Curriculum Vitae
CURRICULUM VITAE
ARTIST: Jacquelyn Stephens
EDUCATION:
1994-96 Bachelor of Fine Art: Painting, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University.
1985-87 General Nursing, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
1978-84 Toorak College, Mt Eliza.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS:
2026 ‘BRAVE’, A Group Exhibition at Art to Art Gallery, Hawthorn, VIC.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2025 ‘ABOVE & BELOW’, Exhibition at SOFITEL ON COLLINS, Melbourne.
2024 ‘Aqueous Blooms’, West End Art Space, Melbourne, VIC. May 2024
2022 ‘Bio Luminous’, Glimmer Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
2020 ‘Selected Works’, Space2b Art Gallery, St Kilda, VIC.
2019 NATURE, SCIENCE & THE SEA, Vernissage Art Gallery, Prahran, VIC.
2018 Contemplating the Microscopic, Sub-Atomic & Aquatic. Brightspace Gallery, St Kilda.
2015 SHOPFRONT CONTEMPORARY ART, St Kilda.
2013 Deja Vu Pop-Up Art, Studio, Melbourne
2011 Aqueous Series, 775 Gallery, Cook St, Flinders.
2007 A Sensibility of the Sublime, Thierry B Gallery, Melbourne.
2005 Infinite Possibilities, Thierry B Gallery, Melbourne.
2004 Selected Paintings, Gallery Paul, Melbourne.
2002 Paintings, Metropolis Gallery, Melbourne.
2001 Still Got a Pulse, Mass Gallery, Melbourne.
2000 Little Things, TCBincArt, Melbourne.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2026 ‘BAYSIDE LOCAL 2026’ Curated Exhibition, Bayside Gallery, Bayside City Council, VIC.
‘BRAVE’ Exhibition, Art To Art Gallery, Hawthorn, VIC
2024 ‘Biennale of Colour & Light’, Finalists Exhibition. West End Art Space, Melbourne, VIC
‘Story Tellers’ Exhibition, Art To Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
‘Omnia Art Prize 2024’ Finalists Exhibition, St Kevin’s College, VIC
2023 ‘Omnia Art Prize 2023’ Finalists Exhibition, St Kevin’s College, VIC.
‘BAYSIDE LOCAL 2023-24’ Exhibition, Bayside Gallery, Bayside City Council, VIC.
‘Group Exhibition’ at Forman Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2022 ‘BAYSIDE LOCAL 2022’ Exhibition, Bayside Gallery, Bayside City Council, VIC.
‘Omnia Art Prize 2022’ Finalists Exhibition, St Kevin’s College, VIC.
‘Group Exhibition’ at Forman Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2021 ‘BAYSIDE LOCAL 2021’ Exhibition, Bayside Gallery, Bayside City Council, VIC.
‘ST KEVIN’S ART SHOW – 2021’, St Kevin’s College, Toorak, VIC.
‘Group Exhibition’ at Forman Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
‘WET PAINT’, ArttoArt Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
‘UNWRAPPED’, Inaugural Opening ALA Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2020 ‘BAYSIDE LOCAL – JOURNEYS & DISCOVERIES’, Bayside Gallery, Brighton, VIC.
‘Colour’, ArttoArt Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
‘Big Art’, ArttoArt Gallery, Melbourne, VIC – August
‘MOSS Deck Art Show Turning Art Into Water 2020’ for MOSS Foundation. Magnet Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria.
2019 ‘Big Art’, ArttoArt Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
‘MOSS Deck Art Show Turning Art Into Water 2019’ for MOSS Foundation. Altmann Studio, Melbourne
‘The Bluethumb Art Gallery Inaugural Opening Exhibition’, Bluethumb Art Gallery, Collingwood, VIC
‘Art Red Hill 2019’, Red Hill Primary School, Red Hill, VIC
‘Art For Epilepsy 2019’, Online Art Exhibition and Charity, Australia
‘Fresh Start with Art’, ArttoArt Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2018 ‘Art & Soul’ at Art To Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
‘IDIOT PACK NOISE’, Brightspace Gallery, ST KILDA.
‘MOSS Deck Art Show Turning Art Into Water 2018’ for MOSS Foundation. Altmann Studio Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
‘Art For Epilepsy’, Online Art Exhibition and Charity, Australia
‘Pop Up Art Open Gallery’, ArttoArt Studio, Melbourne, VIC
2017 ‘A WHOLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL’, Brightspace Gallery, St Kilda.
‘Brisbane Art Prize 2017’ Finalist Exhibition, October 2017, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Fortitude Valley, QLD.
‘Pop Up Art Open Gallery’, ArttoArt Studio, Melbourne, VIC
‘MOSS Deck Art Show Turning Art Into Water 2017’ for MOSS Foundation. Altmann Studio, Melbourne, VIC
2016 Thirty by Thirty Art Prize 2016 Exhibition, The Colour Trap Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Belle Arti Prize 2016, Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Melbourne.
‘Pop Up Art Gallery Open House’ ArttoArt Studio, Melbourne, VIC
‘MOSS Deck Art Show Turning Art Into Water’ for MOSS Foundation, Ministry of Art, St Kilda, VIC
‘Speed Date with Art’, ArttoArt Pop-Up Gallery, High Street, Prahran
2015 ‘Here Be Artists’, 274 St Kilda Road, St Kilda.
Belle Arti Prize 2015, Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Melbourne.
2014 Belle Arti Prize 2013, Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Melbourne.
Group Exhibitions, Thierry B Gallery, Melbourne.
2013 Belle Arti Prize 2013, Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Melbourne.
Group Exhibition, Thierry B Gallery, Melbourne.
2012 Belle Arti Prize 2012, Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Melbourne.
Aqueous Series, 775 Gallery, Cook St, Flinders
2011 Lighthouse Foundation Art Auction, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2010 Group Exhibition, Thierry B Gallery, Melbourne.
Group Exhibition, Inverloch Gallery, Inverloch.
2008 Group Exhibition, Greenwood Gallery, South Melbourne
Thierry B Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Autumn: Gallery Artists Group Exhibition, Thierry B Gallery, Melbourne.
2006 Absolute Art, Exhibition by Jacquelyn Stephens, Peter Kennedy & Kristian Shaw, Gallery Paul, Melbourne.
2005 Art for Science, Curated by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne.
Art for Life, Australian Red Cross Tsunami Appeal Fund-raising Exhibition, Melbourne.
2001 Grand Opening Show, Landau Gallery, Melbourne.
2000 In the Minds Eye, Curated by Tara Gilbee, Next Wave Festival, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
Sally’s Paddock Acquisitive Art Prize Exhibition, (short-listed), Patrizia Autore Gallery, Melbourne.
1996 Chinoiseries, Irene Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Sally Baillieu, Radio Interview: “Jacquelyn Stephens Contemplating the Microscopic, Sub-Atomic & Aquatic”. On 3RRP FM(98.7FM), Melbourne, Arts Program ‘ARTS ABOUT’. May 2018.
2017 ‘SHOWCASE – Aqueous Surge XI by Jacquelyn Stephens’ ArtEdit Magazine, Autumn Issue, 2017
‘Wrap Me Up’ – Jacquelyn Stephens Artist Feature, ArtEdit Magazine, Autumn Issue, 2017
‘Where Art Meets Science’, Video Interview
https://bluethumb.com.au/blog/artists/interview-jacquelyn-stephens/
2016 ‘The Ones to Watch – Jacquelyn Stephens’ Artist Feature’ ArtEdit Magazine, Spring Issue, 2016
2015 ‘THE BEST OF ABSTRACT - Jacquelyn Stephens’ ArtEdit Magazine, July-September Issue, 2015
2007 ‘Sensing the Sublime’, Joanne Sim, Melbourne Weekly Magazine, Aug. 22–28, 2007
2001 Roger Taylor, Interview: “Jacquelyn Stephens - Still Got a Pulse” 102.7 3RRR FM, Melbourne, Arts Program ‘High and Low’. September 5 2001.
2000 Jo Curtin, ‘In the Minds Eye’, Netfest Reviews, May 2000.
Murray Whale, ‘In the Minds Eye’, Catalogue Essay: May 4 – 28, Linden Gallery
PRIZES & ACCOLADES
2022 Finalist ‘Omnia Art Prize 2022’, St Kevin’s College, Toorak, VIC.
2021 Finalist: Bluethumb Art Prize Shortlist 2021
2021 ‘Aqueous Field Coral Bloom VII’ painting chosen by contestants and seen on the Television show ‘The Block’, Hampton series, 2021.
2021 Finalist: St Kevin’s Art Prize 2021, May, St Kevin’s College, Toorak, VIC.
2017 Finalist: Brisbane Art Prize, October 2017, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Fortitude Valley, QLD.
2016 Finalist: Thirty by Thirty Art Prize 2016, The Colour Trap Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2016 Finalist: Bluethumb Art Prize Shortlist
2014 Finalist: Clifton’s Art Prize, 2014.
2000 Finalist: Sally’s Paddock Acquisitive Art Prize Exhibition, (short-listed), Patrizia Autore Gallery, Melbourne.
2012 Provenance Wines Commission. Two paintings, each one to allude to a red wine and a white wine. The artworks were then used on the labels for Provenance’s boutique art series Rosé and Griesling.
Updated: March 2026