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Artist: Stephen Tomasko (Akron)
Sales for this work are handled by Pulp Stiction. Payment is made through this page.
Year: 2024 | Medium: Analog collage (silver gelatin found photo, vintage book, magazines) | Dimensions: 19" x 13" inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D)
Artist Statement
This work revolves around desire,what we search for, what we crave. The collages set up open-ended stories, tales that the viewer can run with. They resist the easy answers and the plain vanilla, allowing us the freedom to imagine and dream, maybe even a little dangerously.
We shouldn’t have to worry about expressing our ideas or dreams; however, in the current atmosphere, I fear that we are continuously faced with a perceived need to self-censor, conform, and fit in, so as not to challenge the dogma of the left or the delicate sensibilities of the right. I worry that we have created a toxic situation for true creativity.
So this work does not fear, but rather resists those urges by creating joyful friction between need and want, fantasy and reality. Through it, I hope the viewers may reconsider the urge to self-censor their thoughts and, by extension, their lives.
About the Artist
For over thirty years, Stephen Tomasko has been creating photographs, collages, mail art, drawings, and paintings by examining and dissecting history, life, and landscape. In his work, high and low cultures collide and create anew. Examples of his work are held in dozens of permanent collections worldwide, and in 2025 alone, Tomasko had work in over 120 museum and gallery shows in twenty-eight countries.
Stephen is the recipient of an Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council. Tomasko serves as the director of the Little Gallery at Bowling Green State University, Huron, Ohio. Tomasko serves as the selection committee chair for the AST artist residency program in Akron, Ohio. He holds a BA in Art History and Philosophy from Bowling Green State University and an MFA from the University of Delaware. He currently lives and works in Akron.
See more collage @dadacutcollage
www.stephentomasko.com
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.
Artist: Stephen Tomasko (Akron)
Sales for this work are handled by Pulp Stiction. Payment is made through this page.
Year: 2024 | Medium: Analog collage (silver gelatin found photo, vintage book, magazines) | Dimensions: 19" x 13" inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D)
Artist Statement
This work revolves around desire,what we search for, what we crave. The collages set up open-ended stories, tales that the viewer can run with. They resist the easy answers and the plain vanilla, allowing us the freedom to imagine and dream, maybe even a little dangerously.
We shouldn’t have to worry about expressing our ideas or dreams; however, in the current atmosphere, I fear that we are continuously faced with a perceived need to self-censor, conform, and fit in, so as not to challenge the dogma of the left or the delicate sensibilities of the right. I worry that we have created a toxic situation for true creativity.
So this work does not fear, but rather resists those urges by creating joyful friction between need and want, fantasy and reality. Through it, I hope the viewers may reconsider the urge to self-censor their thoughts and, by extension, their lives.
About the Artist
For over thirty years, Stephen Tomasko has been creating photographs, collages, mail art, drawings, and paintings by examining and dissecting history, life, and landscape. In his work, high and low cultures collide and create anew. Examples of his work are held in dozens of permanent collections worldwide, and in 2025 alone, Tomasko had work in over 120 museum and gallery shows in twenty-eight countries.
Stephen is the recipient of an Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council. Tomasko serves as the director of the Little Gallery at Bowling Green State University, Huron, Ohio. Tomasko serves as the selection committee chair for the AST artist residency program in Akron, Ohio. He holds a BA in Art History and Philosophy from Bowling Green State University and an MFA from the University of Delaware. He currently lives and works in Akron.
See more collage @dadacutcollage
www.stephentomasko.com
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.