About
Samira Stephens is a Bengali-Australian Naarm (Melbourne)- based multidisciplinary artist working across ceramics and mixed-media beadwork.
Drawing on a decade-long background in fashion design, her practice explores her intersectional identity through intuitive creation of texture, ornamentation and accumulation.
Exhibitions
2026
Sacred Currents, mixed media beadwork, Northside Made, Gallery Unbound, Melbourne.
Lunar Time, mixed media beadwork, Afterglow, Great Space, Melbourne.
Ruffle, hand-built ceramic sculpture, Anomoly, Kindred Cameras, Melbourne.
Sparkle Series (27 works), mixed media embroidery, Wild Sovereign, Gallery Unbound, Melbourne.
2025
Ruffle, hand-built ceramic sculpture, Tangent, Gallery Unbound, Melbourne.
A Study of Texture and Light, digital giclée print, Tangent, Gallery Unbound, Melbourne.
Cross Section of My Brain, mixed media beadwork, A1 Darebin Salon, Bundoora Homestead, Melbourne
I am actively working toward showing in more spaces, the studio and the gallery are two sides of the same practice for me. I am open to exhibition opportunities and collaborations, please reach out should you like to work together.
