Category Archives: Press

MayWorks 2011 Booklet Design for Artcite Inc.

February 12, 2012 – 10:28 pm

I recently had the opportunity to intern at Artcite Inc. during the MayWorks 2011 events series. “Artists, workers, and students have met over many months to organize a collection of exhibitions, projects, events, a rally and a parade, to celebrate our creativity as a community, our dedication to the values of workers’ solidarity, social justice and human [...]

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Artist As Activist Projects: The Present And Future Of…

September 5, 2011 – 9:52 pm


 
My “Artist As Activist” series of works has made me re-examine my art making and social engagement with several strata of society. My recent travels and experiences have formed a lot of what I consider to be of importance in my dialogue with the world around me. I have focused on the people I encountered [...]

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VIEW Magazine Student Feature: Artist As Activist

August 22, 2011 – 9:51 pm


 
Stephen Surlin is searching for the right words. It’s not that he’s at a loss for them – he simply has so much to say, to do, and to achieve. It’s as though the bright and curious third-year student is breathing in potential and exhaling ideas. Majoring in Visual Arts, Surlin is laying [...]

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Human Rights and Equality Art Show Hosted By The OHREA @ U of W

August 8, 2011 – 3:53 pm


 
Stephen Surlin is searching for the right words. It’s not that he’s at a loss for them – he simply has so much to say, to do, and to achieve. It’s as though the bright and curious third-year student is breathing in potential and exhaling ideas. Majoring in Visual Arts, Surlin is laying [...]

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Beckett’s Car With A Broken Window featured on A Piece of Monologue

March 29, 2011 – 6:56 pm

On March 25, 2011, the literature, philosophy and critical theory blog, A Piece Of Monologue featured my piece entitled Beckett’s Car With A Broken Window. The work focuses on the famous and greatly influential writer and playwright Samuel Beckett and the car I discovered he owned. Beckett’s Car: Art Project Stephen Surlin’s paper sculpture reflects [...]

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Interview With Broken City Lab

January 27, 2011 – 11:30 am

Recently one of the senior research fellows at the local artist/activist group Broken City Lab named Josh Babcock interviewed me about my current gallery show “Artist As Activist” on at the Lebel Gallery on the University of Windsor Campus. Broken City Lab is an artist-led interdisciplinary creative research group that tactically disrupts and engages the [...]

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Stephen Surlin’s Windsor Star Interview

January 27, 2011 – 11:20 am

Stephen Surlin, a University of Windsor arts student displays his rechargeable solar powered LED lamp Wednesday January 19, 2011. The piece is part of an exhibit Surlin will present at the Lebel Gallery at the school. Photograph by: Dan Janisse, The Windsor Star University of Windsor artist’s gallery showing inspired by humanitarian trip to Nigeria [...]

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