Stephen Howarth
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| Born |
Stephen Purbeck Howarth 23 July 1981 Lewisham, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Painting, Poetry, Theatre |
| Movement | Stuckism |
Stephen Purbeck Howarth known as S.P. (born 23 July 1981) is a poet, Stuckist artist and actor. He was expelled from college for his paintings. He has demonstrated against the Turner prize at the Tate gallery.
Stephen Howarth was born in Lewisham, London and educated at St Christopher School, Letchworth. He is severely dyslexic. In 2000, he attended Camberwell College of Arts and was in the Students for Stuckism group. In 2002, he was "expelled from the painting course for doing paintings." He said:
The incident was reported in The Times with the headline "Art students accuse college of failing to teach them the basics". Other students supported him and there were also letters of support in the newspaper.
Howarth was then given the inaugural show at the Stuckism International Gallery in Shoreditch, with the title I Don't Want a Painting Degree if it Means Not Painting. He was in the first group show at the gallery, The Stuckists First International, and subsequent shows.
Sarah Kent in Time Out called his painting, Midnight in the hotel Suburbia, "soft porn". He responded that it was "hard porn".
After college he worked in a gallery, bar and factory, and as a labourer. He founded the Balham Stuckists group and also the South London Stuckism International Centre.
In 2001, he demonstrated with the Stuckists in Trafalgar Square during the unveiling of Rachel Whiteread's sculpture, Monument, and was in the Stuckist demonstration outside Tate Britain against the Turner Prize.
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