Stephen Shaheen is a Brooklyn-based artist who trained in Siena, Italy as a stone sculptor before returning to the US to earn his MFA from the New York Academy of Art. He has worked in a variety of media, with marble retaining a core role in his practice, which is currently split between New York, upstate Connecticut and Carrara, Italy.
Shaheen’s work has been shown in various institutions and private galleries, and large-scale works have been sited in outdoor permanent collections, both private and public. Awards he has received include grants from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, the La Fortuna Foundation/Italian Cultural Institute, and artist residencies at the Vermont Sculpture Center and Digital Stone Project.
Shaheen directs an annual artist residency in Carrara, Italy for New York Academy of Art MFA awardees, and he has lectured at various institutions, including Princeton University, the American Institute of Architects, the Vermont Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, Kutztown University, Rutgers University, Dartmouth College, the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island School of Design Museum.
Photos courtesy of Martin Hyers