Amy Stephens

Underpinned by geology and travel, Amy Stephens (b.1981 London) is interested in how we reuse, recycle and reappropriate everyday materials from our daily environment. Using photography and collage, the work evolves through a series of stages leading to three dimensional structures. The artist's intention is to celebrate artefacts in a considered way to generate a new perspective about time and our appreciation of the landscape. Stephens uses industrial processes such as bronze casting and wood planning to create sculptures that have a strong architectural quality, expressing the exploration of form, line, and plane. The minimalistic and fragile geometric shapes of her sculptures blur the line between drawing and sculpture.

Stephens completed her BA in Fine Art at University of Reading in 2005 and an MA in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London in 2008. Recent solo exhibitions include Permanence of Space, Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria (2024); Objects of Wonder, The Hellenic Centre, London, UK (2023); Persistence of Land, Bo Lee and Workman, Bruton, UK (2023); Nature knows only colours, Maria Stathi Art Seen, Nicosia, Cyprus (2021).  Selected group exhibitions Frieze Sculpture 2023, The Regent’s Park, London (2023); If Not Now, When? Generations of Women in Sculpture in Britain, 1960 – 2022, Saatchi Gallery, London and The Hepworth Wakefield Gallery, UK (2023); New Things, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, UK (2023).  

Selected awards include fig-futures, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, UK with Art Fund, Arts Council England and Outset Contemporary Art Fund (2018); Artists' International Development Award, Arts Council England and the British Council (2016); Villa Lena Artists' Residency, Tuscany, Italy (2015); Triangle Network Award to Muscat, Oman with Gasworks Gallery, London, UK (2013).