Jacquelyn Stephens

‘I am interested in making paintings with verve that breathe with an intense uplifting energy for those viewing them. I am totally inspired and fascinated by life forces with its contrasts of order and chaos, but especially in the patterns created by nature, particularly microscopic worlds, aquatic life and the infinite beauty and wonder of the natural world. Having grown up on the cliffs of Bass Strait I am also deeply inspired by the life giving waters of the sea. The power of a crashing wave, vast horizon lines, submerged views of light or miniscule single cell algae, these universes are forever influencing the pictorial spaces in what I do’.

Jacquelyn Stephens is an Australian artist who has been successfully exhibiting her paintings for over 20 years since completing a BFA in Painting at the prestigious Victorian College of the Arts. She has gained an extensive knowledge of Art, art materials, techniques and theory from working closely within the arts industries and in her own art practice.

Jacquelyn has had several successful solo and group exhibitions in commercial galleries and artists run spaces. Her paintings can be seen in many media publications and are held in private collections worldwide. Many of the key theme...

1994-96 Bachelor of Fine Art: Painting, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS:
2020 June – August : SOLO Exhibition - ‘Selected Works’, Space2b Art Gallery, St Kilda, VIC

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2019 NATURE, SCIENCE & THE SEA, Vernissage Art Gallery, Prahran, VIC. November 19th 2019
2018 Contemplating the Microscopic, Sub-Atomic & Aquatic. Brightspace Gallery, St Kilda.
2015 SHOPFRONT CONTEMPORARY ART, St Kilda.
2013 Deja Vu Pop-Up Art, Studio, Melbourne
2011 Aqueous Series, 775 Gallery, Cook St, Flinders. 

2007 A Sensibility of the Sublime, Thierry B Gallery, Melbourne.
2005 Infinite Possibilities, Thierry B Gallery, Melbourne.
2004 Selected Paintings, Gallery Paul, Melbourne.
2002 Paintings, Metropolis Gallery, Melbourne.
2001 Still Got a Pulse, Mass Gallery, Melbourne.
2000 Little Things, TCBincArt, Melbourne.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2020 ‘BAYSIDE LOCAL – JOURNEYS & DISCOVERIES’, Bayside Gallery, Brighton, VIC. 29 January – 8 March, 2020
‘Colour’, ArttoArt Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
‘Original Art Under 2k’, ArttoArt Gallery, Melbourne, VIC – May
‘Big Art’, ArttoArt Gallery, Melbourne, VIC - August


2019 October - ‘MOSS Deck Art Show Turning Art Into Water 2019’ for MOSS Foundation. Altmann Studio, Melbourne
September – ‘The Bluethumb Art Gallery Inaugural Openi...