Stephen Webb

What you see is not what you see, but who you are.

Born somewhere just outside London in 1970. Lived in Japan, Portugal and Australia. Travelled through Africa and Asia. Educated in Philosophy at Liverpool University. Self taught artist, started drawing at the age of 25. Now living in Donostia San Sebastian in the Basque Country.

Never took part in formal art education. What you really need to learn they cant teach. I did go to Univercity (Liverpool, Philosophy) and I did travel all over the world ( Japan, Africa, Austarlia, South East Asia).

My apprenticeship was served with ten years of drawing, pen and paper. This has allowed me to be very light-footed creatively, developing work rapidly without having to deal with the mechanics of large scale production, painting or studio.

Have tried to pursue abstraction from outside the narrow confines of western art. Ever since Pythagoras and his triangles, the geometric has drawn us into its chillingly vibrant embrace, peeling us clean. Abstract expressionism was a dirty little sex game, both trivial and delicious.

Islamic art is my greatest influence. One of the few religious arts still potent, their attempt to visually demonstrate the divine encounter generates such direct power that, even without the god bothering, the place it takes us to is a glorious destination, the perfect balance of clarity and complexity. This is the root of the effect I try to capture, adding a little jazz along the way.

Sep 2025 Expo: Interior #01, Ernest Lluch K.E, Donostia San Sebastian.

May 2025 Mural. Moquette Art Space. Rekalde, Donostia.

Apr 2025 Expo: Dimensioak. Okendo Kultur Etxea.

Dec 2024 Expo: PaperCuts. Loiola Kultur Extea, Donostia San Sebastian.

Jun 2022 Mural project. Martutene Apain. Martutene, San Sebastian.

Feb 2022 Artist residency. Kutxa Kultur. Tabakalera, Donostia.

Jul 2021 Mural: Columnas. Plaza Latsari, Loiola, San sebastian.

Jun 2020 Private comission. Internal mural. Donostia San Sebastian.

Feb 2020 Patio Mural. Loiola Kultur house, Donostia San Sebastian.

Sep 2019 Mural project. Loiola Apain. Donostia San Sebastian.

Jun 2019 Temporary mural. Olatu Talka Street Festival. San Sebastian.

Nov 2016 Exhibition. Garoa Kultur Lab. Donostia San Sebastian.