Photo by – Dean Leivers

Stephanie Siân Coley – Fine Artist

British, born 1966

A mixed media artist born in Derbyshire, UK, where she still lives and works. Completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) in 2001. Her artwork has been exhibited & sold at venues throughout the UK. She mainly specialises in mixed media art, collage, pen & ink drawing and portraiture. Often mixing old found collage elements with drawing/painting. She loves the juxtapose of materials, techniques & imagery. Steph is still excited by new ways of working & still trying to experiment with new skills, materials & techniques.

As a visual artist she is often really inspired and excited by materials, whether this be found collage elements or more conventional art materials. She tries to embrace the materials, she loves to allow paint to move and flow, to give drawings & lines some life and energy.

Steph’s art process is instinctive and playful. She likes to try and let the materials dictate how she uses them. Ripped edges excite her. She enjoys the juxtapose of images, text, colour and shape. She rarely has much of a prior plan, as she feels this really restricts and restrains her process and flow. She tries to embrace mistakes and approaches each piece of work as a joyful experiment.

Commissions & art projects have enabled Steph to work with organisations, schools, museums, community associations, artists, charities & local authorities. Her arts projects have included mural work, installations, sculpture trails, community arts projects, workshops & arts activities.
Steph runs demonstrations and delivers talks & workshops, which is a valuable part in helping Steph to question and develop her own artwork. She has worked in the arts since 1996. Sharing her passion for the arts is a joy & hopefully she can inspire others to pursue their creative journey.

Steph’s artwork has been exhibited and sold throughout the UK. Exhibition enquiries can be made via her contact page.

Exhibitions

  • 25 years – 2026 – No.28, Derbyshire
  • Portrait work – 2025 – Ilkon Gallery, Derbyshire
  • Collage work – 2025 – New Mills, Derbyshire
  • Belper Arts Festival – 2025, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 16, 15 – Derbyshire
  • Melbourne Arts Festival – 2024, 23, 22, 19, 17 – Derbyshire.
  • Paper Works – Aug 2022 – Creative Melbourne Gallery
  • Mixed media work – June 2019 – Derbyshire.
  • Collage & Assemblage – Jan 2011 – Leicester.
  • Mixed media collage – September 2010 – Derby.
  • Collage – 2009/2010 – Liverpool.
  • Temptation – June/July 2007 – Derbyshire.
  • Black & White – March/April 2007 – Birmingham.
  • Wirksworth Festival – Sep 2006, 01, – Derbyshire.
  • Growth – June/July 2006 – Derbyshire.
  • Brass construction – Oct/Dec 2005 – Staffordshire.
  • Pentogram & the elements – May 2005 – Derbyshire.
  • Living Sculpture – June 2001 – East Riding Yorkshire.
  • University of Derby degree show – June 2001 – Derby.
  • The Visitor – March 2001 – East Riding Yorkshire.
  • Repetition with Brass – Feb 2001 – Derby.
  • Angel in Flight – June 2000 – Derby.