Stephen is a prize-winning Art Director, Designer and Developer with extensive experience, and is currently open to freelance opportunities after a few years full-time at Marshmallow Laser Feast. He is a truly interdisciplinary artist and has over a decade of broad-ranging experience with a wide variety of clients and projects.
In his own practice, Stephen is an internationally exhibited artist, designer and developer recently having had work shown in gallery spaces in South Korea, chaired talks during ARS Electronica, been a short course leader and tutor internationally in academic institutions, and collaborated on many projects such as with internationally renowned Alexander Whitley Dance Company.
At MLF he worked on high profile projects with large clients including A Tribe Called Quest, Museum of the Future Dubai, The Eden Project, and had work featured in Tribeca New York, GIFF, BMW Art Club, NXT Museum, and many other global venues. In his time here, Stephen worked as an Art Director, a Designer and a Developer, moving from management to making and from backend to front depending on the demands of the project.
He has an MArch in Design for Performance and Interaction at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL and has a technologically ‘agnostic’ approach, finding the right tools for each new and unique storytelling challenge.
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Previously, Stephen spent several years as a Teacher and Deputy Head of Department in Design, Technology and Engineering at Highgate School in London, where he also developed and introduced a new Pre-U course called Interdisciplinary Design.
Stephen’s earlier career included extensive experience as a Set Designer and Builder for immersive theatre at some of London’s most iconic venues such as The Vaults at Waterloo, time as an Architectural Assistant during which time he also had his interactive installation exhibited as part of Venice Biennale, and time as an accomplished graphic designer, having designed a wide array of 2D material from logos, letterheads and animations through to entire identities and poster series.
Contact Stephen via e-mail at stephenmahenderson@gmail.com.