Artist with long dark hair painting a large abstract black-and-white artwork on an easel in a studio, surrounded by art supplies and paint splatters.

With underlying themes of reflection and connection at its conceptual core, Stephanie Jook shares a collection of works inviting a deeper introspection on how we engage, interact and perceive our internal and external worlds. Through using a combination of monochromatic tones, coarse textures and sculptural elements which evoke a sense of movement, a material mapping draws upon the interrelation between light and dark, the oscillating and stagnant, the push and pull of our passage of time.​

Living and working in Melbourne, Naarm, Australia, Stephanie Jook is a contemporary artist, conceptually driven by the emotive result within monochromatic abstraction. Since graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Art from RMIT in 2022, she works intuitively incorporating methods of painting and sculpture in her practice. Embedding experience through mark making and materiality, Jook produces works that solidify and represent the power and strength of vulnerability and fragility through opposing visual elements and material matter.

Since 2019, Jook has presented four solo exhibitions in Melbourne’s inner north and has been curated into group exhibitions Australia wide including in Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart.

Exhibitions.​​ 

Upcoming Group Exhibition

      2026  Group Show, August - September
            North Gallery, Fitzroy​

Solo

      2026   Material Grounding, Void_Melbourne, Melbourne
      2025   E : X : T : N : D, Marios Cafe, Fitzroy
      2024   R : I N : M, North Gallery, Fitzroy
      2022   Moments in Lul, House of Plants, Abbotsford

Group 

      2025   Black.2, Void_Melbourne, Melbourne ​
      2025   Spring1883 w/ Void_Melbourne, The Windsor Hotel, Melbourne​
      2025   Stillness in Motion, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
      2024   Windmills Of Your Mind, One Star Gallery, West Melbourne
      2024   For The Deckade, Sorse Gallery, Brunswick
      2024   THREE, North Gallery, Fitzroy
      2023   Tracing Change, Modern Times, Collingwood
      2023   Novel, Melbourne City Library, Melbourne
      2023   TWO, North Gallery, Fitzroy
      2023   Gather Together, Long Gallery, Hobart
      2023   Substrate 23, Tacit Art, Collingwood
      2023   E6 Necklace Exhibition, Melbourne Design Week, Rooftop Bar, Melbourne
      2023   B G S, Bouvardia, Melbourne
      2023   Bound Pigment, Tacit Art, Collingwood
      2023   Thinning Of The Veil, Old Bar Gallery, Fitzroy
      2022   A Love Letter for Brahmen Perera, Oigall Projects, Fitzroy
      2022   For the Deckade, Backwoods Gallery, Collingwood
      2022   Offline, Motley Bauhaus, Carlton
      2022   E0122, Backwoods Gallery, Collingwood
      2021   10 Under 30, New Artisan Gallery, Sydney
      2021   E0121, Backwoods Gallery, Collingwood
      2021   For The Deckade, No Vacancy, Melbourne
      2020   New Year, New Blood, Red Gallery, Fitzroy North
      2020   Art Auction Bushfire Fundraiser, Buck Mulligan, Northcote   
      2019   Live Painting, Sydney Road Festival, Soma Gallery, Brunswick  
      2019   Vacant, Soma Gallery, Brunswick

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Collections.
      Commercial Collections, national
      Private Collections, national and international
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Publications.

      Art Collector Magazine : Magazine Feature
      Art Collector Magazine : Material Grounding Overview
      Art Collector Magazine : Substrate 23
      Art Collector Magazine : Bound Pigment
      Art Almanac

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Education.

      2022   Bachelor of Fine Art, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
      2019   Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts, RMIT Melbourne, Australia
      2018   Diploma of Visual Arts, RMIT Melbourne, Australia

A woman with dark hair in a black long-sleeve shirt is applying makeup or prosthetics to another person's face using a small tool, with a focused expression. She is holding a container with makeup or special effects materials in her left hand, and a bright lamp is illuminating her work.
A woman with dark hair in a black long-sleeve shirt is applying makeup or prosthetics to another person's face using a small tool, with a focused expression. She is holding a container with makeup or special effects materials in her left hand, and a bright lamp is illuminating her work.
Person working on a wooden workbench, handling small tools or supplies, with containers in the background.
Woman kneeling down and working on a wooden workbench with various jars and tools, partially covered in paint or plaster, in a workshop
A woman with long black hair stands among black wrapped objects in an art studio, with a wall decorated with an abstract splash of white and black paint behind her.
A woman with long black hair stands among black wrapped objects in an art studio, with a wall decorated with an abstract splash of white and black paint behind her.
A woman with long dark hair, wearing a black long-sleeve dress, stands in an art studio. She is smiling with her eyes closed and her arms crossed. Behind her is a large canvas with black draped fabric, and in front of her is a black chair covered with similar fabric. The studio has a paint-splattered canvas, bottles of paint, and art supplies on a wooden easel and shelf. The floor is covered with a white tarp stained with black paint.
A woman with long dark hair is holding a paintbrush in one hand and a container of black paint in the other, painting or touching up a black object on a wall or canvas.