Stephen Hobbs’ (b. 1972) practice has been underpinned by three core interest areas: architecture and the built environment, art and war, and anatomy and the body. He’s been particularly interested in the impact of defensive urban planning and architecture on the behavioral aspects of the city and society. This has seen him becoming involved in the role of art in public spaces where urban renewal takes place. Hobbs’ printmaking practice is informed by the complex, often obfuscating, visual language and urban defensive planning used to construct cities. He works predominantly in etching, linocut and monotype, and his prints serve as a distillation of his practice – public and studio-based.
