MARC LEPSON has been part of the downtown art scene in New York City since the early 1990’s, beginning with his work as artist and Master Printer at the Lower East Side Printshop. Lepson’s work first came to national attention as part of the activist group, ad hoc artists, staging public performances (Our Grief is not a Cry for War) in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in Lower Manhattan. In the decade that followed, his strident political prints and evocative installations were shown at Miyako Yoshinaga gallery, The Brooklyn Museum and Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna.
In recent years Lepson has photographed at the frontlines of wildfires, social unrest, and migration conflicts in the eastern Mediterranean. His current practice uses photography, painting, and drawing to isolate and abstract gestures of violence and domination.
Lepson was the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Grant and his work has appeared in Art on Paper, and Art in America. He teaches drawing, digital imaging, design, and book arts at Parsons School of Design. He lives in New York City and Athens, Greece.
photo by nick paleologos 2025, thymari, attiiki, greece.