Underpinned by a fascination with geology and travel, Amy Stephens is interested in how we reuse, recycle, and re-appropriate materials from our daily environment. Using photography and collage, works emerge through stages of exploration, materialising as three-dimensional structures. These monolithic forms, or geological artefacts, generate a new perspective on the passing of time and our appreciation of the landscape.

Permanence of Space brings together a series of works that culminated from a trip to Carrara in Italy. This exhibition raises questions surrounding context and artistic intention. The artist’s work asks the viewer to be attentive to what is happening beneath the surface, our impact upon that natural world and how we appropriate it for our own purpose.

Amy Stephens was born in London 1981, graduated 2005 at the University of Reading, BA (Hons) Fine Art and 2008 with an MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London.