About Me
Stephanie Avery is a Toronto-based multi-disciplinary artist with a degree in visual art from York University. With an emphasis on interactivity and empowerment, Stephanie's practice intervenes with familiar spaces, objects and imagery to imbue her subjects with new meanings and narratives. Being especially interested in our collective relationships to the spaces we inhabit, Stephanie explores the world with an equal balance of joy, curiosity and skepticism: a balance she strives to represent in her practice. Her work is both playful and critical, and nothing she does is without a hint of mischief. Stephanie’s goal is to inspire new perspectives and initiate dialogue about elements of contemporary culture that are often taken for granted. She has exhibited widely within Toronto, notably at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Nuit Blanche and the Toronto Media Arts Centre; and internationally, at Atrium (Forli, Italy), Flux Factory (New York, USA), Shadow Traffic (New York, USA) and Playa del Fuego (online/Tamaqua, USA).
Press
Abandoned Toronto houses spark intense debate about gentrification, BlogTO, 2023
Development vs. preservation: Street art on abandoned homes sparks debate, Toronto Sun, 2023
Pink Shirt Day, CBC News, 2023
New Provincial Park Lands In Abandoned Toronto Wasteland Slated for Development, BlogTO, 2022
20 Artists to Check out at the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair 2018, NOW Magazine, 2018
Toronto OkStupid Group Therapy Session, Torontoist, 2016
OkStupid: The Best Worst Online Dating Messages, She Does the City, 2016
Sandwich artists get to the meat of the matter at Kensington Market gallery, The Toronto Star, 2016
Punny or Die, The Varsity, 2014
Cooking With Cajones, The L Magazine, 2013
The corporate-free alternative to Nuit Blanche: Les Rues des Refuses, This Magazine, 2009
If the refuse it, don’t lose it, The National Post, 2009