1977 born Bristol
Lives and works in London
EDUCATION
2007 – 2009 Slade School of Fine Art - MFA Painting, Distinction
1997 – 2000 Manchester Metropolitan University - BA Hons, Animation+Illustration, 1st Class
1995 – 1996 Weston Super Mare College - National Diploma, Art Foundation
AWARDS
2019 The Merchant House Residency, Symi, Greece
2014 Honorary Research Associate, Slade Graduate Painting department
2012 Jerwood Painting Fellowship, shortlisted
2010 The Marmite Prize for Painting, shortlisted for exhibition tour
2009 Adrian Carruthers Studio Award, Slade School of Fine Art, shortlisted
2008 The Euan Uglow Memorial Scholarship, Slade School of Fine Art
2004 The Arts Council of England Award for The Vanity Project
2004 BOC Emerging Artist Award 2004, Finalist
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Frestonian Gallery, London, Shore Lines
2015 David Krut Projects, New York, My Heart, Red, Bloody, Thumpy
2013 Art First Projects, London, Dreams Hurt More in the Dark
2012 Studio 1.1, London, Scatter
The Chelsea Arts Club, London, Thoughts
2009 Studio 1.1, London, New Work
2008 Crimes Town, London, New Paintings
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Canopy Collections, London, Do Not Swear by the Moon
2019 Frestonian Gallery, London, Colour/Balance
2017 Austin Forum, London, Faith
2016 Tannery Projects, London, As Wide As The Space Between Walls
2016 David Zwirner, New York, People Who Work Here
2015 Art First Projects, London, London Art Fair, Art Projects
Woburn Project Space, Slade School of Fine Art, Half Living, with Actress
2014 Art First Projects, London, The Luminous Language
2013 Bloomsbury Square, London, The Future Can Wait
Studio 1.1, London, Painting Over, part 2
Gallery North, Newcastle, Uncle Vern’s Dog
Identity Art Gallery, Hong Kong, The Fine Line
2012 Lion and Lamb, London, First Come First Served
Elements Art Space, Bath, Ground Control
The Mall Galleries, London, The ING Discerning Eye, invited by Charles Darwent
VEGAS, London, Alter
The Royal Academy of Art, London, Summer Exhibition, invited by Mali Morris
2011 WW Gallery, Venice Biennale collateral exhibition, Afternoon Tea
Fort, London, The Fort Painting Show
The Nunnery, London + Lanchester Gallery Projects, Coventry, The Marmite Prize for Painting
2010 Central Art Gallery, Tameside, The Marmite Prize for Painting
Hidde Van Seggelen, London, State of the Newly Incarnate Soul
Tate Modern, London, No Soul For Sale
Studio 1.1, London, Painting Over
2009 Macintyre Art Advisory, London, Abstract Investigations
Robilant + Voena, London, Back to the Future: Young Artists Look to Old Masters
Sadlers Wells, London, Objects in the Forest, curated by Sacha Craddock
Alsop Project Space, London, Anger Management
2008 Woburn Research Space, London, Edge – Edge
2007 Chelsea Arts Club, London, Group exhibition
Studio 1.1, London, Abstract Continuous
2006 Studio 1.1, London, Grotto
Cornerhouse, Manchester, Another Product
2005 Royal College of Art, London, RCA Secret
Hollow Contemporary Art, London, Stuff Becomes
Hollow Contemporary Art, London, William Stein & John Summers
2004 Space Triangle Gallery, London, BOC finalists show
Experiment, London, The Vanity Project – William Stein and Philip Wyness
BOC HQ, Surrey, BOC Emerging Artist Award 2004 Finalists Show
BIBLIOGRAPHY
DAZED DIGITAL, February 2015, Actress and William Stein get audio-visual
DAZED DIGITAL, January 2014, The artists who drew Ghettoville, http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/18655/1/the-artists-that-drew-ghettoville
http://www.thefuturecanwait.com/2013-will-stein-artwork1.htm
Jonathan Griffin, Always on the Run, catalogue essay for Uncle Vern’s Dog
The Guardian, Exhibitions Guide Top 10, for Uncle Vern’s Dog, April 2013
A-N, Bob Gelsthorpe, review of Uncle Vern’s Dog, 10/4/13
http://tractionmagazine.co.uk/post/64214612303/william-stein
The Future Can Wait, catalogue
Jonathan Griffin, Always on the Run, April 2013
The Guardian, Exhibitions Guide, 06.04.2013
A-N, Bob Gelsthorpe review of Uncle Vern’s Dog, 10.04.13 http://unclevernsdog.blogspot.co.uk/p/press.html
Charles Darwent in The Independent, 10/06/12
Mark Hudson in The Daily Telegraph Review, 19/05/12 pg.15
William Stein: Scatter, 2012, catalogue
http://standardinterview.blogspot.com/2011/10/william-stein.html
Afternoon Tea, 2011, WW Gallery Venice Biennale collateral exhibition, catalogue, with essays by Cherry Smyth and Helen Sumpter, p.9 and p.71
The Marmite Prize for Painting 2010, catalogue
Back to the Future, 2009, Robilant + Voena / Stair Sainty, catalogue, p.27
COLLECTIONS
Private collections: Hong Kong, London, Monaco
Soho House collection