Stephanie Valentin – News

STEPHANIE VALENTIN in BEASTLY

23 November – 7 December 2014
Delmar Gallery, NSW

POLIXENI PAPAPETROU, STEPHANIE VALENTIN, JUSTINE VARGA, WILLIAM YANG IN WILLIAM AND WINIFRED BOWNESS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2012

4 October - 18 November 2012
Monash Gallery of Art, Victoria

The judging panel of Australia’s most celebrated photography accolade, the William and Winifred Bowness prize, has announced Polixeni Papaetrou, Stephanie Valentin, Justine Varga and William Yang are among the finalists. Stills photographer Trent Parke, NGV’s Senior Curator Photography Isobel Crombie and MGA Gallery Director Shaune Lakin selected 42 photographs from over 2000 entries, the largest number in the prize’s history. The winner of the $25 000 prize will be announced at MGA on Thursday 4 October 2012, when the finalist exhibition is opened.

POLIXENI PAPAPETROU & STEPHANIE VALENTIN in TERRA COGNITA, PHOTOFESTIVAL NOORDERLICHT 2012

2 September - 7 October 2012
Belvedere Museum, The Netherlands

A selection of works by Polixeni Papapetrou and Stephanie Valentin will be included in the 19th edition of the Noorderlicht International Photofestival: Terra Cognita in The Netherlands. This exhibition considers the relationship between man and the natural world, and features a diverse range of photographic genres by more than 100 photographers from all over the world.

STILLS GALLERY: SHANGHAI CONTEMPORARY 2012

SH Contemporary 2012 takes place from September 7th to 9th, with preview on the 6th, in downtown Shanghai, at the extraordinary Shanghai Exhibition Centre. Stills Gallery will exhibit a selection of Stills artists, exposing them and the gallery to a new international market. This will be the 6th edition of the fair and is organised into two main sections, providing visitors with a selection of cutting-edge and emerging art, including video, film, photography and new media.

STEPHANIE VALENTIN AT RMIT GALLERY CONTEMPLATING THE FUTURE

2112: Imagining the Future
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
2 December until 28 January 2012

A selection of works by Stephanie Valentin from her Earthbound series will be exhibited at RMIT, Victoria in 2112: Imagining the Future. Tapping into general anxieties about an uncertain future and public concern about the consequences of climate change, 2112 Imagining the Future presents a range of images revealing how contemporary artists imagine the world might look in one hundred years’ time.

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STEPHANIE VALENTIN: Winner of the RBS Emerging Artists Employee’s Choice Award 2010

Stephanie Valentin was awarded the RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) Employee’s Choice award with her work Earthbound, 2009 from the Earthbound series. As the winner Valentin has received an around-the-world airfare. The RBS Emerging Artists Award is a prestigious art award and is the seventh annual exhibition of emerging art presented by RBS. Other artists from Stills that have won the award are Petrina Hicks with her photograph Lambswool in 2008 and Trent Parke with Motel (2006).

STEPHANIE VALENTIN: THE CHALLENGED LANDSCAPE

UTS Gallery, Sydney
20 April - 21 May 2010
Stephanie Valentin is featured in this group exhibition that considers how contemporary photographers are responding to issues surrounding climate change and species survival. Two images from Valentin’s 2009 series Earthbound consider the affect of depleted rainfall for Australia’s semi-arid zones and our attempts to understand the earth’s natural systems through science.

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STEPHANIE VALENTIN: EARTHBOUND

Parliament House, Canberra
Stephanie Valentin's photographs Earthbound and Vapour were selected for the Parliament House Art Collection and are currently on public display until mid-February as part of an exhibition showcasing recent acquisitions. These images are from Earthbound, a series which uses an interplay of still lives and landscape to explore our uncertain relationship to the earth's natural systems.

FINALISTS: SLOGGETT, PAPAPETROU, SHANAHAN, VALENTIN

William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize 2009
Monash Gallery of Art, VIC
6 November to 13 December 2009
The finalists of the annual William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize have been announced and include Glenn Sloggett, Polixeni Papapetrou, Rebecca Shanahan and Stephanie Valentin. The winner of the $20,000 non-acquisitive prize, which is judged this year by Helen Ennis, Anne Ferran and MGA Director Shaune Lakin, will be announced on Thursday 26 November.

STEPHANIE VALENTIN - EARTHBOUND: ARTIST TALK

Stills Gallery
36 Gosbell Street, Paddington
2pm Saturday 27 June
Stephanie Valentin will be discussing her new work, earthbound. Through the interplay of still lives and landscape, this work asks us to consider the interdependence of living systems and the way human activity impacts upon its environment.