Lost Things, 2020, oil on canvas 160 x 200 cm
Painting
Not Five Minutes from Home
2020
Oil on canvas
145 x 195 cm
Forget the Day's Eye
2020
Oil on canvas
160 x 200 cm
Serenade
2020
Oil on canvas
110 x 130 cm
Foetal Fantasy
2021
Oil and watercolour on canvas
130 x 90 cm
The Visitors
Installation View
2021
PEER
Installation View
2021
PEER
Installation View
2021
The Cusp
Installation View
2021
Front Line
2020
Oil on canvas
150 x 200 cm
Boogie Boarding
2021
Oil on canvas
50 H x 45 W cm
L&F
2021
Oil on canvas
30 x 55 cm
Leap
2021
Oil on canvas
60 x 45 cm
Sunday 5am
2020
Oil on canvas
120 x 150 cm
Rumours
2019
Oil and charcoal on canvas
90 x 70 cm
How it Happened
Installation View
2021
Niru Ratnam Gallery
Solo exhibition
A Long Last Look
2019
Oil on canvas
120 x 160 cm
Days Done
2019
Oil on canvas
120 x 160 cm
Slope
2018
Oil on canvas
80 x 80 cm
Contact
2020
Oil on canvas
100 x 130 cm
Works on Paper
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Untitled
2021
oil and charcoal on paper
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Untitled
2021
oil and charcoal on paper
Untitled
2020
Watercolour and charcoal on paper
Performance
Flaming Flamingos
2019
Duration approx 8 minutes
Video projection and live performance
Flaming Flamingos
2019
Duration approx 8 minutes
video projection and live performance
The Handlers
2019
Live performance with audio
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The Handlers
2019
Live performance with audio
About
Amy Steel combines painting and performance to create expansive, sensual environments where women unravel and explore themes such as sexuality, our relationship to nature and the desire to be part of something bigger.
Fascinated by the complex relationships humans have with nature, Steel’s dream-like paintings often feature animals and female body parts, which meld into the mysterious and luminous landscapes. This luminosity is translated through Steel’s specific use of colour, through which she creates an atmosphere that is charged with emotion.
The paintings are pointedly ambiguous, enabling the viewer to sense the work and react emotionally rather than by responding to an overly prescriptive narrative.
Selected Shows
2022
2021
2021
2020
2020
2019
2019
2019
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017
2017
2016
2015
2013
Soho Revue, (solo), London
How It Happened, Niru Ratnam Gallery (solo), London
PEER (two person show), London
Visions, selected by Benedict Drew, Nunnery Gallery, London
FBA Futures, The Mall Galleries, London
Ripe Beings, White Crypt, London
Bite, Barbican Arts Trust Group, London
Summer Show, Daniel Benjamin Gallery, London
Holiday, ARCADE, London
Body As Archive, Slade Research Centre
Drip Dry, Chalton Gallery, London
Up River, Centre for Contemporary Art, Bulgaria
Arte Laguna, Nappe Arsenale, Venice.
Unmoored. Live performance. EXHIBI[6]TIONS, Rich Mix, London.
Lifeline. Live performance at Emergency 2016 Live Art Festival, Word Of Warning Productions, Zion Arts, Manchester, UK
Lifeline. Live performance at New Performers, Artsadmin,Toynbee Studios, London
SALT. Salirophilia, Arcadia Missa Gallery, London
Awards
2019
2018
2018
2018
2013
ACME Slade Post Graduate Studio Award 2019
ASC Bursary Prize (nomination) 2018
The Deans Strategic Fund 2018
Slade Bursary 2018
Goldsmiths Bursary 2013
Education
2017 - 19
2012 - 15
Slade School of Fine Art, MFA (Distinction)
Goldsmiths University of London, BA Fine Art (Distinction)