In 1997, Stephen Conley left his job as an Art Director at TIME Magazine and bought a home on 23 acres in the mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania where he then built a studio. This was but a continuation of nearly a life long career as an artist-from growing up watching the “magical” emerge from the blank, white space of watercolor board in the form of illustrations created by his mother— to the romance of the new American painting of the1950’s.  It was the seduction of Abstract Expressionism during his teenage years that ultimately lured Conley to New York. There, the struggle to paint and survive in the City introduced him to work as a graphic designer and, later, into the age of computer-driven art, design, and photography— all of which he transformed into resources for his own use.  Conley’s current paintings strongly manifest influences of contemporary culture in the form of film, video and digital imagery.  Conley deals with both the personal and that with which our society is collectively obsessed— in particular sex and violence. The works are complex, multi-layered acrylic paintings that are created by a unique stencil and industrial spray method that he first refined years ago.  

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A partial list of exhibitions: Kenan Art Center, Lockport, NY, Lakeview Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Bykert Gallery, NYC, O.K. Harris, NYC, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Phiadelphia, PA, Bienville Gallery, New Orleans, LA, University of Maine, Gorham, ME,  Pace University, NYC,  Studio 18A Gallery, NYC.

Public Collections: Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT, University Museum, Austin, TX (James A. Michener Collection), Treadwell Corp., NYC.