About Stephen

As a figurative Sculptor, Stephen Glassborow, has had a life long passion for working with the human form. Since completing a Fine Arts Degree in Fine Art –Sculpture, in 1978, at the Brighton College of the Arts, in the UK, he has worked continually.

His career as a sculptor has developed to a point where he now sells his work in many countries of the world. He has completed commissions all around the Pacific Rim; in particular, he has public pieces in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Seoul.

Stephen is now exhibiting regularly in Boston, Palm Springs and Los Angeles in the United States and produced public Artworks in Boston and Laguna Beach, CA. In Australia, he has been in many Exhibitions, and has public Sculptures in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, and Victoria. As a contemporary sculptor, he has always had a desire to experiment with the framework within which he can place the figure. In each sculpture that Glassborow makes, he reflects an urge to manipulate the figure, and in doing so, he tries to capture the figure into a blend of the real and the abstract. In many of his pieces, you can see how he has been influenced by Art Deco figurative sculpture. But a lot of his bronzes have a much more contemporary perspective, blending abstract forms into the figure.

Deconstruction and reconstruction, inspired by Greco/Roman ruins, also greatly influences Stephen’s work and the marrying of these influences with Art Deco can be seen in sculptures such as ‘Stairway to Heaven, ‘Coming Out’ and ‘Icarus’. The inspiration for his sculptures begins with a pose or a phrase. By drawing the idea down on paper he begins to develop the concept for a sculpture . He then creates a scale drawing, from which he builds his clay original.

Stephen works with limited editions in bronze which rarely exceed 20 or 25 in a run. More importantly, however, each bronze within the edition will be finished with a different patina. This means that even when buying within an editione ach of the bronzes produced will be unique. Each bronze will be signed and numbered on the base with the edition number and edition length.

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Stephen's Work