MARK C. STEVENSON
ABOUT
Bio
Mark C. Stevenson is a painter based in New York.
He exhibited in New York in the 1990s, including a curated annual exhibition at White Columns and presentations at Vis-à-Vis Gallery, G.W. Einstein Gallery, and the Heckscher Museum. He created the relief sculpture for Tel Aviv University’s Bridge to Peace Award, presented annually for over fifteen years.
His broader visual work includes national campaigns, documentary filmmaking, and photography published in Rolling Stone and other national outlets. He is a four-time Emmy Award recipient for photography and editing.
Practice
Stevenson’s work examines how meaning stabilizes through perception and how that stability can shift.
The paintings often present familiar structures such as landscapes, vertical fields, or architectural space. Recognition forms quickly. As the eye moves, coherence becomes less certain.
Rather than depicting instability, the work investigates how stability is constructed in the first place.
Painting is the central medium of the practice. Sculpture, photography, and film operate as parallel investigations into structure, light, and spatial logic.