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Authored by others
Pinnington, M. (2025, June). Simulacra and the City: Stephen Clarke’s New York 1995 – 1996. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary. [ online: https://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2025/06/simulacra-and-the-citystephen-clarkes-new-york-1995-1996/ ]
University of Chester (2024, Winter) Photographs are too good to hide. Forum Newsletter for staff Edition 1 29.
Wilson, T. (2024, September 25). Artist showcases work in new Chester exhibition. The Standard. [ online: https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/24606440.widnes-artist-showcases-work-chester-exhibition/ ]
University of Chester (2023, Winter) Picture perfect festival launch. Forum Newsletter for staff Edition 3 18.
Harry, H. (2023, October 10). Celebrating Chester’s contemporary art. West Cheshire & North Wales Chamber of Commerce. [online: https://wcnwchamber.org.uk/celebrating-chesters-contemporary-art/ ]
Harry, H. (2023, August 25). Lost, Found, Given – Stored, Shown, Seen: Artists’ Responses to the West Cheshire Museums’ Collections – Reviewed The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary. [ online: https://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2023/08/lost-found-given-stored-shown-seen-artists-responses-to-the-west-cheshire-museums-collections-reviewed/ ]
University of Chester (2023, Summer). Blackpool images feature in new book and global celebrations. Forum Newsletter for staff Edition 2 22.
Kirk-Smith, P. (2023, May) Review: Stephen Clarke’s Alien Resident: Under Investigation, at Ropes & Twines. Art in Liverpool.com
Redeye (2023, April) Event promotion for SixBySix Social with at Lightbox Gallery, Ropes & Twines, Liverpool :
https://www.redeye.org.uk/events/sixbysix-social-steve-clarke
The Double Negative Cultural Diary (2023, April) Exhibition promotion for Alien Resident: Under Investigation at Ropes & Twines, Liverpool
http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2023/04/culture-diary-wc-24-04-2023/
Griffiths, C. (2023, February) Interview with Blackpool Social Club: https://www.blackpoolsocial.club/36821-photographer-interview-stephen-clarke-blackpool-in-the-90s/
Carroll, B. (2023, February) #47 Offline Journal Newsletter Café Royal Book Blackpool 1980s – 1990s mentioned
Molyneax, J. (2023, February) Brilliant 80s and 90s photos bring Blackpool life into sharp focus. LancsLive: https://www.lancs.live/news/local-news/nostalgia/gallery/brilliant-80s-90s-photos-bring-26184223
Bodman, S. (2022, November). Mention of interview with Brian Carroll for Offline magazine Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (149), 43. ISSN 1754-9086
University of Chester (2022, Autumn) Time freezing photos capture dance troupe’s sparkle Forum Newsletter for staff Edition 4 22. https://issuu.com/uochester/docs/forum_-_autumn_2022
University of Chester (2022, Summer) From the archive: Lecturer shares photographs taken in the 1980s of Welsh and Californian resorts. Forum Newsletter for staff Edition 3 14.
Carroll, B. (2022, December) #45 Offline Journal Newsletter – All that Glitters – Stephen Clarke. Recorded interview: https://offlinejournal.substack.com/p/45-offline-journal-newsletter-6-dec?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Carroll, B. (2022, October) #42 Offline Journal Newsletter – Alien Resident – Stephen Clarke (part 2). Recorded interview: https://offlinejournal.substack.com/p/42-offline-journal-newsletter-oct?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Carroll, B. (2022, September) #40 Offline Journal Newsletter – Alien Resident – Stephen Clarke (part 1). Recorded interview: https://offlinejournal.substack.com/p/40-offline-journal-newsletter-sept?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Prince, D. (2022, December) Fascinating photos unearthed of Newport hit by snow nearly 40 years ago. WalesOnline:https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/gallery/fascinating-photos-unearthed-newport-hit-24235329
Grimsditch, L. (2022, May) Rare photos of lost pubs, arcades and rides on Rhyl seafront in the 1980s. North Wales Live / The Daily Post online: https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/nostalgia/gallery/rare-photos-lost-pubs-arcades-24002881
Grimsditch, L. (2022, May) Rediscovered photos show family holidays at North Wales caravan parks in the 1980s. North Wales Live / The Daily Post online: https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/nostalgia/gallery/rediscovered-photos-show-family-holidays-24043857
Grimsditch, L. (2022, May) Unearthed Photos of Rhyl’s lost Ocean Beach fairground rides and attractions. North Wales Live / The Daily Post online: https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/nostalgia/gallery/unearthed-photos-rhyls-lost-ocean-23934980
Molyneaux, J. (2022, January) Rare photos show Rhyl’s past from streets and beaches to work and play. North Wales Live / The Daily Post online: https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/nostalgia/gallery/rare-photos-show-rhyls-past-22798589
Molyneaux, J. (2022, January) Merseyside life in the 1980s captured in fascinating pictures. Liverpool Echo online: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/nostalgia/gallery/merseyside-life-1980s-captured-fascinating-22810619
James, E. (2021, Summer). The Invader’s Guide to the Museum: Photomontage and Interventions. Printmaking Today: Prints, Books And Multiples. Vol 30 Issue 117 p. 39. ISBN 9770960925002 01
Pinnington, M. (2020, November). Over My Shoulder – Hollywood and the Photographs of Stephen Clarke. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary. [ http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2020/11/over-my-shoulder-hollywood-and-the-photographs-of-stephen-clarke/ ]
Pinnington, M. (2020, February). Truth and Memory: Stephen Clarke – San Diego Topographics. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary. [online: http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2020/02/truth-and-memory-stephen-clarke-san-diego-topographics/]
Redeye Blog (2020) Alien Resident: San Diego Photographs 1986 – 1987, by Stephen Clarke. https://www.redeye.org.uk/exhibitions/alien-resident%C2%A0san-diego-photographs-1986-1987-stephen-clarke
Open Eye Gallery Blog (2020, November) Alien Resident: San Diego Photographs 1986 – 1987 by Stephen Clarke.
Cheshire Life (2019, April) Culture Trip by Ferry. Exhibition review of ‘David Ferry: The Invader’s Guide to the Museum (and other places) at the Grosvenor Museum, Chester, curated by Stephen Clarke Print magazine Cheshire Life ISBN 977 000 932 8122. P. 330.
University of Chester (2019, April) Academic output from Art and Design demonstrates expertise in the field. In Forum, University of Chester, Edition 7, p.6
University of Chester (2019, March) University of Chester lecturer celebrates UK’s national heritage with show at Grosvenor museum. Online blog
Bodman, S. (ed). (2017). a strange field [entry]. In Artist’s Book Yearbook 2018-2019. Bristol: Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE ISBN 978-1-906501-12-9
García Hernández, J. (2016). [Introductory text to St Helens]. In Stephen Clarke & Café Royal Books St. Helens. Southport: Café Royal Books.
García Hernández, J. (2016). Alien Resident: Searching for San Diego. The Royal Photographic Society Contemporary Photography Journal. Spring 2016 (63), 12-15. ISSN 0959-6704
Ferry, D. (2015, November). Exhibiting the Photobook. Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE (University of the West of England) (100), 47-49. ISSN 1754-9086
Quayle, C. (2015, October 15). From San Diego to St Helens…Stephen Clarke’s End of the Season.The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary.[online: http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2015/10/from-san-diego-to-st-helens-stephen-clarkes-end-of-season/]
Roberts, E. (2013, March). Shifting Sands by Stephen Clarke. Periscope #0,Exhibition Research Centre, Liverpool John Moores University [launch edition], 10-11.
Walton, J. K. (2013). Shifting Sands by Stephen Clarke. The Royal Photographic Society Contemporary Photography Journal. Summer 2013 (52), 9-13. ISSN 0959-6704
Citations and quotations
Hubbell, A. L. (2018, March), Layering Over the Wounds of Algeria in Contemporary Pied-Noir Art. Europe Now: Council for European Studies (CES) at Columbia University [online: https://www.europenowjournal.org/2018/02/28/layering-over-the-wounds-of-algeria-in-contemporary-pied-noir-art/]
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[as artist]
Clarke, S. (2025, April). New York 1995 - 1996. Southport: Café Royal Books
Clarke, S. (2023, February). Blackpool 1980s – 1990s. Southport: Café Royal Books
Clarke, S. (2022, October). All that Glitters. Neston: Fistful of Books
Clarke, S. (2021). Alien Resident. Chester: University of Chester ISBN 978-1-9162468-1-2
Clarke, S. (2020, October). Rhyl. Southport: Café Royal Books
Clarke, S. (2020, May). South Wales Housing Estate 1986. Southport: Café Royal Books
Clarke, S. (2020, May). NYC19XX. Birmingham, UK: Out of Place Books
Clarke, S. (2019, December). San Diego Topographics 2. Southport: Café Royal Books
Clarke, S. (2019, December). San Diego Topographics 1: Southport: Café Royal Books
Clarke, S. (2019, April). San Diego Typography. Southport: Café Royal Books
Clarke, S. (2019, January). Mailboxes San Diego 1986 - 1987. Southport: Café Royal Books
Clarke, S. (2018, February). Newport Snow 1985. Southport: Café Royal Books
Clarke, S. (2016, September). St. Helens. Southport: Café Royal Books
Clarke, S. & Kealy-Morris, E. (2016, June). a strange field. Chester: Sequential Press, University of Chester
Clarke, S. (2015, October). California Shopfronts II. The Velvet Cell (Chronicles VI).
Clarke. S. (2015, June). Rhyl Caravan Parks. Southport: Café Royal Books
Clarke, S. (2015, May). California Shopfronts. The Velvet Cell (Chronicles V).
Clarke. S. (2015, April). Rhyl Seafront. Southport: Café Royal Books
Clarke, S. (2014, June). Ocean Beach, Rhyl. Southport: Café Royal Books
Book entries [as artist]
Atknison, C. (2023). (Ed.) Café Royal Books Stills, Edinburgh 10.11.23 – 10.02.24 [Exhibition catalogue]. Southport: Café Royal Book
un-disciplined zine #01(2023). produced by Art and Design Department at University of Chester – contributed one collage. https://issuu.com/artanddesignatchester/docs/undisciplined01issuu
Atknison, C. (2022). (Ed.) Café Royal Books Documentary, Zines and Subversion [Exhibition catalogue]. Southport: Café Royal Book
Atkinson, C. (Ed.). (2014, April). Index
[Exhibition catalogue].Southport: Café Royal BooksClarke, S. (2015, June). San Diego Signs, In Visualising the Animal [Exhibition Catalogue to accompany Conference of the same name]. Carlisle: Carlisle Photo Festival
Clarke, S. (2014). Holiday-ed in North Wales, In Carlisle Photo Festival 2014 [Exhibition catalogue]. Carlisle: Carlisle Photo Festival
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Clarke, S. (2025 / 2026) A Country’s Life: David Ferry. Seaborne Library, Exton Park, University of Chester, Chester, November 2025 to January 2026
Clarke, S. (2024 / 2025) Tribes of England: David Wright. The Rainbow Tea Rooms, Chester, October 2024 to February 2025
Clarke, S. (2024) Too Good To Hide: Tony Hayes. The Rainbow Tea Rooms, Chester, August 2024 – October 2024
Clarke, S. (2024) Drag Kings of Manchester: Christine Beckett. The Rainbow Tea Rooms, Chester, March 2024 – July 2024
Clarke, S. (2024) Toyko Dayz: Richard Crooks. The Rainbow Tea Rooms, Chester, December 2023 – March 2024
Clarke, S. (2023) Up Deva! Collaboration Steph Coathupe and Stephen Clarke. The Rainbow Tea Rooms, Chester, September 2023 – December 2023
Clarke, S. (2019) The Invader’s Guide to the Museum: David Ferry. Grosvenor Museum, Chester, 1st April 2019 – 2nd June 2019
Clarke, S. (2014). Coordinates: Steve McCoy and Stephanie Wynne. Blackpool University Centre Gallery, School of Creative Arts and Digital Industries, 6 – 24 October 2014
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2023 – present UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER Kingsway Campus
Senior Lecturer in Critical and Contextual Studies
B.A. Fine Art, B.A. Graphic Design, B.A. Photography (including lead tutor in Dissertation Module)M.A. Design.
2018 to 2023 UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER Kingsway Campus
Lecturer in Critical and Contextual Studies
B.A. Fine Art, B.A. Graphic Design, B.A. Photography (including lead tutor in Dissertation Module)M.A. Design.
2011 to 2018. University of Chester Kingsway Campus
Visiting Lecturer
B.A. Graphic Design, B.A. Photography, M.A. Creativity and Education for the Professions
2014 to 2015. UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER Warrington Campus
Visiting Lecturer
B.A. Digital Photography2009 to 2018. Mid-Cheshire College
Visiting Lecturer in Contextual Studies (until 2014) P/T Lecturer (from 2014)
Foundation degree in Graphic Design awarded by University of ChesterFoundation degree in Photography awarded by University of Chester
2009 to 2014 Liverpool John Moores University
Visiting Lecturer
B.A. Fine Art, B.A. History of Art, B.A. Graphic Design, B.A. Interior Design, B.A. Fashion,
Module Leader for Design and Society (2011), The Politics of Representation (2012-13),
Art and Representation (2013)2013 to 2014 Blackpool and the Fylde College
Visiting Lecturer Dissertation Supervision: B.A. Photography, B.A. Graphic Design2010 to 2011 Liverpool Hope University
Visiting Lecturer in Historical and Critical StudiesB.A. Fine Art, B.A. Design, M.A. Art History and Curating
2008 to 2009 Blackpool and the Fylde College
Visiting Lecturer in Critical StudiesB.A. Arts courses Fine Art, Photography, Wildlife Photography; Foundation degree Photography
2008 Manchester Metropolitan University
Associate Lecturer: B.A. Photography2005 to 2007 The College of West Anglia
Course Leader: B.A. Fine Art awarded by Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
Lecturer in Photography: pre-Degree Art & Design Foundation
Lecturer in Art & Photographic History: BTEC ND Photography
1997 to 2005 Southampton Solent University formerly Southampton Institute of Higher Education
Visiting Lecturer Photographic History and Theory:B.A. Photography (1999 to 2005)all levels
Visiting Lecturer Critical Studies: B.A. Fine Art
Visiting Lecturer Contextual Studies:B.A. Degrees Design Faculty all levels
Module Leader Dissertation Proposal
Visiting Lecturer: HND Design (Communications) delivering an elective module
Assessor of M.A. Dissertations: Design (2003)
2004 to 2005 Winchester School of Art at University of Southampton New College
Visiting Lecturer of Contextual Studies: pre-Degree Art & Design Foundation
2001 to 2003 University of Southampton New College
Visiting Studio Lecturer: Joint Humanities Degree Course - level 6
Visiting Lecturer Art History to students on part-time courses
Lecturer off-campus for WEA (Workers’ Educational Association)
2000 to 2001 Winchester School of Art University of Southampton
Visiting Lecturer of History of Fine Art: B.A. Visual Art
1996 to 2000 The Arts Institute at Bournemouth now The Arts University College at Bournemouth
Visiting Lecturer Cultural and Historical Studies Department: BTEC ND in Audio Visual Production; BTEC ND Photography; HNC Fine Art; HNC Photography; HNC Graphic Design; pre-Degree Foundation courses in Photography, Fine Art
Leader of A level Photography and Media Studies
1998 to 1999 Northbrook College Worthing
Visiting Lecturer: pre-Degree Art & Design Foundation courses
1998 to 1999 Chichester College of Arts, Science and Technology
Part-time Studio Lecturer in Photographic Practice and Theory: Responsible for the BTEC ND Taught practical photography courses to pre-Degree Foundation students
1989 to 1997 St Vincent College Gosport
Teacher with responsibilities for the Photography Department
Teacher of Art and Photography all levels GNVQ, A level, GCSE, City & Guilds
Coordinator GNVQ Advanced Art and Design 1993 to 1995
External Examiner:
2022 - 2025, UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER, LONDON
B.A. (Hons) Photography
Responsible for Level 5 and Level 6 Theory and Criticism of Photography modules.
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Solo Exhibitions
2024 Stars, Stripes and Steam. Oriel Colwyn, Colwyn Bay, North Wales
2023 Alien Resident: Under Investigation. A SixBySix exhibition at Ropes & Twines, Liverpool
2021 Drive Thru. Virtual Reality (VR) exhibition hosted by Cassetta.Frame: https://www.cassetta.co.uk/stephen-clarke
2020 Alien Resident: San Diego Photographs 1986 – 1987. Contemporary Art Space Chester (CASC) Gallery, Chester
2017 End of the Season. Weaver Hall Museum and Work House, Northwich
2017 End of the Season. Vallum Gallery, University of Cumbria, Institute of the Arts, Carlisle
2015 End of the Season. Grosvenor Museum, Chester
2013 Shifting Sands. Oriel Colwyn, Colwyn Bay, North Wales
2008 Caravans of Contentment [In collaboration with Professor John. K. Walton]. Oriel 9 Gallery, The College of West Anglia, Norfolk
2007 Visitors to Llandudno. Ruthin Library Gallery, Denbighshire, North Wales
2007 Visitors to Llandudno. Llandudno Library Gallery, Conway County, North Wales
2006 Postcards from Rhyl. Rhyl Arts Centre, North Wales
2004 Stephen Clarke. No More Blue (aspace gallery project), Southampton, Hampshire
2003 Stephen Clarke: Playful Girls. aspace gallery, Southampton, Hampshire
2002 Stephen Clarke. University of Southampton New College, Southampton, Hampshire
2001 Constructing, Deconstructing, Reconstructing the Fantasy Body: Collages by Stephen Clarke. Southampton Institute of Higher Education, Hampshire.
1999 Stephen Clarke. Arts Institute at Bournemouth, Poole, Dorset
Group Exhibitions Group
2025. The Purgatory Project Exhibition. Chester Cathedral. [work exhibited at the Grosvenor Museum], Chester
2024 Café Royal Books. Impressions gallery, Bradford
2024 Café Royal Books. The Photographers’ Gallery, London
2024 Café Royal Books. Stills – centre for photography, Edinburgh
2023 Winter. A SixBySix group exhibition at Ropes & Twines, Liverpool
2023 Up Deva!: A collaboration between Steph Coathupe and Stephen Clarke. The Rainbow Tea Rooms, Chester
2023. Lost, Found, Given ~ Stored, Shown, Seen: Artists’ Responses to the West Cheshire Museums’ Collections. Grosvenor Museum, Chester
2023 Unfurled: Encounters with Artists’ Books. Grosvenor Museum, Chester
2023 We Remember, World Book Night. Bower Ashton Library, University of the West of England, Bristol
2023 Arcade Britannia. Daphne Oram Gallery, Canterbury
2022 Emerge: AA2A artists and Art & Design staff. Contemporary Art Space Chester (CASC) Gallery, Chester
2022 Café Royal Books Documentary, Zines and Subversion. Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol
2021 Winter Books from our Archives, Bower Ashton Library, University of the West of England, Bristol
2020 Nice to see you, to see you nice! Contemporary Art Space Chester (CASC) Gallery, Chester
2016 Repro,Café Royal Books, Hanover Project, UCLAN (University of Central Lancashire), Preston
2016 Impressions Book Art, Galway International Arts Festival (GIAF), Centre for Creative Arts and Media, Galway
2016 San Diego Signs, in Visualising the Animal at Carlisle Photo Festival, Washington Square, Workington
2016 Made in Wales II: A Fine Beginning. Oriel Colwyn, North Wales
2015 Made in Wales II: A Fine Beginning. Carousel, London
2015 Made in Wales II: A Fine Beginning. Cardiff MADE
2015 San Diego Signs, in Visualising the Animal at Carlisle Photo Festival, Glass Houses Botanic Garden, Durham University
2015 San Diego Signs,in Visualising the Animal at Carlisle Photo Festival, Carlisle Town Centre, Carlisle
2014 Holiday-ed in North Wales, in Seeing Through the Century, Carlisle Photo Festival, Lonsdale Street and Town Centre, Carlisle
2014 Index,Café Royal Books Project at the Hanover Project, UCLAN (University of Central Lancashire), Preston
2013 Visualising the Real Rural. Crown Gallery, Carlisle
2012 Art and Design Staff Portfolio Exhibition. Contemporary Art Space Chester (CASC), University of Chester
2012 Journeys. Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
2008 Art of Our Time. Millais Gallery, Southampton Solent University, Southampton, Hampshire
2005 LRDA (light reaction digital age). nextstep (aspace gallery project), Dolphin Hotel, Southampton, Hampshire
2004 Exposed. Kaleyards Gallery, Chester
2004 Group Printmaking Show. Southampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Southampton, Hampshire
2000 Stephen Clarke/Julian Thompson. The Lounge, High Street, Godalming, Surrey
1999 Dust to Dust. Dust Café. Clerkenwell Road, London
1998 Exposed. Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design, Wallisdown, Poole.
Collaborations
2023. Wild Whispers: A collaboration between Estelle Woolley, Luke Moore, and Stephen Clarke. Storyhouse, Chester
https://www.storyhouse.com/whats-on/wild-whispers/
2023 The Sisters - Dubliners by James Joyce -soft spoken male voice – ASMR video piece. Online project with Bill Poschman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xINm1mJ-SYc
2021 Ephemeral Installations: A Paradox of the Undisciplined.
Gallery intervention in relation to solo exhibition ‘Alien Resident: San Diego Photographs 1986 – 1987, Contemporary Art Space Chester (CASC) Gallery, Chester by MA Dance student Eli Williams. ‘A research project that attempts to challenge the formatting of exhibitions and the behaviours within them. Addressing the opposition of ‘material art versus ephemeral dance’ by imposing the bodies as ‘moving sculptures’ in an exhibition space where an individualized, separated configuration has existed for many years, to hopefully create connections through a more immersive, phenomenological interaction with the gallery and the art within it’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdQz6vjjHKY
2021 Odd Aspects of Britain. Set of six postcards with David Ferry to promote the exhibition Odd Aspects of Britain at The Oaten Hill Gallery, Canterbury (9th July – 30th July).
Exhibitions Opens
Stephen Clarke has had work included in Open Exhibitions at: West Lancashire Open, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk; Wrexham Open, Wrexham Arts Centre, North Wales; The Grosvenor Museum Open Art Exhibition, Chester, Cheshire; Waterside Open, Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Manchester; Stockport Open Exhibition, Stockport Art Gallery, Stockport; Local Artists Exhibition, Portsmouth City Museum, Hampshire; Manchester Academy of Fine Arts at Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Salford and Bury Art Gallery and Museum, Bury; Chichester Open Art Exhibition Edes House, Chichester, West Sussex 2001; and Warrington Open 2000 Exhibition Warrington Museum and Art Gallery.
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2024 Talk Photo. Oriel Colwyn, Colywn Bay, North Wales. On the occasion of the closing of the exhibition ‘Stars, Stripes and Steam’ and the election day in the USA (5th November 2024) https://orielcolwyn.org/en/Events/Talk-Photo-Stephen-Clarke.aspx
2023 Alien Resident: Under Investigation. SixBySix social at Ropes and Twines, Liverpool. Presentation in relation to the exhibition ‘Alien Resident: Under Investigation’ (19th April 2023) https://www.redeye.org.uk/events/sixbysix-social-steve-clarke
2020. Inspiration and Influence: What are they and where do they come from? Hosted this SixBySix social event. (online – 18th June 2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gze_DLE9kEM ]
2020 In need of modernisation. SixBySix social event at Ropes and Twines, Liverpool. Presentation in relation to the exhibition ‘To Build a Home' by Amanda Jackson (30th January 2020)
2019 The Invader’s Guide to David Ferry. Grosvenor Museum, Chester on the occasion of the exhibition ‘The invader’s Guide to the Museum (and other places)’ (13th March 2019)
https://events.westcheshiremuseums.co.uk/event/the-invaders-guide-to-david-ferry/
2017 Stephen Clarke: Holiday-ed in North Wales. Weaver Hall Museum on the occasion of the exhibition ‘End of the Season’ (31st May 2017) https://events.westcheshiremuseums.co.uk/event/stephen-clarke-holiday-ed-in-north-wales/
2017 Past Revisited: Conversations between Friends, Carmel College, St Helens Invitation by Head of Photography Kevin Crooks (23rd February 2017)
2017 Past Revisited: Conversations between Friends. Chester Photographic Society. Grosvenor Museum, Chester
2016 Learning from Caravaggio at Willington Hall for the Art Fund, Cheshire (2nd November 2016)
2015 Stephen Clarke: Holiday-ed in North Wales. Grosvenor Museum, Chester on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Stephen Clarke: End of the Season’
2015 Picturing the British Holiday. Grosvenor Museum, Chester on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Stephen Clarke: End of the Season (17th August 2015)
2013 Exhibition Record Stockport College. Lecture and tutorials to Level 6 students B.A. Photography (14th March 2013). Invitation by Richard Mulhearn Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Contemporary Photography
2013 Curriculum Vitae: Building a practice. Glyndwr University Wrexham. Talk delivered as part of Creative Futures event (4th March 2013)
2010 Stephen Clarke Redeye Photography Network Talk at the Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool. -
2003 to 2004 M.A. Fine Art Printmaking: Winchester School of Art, Winchester, Hampshire
1994 to 1996 M.A. Contemporary Art and Theory: Winchester School of Art, Winchester, Hampshire
1988 to 1989 Art Teachers Certificate: Goldsmiths’ College, University of London Equivalent to P.G.C.E. for secondary school teaching
1983 to 1986 B.A. (HONS) Fine Art: Gwent College of Higher Education, Newport, Gwent
1981 to 1983 Foundation course in Art and Design: North Cheshire College, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire
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Conference Papers [as author and artist]
Clarke, S. & Ferry, D. (2014). Summerisle Revisited: The Artist’s Cut. In E. Shemilt (Chair), Borders & Crossings; The Artist as Explorer. (Proceedings of Impact 8, International Printmaking Conference) Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, September 2013 pp.110-115.
Clarke, S. (2013, July). Space Invaders: Littering the Countryside. In K. Joost (Chair/ Convenor), Visualising the Rural. University of Cumbria, Carlisle Campus, Fusehill Street, Carlisle.
Clarke, S. & Garcia Hernandez, J. (2010) Holiday-ed in North Wales: an artist’s project. In B. Snape and H. Pussard (Chair) Recording Leisure Lives: sports, games and pastimes in 20th century Britain (Proceedings of the Leisure Studies Association (LSA Publication No. 107) LSA & University of Bolton at Bolton Library, April 2009 pp. 57-86
Journals: print and online [as author]
Clarke, S. (2025, August 2025). The Last Lifting of the Spoon. C-print: A journal about contemporary art. [ online: https://www.c-print.se/post/the-last-lifting-of-the-spoon] Also published in Art South Asia Project [ online: https://artsouthasiaproject.org/asap-papers/the-last-lifting-of-the-spoon-by-stephen-clarke/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOWaeNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEenISIGYMtiQNPTXDB08XJEJNhjDMzbe9nAKxHdfreHZYwmJgYBepHMeF2U7I_aem_wot7XvNqDjcs88PibG2OKA ]
Clarke, S. (2025, May). All Shook Up (North and South): Ron McCormick’s ‘Dayz Out in Porthcawl’. Offline Journal#014. pp. 6 – 9.
Clarke, S. (2025, January 8). Tribes of England: David Wright. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary. [online: https://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2025/01/tribes-of-england-david-wright/]
Clarke, S. (2024, October). A Special Relationship. Offline Journal#013. pp. 36 – 39.
Clarke, S. (2024, August 16). Too Good To Hide: Tony Hayes. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary.[online: https://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2024/08/too-good-to-hide-tony-hayes/]
Clarke, S. (2024, April 24). As She Likes It: Christine Beckett. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary.
[online https://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2024/04/as-she-likes-it-christine-beckett/]
Clarke, S. (2024, January 24). Over the Rainbow: Richard Crooks’ Toyko Dayz. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary.
[online: https://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2024/01/over-the-rainbow-richard-crooks-tokyo-dayz/]
Clarke, S. (2023, November 6). Feature: Wild Whispers & Up Deva! At Chester Contemporary. Art in Liverpool.com. [ online: https://www.artinliverpool.com/old-posts-archive/features/reviews/feature-wild-whispers-up-deva-at-chester-contemporary/ ]
Clarke, S. (2023, November 10). Up Deva! Strange Visitors in Town. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary.
[online: https://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2023/11/up-deva-strange-visitors-in-town/]
Clarke, S. (2023, November) Blackpool in the 1980s and 90s. f/8 Documentary Number Fifteen. Published by f/8 Documentary and Fistful of Books. In connection with Instagram takeover of f/8 Documentary Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp7YBxuoDRY/
Clarke, S. (2022, November) Rhyl End of the Season. f/8 Documentary Number Eleven. Published by f/8 Documentary and Fistful of Books. In connection with Instagram takeover of f/8 Documentary Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp7YBxuoDRY/
Clarke, S. (2022, January). The Missed Moment: turn another page. Artist’s Book Yearbook 2022 /23. Published by Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. pp. 120 – 127. ISBN 978-1-906501-22-8
Clarke, S. (2021, February). A San Diego Story. Greyscape
[online: https://www.greyscape.com/a-san-diego-story/]
Clarke, S. (2020, December). Under Investigation: ‘Just one more thing’. Photomonitor: magazine for photography in the UK and Ireland. [online: https://photomonitor.co.uk/portfolio/under-%20investigation/]
Clarke, S. (2020, Spring) A Leap Forward at Toad Hall: David Ferry’s Seasonal Veteran and Vintage Cars in Colour. IMPACT Printmaking Journal. Issue 1. 1-16.
Clarke, S. (2020, February). Carry On Curating: Montage in the Museum. Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (130), 41-44. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2019, Autumn / Winter) Altered Images: An interview with David Ferry. The Blue Notebook: Journal for artists’ books, 14 (1), 18-23 Bristol, University of the West of England.
Clarke, S. (2019, November 19). Making the Mundane Enigmatic: Niall McDiarmid’s Southwestern. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary.
Clarke, S. (2019, October). The Welsh Connection. Offline Journal #003. pp. 6 – 9.
Clarke, S. (2019, July). Yomping: advances in British sculpture. In catalogue for exhibition Conversations in Sculpture. Huddersfield Art Gallery (6th July – 28th September 2019). Published by Kirklees Council / Royal Society of Sculptors. pp. 25 – 31.
Clarke, S. (2019, May). David Ferry The Edible Delights of Great Britain. Photomonitor: magazine for photography in the UK and Ireland. [online: https://photomonitor.co.uk/essay/david-ferry-the-edible-delights-of-great-britain/]
Clarke, S. (2019, January 17). Profile: Tom Wood’s photographs are about photography. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary.[online https://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2019/01/profile-tom-woods-photographs-are-about-photography/]
Clarke, S. (2018, July 9). For The Love Of Our Fathers: Art And Football. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary.
[online https://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2018/07/for-the-love-of-our-fathers-art-and-football/]
Clarke, S. (2018). Richard Crooks: Lightening the Load. Ceramics Monthly [The American Ceramics Society]. September 2018, pp. 52-55. And online at: https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/ceramics-monthly/ceramics-monthly-article/Lightening-the-Load-Richard-Crooks ]
Clarke S. & Ferry, D. (2018, Summer). Walking with Ghosts: From Ballyvaughan To The Rodd (And Back Again). [To accompany the exhibition Sidney Nolan: The Celtic Image at the Burren College of Art, Ireland, 21 June-20 July 2018]. The Friends of Swindon Museum & Art Gallery Journal. pp. 13 – 17.
Clarke, S. (2018, May). Stepney Words III. [Review of the book of the same title by Ron McCormick and Chris Searle]. Open Eye Gallery Blog.
Clarke, S. (2018, April). Simon Roberts Merrie Albion: Landscape Studies of a Small Island. [Review of the book of the same name]. Photomonitor: magazine for photography in the UK and Ireland. [online: https://www.photomonitor.co.uk/merrie-albion-landscape-studies-small-island-2/]
Clarke, S. (2018, April). Niall McDiarmid: Town to Town. [Review of the book of the same name]. Photomonitor: magazine for photography in the UK and Ireland.
[online: https://www.photomonitor.co.uk/town-to-town-2/]
Clarke, S. (2018, February). Tom Atwood: Kings & Queens in their Castles. [Review of the book of the same name]. The Art Newspaper (International Edition), 25 (298),16. ISSN 0960-6556
Clarke, S. (2017, September 18). Richard Crooks: Impressions from a Journey. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary.
[online: http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2017/09/richard-crooks-impressions-from-a-journey/]
Clarke, S. (2017, June). No Plan B: Photographs 1993-2016. [Review of the photobook of the same title by David J. Carol]. Open Eye Gallery Blog
Clarke, S. (2017, February 22). Endings and Beginnings of a Nuclear Power Station: Power in the Land. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary.
Clarke, S. (2017). A New West: Ron McCormick. Royal Photographic Society Contemporary Photography Journal, Winter 2017 (66), 22-25. ISSN 0959-6704
Clarke, S. (2016, November). Ken. To be destroyed. [Review of the book of the same title by Sara Davidmann]. Open Eye Gallery Blog.
[online: file:///Users/stephenclarke/Desktop/Book%20Review:%20Ken.%20To%20be%20destroyed%20–%20OEG.html ]
Clarke, S. (2016, October, 28). Niall McDiarmid: British Portraits. [Review of the book of the same name]. Photomonitor: magazine for photography in the UK and Ireland. [online: https://www.photomonitor.co.uk/niall-mcdiarmid-british-portraits/]
Clarke, S. (2016, October 3). Ron McCormick: How Green Was My Valley. [Review of the exhibition of the same title] Photomonitor: magazine for photography in the UK and Ireland. [online: https://www.photomonitor.co.uk/ron-mccormick-green-valley/]
Clarke, S. (2016, September 23). David Ferry: The Gentle Flavours of Surrealist Chewing Gum. Imprint Magazine: The Quarterly Journal of the Print Council of Australia. Online article.
Clarke, S. (2016, August 31). The Dead King in the Car Park, David Ferry and his Cutting Knife. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary.
Clarke, S. (2016, January). Anna Fox: Resort 1/Resort 2. Photomonitor: magazine for photography in the UK and Ireland.
[online: https://photomonitor.co.uk/book/resort-1-resort-2/ ]
Clarke, S. (2015, June 18). The construction and the camera. [Review of the book Shooting Space: Architects in Contemporary Photography, by Elias Redstone]. The Art Newspaper (International Edition) Art Basel Daily Edition,p.18.
Clarke, S. (2015). Back to the Beginning: John Stoddart. The Royal Photographic Society Contemporary Photography Journal. Winter 2015 (58), 29-31. ISSN 0959-6704
Clarke, S. (2015). Picturing a Thousand Words: Adam Lee. The Royal Photographic Society Contemporary Photography Journal. Summer 2015 (60), 34-37. ISSN 0959-6704
Clarke, S. (2015, January 12). Across a Painted Sea: Cian Quayle. [Review of the exhibition Cian Quayle: Points of Departure at the Grosvenor Museum, Chester]. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary. [online: http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2015/01/across-a-painted-sea-cian-quayle/]
Clarke, S. (2014, December). Post-Photography: The Artist with a Camera. [Review of the book of the same name, by Robert Shore]. Photomonitor: magazine for photography in the UK and Ireland. [ online: https://photomonitor.co.uk/book/post-photography-the-artist-with-a-camera/ ]
Clarke, S.(2014). Between Reading and Looking. [Review of the book Photographic Realism: Late Twentieth-Century Aesthetics, by Jane Tormey]. Source: The Photographic Review, Winter 2014 (77), 80-81. ISSN 1369-2224
Clarke, S.(2014). Failed Communication. [Review of the book Some Things You Should Have Told Me, by Harvey Benge]. Source: The Photographic Review,Winter 2014 (77), 81. ISSN 1369-2224
Clarke, S. (2014). Simon Roberts: Travelling with others. The Royal Photographic Society Contemporary Photography Journal, Winter 2014 (54), 15-17. ISSN 0959-6704
Clarke, S. (2014, October 17). Look and Look Again: David Ferry. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary.
[online: http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2014/10/look-and-look-again-david-ferry/]
Clarke, S. (2014, September). Housing Estates 1979-1981. [Review of the photobook of the same name, by Stephen McCoy]. Photomonitor: magazine for photography in the UK and Ireland. [online: https://photomonitor.co.uk/book/housing-estates/ ]
Clarke, S. (2014, August). Photography Today. [Review of the book of the same name, by Mark Durden]. Photomonitor: magazine for photography in the UK and Ireland. [online: https://photomonitor.co.uk/book/photography-today/ ]
Clarke, S.(2014). Assumed Freedoms. [Review of the book Unfamiliar Streets: The Photographs of Richard Avedon, Charles Moore, Martha Rosler and Philip-Lorca diCorcia, by Katherine A. Bussard]. Source: The Photographic Review,Autumn 2014, (80), pp.65-66. ISSN 1369-2224
Clarke, S. (2014, July). Stephen Clarke: I’m not a real photographer. National Photography Symposium in association with Redeye The Photographic Network.
Clarke, S. (2014, May 19). Maps of a Wretched Past: Patrick Altes. [Review of the exhibition Patrick Altes: A Story of Revolutions at CASC, University of Chester]. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary. [online: http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2014/05/maps-of-a-wretched-past-patrick-altes/]
Clarke, S. (2014, April 6). Letizia Battaglia: Breaking the Code of Silence. [Review of the exhibition of the same name at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool]. Photomonitor: magazine for photography in the UK and Ireland.
[online: https://photomonitor.co.uk/exhibition/breaking-the-code-of-silence-2/]
Clarke, S. (2014, April 6). An Archaeological Impulse: Robin Tarbet. The Double Negative: art criticism and cultural commentary.
[online: http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2014/04/an-archaeological-impulse-robin-tarbet/]
Clarke, S. (2014, April). Filling a gap. [Review of the book Peter Fraser by Martin Clark]. The Art Newspaper (International Edition), 23 (256), 63. ISSN 0960-6556
Clarke, S. (2014, February 3). Tom Wood: Landscapes. [Review of the exhibition of the same name at Mostyn, Llandudno]. Photomonitor: magazine for photography in the UK and Ireland. [online: https://photomonitor.co.uk/exhibition/tom-wood-landscapes/ ]
Clarke, S. and Ferry, D. (2014, January 14). Filthy things at the dump. [in collaboration with Prof. David Ferry]. slashseconds, (14). ISSN 1751-4134
[online: http://www.slashseconds.co.uk/stephen-clarke-and-david-ferry/14/141/282/submission/filthy-things-at-the-dump/]Clarke, S. (2013, December 9). Child of the Bomb [in collaboration with Peter Kennard]. slashseconds, (14). ISSN 1751-4134 [online: http://www.slashseconds.co.uk/stephen-clarke-and-peter-kennard/14/71/220/submission/child-of-the-bomb/]
Clarke, S. (2013). Nice and Naughty: The Photomontages of David Ferry. The Royal Photographic Society Contemporary Photography Journal, Winter 2013 (50), 5-10. ISSN 0959-6704
Clarke, S. (2013, October). The ‘why’ more than the ‘how’. [Reviews of the book Why Art Photography? by Lucy Soutter and Fifty Key Writers on Photography, by Mark Durden]. The Art Newspaper (International Edition), 23 (250), 95. ISSN 0960-6556
Clarke, S. (2013). Repeat Performance: Eva Stenram’s Photographic Acts. The Royal Photographic Society Contemporary Photography Journal, Autumn 2013 (53), 12-15. ISSN 0959-6704
Clarke, S. (2013, August). John Darwell: DDSBs (Discarded Dog Sh*t Bags). [Review of the photobook of the same title]. Redeye The Photographic Network. [online: https://www.redeye.org.uk/opinion/john-darwell-ddsbs-discarded-dog-sht-bags-review-stephen-clarke ]
Clarke, S. (2013, June). Still Outside (or Unexplained) at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool. [Review of the exhibition of the same title]. Redeye The Photographic Network. [online: http://www.redeye.org.uk/exhibition/still-outside-or-unexplained]
Clarke, S. (2013, June 9). Lost and Found: the archival artist [in collaboration with Prof. David Ferry]. slashseconds, (13). ISSN 1751-4134 [online: http://www.slashseconds.co.uk/stephen-clarke-and-david-ferry/13/141/157/submission/lost-and-found--the-archival-artist/]
Clarke, S. (2013, January). Cross-cultural ruses. [Review of the book Shezad Dawood: Piercing Brightness, by Gerrie van Noord ed.]. The Art Newspaper (International Edition), 22 (242), 55. ISSN 0960-6556
Clarke, S. (2012). The dog has his day. [Keith Arnatt: art and photography]. The Royal Photographic Society Contemporary Photography Journal, Spring 2012 (47), 34-38.
Clarke, S. (2012, October 11). Look or Look Away. [Review of the book Picturing Atrocity: Photography in Crisis by Mick Gidley et al]. The Art Newspaper (International Edition) Frieze Art Fair Special, p.16.
Clarke, S. (2012, May). Street Life at Oriel Colwyn, North Wales. [Review of the exhibition of the same title]. Redeye The Photographic Network.
[online: http://www.redeye.org.uk/exhibition/street-life-project]
Clarke, S. (2012, April). Topophobia at Bluecoat, Liverpool. [Review of the exhibition of the same title]. Redeye The Photographic Network.
[online: http://www.redeye.org.uk/exhibition/topophobia]
Clarke, S. (2011, October). The Consolations of Photography: Attempts to confront dying and death through the camera lens. [Review of the book Photography and Death,by Audrey Linkman]. The Art Newspaper (International Edition), 21 (228), 69. ISSN 0960-6556
Clarke, S. (2011, August). Sophie Rickett at Brancolini Grimaldi Gallery, London. [Review of the exhibition of the same title]. Redeye The Photographic Network.
[online: http://www.redeye.org.uk/exhibition/still-outside-or-unexplained]
Clarke, S. (2011, August). Like you’ve never been away: Paul Trevor at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. [Review of the exhibition of the same title]. Redeye The Photographic Network. [online: http://www.redeye.org.uk/exhibition/youve-never-been-away]
Clarke, S. (2011, June). Sleight: Clare Strand at Brancolini Grimaldi Gallery, London. [Review of the exhibition of the same title]. Redeye The Photographic Network.
[online: http://www.redeye.org.uk/news/sleight-clare-strand]
Clarke, S. (2011, June). Confined: The Captive and Keeper at Bluecoat, Liverpool. [Review of the exhibition of the same title]. Redeye The Photographic Network.
[online: http://www.redeye.org.uk/news/confined-captive-and-keeper]
Clarke, S. (2011, June). Paul Seawright & Victor Sloan at Art and Design Academy, Liverpool John Moores University. [Review of the exhibition of the same title]. Redeye The Photographic Network.
[online: http://www.redeye.org.uk/news/paul-seawright-victor-sloan]
Clarke, S. (2011, May). Stewart Bale: Creating a Cathedral at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. [Review of the exhibition of the same title]. Redeye The Photographic Network. [online: http://www.redeye.org.uk/news/stewart-bale-creating-cathedral]
Clarke, S. (2011, May). James Morris: A Landscape of Wales at Mostyn, Llandudno. [Review of the exhibition of the same title]. Redeye The Photographic Network.
[online: http://www.redeye.org.uk/news/james-morris-landscape-wales]
Books and book chapters [as author]
McCormick, R. (2025). Dayz Out in Porthcawl: Ron McCormick. Forward by Stephen Clarke. Neston: Fistful of Books
Ferry, D. (2024). The Midday Sun at Midnight: Collages by David Ferry. Exhibition catalogue to accompany the exhibition David Ferry: The Midday Sun at Midnight at Mount House Gallery, Marlborough, United Kingdom.
Ferry, D. & Clarke, S. (2019). The Invader’s Guide to the Museum. Chester: University of Chester ISBN 9781916246805.
Clarke, S. & Ferry, D. & Heng, E. (2016). The Invader’s Guide to the British Isles [Exhibition catalogue] (revised and reprinted 2017) ISBN 9780993143588. [To accompany the exhibition David Ferry: The Invader’s Guide to the British Isles at the Post Office Gallery, Ballarat, Australia.]
Clarke, S. & Kennard, P. (2014). Child of the Bomb. In Peter Lewis (Ed.), /seconds [Exhibition catalogue] (pp. 22-32). To accompany the exhibition /seconds at Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates.
Short texts
Clarke, S. (2025, July – August). Mapping the city: I am a New Yorker. [authored entry for photobook] Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (167), 66-67. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2024, March to mid-April). Tokyo Dayz: Richard Crooks. Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (159), 20 - 21. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2023, November). Up Deva. Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (156), 14 - 15. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2023, mid-April - June). SixBySix Social with Steve Clarke Ropes & Twines Liverpool, UK 19th April 2023, 7pm [press release] Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (153), 37 - 38. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2023, April). Change always given: holidays and slot machines [blog post] Canterbury Christ Church University: https://blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/artsandculture/change-always-given-holidays-and-slot-machines-by-stephen-clarke/
Clarke, S. (2023, March -mid-April). Learning from Blackpool Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (152), 49-50. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2023, March -mid-April). Arcade Britannia [exhibition promotion] Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (152), 11. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2022, November). Glamorous Transformation … All that Glitters. [authored entry for photobook] Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (149), 56 - 57. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2022, September - October). Lust and love on the printed page [authored entry for exhibition] Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (148), 41 - 42. ISSN 1754-9086
Tonks, A. & Clarke, S. (2022, July - August). Drive Thru [authored entry for Virtual Reality gallery exhibition] Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (147), 33 - 34. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2022, mid-April - June). Odd Postcards of Britain Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (146), 40 - 41. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2022, mid-April - June). Alien Resident’s Information Men Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (146), 41 - 42. ISSN 1754-9086
Bodman, S. (2021, February). Mention of exhibition Alien Resident at Contemporary Art Space Chester (CASC) Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (137), 8. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2020, December). Alien Resident: San Diego Photographs 1986 – 1987 by Stephen Clarke at Contemporary Art Space Chester (CASC) Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (136), 39-40. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2020, February). From Stephen Clarke: two new publications with Café Royal Books [mention of photobooks San Diego Topographics 1 1986 – 1987 & San Diego Topographics 2 1986 – 1987]. Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (130), 40. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2019, February). David Ferry – The Invader’s Guide to the Museum (and other places, Grosvenor Museum, Chester, UK 2nd March – 2nd June 2019 [authored entry for exhibition and talk] Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (123), 9. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2020, February). Stephen Clarke Mailboxes San Diego 1986 - 1987 [authored entry for photobook]. Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (130), 36. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2019, Summer). Souped-up books. Printmaking Today: Prints, Books And Multiples. Vol 28 Issue 110 p. 23. ISBN 9770960925002 02
Clarke, S. (2019, mid April - June). Stephen Clarke Typography San Diego 1986 - 1987 [authored entry for photobook]. Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (126), 38. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2019, mid-April - June). David Ferry - The Invader’s Guide to the Museum (and other places) Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (125), 8. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2019, March - mid-April). David Ferry - The Invader’s Guide to the Museum (and other places) Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (124), 6-7. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2019, February). David Ferry - The Invader’s Guide to the Museum (and other places) Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (123), 7. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2019, February). Stephen Clarke San Diego Mailboxes 1986 -1987 Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (123), 36. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2018, November). David Ferry: The Ruin of Picturesque Britain Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum & Galleries, UK [authored entry for exhibition]. Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (121), 7-8. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2018, July - August). Where I live and who I know. Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (119), 53-54. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2018, April-June). Around Britain [authored entry for reviews] Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (118), 64-65. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2018, March - April). Stephen Clarke Newport Snow 1985 [authored entry for photobook]. Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (117), 57. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2017, April-June). Stephen Clarke End of the Season [authored entry for exhibition]. Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (111), 20. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2016, July-August). Stephen Clarke & Elizabeth Kealy-Morris: a strange field [authored entry for photobook]. Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (105), 60. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke. S. & Kealy-Morris, E. (2016, Spring-Summer) New Book from Stephen Clarke and Elizabeth Kealy-Morris [authored entry for photobook] In College Book Art Association, Spring/Summer 2016, p.19
Clarke. S. & Kealy-Morris, E. (2016, July) a strange field [authored entry for photobook] In Forum, University of Chester, Edition 9, p.2
Clarke, S. (2015, November). Stephen Clarke California Shopfronts II [authored entry for photobook]. Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (100), 41. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2015, July – August). Stephen Clarke End of the Season[authored entry for exhibition]. Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (98), 9. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2015, July – August). Stephen Clarke Rhyl Caravan Parks [entry for photobook]. Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (98), 28. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2014, August-September). Stephen Clarke Ocean Beach Rhyl [authored entry for reviews] Book Arts Newsletter, Impact Press at the Centre for Fine Print Research, (91), 30. ISSN 1754-9086
Clarke, S. (2013). Peter Fraser: An Act of Kindness. Periscope #0. [Launch edition 28 March]. Exhibition Research Centre, Liverpool John Moores University, pp. 12-15
Exhibition Essays [as author]
Clarke, S. (2024). Because it's there (exhibition introduction text for 'Being here: Impressions in Harmony). Chakupat, Gallery Mcube, Mitra Road, Dhantil Marg, Lalitpur-10, Nepal.
Clarke, S. (2023). Setting sail to where the lotus grows [Essay for exhibition and publication] Where the lotus grows, The British Council and Brihatta Art Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 8 June – 19 June 2023
Clarke, S. (2018). David Ferry: The Ruin of Picturesque Britain [Title and introduction to exhibition] School of Art Museum & Galleries, Aberystwyth University, 8 October – 9 November 2018.
Clarke, S. (2017). Redefinng the Edges: Richard Crooks [Essay for exhibition publication] Impressions from a Journey, Pound Arts, Corsham in conjunction with the Bengal Foundation, 9 September – 14 October 2017.
Clarke, S. (2014). Post Topographics: New Dimensions in Landscape Photography [Essay on collaborative partnership McCoy Wynne for exhibition of the same name - flyer and wall text]. Blackpool University Centre Gallery, School of Creative Arts and Digital Industries, 6 – 24 October 2014.
Clarke, S. (2012). Corsham Re-formed [Essay for exhibition publication of artists who graduated from Bath Academy of Art]. Tokarska Gallery, Forest Road, London, 11 - 20 October 2012.
