Stephanie Reisch
“I am interested in exploring the landscape from an elemental state. I'm curious about the aspects of the landscape that can't be seen beneath the surface … I want to capture that movement, primal energy, and sense of place that represents the layering of different time scales.”
- Stephanie Reisch
Stephanie Reisch is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and researcher based in Perth, Western Australia. With a practice grounded in painting, installation, and sound, her work explores ancestral memory, liminality, and the unseen dimensions of landscape. Reisch holds a PhD in Fine Art from Curtin University and a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Edith Cowan University, where she also lectures in art education.
Working across traditional and digital media, her research-driven approach is informed by prehistoric symbolism, archaeological sites, and metaphysical narratives. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including solo exhibitions in Paris, Melbourne, and Perth. Reisch is represented in numerous public and private collections, such as Artbank, the Holmes à Court Collection, and BHP Billiton, and has been commissioned for major public artworks including for the Ritz Carlton Perth.
An advocate for contemporary arts, Reisch has served on the board of Artsource (as Chair) and worked as an associate editor for international academic journals on new media and the arts. Her projects often engage with themes of presence and absence, inviting quiet contemplation and a heightened awareness of place.
About the Artist
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Stephanie Reisch is a Belgium-born, Perth (Boorloo)-based interdisciplinary artist whose work spans painting, drawing, sound, and installation.
Extending beyond canvas, Reisch’s sound and sculptural installations serve as immersive records of place and time, often incorporating field recordings captured at specific moments in nature. Reisch holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) and Master of Fine Arts from the University of Western Australia. Her work is held in public, private, and corporate collections nationally, including the Town of Victoria Park and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Art Collection.
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
Dreamfeeder – Linton & Kay, Subiaco, WA
2021
Australian Ghosts – Lost Eden Creative, Dwellingup, WA
2020
Tellurian – Linton & Kay, Subiaco, WA
2019
Flocks & Intervals – Linton & Kay, West Perth, WA
2018
Water & Stone – Heathcote Museum & Gallery, Applecross, WA
Antelands – Linton & Kay, Subiaco, WA
2017
Talismanic – Linton & Kay, Perth, WA
2015
The Immortals – Peekaboo Gallery, Gotham Studios, Northbridge, WA
2013
Stopping the World – Linton & Kay, Subiaco, WA
2012
SUPERANIMAL – Free Range Gallery, Perth, WA
2011
Superanimal: Painting with the Animal – Cullity Gallery, Crawley, WA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Underland – Spectrum Project Space, ECU, WA
2022
CLIP Award – Perth Centre for Photography, WA
Tikvah – Mossenson Galleries, Subiaco, WA
Strange Festival – Perth, WA
Sculpture at Bathers – Fremantle, WA
2021
Cereus – The Mixing Room, WA (w/ Bernard Taylor, Jared Malton)
All Past Futures Are Now – Linton & Kay, West Perth, WA (w/ William Leggett)
Solastalgia – Lost Eden Creative, Dwellingup, WA
Sculpture on the Scarp – Darlington Arts Festival, WA
Raw Colour – Holmes à Court Gallery, West Perth, WA
2020
ION 1: In Our Nature – Lost Eden Creative, Dwellingup, WA
Tangent – Kent Street Gallery, Victoria Park Centre for the Arts, WA
2019
Friends and Family – Daine Singer, Fitzroy, VIC
Artsource Salon: Now – Old Customs House, Fremantle, WA
Embracing the Elements – Kent Street Gallery, VPCA, WA
2018
Contour – Juniper Galleries, Darlington, WA
2017
Aim to Please – ANOTHER Gallery, Bassendean, WA
2016
No Second Chances – Gallery Central, Northbridge, WA
2015
Crypsis – Gallerysmith Project Space, North Melbourne, VIC
New Works – Margaret River Gallery, WA
2014
Smallworks – Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC
2012
Luminous AR Sculpture Exhibition – UWA Centenary Luminous Night, WA
Part 3 – King St Studio, Perth, WA
2009
New Works New Faces – Perth Galleries, North Fremantle, WA
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Grants & Awards
2022
Semi-finalist – CLIP Award, Perth Centre for Photography, WA
Finalist – Perth Royal Art Prize for Landscape, Wilkinson Gallery, WA
Finalist – City of Belmont Art Awards, The Glass House, WA
2021
U-15k Creative Development Grant – Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (WA), for Australian Ghosts
2020
Recipient – Artsource Spring Mentor Program (with Sandra Murray)
Recipient – Sidney Myer Foundation Arts Grant
2019
Finalist – Busselton Art Prize, ArtGeo Complex, Busselton, WA
Collections
Town of Victoria Park
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Art Collection
Residencies
2023
Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany, WA
2018
Curtin University Artist-in-Residence, Perth, WA
Silent Synchronicity – Mundaring Arts Centre, WA
Media Features (Selected)
2021
Di Ciero, L. – Australian Ghosts, Artist’s Chronicle, Issue 198, pp. 15–16
Trimboli, D. – Origins in the Landscape, Australian Ghosts catalogue essay
2020
McKay, D. – ION: In Our Nature, Medium, Feb 9
2018
Yeoman, W. – “Contours Shape WA Aspects,” The Weekend West, July 14–15, p. 89
2017
Hayes, L. – “Profile: Stephanie Reisch,” Artist Profile Magazine, Issue 41, pp. 86–90
Corlett, A. – “Animals Drive Artist to Abstraction,” Southern Gazette, Nov 14, p. 9
2015
Blue, L. – Crypsis catalogue essay, Gallerysmith Project Space
Artist Makes Every Mark Count, Augusta and Margaret River Times, Apr 3, p. 17
Alchemy the Essence of Art, Augusta and Margaret River Times, Apr 15, p. 16
The Conversation of Art, Scoop Magazine, Autumn Edition 71, p. 242
2014
On Display, Scoop Magazine, Winter Edition 68
Gorman, L. – “Creepy Crawlies Welcome Here,” Cambridge Post, July 5
Radovan, L. – “A New Kind of Hotel for Subiaco,” University News, July 4
2012
Jorgensen, D. – “Reisch Sets Beasts Free,” The Weekend West, July 28–29, p. 71
Publications
2022
Alluvial Gold – Performance review, Artshub, PICA, WA, July 13
Dalison – Review, Artshub, Naval Store, Fremantle, May 23
We Hold You Close and Monumental – Review, Artshub, PICA, WA, April 7
Looking Out/Back/In – Review, Artshub, AGWA, WA, Feb 5
2021
The View From Here – Review, Artshub, AGWA, WA, Dec 7
Pragma: Perils and Passions – Review, Artshub, Lost Eden Creative, WA, Sep 9
2015
Reisch, S. – Hoon: Andy Quilty, catalogue essay, Tilt Program, Heathcote Museum & Gallery
Talks & Lectures
2023
Curatorial Talk – Underland, Edith Cowan University, WA
Opening Speaker – 3 Ways to Pass a Gas Pump by Jared Malton, RAC, WA
2019
Guest Speaker – WOMXN ARTiculate Conference, Edith Cowan University, WA
2018
Keynote Speaker – Applecross Senior High School Annual Exhibition, WA
Artist Talk – Water & Stone, Heathcote Museum & Gallery, WA
2015
Artist Talk – Studio Nights, Miik Green Studio, Maylands, WA
Artist Talk – New Works, Margaret River Gallery, WA
2014
Guest Speaker – Insect Hotels, SymbioticA, Perth, WA
2012
Guest Artist – Unidiscovery, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, WA
Artist Talk – Superanimal: Painting with the Animal, Cullity Gallery
Curatorial Projects
2023
Underland – Spectrum Project Space, Edith Cowan University, WA
2021
All Past Futures Are Now – Linton & Kay, West Perth, WA
2020
Tangent – Victoria Park Centre for the Arts, WA
2018
Emerge Youth Art Award – John Leckie Pavilion, City of Nedlands, WA
2015
Crypsis – Gallerysmith Project Space, North Melbourne, VIC
Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts – Mid-Year Exhibition, Cullity Gallery, UWA
Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts – End of Year Exhibition, Cullity Gallery, UWA
Art of Drawing – Cullity Gallery, UWA
2014
Art of Drawing – Cullity Gallery, UWA
Insect Hotels – Cullity Gallery, UWA
2013
Terawatt – Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduation Show, Cullity Gallery, UWA
130 x 130cm