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Bio
Stewart Siskind has been intrigued by printed matter ever since working as an art director and graphic designer in New York City. His love of the medium has inspired him to breathe new life and meaning into often discarded material. Creating intricate collages from torn paper that resonate with bold graphic structures and subtle psychological undercurrents.
Inspired by design, fashion, and architecture, each collage is hand-crafted with infinite precision. Found materials are recycled into compositions creating a lively exchange with new dimensions. Shapes and patterns emerge like puzzle pieces arranged to create encounters between figure and ground.
The juxtapositions of disparate elements create a parallel tension that is both amusing and disturbing.
Siskind’s black and white photographs are inspired by travel to Italy, his collage work and love of vintage photography. Siskind started using original photography as a key element during the pandemic when doing digital collage. His fascination with texture, worn surfaces and use of framing lend themselves to photographic prints rich in tone and composition.
Stewart Siskind earned a BFA in Graphic Design from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and did postgraduate study in design and color theory at New York University and Parsons School of Design. His work has received numerous awards for art direction and design and has been published in professional journals. Two posters he designed are in the permanent collection of The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
A native of Brooklyn, he currently lives and works in Manhattan.
To see more of the artist’s work, go to: www.stewartsiskind.com,
@siskindartdesign,
or contact him at stewartsiskind@gmail.com