Amy Stephens (b. 1981, London) received her MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design, London in 2008. Prior to this, she earned her BA Hons in Fine Art from the University of Reading in 2005.
Solo exhibitions include Amy Stephens, fig2, 35/50, ICA Studio in association with Outset Contemporary Art Fund, London (2015), An Oyster Can't Read This, Oonagh Young Gallery, Dublin (2015), Rocks Remember, William Benington Gallery, London (2015), Patterns in the Chaos, William Bennington Gallery, London (2014), and Catching the Big Fish, Minibar Artist Space, Stockholm (2013).
Group exhibitions include Something. Anything. Everything, with Nils-Thomas Okland, Studio 17, Sandnes (2015), Watershed, Work, Rest, Play and Politics of Water, Hall Place, Bexley (2015), Sex Shop, Transition Gallery, London, touring from Folkestone Fringe, Kent (2015), No Soul For Sale - A Festival of Independents, Tate Modern Turbine Hall, London (2010), and 195 Miles, Project Space Leeds in conjunction with Whitechapel Gallery, London (2008).
Highlights and Collections
Stephens has received numerous awards and commissions, including the Villa Lena Artists' Residency in Tuscany (2015), the Triangle Network Award and International Fellowship to Muscat, Oman, in association with Gasworks Gallery, London (2013) and an Artists' Residency, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2011). Her work can be found in public and private collections in the UK, USA, Ireland and Poland.