Lulu Stephenson is an artist living and working in London.

Dancing at the edge of figuration, her work explores painting as an act of co-creation between artist and viewer. Transforming, becoming, and unravelling again - the push and pull of forms creates tension and rupture, revealing a fragmented landscape which is neither here nor elsewhere. Her recent works draw inspiration from 16th century non-finito sculptures, evoking a parallel sense of fracture and rebirth. Some intimate and others sweeping in scale, each painting acts as a diary of shadow and light, where the bloom and burnish of emotion emerges from the thickets.

She received and MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art (2024), and previously received a BA in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford (2018). During her studies, she was a recipient of the ColArt Winsor and Newton Bursary.

Exhibitions, Awards, Residencies

2025 | Material Memory, Fitzrovia Gallery

2025 | Artist in Residence, Studio West

2025 | Phased Reality, SPACE Studios

2024 | The Epitome of Decline and Decay, Safehouse

2024 | MA Painting Postgraduate Show, The RCA

2024 | Things That Matter, AMP Gallery

2023 | ColArt Winsor and Newton Bursary Recipient

Education

2024 | Royal College of Art, MA Painting

2018 | University of Oxford, BA Jurisprudence