About Stephen

Baltimore City
Stephen Hendee is a sculptor who builds objects inspired by digital culture, speculative fiction, and architecture. His work has been exhibited at MOMA/ PS.1 Contemporary Art Center, The New Museum for Contemporary Art, SculptureCenter, and The Whitney Museum Of American Art. Recent awards include a 2017  Maryland State Art Council Artist Award in Sculpture/Installation, a National Endowment for the Arts grant in 2019, and a HEMI research fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in 2021.

Shatterday (2020)

Shatterday 2020 60"x 40" 48" mixed materials sculpture grouping
  • Shatterday (2020)
    Shatterday (2020)
    Shatterday 2020 60"x 40" 48" mixed materials sculpture grouping
  • Shatterday (2020)
    Shatterday (2020)
    Shatterday 2020 60"x 40" 48" mixed materials sculpture grouping
  • Blast 2020
    Blast 2020
    Blast 2020 Laser cut stainless steel 20” x 20”x 20”
  • Vase 2020
    Vase 2020
  • Caustic Frame 2020
    Caustic Frame 2020
    Caustic Frame 2020 Stainless steel, metal tape, and synthetic aggregate 40"x 16"x16"
  • Warning Bell 2020
    Warning Bell 2020
    Warning Bell (2020) wood, synthetic aggregate 12"x16x"20"
  • Fin 2020
    Fin 2020
    Fin 2020 carbon steel, synthetic aggregate 12"x 5"x 11"
  • PELT 2020
    PELT 2020
    PELT 2020 Laser cut stainless steel 24”x 12”x 24”
  • Edgelord Driving School 2020
    Edgelord Driving School 2020
    Edgelord Driving School 2020 Laser cut stainless steel 24” x 20” x 16”
  • Methane / Ice  2020
    Methane / Ice 2020
    Methane / Ice 2020 30"x30"x30" Stainless, metal tape and synthetic aggregate

GOLEM XIV (2019)

GOLEM XIV (2019) By Stephen Hendee Gottlieb Flip-A-Card (1970), Paint, Acrylic, Mirrored Glass
29"x76"x56" This project honors the literary Science Fiction writer Stanislaw Lem, inspired by a story within the book IMAGINARY MAGNITUDE (1985), a collection of introductions to books that do not exist. GOLEM XIV depicts the creation, cognitive self-awareness and Mysterious disappearance of a powerful artificial intelligence that becomes a prominent philosophical critic of humankind. The imagery of this game depicts physical descriptions of the spaces that GOLEM XIV presumably existed in. Replays at 6300 Points, 7700 Points, and 8500 Points
  • Golem XIV (2019) by Stephen Hendee
    Golem XIV (2019) by Stephen Hendee
    GOLEM XIV (2019) By Stephen Hendee Gottlieb Flip-A-Card (1970), Paint, Acrylic, Mirrored Glass 29"x76"x56" This project honors the literary Science Fiction writer Stanislaw Lem, inspired by a story within the book IMAGINARY MAGNITUDE (1985), a collection of introductions to books that do not exist. GOLEM XIV depicts the creation, cognitive self-awareness and Mysterious disappearance of a powerful artificial intelligence that becomes a prominent philosophical critic of humankind. The imagery of this game depicts physical descriptions of the spaces that GOLEM XIV presumably existed in. Replays at 6300 Points, 7700 Points, and 8500 Points
  • Golem XIV (2019) by Stephen Hendee
    Golem XIV (2019) by Stephen Hendee
    Golem XIV (2019) by Stephen Hendee
  • Golem XIV (2019) by Stephen Hendee
    Golem XIV (2019) by Stephen Hendee
    Golem XIV (2019) by Stephen Hendee

Firmament (2017-2018)

Firmament (2017-2018) Acrylic, steel, plastics installation or singular works 20'x 14'x 20'
  • Firmament (2018)
    Firmament (2018)
    Firmament (2018) Acrylic, steel, plastics installation or singular works 20'x 14'x 20'
  • Firmament (2018)
    Firmament (2018)
    Firmament (2018) Acrylic, steel, plastics installation or singular works 20'x 14'x 20'
  • Monarch 2017
    Monarch 2017
    Monarch (2017) acrylic, metal tape, glue 20”x 20”x 20”
  • Melt Up (2018)
    Melt Up (2018)
    Melt Up (2018 acrylic, metal tape, glue 20”x 36”x 18”
  • Tourist 2018
    Tourist 2018
    Tourist 2018 Acrylic, glue, paint 18” x 30” x 18”
  • Vase 2017
    Vase 2017
    Vase (2017) acrylic, metal tape 12”x 7” x 7”
  • Stinkbug 2018
    Stinkbug 2018
    Stinkbug 2018 Acrylic, metal tape, glue 18” x 20” x 20”
  • Fake 2018
    Fake 2018
    Fake 2018 Acrylic, metal tape, glue 24" x 12" x 17"
  • Testudinal 2018
    Testudinal 2018
    Testudinal 2018 Acrylic, metal tape, glue 24” x 12” x 10”
  • Turbines 2017
    Turbines 2017
    Turbines 2017 acrylic, metal tape 36"x 24"x 16"

Objects for a Lunar Base (2017-2018)

Objects for a Lunar Base (2017-2018)
Mixed media sculptural objects
  • Objects for a Lunar Base #1
    Objects for a Lunar Base #1
    Objects for a Lunar Base (#1) 2017 Acrylic, metal tape, glue 22” x 8” x 8”
  • Objects for a Lunar Base #2
    Objects for a Lunar Base #2
    Objects for a Lunar Base (#2) 2017 Acrylic, metal tape, glue 16” x 24” x 16”
  • Objects for a Lunar Base #3
    Objects for a Lunar Base #3
    Objects for a Lunar Base (#3) 2017 Acrylic, metal tape, glue 16” x 12” x 10”
  • Objects for a Lunar Base #4
    Objects for a Lunar Base #4
    Objects for a Lunar Base (#4) 2017 Acrylic, metal tape, glue 16” x 12” x 10”
  • Objects for a Lunar Base #5
    Objects for a Lunar Base #5
    Objects for a Lunar Base (#5) 2017 Acrylic, metal tape, glue 20” x 20” x 16”
  • Objects for a Lunar Base #6
    Objects for a Lunar Base #6
    Objects for a Lunar Base (#6) Charred 2017 Acrylic, glue 20” x 20” x 16”

VOID (2015)

Installation at Goucher College Silber Gallery
  • VOID (2015)
    VOID (2015)
    VOID (2015) corrugated polypropylene, metal tape, lights Silber Gallery, Goucher College, Towson, MD
  • VOID (2015)
    VOID (2015)
    VOID (2015) corrugated polypropylene, metal tape, lights Silber Gallery, Goucher College, Towson, MD

Climbing into the Dark (2016)

Climbing into the Dark 2016
each module 48"x16"x48"
plywood, paint, debris
  • Climbing into the Dark 2016
    Climbing into the Dark 2016
    Climbing into the Dark 2016 each module 48"x16"x48" plywood, paint, debris
  • Climbing into the Dark 2016
    Climbing into the Dark 2016
    Climbing into the Dark 2016 each module 48"x16"x48" plywood, paint, debris
  • Climbing into the Dark 2016
    Climbing into the Dark 2016
    Climbing into the Dark 2016 each module 48"x16"x48" plywood, paint, debris
  • Climbing into the Dark 2016
    Climbing into the Dark 2016
    Climbing into the Dark 2016 each module 48"x16"x48" plywood, paint, debris