Steffie Wallace

I live in Melbourne, Australia, where I studied Fine Art, majoring in painting and printmaking. Initially influenced by JMW Turner and the Australian Impressionists, I have been painting and exhibiting atmospheric landscapes for over 40 years, and won awards both in Australia and overseas. My artistic career began at 16 when I attended life drawing classes in the 1960s at the National Gallery Art School in Melbourne with John Brack and Ian Armstrong.
I have worked as a graphic artist, art reviewer and arts writer contributor for various publications, including ‘The Melbourne Times’ and ‘Imprint’ magazine. In the 1980s, I was manager of an antique print gallery, ‘l’estampe originale’, in Hawthorn, and lectured in art history at the Melbourne CAE. Later I worked in web design and art marketing, but now paint full-time. Highlights of my career include a 2022 12-month artist’s residency with the Bayside
Gallery, being awarded the Silver Medal for Painting at the 2015 Florence Biennale, and winning the Gagliardi Gallery Award at the London Art Biennale in 2021.

1963-65 National Gallery Art School, Melbourne: Life Drawing.
1976-79 Prahran College of Advanced Education, Melbourne: Art and Design, majoring in Painting and Printmaking.
1980-82 Swinburne University, Melbourne: BA, majoring in Media Studies and Sociology.

Exhibitions 2019-23
2023 Linden New Art, St Kilda, ‘The Linden Postcard Show’, group exhibition.
2023 Beaumaris Art Group Members’ Exhibition, group exhibition.
2023 FPS, Armadale, ‘Off the Wall’ group exhibition.
2023 Bayside Gallery, Brighton, ‘Refuge, Workshop, Stage, Site: Billilla Artists Studios ‘22-‘23, group exhibition.
2023 VAS, Melbourne, MSWPS, ‘Changing Perspectives’, group exhibition.
2023 FPS, Armadale, ‘Australian Monoprint Prize’, group exhibition (finalist).
2023 Carriageworks, Sydney Contemporary, FPS, group exhibition.
2023 Chelsea Old Town Hall, London Art Biennale, group exhibition (finalist)
2023 Gallery Jones, Ripponlea, ‘Grounded’, group exhibition.
2023 FPS, Armadale, 'That's Life', group exhibition.
2023 Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, '9 x 5', group exhibition.
2023 Realm, Albert Park, 'Artist Showcase', solo exhibition.
2023 Bayside Gallery, Brighton, 'Bayside Local', group exhibition.
2023 26Advantage Gallery, Highett, 'Earth and Sky Stories', group exhibition.
2022 Linden New Art, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2022 BAG Members exhibition, Beaumaris, 'Small Things', group exhibition.
2022 FPS, Armadale, 'Off the ...