Stephen Pusey
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Stephen Pusey is an artist. After graduating from St Martins School of Art, UK, in 1975, Pusey created monument
Monument
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al public
Public
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 murals around London
London
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, including the Brixton Academy mural
Brixton murals
The Brixton murals are a series of murals by local artists in the Brixton area, in London, UK. Most of the murals were funded by Lambeth London Borough Council and the Greater London Council after the Brixton riots in 1981....

 until the end of the decade. In 1986 he emigrated to New York, USA. Although his New York debut at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
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 was an exhibition of painting
Painting
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s, by the early 1990s the focus of his work again became public art
Public art
The term public art properly refers to works of art in any media that have been planned and executed with the specific intention of being sited or staged in the physical public domain, usually outside and accessible to all...

 - using digital media
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 and the world wide web
World Wide Web
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.

In 1994 he founded the online
ONLINE
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 art
Art
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 and discussion hub, Plexus, with curator
Curator
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 Yu Yeon Kim
Yu Yeon Kim
Yu Yeon Kim is an independent curator based in New York City, USA and Seoul, Korea. Kim has curated and been a commissioner of many distinguished international exhibitions of contemporary art.-Works:...

 with whom he curated, "Omnizone, Perspectives in Mapping Digital Culture", in 1997. In 1996 he also helped establish, with other online organizations, the Foundation for Digital Culture. Stephen Pusey's current works are large abstract paintings that contain a linear flux of shifting forms.

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