Stephen Waddell has studied in Vancouver receiving a BA from Simon Fraser University and an MFA from University of British Columbia. Waddell moved to Berlin in 1998 but maintains a studio in Vancouver and spends time living and working in both cities. His work is in several private and public collections and has been shown in Canada as well as exhibited internationally throughout Europe in show such as Talents 03, Compositions, Berlin (2006); Mostly Unforeseen Encounters, Kunstforum Baloise, Basel (2006); Ten Photographs, Schirmer/Mosel Showroom, Munich (2004); Consigned to the Street, Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin (2002). Waddell is represented by Monte Clark Gallery in Vancouver and Toronto, and Galerie Tanit in Munich.