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. She also takes a lot of inspiration from satellite imaging. Steffi’s paintings are created using acrylic, inks, pencils and pastels and she uses left over acrylic paint skins to create separate paint collage works. These paint collages are created by assembling squares or dots of acrylic paint skin that are individually placed to create a pixellated view of a landscape.
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 Modern, 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.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
NYOS Open Studios (winter), Harrogate
NYOS Open Studios (summer), Harrogate
‘A Time to Look’, Inspired by Gallery, Danby
2023
NYOS Open Studios (winter), Harrogate
Emerging Artists 2023 Exhibition’, Lawrence Batley Gallery, Huddersfield
‘NYOS Exhibition’, Skipton Town Hall, Skipton
‘Scott Creative Arts Foundation Emerging Art Prize Exhibition’, Thirsk
NYOS Open Studios (summer), Harrogate
‘Contemporary Landscapes’, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
‘NYOS Group Show’, Inspired by Gallery, Danby
2022
‘Graduate Show’, D31 Gallery, Doncaster
‘Towns and Cities’, Open Gallery, Halifax
‘Mercer Open’, Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate
2021
‘London Grads Now 2021’, Saatchi Gallery, London
‘Global Design Graduate Show’ in collaboration with Gucci (online)
‘Bitesize Film Festival’ (screening of ‘Descent to the Abyss’)
‘Petri Dish Project,‘ Tebbs Gallery, Islington, London
‘What Have We Done?’ Lethaby Gallery, Kings Cross, London
‘Lockdown & Unity’, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
‘Virtual Ground’, Safehouse 1 & 2, London
‘Virtual Editions (London)’ The Other Art Fair
‘Virtual Ground’, Asylum Chapel, London
‘Sell Out’, Windows Gallery, Granary Square, London
‘See You Tomorrow', Virtual Open Studio
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
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