2009 MFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts/ Tufts University, Boston, MA
2006 Post Bac., School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2004 Bachelor of Science, Philosophy, Boston University, MA
Disco Transformer (2016-2019)
A rolling, portable sound and light system encased in a custom-built street vendor cart that creates a temporary social space. Public deployments:
Art Basel Miami , Miami FL
Idea City, New Museum. New York NY
Maker Faire, Queens Museum of Science. New York NY
Union Square, New York NY
Disco Transformer (2012-2014)
A rolling, portable sound and light system encased in a custom-built street vendor cart that creates a temporary social space. Public deployments:
Art Basel Miami , Miami FL
Idea City, New Museum. New York NY
Maker Faire, Queens Museum of Science. New York NY
Union Square, New York NY
Bivouac (2011-2016)
A guerrilla rooftop camping experience for a small groups of participants with the artist as campfire host. Participants stash their electronics, make a communal dinner, and sleep in modular, artist-built lean-tos for one night. Public deployments :
Brooklyn, NY (Summer 2011-2016)
New York State ( 2015)
Public Invisibility (2011)
A series of objects that protect the wearer and his/her electronic devices from surveillance and electronic eavesdropping.
WagonStation Vacation (2010-2011)
An “escape pod” built into a hillside in Joshua Tree, CA.
Collaboration with Andrea Zittel.
Public Land (2007)
An indoor “park” and temporary social space in the lobby of the Weems Center in Boston
2024
'Text Message 'Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
'Text Message 'Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
2020
'Text Message 'Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
2018
'Text Message' Lanoue Gallery, Boston NY
2017
'Graphic Identity' Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
'Unseen Hand' Curated by Nikita Vishnevskiy at Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
2016
'18 Anonymous Facts' Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
Christopher Stout Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Beta Residency, Newport, RI
Lawn On D, Boston, MA
SpringBreakArtShow, New York, NY
2014
DUMBO Arts Festival, New York, NY
Hippy Priest, Honey Ramka, New York, NY
B.O.S., Brooklyn, NY
2013
BACG, FireProof Gallery. New York, NY
2011
Hermaphrodite, Invisible Dog Art Center. New York, NY
2009
Engineering Eden, Allegheny College Art Gallery. Meadville, PA
Auxesis, tactileBOSCH Gallery. Cardiff, Wales
Open, International Performance Art Festival. Beijing, China
Untitled, Aidekman Arts Center, Medford, MA
The Homestead AK show, The Distillery. Boston, MA
Rants and Reciprocal Raves, Hotel Grand & Morgan. Brooklyn, NY
2008
Powerhouse, Mobius Gallery. Boston MA
Navinki International Festival of Performance Art, Palace of Arts. Minsk, Belarus
I’ve seen bigger, Weems Center, School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA
Performance Projects, Mobius Gallery. Boston, MA
2007
November, Laconia Gallery. Boston, MA
Untitled Document, Video Center, School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA
REACH-12, Weems Center, School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA
John Leland, “Sleepover in a Rooftop Camp.” New York Times, August 23, 2013
Andrew Burton, “Rooftop camping in New York City.” USA Today, June 17 2013
Anna Sanders, “Urban camping: Brooklyn artist shows how to get away,” London Daily Mail, June 16 2013
Sydney Brownstone, “Artist Invites You to Go Rooftop Camping.” Village Voice, June 11 2013
Elaina Plott, “Under the Stars and Above the Streets: Artist Organizes Rooftop Campground,” New York Observer, June 11 2013
Sam Katz, Gallery Glass Episode 15 (YouTube show), September 15, 2013
2016-2018
TwoTrees DUMBO, New York, NY
2015
Beta Residency, Newport, RI
2014
Art and Law Residency Program, NY, NY
2008
The Homestead AK, Wasilla, AK
2017
Connecticut College, CT
2016
Connecticut College, CT
2015
Frog Design, New York, NY
2014
University of Florida, Tampa, FL “How To Make & Live”
2013
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA “Practice Makes Perfect”
2012
Museum School, Boston, MA “So You Want to Be Me”
2011
Museum School, Boston, MA
Thomas Stevenson is an conceptual artist living in Brooklyn. His work takes the form of sculpture, video, performance and installations. Thomas’ primary focus sits within the critique of power structures and the individuals who unwittingly acquiesce to them.
His projects have been deployed in urban streets and rooftops, in the Mojave desert, and at the New Museum’s Ideas City Festival and Art Basel Miami. His projects have been written about in the New York Times, the Village Voice, USA Today, and the New York Observer.
Thomas has an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and a BA in Philosophy from Boston University. He recently completed the Art & Law program in New York City.
email: tstevenson@gmail.com
phone: 617 821 4499