Woburn ArtBeat

Stephens explores shifting patterns of meaning and potential for narrative in the
grouping and regrouping of found, man-made and natural objects through
sculptural assemblage. With an interest in taxonomy and the appropriation of
objects, the artist uses an eclectic mix of materials to combine the collaborative
relationship between the 'natural' world and the man-made.   
 
The artist has an aesthetic sensibility that is explored through materials and social
space. The relationship between each piece and the space, in which it is presented, is
fundamental to the work. Linear elements taken from the surrounding architecture
are used to make striking objects forming an interplay of seduction and control.   
Minimalist forms are forced to co-habit with an array of materials forming curious
unions of disparate elements offering a hybrid of surreal and poetic associations
often presented as one sculpture.  
 
Stephens’ sculptural works often separate familiar objects from their normal
surroundings placing them in new constellations. She is interested in the
phenomenological truth of an object and offers a renewed preoccupation with the
three-dimensional object.     
   
Amy Stephens completed her MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design,
London in 2008. After being selected for Salon08 and exhibited at VINEspace, as one
of London’s emerging artists, she went onto exhibit at Project Space Leeds, in
collaboration with the Whitechapel Gallery. She has exhibited Internationally and in a
number of group shows in the UK including Keith Talent Gallery, London (2005),
Decima Gallery, London (2008), John Jones Project Space, London (2009) and again  
at Project Space Leeds with the touring group exhibition MEET PAMELA (2009).    
   
Last year the artist was awarded a residency in Reykjavik, Iceland and in 2010 she
will travel to Banff, Canada. Her work is part of the Azam Collection, tCollection, the Zabludowicz Collection and several private collections.