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Through the placement of materials, Amy Stephens creates neo-assemblages that encompass sculpture, collage and painting. Hybrid objects emerge that suggest or allude to a particular narrative yet remain elusive through their careful displacement.
With an interest in taxonomy and our immediate surroundings, the artist combines the collaborative relationship between the 'natural' world and the man-made. The complex, shifting and often contradictory relationships between people and their environments are presented through objects with links between nature, culture and the commodified world.
When specific objects become decorated, the artist challenges our understanding of their initial material meaning. Shiny surfaces often reflect the surrounding environment forming an interplay of seduction and control. It is through renegotiation and expansion of familiar materials that the works offer a renewed preoccupation with the three-dimension object.
Amy Stephens has exhibited nationally including Keith Talent Gallery, London (2005) and Decima Gallery, London (2008). In December 2008, the artist will work in collaboration with the Whitechapel Art Gallery and Project Space Leeds to create part of the group exhibition, 195 Miles.