STEPHANIE MERVINE

ARTIST BIO:

Stephanie Mervine is an abstract artist, curator, educator, and arts administrator based in Austin, Texas. She received her BA in Fine Art from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where her work is included in the school’s permanent art collection. Stephanie has worked extensively within the arts communities of Washington, DC, and Austin, TX. She has exhibited in and curated shows nationally and has served on the steering committee and Board of Artomatic in Washington, DC. A dedicated advocate for community building through the arts, she was a founding member of Up Collective in Austin and currently serves as Board President of Bolm Arts Collective, as well as the sole curator of the micro-gallery Crow’s Nest.

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ARTIST STATEMENT:

My abstract work centers on the deconstruction and reconstruction of familiar objects and scenes. Drawing from memories and photographs, I create layered compositions filled with pattern, transparent washes, and bold, contrasting color. These paintings function as distilled remnants or fragmented echoes and souvenirs of lived experience.

By dismantling recognizable forms and reassembling them into new visual structures, I invite viewers to reconsider their perception of reality and engage with a more abstract, dreamlike interpretation of the world. My recent work has taken on a more surrealist tone, exploring how perception and the unconscious mind shape the way we experience our surroundings.

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