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Amy Stephens explores shifting patterns of meaning and potential for narrative in the grouping and regrouping of found, man-made and natural objects through sculptural assemblage. Pared-down to a formal minimalism, architectonic structures mimic the surrounding architecture forming an interplay of seduction and control whilst curious unions of disparate elements offer a hybrid of surreal and poetic associations often presented as one sculpture.
Flocked wood alongside everyday objects and forms present curious unions of disparate elements and a specific material presence. Objects shift from the cultural reference to the artefact, from the metaphorical to the mundane, exposing a process in which ideas and motifs overlap. A mixture of abstraction and geometry unite traditional and modern materials in unexpected configurations offering a renewed preoccupation with the three-dimensional object.
Amy Stephens completed her MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London in 2008. After being selected for Salon08 and exhibited at VINEspace, as one of London’s emerging artists, she went onto exhibit at Project Space Leeds, in collaboration with the Whitechapel Gallery. She has exhibited Internationally and in a number of group shows in the UK including Keith Talent Gallery, London (2005), John Jones Project Space, London (2009) and again at Project Space Leeds with the touring group exhibition Meet Pamela (2009).
In 2009, the artist was invited to donate a work of art towards the Whitechapel Gallery Gala Auction to raise money for the Whitechapel Project. Following this, she recently made an edition, The Monochromatics, now housed at the 176 Project Space. Last year Stephens was awarded a residency in Reykjavik, Iceland and in 2010 she will travel to Banff, Canada. Her work is part of several private collections as well as the Azam Collection, the Munster Collection and the Zabludowicz Collection.