ABOUT

Steffi Callaghan is an abstract painter who draws inspiration from inaccessible, mysterious and/or overlooked spaces of our world. Her paintings are frequently inspired by historical and modern maps and how they influence our relationship with the world. Her paintings are created using acrylic, ink and layered paint collage.

Steffi graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2021 (MA in Art and Science - distinction). Her MA research focused on the deep sea and new scientific discoveries arising out of the UN Decade of Ocean Science and innovations in ocean-floor mapping.

Steffi’s work has been shown at many London galleries, including Tate Exchange, Bargehouse, Safehouse, Asylum Chapel, Arts Depot and the Saatchi Gallery. She is a founding member of DART (a group of artists researching digital art collaborations) and she was awarded the ‘Other Art Fair’ Art Prize on graduation. In 2021, she was also shortlisted for the Gucci Global Design Graduate Prize and she exhibited two of her MA degree show paintings at the the Saatchi London Grads Now show. In 2023, Steffi was announced as a finalist for the SCAF Emerging Artist Prize in Yorkshire.

Since graduating she works from her home studio in North Yorkshire.

EXHIBITIONS

2024

  • North Yorkshire Open Studios (2/3 November)

  • North Yorkshire Open Studios (1/2 June & 8/9 June)

  • ‘A Time to Look’, Inspired by Gallery, Danby (10 Feb to 12 May)

2023

  • Christmas Open Studios (2/3 December)

  • Lawrence Batley Gallery, Emerging Artists 2023 Exhibition (13 Sept to 4 Jan)

  • Skipton Town Hall (5 July-16 Sept)

  • Scott Creative Emerging Arts Foundation Emerging Art Prize - Finalist (1st July)

  • North Yorkshire Open Studios (3/4 June & 10/11 June)

  • Contemporary Landscapes, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield (1 Mar - 22 Mar)

  • Inspired by Gallery, Danby (11 Feb - 21 May)

2022

  • Graduate Show, D31 Gallery, Doncaster (26 Nov - 10 Jan)

  • ‘Towns and Cities’, Open Gallery, Halifax (4 Nov - 22 Nov)

  • Mercer Open, Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, North Yorkshire (17 Sept - 8 Jan)

2021

  • London Grads Now 2021, Saatchi Gallery, London (4 Nov - 16th Jan)

  • Global Design Graduate Show in collaboration with Gucci (online)

  • Descent to the Abyss, ‘Bitesize Film Festival’ (August)

  • ‘Petri Dish Project‘ Tebbs Gallery, Islington, London (18-22 July)

  • ‘What Have We Done?’ Lethaby Gallery, Kings Cross, London (12 July -1 August)

  • ‘Lockdown & Unity’, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield (7-17 July)

  • ‘Virtual Ground’, Safehouse 1 & 2, London (9-12 July)

  • The Other Art Fair, ‘Virtual Editions (London)’ (6-11 July)

  • ‘Virtual Ground’, Asylum Chapel, London (6-7 July)

  • ‘Sell Out’, Windows Gallery, Granary Square, London (4 April – 16 May)

  • ‘See You Tomorrow', Virtual Open Studio (21 Jan to 21 Feb).

2020

  • ‘I Promise You’, Apiary Studios, Hackney, London

  • ‘Sale’, Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London

2019

  • ‘Emergent’, Elthorne Studios, Upper Holloway, London

  • ‘London Ultra’, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London

  • ‘Salon’, Joseph Wales Studios, Margate

  • 'Arts Depot Open,’ Arts Depot, Barnet, London

  • ‘Salon’, Camden Image Gallery, Camden, London

2018

  • Open Studio, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey




AWARDS

The Other Art Fair Graduate Art Prize 2021 - Winner

Gucci Global Design Awards - Finalist

SCAF Emerging Art Prize - Finalist

EDUCATION

MA in Art and Science, Central Saint Martins, University of Arts

BSc (Hons) Geography, University of Manchester

STUDIO

North Yorkshire

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