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Lucy Stevens

Lucy Stevens is a British artist (b. 1982) who lives and works in Leicester, UK. She received a BA (Hons) and an MA in Fine Art from Nottingham Trent University, graduating from the MA course in 2007. Stevens’ body of work encompasses mixed media 2D works, site-specific sound installations, walks, concerts, and most recently, sculpture.

She creates vibrant abstract portraits of avian subjects and rural landscapes inspired by ornithology and colour theory. Her projects often include working in collaboration with experts in the natural world, including scientists, bird-watching and ringing groups, museum curators, ornithologists, photographers, musicians, and bird conservation charities to develop a deeper understanding of her subject area.

Stevens explores our complex relationship with nature by reinterpreting bird conservation case studies, natural science museum collections, and visualizing animal vocalizations through a range of methodical techniques to develop a register of colour-coded symbols and mark making.

Stevens has exhibited across the East Midlands and London, including a solo exhibition at Leicester Museum, and in London at The Affordable Art Fair and The Other Art Fair. She has been commissioned by The National Forest, Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Attenborough Arts Centre, The University of Leicester, and Wirksworth Festival to develop new mixed media works on paper and site-specific sound works. She has also taken part in artist residencies in London, Leicester, Scotland, Brussels, France, and Sweden. Public art collections include Leicester Museum, The University of Leicester, and Nottingham Trent University.

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Lucy Stevens is a multidisciplinary British contemporary artist whose work explores our relationship with the natural environment.

Her work interprets birdsong, museum collections, and conservation data into mixed media abstract portraits and colour charts on paper, sound works developed from gathering field recordings, and most recently, sculpture.

Her most recent work in collaboration with Leicester Museum & Art Gallery explores creative methods for cataloguing British bird skin specimens. Her solo exhibition ‘Colour Coded Birds’ saw a diverse collection of bird specimens grouped together by colour alongside contemporary artworks. The bird skin collection inspired Lucy to create new 2D and 3D artworks that use intense colour combinations. Artworks included within the exhibition combine photography of the bird skins on display with Lucy’s signature instinctive mark making, as well as colourful abstract wooden sculptures holding bird eggs from the museum’s collection, which interpret ornithological data.

Lucy has also worked with The British Trust for Ornithology and Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust to explore the effects of climate change on migratory birds. The exhibition of new work in ‘Chasing Seasons’ saw a collection of mixed media artwork informed by scientific research to demonstrate declines in bird populations and changes in bird behaviour due to extreme weather conditions.

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