Stef Harris is an Australian emerging abstract artist based in Naarm/Melbourne.

 

Her practice explores landscape as both physical terrain and psychological space, translating ephemeral encounters with light, atmosphere and place into material form.

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Working with natural fabrics like cotton, linen and silk, and foraged pigments gathered from the site of origin of each piece, Stef builds her compositions in gradual, fluid layers of organic motion embedding traces of place and time directly into the surface of the work.

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Informed by the Japanese philosophy of mono no aware — an awareness and appreciation of the beauty of impermanence — her practice invites a slower, more attentive way of seeing, offering space for reflection on our connection to place.

Stef was a finalist in the 2026 Greenhouse Interiors Art Prize, 2024 National Contemporary Art Prize and the 2024 Art Edit Self Represented Art Award. She held a successful first solo exhibition in May 2024 and has an upcoming solo show at Westend Art Space in November 2026. Her works are held in private and corporate collections both in Australia and internationally.