Biography
Amy Stephens (b. London, UK 1981) studied fine art at University of Reading (2001-05) and Chelsea College of Art and Design (2006-08). Her solo exhibitions have included: Persistence of Land, Bo Lee and Workman Gallery, Bruton, UK (2023); Nature knows only colours, Art Seen Maria Stathi, Nicosia, Cyprus (2021); fig-futures, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, UK (2018); Land | Reland [Portland], Upfor Gallery, Portland, Oregon, US (2018); fig2, 35/50, ICA Studio, London, curated by Fatoş Üstek (2015). She has also participated in group exhibitions including: Frieze Sculpture Park, The Regent’s Park, London (2023); If Not Now, When? Generations of Women in Sculpture in Britain, 1960 – 2022, The Hepworth Wakefield Gallery, UK (2023); New Things, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, UK (2023); I miss the land but does the land miss me? Art Seen Maria Stathi, Nicosia, Cyprus (2022); Faults & Folds, Oonagh Young Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (2022); Psychotropics, New Art Centre, Roche Court, curated by Iwona Blazwick OBE (2020); Synergia, Museo Federico Silva, Mexico (2019); Skulturenpark, Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria (2019); Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer, William Benington Gallery, UK (2018); The Annotated Reader, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, curated by Ryan Gander and Jonathan P Watts (2019).
Stephens has received awards from Mtec Bursary for Frieze Sculpture Park (2023); Henry Moore Foundation Research and Travel Grant, UK (2022); Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Artists' Residency, Cyprus (2022); UV estudios, Artists’ Residency, Buenos Aires, Argentina, awarded by Arts Council England and The British Council (2016); Villa Lena, Artists' Residency, Italy (2015); Triangle Award and International Fellowship with Gasworks Gallery, Muscat, Oman (2013); Irish Museum of Modern Art, Artists' Residency, Ireland (2011). Her works are in a variety of public and private collections such as: Canary Wharf Group Collection; David Ross Foundation, London; Groucho Club Collection, London; Grundy Art Gallery Collection, Blackpool; Modern Forms Collection, London; Museo Federico Silva Collection, Mexico; Oval Real Estate Ltd, London; Irish Office of Public Works State Collection, Dublin; Rothschild Collection, London; Soho House Group Collection, London, Mumbai; Unilever Collection; Villa Lena Foundation, Tuscany; Zabludowicz Collection, London.
