Davina Stephens

24th August 1968WellingtonNew Zealand PARADISE NOW Join Davina Stephens on an exhilarating journey through a landscape that merges memory with imagination. Since the beginning of her career, Davinas work has embodied a singular vision framed by a global sensibility.With insight, exuberance and a seemingly inexhaustible energy, her work reveals and renews itself in unexpected ways.Frequently experimenting in diverse mediums, the only constant is an always evolving style that is sensuous, yet effortlessly spontaneous.Most recent works are limited edition black and white woodcuts, printed with oil based inks on rice paper. Past themes are revisited and reinvented with a new vocabulary of line. Dimension and mass are redefined and a sparing use of colour adds an emotional punctuation.Other works on exhibition are collages combining layered decorative motifs, with sensual and evocative images bathed in colour and light which are subtle and painterly.A small sample of less recent works illuminate the essence of Bali, using vibrant colour and texture in which the paradoxes of contemporary life are acutely observed with gentle satirical humour and true magic of her work is its ability to take us along on a vividly alive and original journ...

Fashion Institute of Technology,NYC,New York,U.S.A.