Gary Stevens is a visual artist who has worked in the field of live performance from a background in installation and film since1984. He originally studied Fine Art at Goldsmith's College and the Slade. He was part of the Sydney Biennale in 1988 and The British Art Show in 1990. In 1996 he received an award from the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts (New York) and in 1998 won The Paul Hamlyn Award (Visual Arts). He is a visiting fellow at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. He is an Associate Lecturer, BA Fine Art, at Byam Shaw School of Art, University of the Arts, a visiting fellow at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford, and external examiner on the BA Fine Art course, Media at the Slade School of Fine Art, University of London.. He has run Artsadmin's Performance Lab for artists since its inception in 1999. His work is
seen in an art, theatre, dance, film and photographic context.