Steven Hampton was born in Arcadia, California in 1978. He holds a
B.F.A. with Honors from Art Center College of Design and an M.F.A.
from Claremont Graduate University, where he was awarded the Karl and Beverly Benjamin Fellowship. Additionally, Steven holds an M.A. in Art History from UC Riverside, where he wrote his thesis on kitsch and
its uses in relationship to practices of "Bad Painting." Steven has
participated in both gallery and museum shows around the United States. He is
currently a full-time instructor, and has taught classes at Art Center
College of Design and Orange Coast College.
Steven can be contacted at: hamptonsteve (at) gmail (dot) com
