Stephen Allwright

(b 1969, South Africa. Lives and works in Barrydale)

Stephen Allwright is a self-taught artist who has practiced since 1998. Using ink; watercolour and pencil; and focusing on self-portraiture; Allwright explores the structure of identity and the societal expectations around this. In offering an alternative; often playful subversion of these norms he hints at the transformative potential of creating.