Statement
No combination of words can describe objects, people or relationships as accurately as an artwork. If words are "digital representations" of things, then artworks are the "analogue" equivalent. Drawing from an electronics engineer's vocabulary, the set of vocabulary that Stephanie learnt during her University days, digital representations are discrete, where definitions have clear boundaries; analogue representations, on the other hand, cover a continuous spectrum, where there is no right or wrong and everything is down to interpretation.
Stephanie explores the link between words, subject and atmosphere in her artworks. Sometimes, she also plays with words in the title to encourage the reader to view the subject of the artwork from different angles; sometimes, she amalgamates the connotations of the words in the title with symbols in the painting or print.
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Background
Stephanie Pau is a London-based artist, born in a Far East country. She graduated as an Electronics Engineer. With the many identities and roles she holds, dividing her life between often very different social and cultural environments, all words and connotations cease to have a discrete meaning where her artwork explains it all. Her recent works are of etching, screen printing and acrylic painting. Her earlier artwork depict the reflective thoughts about city lives, and the isolation associated therewith, in the form of sculpture. As her final year project at Imperial College, London, she worked together with a Fashion PhD student from Central Saint Martins College of Art towards producing a fashion garment with embedded electronics that can reflect its wearer's emotions ('The Affective Wardrobe').
She is a member of the East London Printmaker and the London Print Studio. She is also a co-founder and the webmaster of Domesticalia, a curatorial body aiming to raise awareness of emerging artists (and topics!).
Exhibitions
2007 - Domesticalia: the Politics of Repression (Exhibit title: The Awakening, I believe I can fly)
