Hobart based painter Amber Koroluk-Stephenson’s career has been on the rise since graduating from Tasmania’s School of Art with Honours in 2011.
Urban landscapes, perfectly rendered, containing undertones of tension are what to expect when considering these works. A saturated palette of colour and light pulls the viewer into her carefully considered world. Endless narratives direct us to things that don’t quite feel right, leaving us to question what it is we take for granted or think we know. Her use of figures when seen from behind, allow us to place ourselves inside the canvas enabling contemplation from within the sense.
Other figures create an anchor for our gaze creating in us that unnerving feeling of watching from a distance an intimate suburban moment, belonging to someone else.
AMBER KOROLUK-STEPHENSON
1988 Born Tasmania, lives and works in Hobart
Education
2011 University of Tasmania, Graduate Certificate (Painting)
2010 University of Tasmania, Bachelor of Fine Art with Honors (Painting)
2007-2009 University of Tasmania, Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting / Photography Double Major)
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Beyond the Gate, Bett Gallery, Hobart
Half Full / Half Empty, Sawtooth Artist Run Initiative, Launceston
Half Full / Half Empty II, Archive Space, Sydney
2013 Quixotic, MOP Projects, Sydney
2012 Spaces Between (upcoming), Bett Gallery, Hobart
2011 Closer to Home, Bett Gallery, Hobart
Not At Home, Top Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre (SAC), Hobart
2009 Bittersweet Nonsense, Entrepot Gallery, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart
Just Like a Woman, Graduate Exhibition, Tasmanian School of Art
Ripe, Little Space Gallery, Hobart Polytechnic
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Ken Urban, Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart
Long Weekend, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne
Under kunanyi, Bett gallery, Hobart
Tasmanian Portrait Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart
Sawtooth ARI Review, 146 ArtsSpace, Hobart
Yen Art Award, Gaffa, Sydney
2014 Take Home Archive, Archive Space, Sydney
Bonus Fog, group exhibition, Hobart
Constance Goes Postal, Constance ARI, Hobart
Open House, Arts Factory, Hobart
2013 Forged Environments, 146 ArtSpace, Arts Tasmania, Hobart
Poets and Painters, Bett Gallery, Hobart
Constance Makes the Art Grow Stronger, Constance ARI, Hobart
Affordable Art Fair, Gaffer, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Paddington Art Prize, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
A Century of Aesthetics, Hobart College Centenary Exhibition, Hobart
Glover Prize, Falls Park Pavilion, Evandale
Members Group Show, Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart
MONAISTA, Stable Gallery, Hobart
A4, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston
2012 Members Group Show, Contemporary Art Spaces Tasmania, Hobart
Sawtooth ARI Gala Fundraiser Auction, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston
MONAISTA, Stable Gallery, Hobart
2011 Preview Exhibition and Honours Award Exhibition, Bett Gallery, Hobart
Open Doors, Painting Society Exhibition, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart
Painting Society Exhibition, Top Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre SAC), Hobart
Painting Society Petite Prize, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart
MONAISTA, Stable Gallery, Hobart
2010 Magna & Magister, Plimsol Gallery, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart
Members Group Show, Contemporary Art Space Tasmania (CAST), Hobart
Painting Society Petite Prize, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart
Mixed Tape, Painting and Sculpture Society Exhibition, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre (SAC), Hobart
Birchalls Tertiary Art Prize, NEW Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston
2009 Future Legends, University of Tasmania Graduate Exhibition, Hobart
Painting Society Petite Prize, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart
Primed, Fine Arts Gallery (FAG), University of Tasmania, Hobart
Painting Society Exhibition, Top Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre (SAC), Hobart
La Femme Thrice, Nourish Café, Hobart
Painting Society Petite Prize, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart
2006-2007 ARTRAGE Touring Exhibition, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
2006 Tasmanian Potters Society Annual Exhibition, Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre (SAC), Hobart
2004 Tasmanian Potters Society Annual Exhibition, Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre (SAC), Hobart
Awards and Grants
2015 Artist in Residence, Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart
2013 ArtsBridge National Grant, Arts Tasmania
2013 SOYA Visual Art Award- Highly Commended
2012-2014 Artist in Residence, 146 Art Studio, Arts Tasmania, Hobart
2012 ArtStart Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2012 Artist in Residence, 146 Art Studio, Arts Tasmania, Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts
2012 Shotgun Professional Development Mentorship Program with MOP Projects Sydney, Contemporary Art Spaces Tasmania (CAST), Hobart
2012 Artist in Residence, University of Tasmania, Hobart
2011 Zonta Award: Young and Emerging Artist Prize, Tasmanian Regional Arts
2011 Artist in Residence, School House Studios, Melbourne
2007-2010 Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship
2007 Seize the Day Award 2007, The Cancer Council, Tasmania
2006 Tasmanian Potters Society Annual Exhibition, Undergraduate Student Award, People’s Choice Award
Collections
Hobart Polytechnic
Private Collections: Australia, United States of America
Bibliography
Ashley Crawford, Australian Art Collector, Issue 59, January-March 2012, 50 Things Collectors Need to Know 2012, Debutantes: Amber Koroluk-Stephenson, p.151
Meryl Naido, The Mercury, So Suburban, artist interview, May 18 2012 p. 45
Cate Harding, Untapped Tassie, Artist Interview, Edge Radio, August 11 2011
Clyde Selby, The Mercury, Dystopian Reminiscence, February 5 2011 p. 22
Smart Map Tasmania, Arts Tasmania, Department of Economic Development, Tourism & the Arts, paintings used to promote Smart Map in: Australian Art Collector 2011-2012, Art Almanic 2011, Warp Magazine 2011, Travelways 2011, LOOK Magazine 2011.
Magna & Magister, Tasmanian School of Art 2010 Honours Catalogue, pp. 18, 19
Anica Boulanger-Mashberg, Islet (online journal), Island Magazine, Spring 2010, Featured Visual Artist
Future Legends, Tasmanian School of Art 2009 Graduate Exhibition, pp. 58, 77
The Australian Journal of Australian Ceramics: Pottery in Australia 43#3 2004. pp. 54
Past events
Tidal: City of Devonport National Art Award 2016 Finalists Exhibition
Exhibitions
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45-47 Stewart Street, Devonport
Group Show
Exhibitions
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369 Elizabeth Street, Hobart
Bett Gallery
Galleries
369 Elizabeth Street, Hobart
