- City
- Toronto
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- Nathan Phillips Square
Booth 548
Steve Kean
Toronto based photographer and artist Steve Kean is originally from Sudbury, Ontario. He has been living in Toronto for over 30 years. Kean came to photography while in high school where, ironically, he was failing art class. His disability made it difficult for him to draw or paint, but he still had a burning need to create art. A camera was the answer for him.
Steve has been participating in the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair for several years, and was named Best in Photography and Digital Media in 2017 for his series entitled, Moving Landscapes. See more of his work on his website.
For the 2025 TOAF, Steve returns with a new approach to his work in the Moving Landscapes series.
Feel free to ask about custom sizes.
ARTIST STATEMENT- The images in this exhibition reflect on the energy states of the landscape: from serene to highly kinetic. Taken over the course of the artist's multiple transits on Canada’s highways and byways, these images were all created by harnessing his movement through the land on trains and buses. Intended to portray the ethereal feeling of being in-between dream states of not-quite-asleep-not-quite awake, Kean's images blur reality just enough to allow us to contemplate our place within nature. The exhibition posits a question about our place in a fast-paced world and how we experience the land. It challenges us to reflect on our increasingly tenuous relationship to our natural environment, our one and only home.
*Don't worry if you see a SOLD sticker next to one of my pieces. They are each Limited Editions of 7 prints, so you might still have a chance to purchase it (The edition number currently on sale is in the title of each item).
