Dr Steve Fossey is an artist, researcher, educator and musician whose practice explores the spatial and affective dimensions of social space through participatory, performative and site-specific forms of making. Working across drawing, performance, movement, installation, sound and moving image, his projects - often developed through conversations with participants, communities and places - examine the ways we produce social space.

Whether situated within galleries, public space, healthcare environments or everyday settings, Fossey's practice is concerned with encounter, exchange and the conditions through which social connection emerges. Central to this approach is an interest in participation not simply as a method, but as a way of understanding how people navigate shared experiences, negotiate space and develop connections collectively.

Alongside his visual arts practice, Fossey has maintained a longstanding involvement in music and performance. As co-founder and guitarist of the international touring blues band Rollo Markee and the Tailshakers, he performed throughout the UK and Europe, appearing at venues including London's 100 Club and recording sessions for the BBC at Maida Vale Studios. 

His work has been exhibited, commissioned and published nationally and internationally, including projects at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the Arnolfini, Bristol, Nottingham European Arts and Theatre Festival, and Liberated Words. Fossey's research and writing on his art practice has been published in journals, books and edited collections, including Ways to Wander (Triarchy Press, UK), The Poetics of Poetry Film 
Film Poetry, Videopoetry, Lyric Voice, Reflection (Intellect) and Leap into Action
Critical Performative Pedagogies in Art & Design Education (Peter Lang, USA).  Themes explored in these publications include participation, walking, hospitality, dialogue and site-specific performance.

Alongside his artistic practice, Fossey has worked in higher education and the creative industries for more than two decades. He has written and led programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level across Fine Art, Performing Arts and Digital Film Production, and has contributed to collaborative projects and research initiatives in the UK, Germany and Australia.

Fossey holds a BA (Hons) in Contemporary Arts, an MA in Performance/Live Art from Nottingham Trent University, and a PhD in Site-Specific Performance from Middlesex University. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Associate Professor in Fine Art at the University of Lincoln.