Steven Wilyeo

My name is Steven James Wilyeo, I am 36 and live in Neath, South Wales. I have also painted for several years under the name Benjamin Fish. I studied Fine Art at The University of Wales Aberystwyth School or Art. I studied painting and drawing, printmaking, illustration and photography. My passion is for paint, particularly acrylics. I like to use collage, and to incorporate ink and charcoal into my work.
I live and work out of a small studio in my house.

My work is primarily two-dimensional, specialising in acrylics and collage. I describe myself as an abstract expressionist artist. I love to explore the relationship between colour and form. My work is very emotive, with some of my work being a manifestation of my mind and soul laid out in paint.

My artistic influence are Juan Miro, Picasso, Francis Bacon.

Three years formal training at the University of Wales Aberystwyth in Fine Art and Art History in the School of Art.

I have exhibited at the Pallant House Gallery, England and also at the Museum of Somerset, England. I have a had a solo exhibition at 12 Cafe South Wales. Currently I have a painting in the final of the RWA Bristol 163rd Exhibition.