Born in New Zealand.
Lives and works in Sydney, Australia.

Stevie Fieldsend’s work seeks to detail an emotional state – more a feeling or sensation/bodily memory of a past event. Fieldsend is interested in how to convey emotional realities about longing, grief and death. Central to these perceptions are the notions of the lived body and transference.

In working with materials that embody the process of transmutation such as molten glass, steel and charred wood, a type of performance takes place close to the furnace, and inside her body.

A ritual that leaves more than a trace, it leaves a place of where there is a possibility of transformation. In previous bodies of work, such as solve et coagula, Fieldsend slumps thick-shaped biomorphic molten glass over and inside a series of dark, truncated vertical forms. The hot glass itself assumes and picks up an imprint memory of the wood grain, is separated, and then when cooled is laid back down over the standing forms.

More recently in her mira mira series of works, Fieldsend has continued to work with wood and glass whilst incorporating textiles into her practice. These signature visceral sculptures of viscous molten glass, torched wood and tinted tightly pleated textiles are steeped in the life force, the sense of self and the psyche.Her works conjure with the mental maneuvers, at once conscious and unconscious into the recesses of the psyche, the mind morphing along the hallways of the mind – like a latter day Alice in Wonderland – to a thousand windows of fancy.

Stevie Fieldsend studied glass at Sydney College of the Arts and The Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre in Adelaide and from these two influences has worked, in both design and production as well as installation/sculpture. In recent years Fieldsend completed both a Master of Fine Art and a Master of Studio Arts at Sydney College of the Arts.

She has participated in solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally and has been the recipient of numerous art prizes including: the Scenic World Staff Choice Award for Sculpture at Scenic World (2015), the Rookwood Necropolis Sculpture Award (2013) and Sculpture in the Vineyards (2012). Fieldsend has also been a finalist of numerous prestigious prizes including: the NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging), presented by Artspace and Arts NSW (2015), the Redlands Konika Minolta Art Prize (2015), the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award (2014), the Blake Prize (2013), and the Willoughby Sculpture Prize(2013).

Fieldsend’s work has been presented at Hong Kong Art Central, Sydney Contemporary, Melbourne Art Fair and included in curated group exhibitions at Moreton Bay Regional Gallery, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Cessnock Regional Art Gallery, Campbelltown Regional Art Gallery and Blacktown Arts Centre.

In 2016 Stevie Fieldsend was a finalist in the Lorne Sculpture Biennale and presented her third solo presentation of works at Artereal Gallery in Sydney. Her work can be found in numerous public and private collections, including the Artbank collection.

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Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 1, 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 43.5 x 33 x 4. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 2, 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 43.5 x 33 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 4, 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 43.5 x 33 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 5, 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 33 x 43.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 6, 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 33 x 43.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 7, 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 33 x 43.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 8, 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 33 x 43.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 9, 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 33 x 43.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 10, 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 33 x 43.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 22, 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 79 x 41.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 22 (detail), 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 79 x 41.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 17 (detail), 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 79 x 41.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 20, 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 79 x 41.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 18 (detail), 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 79 x 41.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 19, 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 79 x 41.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 19 (detail), 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 79 x 41.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 17, 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 79 x 41.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 16, 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 79 x 41.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 16 (detail), 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 79 x 41.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 15 (detail), 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 79 x 41.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 15, 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 79 x 41.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira 13, 2016, scorched Tasmania oak, paper and pleated polyester textile on canvas, 79 x 41.5 x 4 cm. Photograph by Yves Lee. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira (installation shot), 2016. Photograph by Jessica Maurer. Stevie Fieldsend, mira mira (installation shot), 2016. Photograph by Jessica Maurer. Cauter_#17_2014_glass, wood_50 x 25cm Cauter_#16_2014_glass, wood_50 x 25cm Cauter_#18_2014_glass, wood_50 x 25cm Cauter_#15_2014_glass, wood_50 x 25cm Cauter_#13_2014_glass, wood_50 x 25cm Cauter_#9_2014_glass, wood_112 x 31cm Cauter_#1_2014_glass, wood_74 x 18cm Cauter_#7_2014_glass, wood_112 x 31cm Cauter_#11_2014_glass, wood_50 x 25cm Cauter_#4_2014_glass, wood_74 x 18cm Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter xvi_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_49 x 44 x 4cm. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter xvii_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_45 x 49.5 x 4cm. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter iii_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_110 x 34.5 x 4cm_Photograph by Zan Wimberley. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter i_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_51 x 34 x 4cm. Photograph by Zan Wimberley. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter ii_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_37 x 43 x4cm. Photograph by Zan Wimberley. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter iv_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_114x13x4cm. Photograph by Zan Wimberley. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter v_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_114x13x4cm. Photograph by Zan Wimberley. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter vi_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_122 x 13.5 x 4cm. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter vii_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_122 x 13.5 x 4cm. tevie Fieldsend_hereafter viii_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_114 x 13.5 x 4cm. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter x_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_111 x 13.5 x 4cm. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter xi_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_111 x 13.5 x 4cm. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter xii_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_57 x 49 x 4cm. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter xiii_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_97 x 34.5 x 4cm. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter xiv_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_24 x 33 x 4cm. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter xix_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_38 x 34.5 x 4cm. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter xv_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_61 x 28 x 4cm. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter xviii_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_68.5 x 64.5 x 4cm. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter xx_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_113 x 106 x 4cm. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter xxi_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_114 x 105 x 4cm. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter xxiii_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_125 x 95 x 4cm. Stevie Fieldsend_hereafter xxii_2018_paper, pleated polyester textile on canvas, Tasmanian Oak_115 x 105 x 4cm. Stevie Fieldsend_Lingers 2_2018_metal, wool, polyester_3m x width variable. Install shot by Zan Wimberley. Installation shot of 'hereafter' (2018) by Zan Wimberley.