Stephanie HAYGARTH

Artist Statement

My work uses representation and abstraction in paintings about the precarious state of existence. They tell of the fleetingness of things and often depict interfaces between the manufactured and natural worlds, perhaps suggesting something about each in the way they rub against each other. This relationship has always been central to my work.

I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Visual) with honours in painting from the Australian National University (ANU) in 2007. As a student, I participated in a number of exhibitions both inside and outside the university and was a finalist in the ANU Drawing Prize every year while I studied.

Professional exhibitions and awards

2008

February: Ecoforum 2008 exhibition, Conrad Jupiters, Gold Coast, Qld

March: finalist, Weereewa Festival Works on Paper Prize exhibition, Bungendore, NSW

May–June: Structure (with Sally Blake and Mog Bremner), Foyer Gallery, ANU

June–July: finalist, 2008 M16 Drawing Prize exhibition, Canberra

August: Colour and Sound (group show), M16, Canberra

October: finalist, 2008 John Leslie Art Prize exhibition, Gippsland Regional Gallery, Vic

October: finalist, Tasart 2008 (Burnie Regional Gallery, Burnie, Tas) and Patron’s Prize

2009

February: Making Tracks (group show), ANCA Gallery (Janet Holmes à Court Artists’ Grant)

March: finalist, Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Gallery, NSW and judge’s commendation