STEVAN DUPUS
DRAWING, PAINTING
“I create paintings that depict the social interactions within San Diego’s LGBT+ bar communities. Having worked extensively as a bar manager and bartender for over 15 years, I have witnessed the shrinking role of the LGBT+ bar as a safe space. I have been exploring contradicting emotional responses as well as the influence of queer coding on the LGBT+ community. Common themes explore joyful human interactions refuting the underlying theater of loneliness and depression. Single loners pair themselves amongst groups of people while other paintings challenge public verses private through moments of passion. Viewers are then both brought into and pushed out of these rapturous spaces.”
Stevan teaches at College of the Desert in Palm Desert California. His work has been seen in a KPBS documentary titled, “San Diego Gay Bar History” as well as in group shows at “The Studio Door” in San Diego and “Leimin Space” in Los Angeles.
IG: @stevandupusarts
WEB: www.stevandupusarts.com
