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I work in digital collage, algorithmic art and vector art using a camera, a scanner and a computer. My source materials include my own photography as well as licensed stock photographs and timeless art of the past. Starting with scans, photographs and mathematical abstractions, I blend, combine and compose to create images that move me.
 
I’m make my work available as unique Monoprints, as Open Editions, and printed on clothes and other merchandise.
 
Self Portrait Because I create my art on a computer, there are no physical originals. I make very small editions and monoprints using laser printing on photographic paper or pigment printing on canvas, and sign them. These prints are the primary physical form of my work. These printing techniques produce fabulous images and that should last lifetimes if not exposed to direct sunlight. Each print is mounted for stability. I frame them without glazing because I prefer the prints to be immediate, not secluded behind glass. These prints are a durable media which can be handled with the same care you would use with a varnished oil painting. I also make proofs of each image, which are not for sale.
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The mimetic tangle that is 21st century art is full of discoveries waiting to happen. Ever-increasing exposure to the art of many times and cultures leaves us surrounded by so many styles and techniques that it would be hard to accept any one dogma or system, any one answer to “What is Beauty?” or “What is Art?” The construction and manipulation of aesthetic systems is the great plastic medium of our time.
 
In the digital manipulation of fine art and photography, I’m exploring the relationship between collage, pop art and algorithmic art; a wilderness of possibilities. I process and combine images to create an image-space, which I explore and sample. It’s something like finding pretty shells on a beach, except that first I have to make the beach. I find a glimpse of something—a shell—then I compose and edit the image to capture that glimpse. Sometimes it works and I keep it. Sometimes it doesn’t, and I start again.
 
Some of my works are inspired by myths and stories. For others, I use a more abstract method of pure exploration. Working by experimentation and serendipity helps me explore aesthetic systems more freely.
 
I’m currently working on several techniques, each of which is represented in this portfolio. I collage from extreme close-ups of flowers and of the human form. I digitally sketch photographs into pop-oriented vector art. And I also use art that I’ve ‘found’ in the works of great painters. It has been common in recent decades for prominent artists to ‘find’ material in the output of lesser-known artists and designers. I reverse that process.
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Digital Collage (Double Flowers, detail) Digital Collage
Double Flowers (2005) detail
Combining two or more images using computer software.
Vector Art (Urban, detail) Vector Art
Urban (2004) detail
Drawing with mathematical shapes instead of pixels or brush strokes.
Algorithmic Art (Twirl, detail) Algorithmic Art
Twirl (2006) detail
Making art using a program or algorithm rather than drawing or photography.
Flower Portrait (Lilly) Flower Portrait
Lilly (2006)
A photographic portrait of a flower with minimal editing on the computer.
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Self Portrait Stephen Linhart—a native New Yorker who grew up in Summit, NJ—makes digital art, collage, vector and algorithmic art, and photography in an eclectic combination of surreal, psychedelic, abstract and expressionist styles. In his early career he focused on interactive computer art.
 
His art includes photos, digital art, clothing and jewelry. He makes his work with a camera, a scanner and Photoshop. His source materials include his own photography as well as stock photographs and timeless art of the past. Starting with scans, photographs and mathematical abstractions, he blends, combines and composes to create images which move him.
 
Linhart’s awards for animation and design include The Apple Quicktime Web Challenge, and the International After Dark Contest.

Permanent Collections
Amarillo Museum of Art   Amarillo, TX
Artcolle Museum   Sergines, France
Centre for Adult Education   Melbourne, Australia
Hill Country Arts Foundation   Ingram, TX
IMCAC   Pagosa Springs, CO
The Learning Connexion   Wellington, New Zealand
Tsanko Lavrenov National School of Fine Arts   Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Turchin Center   Boone, NC
University of Wisconsin Art Department   Marshfield, WI

Art Fairs
ART3F Salon International D’Art Contemporain in Paris   2024
ARTfair Innsbruck at Olympiaworld in Innsbruck, Austria   2022
ART3F International Contemporary Art Fair at Chapiteau de Fontvieille in Monoco   2022
(un)fair International Contemporary Art Fair in Milan, Italy   2022

Group Shows
Boundless Echoes, a Metaverse show   2024
  • Eunoia – The Curators Collective
Marea   2024 Inside in the Mind   2023 LEGACY – International Art Exhibition   2023 Elements; The Future Outcome; The Dialogue; Focus   2023
Unattainable   2022 BRAINCAKE, Casa Mila (La Pedrera), Barcelona, Spain   2022
ADRENOCROMO FOR DINNER; PRETTY PERV; ORIZZONTI TRASVERSALI; GUARDIANS OF DREAMS; VISCERAL; YELLOW; LIQUID ARSENAL; NFT New Freedom Think   2022
ALDILA; PARAÍSO; COMING OUT; KROMATIC@RT   2021 Culture in Colorful Motion   2020
International Exhibition of Contemporary Art   2020 International Biennale Artists Miami   2014
  • Nina Torres Fine Art, Miami, FL
International Collage Exhibition & Exchange   2006-2014   (annual event)
  • Real TART, New Plymouth, New Zealand
  • The Gallery @ City Library, Melbourne, Australia
  • Puke Ariki Museum, New Plymouth, New Zealand
  • Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, New Zealand
  • Aotea Utanganui, the Museum of South Taranaki, Patea, New Zealand
White on White   2007
  • IMCAC, Pagosa Springs, CO
Mini Artefakts   2007
  • Borrelli Space Gallery, San Diego, CA
Human Artefakts   2006-2007   (traveling exhibit)
  • Art Works, Richmond, VA
  • Artful Gatherings, Lemont, IL
  • Gallery Atelierhof, Bremen, Germany
  • The Learning Connexion, Wellington, New Zealand
  • Waikato Museum, Hamilton, New Zealand
  • The Framing Workshop, Hamilton, New Zealand
  • Expressions, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
  • Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, New Zealand
  • Christchurch Arts Festival, Christchurch, New Zealand
Baker’s Dozen Collage Exchange   1999-2007   (annual event)
  • Subtaranian Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
  • Open Space Gallery, Allentown, PA
  • Durango Art Center, Durango, CO
Florence Biennale   2003
  • Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
Can You Digit   1996
  • Postmasters Gallery, Soho, New York
Algorithmic Art   1994
  • Xerox PARC, Silicon Valley, CA
Awards
The Apple Quicktime Web Challenge (Winner, 1997)
International After Dark Contest (2nd Place and 3rd Place, 1994)