Liminal - Stephen Wilson

Liminal - Stephen Wilson

Spaces are often shaped by and also reflect the people who inhabit them. These photographs of church buildings in Northern Ireland look at the people who shaped them. A people who are part British and part Irish, yet not wholly either. 

• 96 Pages
• 48 Colour Photographs
• Inner Page Size: 9.05’ W x 11.23’ H.
• First Edition of 500
• Poems by Paul Hutchinson, Essay by Bryonie Reid, David Capener & Peter Rollins

Stephen Wilson is a Northern Irish artist whose work has been exhibited internationally and featured in numerous worldwide publications. Following an early career as an editorial photographer in London, Stephen returned home to work in post conflict Northern Ireland. After completing his Masters and a teaching qualification he moved into education.

Stephen continues to work on projects often using landscape and the built environment as a way of looking into the relationship between faith and identity in the Protestant community in Ireland.  Stephen was commissioned by Sky Arts to create a piece of public art. The resulting artwork Peace Wall Stories is a 15m long installation that combines photography with sculpture using Augmented Reality to bring photographs and stories to life. In 2022 Peace Wall Stories was exhibited in Bratislava as part of the Off Photo Festival. A version of this work was installed on Belfast longest peace wall to create a giant outdoor exhibition. Stephen continues to teach and work outside of formal education inspiring people to explore their own stories through the medium of photography, this involves running photography workshops with community groups in interface areas as a means of communities exploring their environments and identities.