Ranging from painting and drawing to writing, William Stein’s work delves into the internal psychological realm. His enigmatic compositions are built from a personal lexicon of universal geometric forms such as cubes, circles, triangles and cloud-like shapes, that are left suspended within surreal dreamscapes. Across these works, relationships form and fracture, territories solidify and dissolve, and shapes shift between figuration and abstraction. A consistent pale, washed-out palette infuses his paintings with a sense of intimacy and quiet expansiveness. Rooted in autobiography, Stein’s practice becomes a meditation on anxiety and joy, memory and loss, place and family.

Stein's work is held in international private collections. He has exhibited at Frestonian Gallery, London; Canopy Collections, Tate Modern, London; London; David Zwirner, New York; Identity Art Gallery, Hong Kong; The Chelsea Arts Club, London.