Stephen Keane is an artist and curator, working in East London. He is a contemporary painter, working on paper and canvas, using oil and gloss paint, charcoal and pastel. 

After studying painting at Leeds and design at St Martins, he created and exhibited digital art in Europe and London, then returned to painting in 2008, seeking to reconnect with the materiality of paint. He began experimenting with painting the human form, intrigued by the possibilities of distorting and abstracting its shape. Within his artworks, the dissolution of figures evolved into a language of abstract painting.

His process involves working rapidly in short bursts across multiple pieces, sometimes creating small versions to plan the artwork or intuitively letting each mark guide the next. His expressive, intuitive abstract works are often under-painted to highlight process and intention, focusing on reclaiming our senses through observation.