Sean Stewart
Since 2009
Works in Owen Sound Canada

BIO
Since he was a child, Sean always had a keen interest in all forms of still media. At the age of 6, he began taking apart the 'hand-me-down' cameras he was given to see if he could 'change' the way they worked. Unfortunately at this young age, he lacked the knowledge of film and physics to get the camera to do what he envisioned. Many rolls got exposed to light.

He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in 1993 with a special interest in physics and mathematics. He subsequently obtained a post-graduate degree in the health sciences field in 1997.

In 2006, he began diverting more of his time to his art as a result of a life altering experience. On November 14, 2005, he was diagnosed with avascular necrosis of both hips, an unfortunate side effect from a prescription medication. Unable to walk for any significant distance for a period of four years, Sean used this period of confinement to take a different direction by expressing his thoughts through photography and painting. Five surgeries later, he is finally beginning to walk unaided, with a different view of the world.

Sean applies his mathematical background to his photography and paintings to create 'organized randomness' in his work.

Today, he is still taking apart old cameras to try to realize the vision of that 6 year old boy. Currently he is exploring x-ray photography using expired medical film and intensifying screens. All of his digital work can be printed on a variety of substrates, including:

photographic paper
vellum paper
canvas
mylar sandwiched between glass
aluminum
plexiglass
leaves