FIONA STEWART
ARTIST STATEMENT
Fiona's work is a visceral response to nature and the environment represented as fragments of memory and imagined journeys. Painting primarily on canvas and paper; she combines abstract marks with textural layers to create pieces filled with evocative energy. Her latest work, “Ghosts of Château-Richer” is a small series on paper featuring tones of blue, green and black intersected with tape and pencil. White layers are painted, dried, re-painted and finished with rustic marks. Tapestries of green fields flourish amongst hints of purple and blue; each bleeding into each other and taking the viewer on a voyage across fractured landscapes.
Each piece is created using vegan, cruelty-free products.
BIO
Fiona Stewart was born in rural Northern Ireland and currently works as a creative for a PR company. She is a member of the Union of Graphic Designers for Film and Television.
Since 2015, Fiona’s work has been exhibited in galleries across London and Belfast, including a group show with the Northern Ireland Arts and Film Festival in 2017 ("Gene series I & II") ;a solo show at the UoA Gallery, Belfast in 2019 and a group show in Holy Art Gallery, London in 2021 ("Disturbance in the City"). In 2019 she was a recipient of the iDA Award on behalf of the Arts Council Northern Ireland. She has produced commissions for award-winning playwright, Lorna French and Irish poet, Patrick Walsh.
EXHIBITIONS & PRESS
Artist Talk Magazine
Print Edition - Issue 25
'Flight Over Land and Sea'
May 2023
Open Gallery
Group Exhibition - Spring
'Wildflowers Listening'
Halifax, May 2023
House of Smalls Gallery
Group Exhibition - Walk the Line
'Interrupted Dream'
Gloucester, March 2023
Cista Arts
Group Exhibition - Inspired by Love
'Flight Over Land and Sea'
'Views of Lake and Sky'
London, February - March 2023
Dwell Time Press
Virtual - Issue 3
'Views Over Lake and Sky'
London, August 2022
Irish Poet, Paddy Walsh
Commission - Book
'Rockpool Alley'
Ireland, 2022
Holy Art Gallery
Group Exhibition - Infinity
'2am'
'Moonlight Dancers'
London, May 2021
Online Auction
Curator 'Soup' for Art of Elysium
'Smoke and Shadows'
Los Angeles, 2021
Arts Council Northern Ireland
Winner of iDA Award
Belfast, April 2019
Solo Exhibition in UoA Gallery
Solo Exhibition
'Frances, Refections and Roses'
Belfast, August - September 2019
Award-winning playwright, Lorna French
Commission
'Mya Angelou'
Birmingham, 2019
NI Mental Health Arts & Film Festival
Group Exhibition - Time To Change
'Gene Series 1 & 2'
Northern Ireland, 2017
Wot is Art Magazine
Feature in Wot is Art Magazine
London, 2017