About
Stephen McClymont
Stephen McClymont (born 1952) studied art at the National Art School in Sydney, Australia. In 1979 he relocated to New York where he continued his studies at the New York Studio School. In 1987 the artist moved to Paris where he now resides dividing his time between the Greek island of Paros and Paris.
With a career spanning forty years, the artist is known as a ‘painters’ painter. An artist who has developed a visual vocabulary suffused with the tradition and pictorial language of abstraction, a language that the artist began to study in earnest in the early 1980’s following his conversations with his mentor at the time in New York, Robert Motherwell and then later with other distinguished Abstract Expressionist painters, notably Joan Mitchell who was a close friend for several years.
Stephen McClymont’s art can be defined by its use of bold color applied with rigor and determination effortlessly translating ‘a brush stroke into a kind of rebus that tells of his response to what he calls the rhythms of nature’* bridging the fronters between abstraction and representation. The paintings are panoramas where line, different markings, color and form create landscapes that we walk through with our eyes. Seen collectively from over the years the art works are pictorial statements to the natural freedom of the creative act, spontaneity and a celebration of life.
*Dore Ashton. Stephen McClymont catalogue essay.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Gallery Parian Marble, Paros Greece
2021 Gallery Emanuel Focianos, Paros Greece
2020 Natioal Archeological Museum Athens, Greece
2019 Gallery Emanuel Focianos. Paros Greece
2016 Galerie Prodromos. Paris France
2013 Galry. Paris France
2012 Arts Arena, University Americian Paris
2011 Galerie Beckel Odille Boicos, Paris
2010 Meyer Residence, Greenwich CT USA
2009 Jennifer Norback Fine Art, Chicago
2008 Galerie Beckel Odille Boicos, Paris
2007 Galerie Beckel Odille Boicos, Paris
2006 Philip Bacon Galleries. Brisbane Australia
2006 Galerie Beckel Odille Boicos, Paris
2005 Philip Bacon Galleries, Australia
2005 Galerie Beckel Odille Boicos, Paris, France
2004 Galerie Beckel‐Odille‐Boicos, Paris, France
2002 Lydon Fine Art. Chicago, U.S.A.
2002 Philip Bacon Galleries. Australia.
2001 Galerie. Beckel‐Odille‐Boicos, Paris, France
2000 Australian Embassy, Berlin, Germany
2000 Lydon Fine Art. Chicago, USA
1999 Australian Embassy, Washington D.C
1999 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, USA
1998 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, USA
1997 Southern Vermont Art Center, Vermont, U.S.A
1997 Galerie Toft. Paris, France
1997 The Australian Book Shop, Paris
1996 Villa Radet, Paris
1994 Cité International des Arts, Paris
1992 Parsons Gallery, Paris
1990 Villa Radet, Paris
1990 Princeton Paris Research, Paris
1989 Galerie Jean‐Pierre Haik, Paris
1987 Cité International des Arts, Paris
1987 Australian Embassy, Paris
1983 Gallery Hydrohoos. Athens, Greece
1977 Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1975 Hogarth Galleries, Sydney Australia
SELECTED Group Exhibitions
2020 Galery Emanuel Focianos, Paros Greece
2017 Royal Academy, BP Portrait, London
2016 Galerie Prodromos. Paris
2015 DeChant Art Consulting, LLC. USA
2013 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Galerie Beckel Odile Boicos, Paris, France
2012 Jennifer Norback Fine Art, Chicago, USA
2011 Galry, Paris, France
2010 Jennifer Norback Fine Art, Chicago, USA
2010 Galerie Beckel Odille Boicos Paris, France
2009 Jennifer Norback Fine Art, Chicago, USA
2008 Galerie Beckel Odille Boicos,Paris, France
2008 Philip Bacon Galleries, Australia
2007 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, USA
2007 Parsons School of Design, Paris, France
2006 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, USA
2006 Galerie Beckel‐Odille‐Boicos, Paris, France
2005 Lydon Fine Art Chicago, USA
2004 Galerie Beckel‐Odille‐Boicos, Paris, France
2004 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, USA
2003 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, USA
2003 Philip Bacon Galleries, Australia
2003 Galerie Beckel‐Odille‐Boicos, Paris, France
2002 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, USA
2002 Company Art Works, Houston, Texas, USA
2002 Galerie Beckel‐Odille‐Boicos, Paris, France
2002 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, Australia
2001 Absolut Vodka, ‘Absolut Secret’ Espace Tajan, Paris, France
2001 Parsons School of Design, Paris, France
2001 Galerie Beckel‐Odille‐Boicos, Paris, France
2000 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, USA
2000 New York Studio School, Curated by Irving Sandler, NY, USA
1999 New York Studio School, Alumni show, NY, USA
1999 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, USA
1998 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, USA
1998 Parsons School, ‘Faculty Show’, NY, USA
1998 St. Stephens College, Rome, Italy
1997 New York Studio School, curated by Dore Ashton, NY, New York
1996 Salon du ‘TRAIT’, Paris, France
1996 New York Studio School, NY, USA
1995 Cité International des Arts, ‘Arts Graphic’, Paris, France
1995 Parsons School of Design, Paris, France
1995 Musée Adzac, Paris, France
1994 Salon du ‘TRAIT’, Paris, France
1994 Cite International des Arts, Paris, France
1992 Parsons School of Design, NY, USA
1992 Cité International des Arts, Paris, France
1992 Chambre de Commerce des Etats Unis, Paris, France
1991 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1990 Cité International des Arts, Paris, France
1990 Salon du ‘TRAIT’, Paris, France
1990 Biennial d’Arts Graphiques de Saint-Maur, Musée de Ville Medicis, Saint Maur, France
1989 Thomson Gallery, New York
1989 XXI International Festival of Painting, Cagnes sur Mer
1989 Hommage to Shakespeare, Cercle de l’Union Interalliée, Paris
1988 Cité International des Arts, Paris
1988 Vente Exceptionalle des Tableaux et Sculptures des Années 50 à 87, Rambouillet, France
1988 Galerie Galise. Thonon‐les‐Bain, France
1987 Cité International des Arts, Paris, France
1985 Gallery Hydrohoos, Athens, Greece
1983 Judith Selkowitz Fine Arts, NY, USA
1980 New York Studio School, NY, USA
1977 Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1976 Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1975 Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Awards
Teaching
2005 Artist in Residence. Vermont Studio Center. Vermont USA
2000 Teaching Fellowship. Parsons School of Design. Paris
1986 Artist Studio Award Cite Internationale des Arts. Paris France
1980 Sony Corporation Donation Grant. Sony Corporation. Sony New York. New York
1979 Traveling Scholarship. New York Studio School. New York
1974 Scholarship Study. National Art School Sydney. Australia
1973 Audio Research Scholarship. ‘Revox’ Corporation. ‘Revox’ Sydney, Australia
2010 - present Member College Art Accociation. New York.
1991 - present Senior Teacher, Parsons School of Design, France
2010 - present Private teaching painting and print making instruction, France
2001 - 2003 Visiting Scholar, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
2000 - 2001 Master Printer of Lithography, Ville de Paris, France
1976 - 1978 Painting teacher National Art School, Sydney, Australia
Bibliography
2011 ‘Stephen McClymont’ Dore Ashton catalogue essay
2008 ‘Art Brightens Barbara Davis Center Walls’ by Michelle Rush ‘Denver Post’.
2008 ‘Dynamic Distraction’ by Neela Eyunni ‘ The Aurora Sentinel’
2006 ‘Interactions – The Contrast of Realities’ by Peter Blake. Catalogue essay
2006 ‘Art Business News’ by Laura Meyers Chicago
2004 Stephen McClymont by Daniel Beckel. Essay. Galerie Beckel‐Odile‐Boicos. Paris, France
2002 ‘Reading Stephen McClymont’ by Deborah J. Haynes. Catalogue essay, Lydon Fine Art, Chicago.
2002 ‘Stephen McClymont ‐ New Paintings’ by Heather Hollenbeck. Press release, Lydon Fine Art Chicago, USA
2002 ‘Absence makes art grow stronger‐ Australian seascapes painted in Paris’by Sandra McLean. The Queensland Courier Mail. July 2002.
2001 Stephen McClymont – by David Malouf. Catalogue essay. Philip Bacon Galleries. Brisbane, Australia
2001 Stephen McClymont‐ Photographs. Stephen McClymont catalogue essay. Paris, France
2001 Stepheh McClymont – Paintings. By Fredderic Pousin. Paris, France
2000 L’Ecluse’ a poem dedicated to the paintings of Stephen McClymont by Gregoire Lavollay‐Porter illustrated by Stephen McClymont. Paris, France
2000 Stephen McClymont by U.B.Klein. Berliner Morgenpost, editorial review, Berlin, Germany
2000 In Australien an der FriedrichstraBe Pa. Berliner Kurier, editorial review, Berlin, Germany
2000 ‘The Puzzle’ by Stephen McClymont catalogue containing one painting in a puzzle, Paris, France
1999 Stephen McClymont at the Embassy. Catalogue essay by Matthew Gledhill at the time of the exhibition presented at the Australian Embassy in Washington DC, USA
1999 Stephen McClymont ‘BON APPETIT’ magazine, editorial on recent works, Chicago, USA
1999 Stephen McClymont ‘Chicago Reader’ magazine. Chicago, USA
1999 ‘Stone in the Water’ by Eleana Murry. Catalogue essay. Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, USA
1999 Fragments‐Inspired by the Sea’ exhibition review Chicago Gallery Guide. Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, USA
1998 ‘Mastering Silence‐ Reflections on a Painting by Stephen McClymont,’ by Vivian Van Blerk. Catalogue essay, Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, USA
1998 'Stephen McClymont’ by Chris Boicos. Galerie Toft. Paris, France
1998 'Visions Under the Sea’ by Justin Sunward ‘Issue’ magazine. Chicago, US
1997 'The Paintings of Stephen McClymont' by Vivian van Blerk. Catalogue essay. Gallery Toft. Paris, France
1997 'Le Sculpteur sur Toile’ ‘by Martine Matine. ‘Antiepode’ magazine. Paris, France
1996 'Chasing Good Painting’ by John McPadden. ‘Newport This Week’ . Newport. R.I., USA
1996 'Stephen McClymont’ editorial for the ‘Foundation Colas’ (Collection catalogue). Paris, France
1996 ‘Stephen McClymont’ by Ann Cremin ‘Arti’ review magazine on the international art scene, Athens/Paris