S T E F R A E

STEF RAE is a contemporary Australian painter working primarily in large-scale oil on canvas. Her practice is grounded in process and emotional honesty, unfolding through layered abstraction and automatic gesture. Emerging from a background in surreal and introspective painting, her recent work marks a shift in palette, form, and psychological presence. She works by leaning into uncertainty and contradiction, allowing the unresolved to remain active within the paintings as a site of transformation.

Curtin University of Technology – Bachelor of Arts (Humanities), Fine Art

“YIELD” PS Art Space, Fremantle, WA / 2026
“Soft Spot” Nyisztor Studio, Fremantle, WA / 2025
Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club Art Exhibition, Peppermint Grove, WA / 2025
Goolugatup Sounds No.23, Goolugatup Heathcote Gallery, Applecross, WA / 2025
“Feminine Rage - All the Rage” Naval Store, Fremantle, WA / 2024
“Subconscious Landing” Assembly Department, Mt Lawley, WA / 2023
Claremont Art Awards, Claremont, WA / 2023
Cossack Art Awards, Cossack, Karratha, WA / 2023
Collie Art Prize, Collie Art Gallery, Collie, WA / 2023
Cossack Art Awards, Cossack, Karratha, WA / 2022
“Holding Self” Percy Flint, South Fremantle, WA / 2022
Claremont Art Framers Gallery, Claremont, WA / 2021