Amber Koroluk-Stephenson

About

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 and natural environments, perfectly rendered and 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 encourage us to explore complexities surrounding the Australian identity and landscape, structures of facade, and paradoxes of taming or staging the landscape.

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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

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