Mark Devereux Projects have worked regularly with Stevie Ronnie over the last 5-years. In this video, Stevie shares his experience of Critical Mass / / SCULPT in 2023-24.
At the heart of Stevie Ronnie’s practice is an intrinsic enquiry into language: its intricacies and its material possibilities. Stevie is interested in what cannot be said and what is lost in translation in the context of our changing world. His fragile, emotive and multi-sensory works are informed by research into the history of language, dialects, Braille, etymology, technology and poetics. Through his inherently interdisciplinary approach, Stevie blends diverse techniques from a range of artistic disciplines to conjure feelings of love, disappearance, (dis)connection, time, place and memory.
Stevie Ronnie is an artist and writer based in Northumberland. His works have been exhibited in the UK, Europe, Japan and USA. A natural collaborator, Stevie has worked with artists, arts organisations, charities, communities, businesses, schools, libraries, galleries and festivals to produce engaging encounters with art. He has held residencies at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Cove Park, North Light Arts and The Arctic Circle. Stevie’s artworks are held in several public and private collections, including the British Library and the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. His moving image works combining poetry and film have screened internationally, attracting several awards. Twice long-listed in the National Poetry Competition, he has published five books of poetry, which have earned him a Northern Writers Award and a Jerwood/Arvon menteeship. Stevie is the recipient of two prestigious MacDowell fellowships in the US for his interdisciplinary works. In 2022 he participated in MDP’s Dialogues programme and completed the correspondence course in painting at Turps Art School in London. In 2023 Stevie was named on the shortlist for the North East Emerging Artist Award by the National Trust.
For further information visit: stevieronnie.com