endeavors after quitting time. Recent exhibits include the solo site specific installation / environment; Amusings, Hauntings, Wantings. Which included 9 videos;(6 on monitors, 3 projected,) a collaborative audio piece synched to video, fiber optic lights, kinetic, and interactive elements. Current series is titled Material Issues, which includes found media from magazines and advertising. Stephen reinterprets such messages of consumerism and targeted marketing into an introspective, and critical and sarcastic overview of life. This is achieved by combining the elements, but not in a flat 2d way. Stephen projects the elements into the 3d sculptural world, so one has to look at the layers of elements as if peering into the layers of ones hidden conscience. His video work follows this collage approach to produce a narrative on given subjects such as politics to manhood to ones place in society. His prior work, Burned Fingers Series of has garnered much praise and awards. The series took 5.5 years to produce and examined Anderson’s personal observations of society and his own life, essentially becoming a visual diary.