Submitted by Stephanie Haygarth on Thu, 2007-12-20 17:44.
Artist Statement
Stephanie Haygarth is a recent honours graduate of the Australian National University’s School of Art. Her work uses both representation and abstraction in meditative paintings about the precarious state of existence and the fascinations of the natural world. Using sources such as photographs, drawings and memories of patterns in light, plumage, sand, cloud or sea, her work explores qualities that tell of the fleetingness of things.
Curriculum vitae
In 2007, Stephanie graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Visual) with honours in painting, from the Australian National University (ANU). As a student, she participated in a number of exhibitions both inside and outside the university and was a finalist in the ANU Drawing Prize every year of her studies.
Professional exhibitions
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 and Janet Holmes à Court Artists’ Grant
March: finalist, Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, NSW, and judge’s commendation
Forthcoming exhibitions
2009
September: Shadows (working title) (with Nikki Main), ANU Foyer Gallery
Collections
Molonglo Collection
KPMG Collection
Publications
Ecoforum: An Exhibition of Visual Art (catalogue), Field Studies Environment Studio, School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra, 2008.
2008 John Leslie Art Prize (catalogue), Gippsland Regional Gallery, 2008.
2009 Calleen Art Award (catalogue), Cowra Regional Gallery, 2009.
Reviews
Reid, John, ‘Structure: Sally Blake, Mog Bremner, Stephanie Haygarth’, Textile Fibre Forum,
no 92, 2008, pp 26–27.
Kerry-Anne Cousins, ‘Ready to push out boundaries’, Canberra Times, 6 March 2009.
Art Forms
2 D (painting/printmaking/drawing/illustration/cartoons)
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