Stephanie Eather

1987
Lives and works in Melbourne

Artist's CV

Represented by nanda\hobbs

Since 2008, observational drawing has been the essence of her art practice with the studio interior being a constant subject. In 2019, Eather began travelling to regional Victoria and New South Wales to connect with her family history, and to immerse herself in environments, experiences and spaces shared by her ancestors. Core to her practice, Eather engages in the alchemy of making willow charcoal by hand; all drawings are made from the local willow trees cut, peeled, chopped and roasted in the open fire. Working with handmade charcoal on paper aligns with her compulsion to glide across the page, encouraging an autonomous line with which she imprints her autobiographical mark.

 

Eather is dedicated to mimetic drawing and considers drawing an avenue of internal and physical ‘excavation’; the physicality of ‘sculpting’ a flat surface induces cultivation for internal contemplation. Her work is autobiographical, and drawing is used as her process of mental and emotional circulation.

\ Artworks

A room of skin and fluros

2023 \ Oil on polycotton, framed \ 77 x 61cm

For the love of comradery

2019 \ Charcoal on paper \ 140cm x 100cm

From a Getz to a Hilux over the soil on the Hay plains

2023 \ Oil on polycotton, framed \ 61 x 77cm

It felt like I was staring at a Bacon painting

2023 \ Oil on polycotton, framed \ 61 x 61cm

Money for nothing

2019 \ Charcoal on paper \ 140 x 185cm

Packing the Ranger to head to Toganmain

2023 \ Oil on polycotton \ 77 x 61cm

Reverse park it next to the tool shed underneath the powerline

2024 \ Oil on polycotton, framed \ 61 x 61cm

Show Me an Angel and I Will Paint One

2019 \ Charcoal on paper \ 140cm x 100cm

To Wind

2020 \ Charcoal on paper \ 76 x 56cm

To clip II

2019 \ Charcoal on paper \ 76 x 56cm

\ News

News

Stephanie eather — runner up in the 2024 vincent prize

25 June 2024

We're thrilled to announce Stephanie Eathers runner up selection in the 2024 Vincent Prize by judge Jude Rae.

 

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\ Exhibitions featuring Stephanie Eather

Stephanie Eather

From Vernon Terrace

7 February — 24 February 2024

Landscape and Memory

Group Exhibition

2 September — 23 September 2023

Stephanie Eather

West of the Kiewa

17 March — 1 April 2021

Contact Us

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12 - 14 Meagher Street Chippendale, NSW 2008
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm Saturday, 11am - 4pm Closed Public Holidays (and Easter Saturday)