I am drawn to inner processes and how they become visible and more known through relationships. My work is narrative, and can include family members, friends, local landscapes, filmography, dreams and architecture. I am inspired by a feeling that is elusive yet familiar, and lies in the construction of the space. The presence of things meeting with the presence of other things including the space, composes the atmosphere. I sometimes include found material for its otherness, relatability, and as a reminder of the tactile world which we belong to. I am concerned with my experience as as a woman and my place in the world. I am curious about how things influence each other physically, emotionally and spiritually, and the results of that. My aim is to embody feelings that are indefinable and integral.

Stefanie Denz, MFA, BEd, RTC is an artist, educator and art therapist. She received her MFA from the University of Auckland, 1989 on Commonwealth Scholarship, attended residencies in Berlin (2013, 2014), received Canada Arts Council grants (1999, 2003) and BC Arts Council grants (2010) , and is currently a PhD student with Trans Art Institute at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. She is the daughter of German immigrants and grew up with her sisters on the traditional territories of the Shquw’utsun peoples on Vancouver Island. She moved to Saltspring Island with her husband and stepson establishing a family and life there. Her work can be seen in her studio, in Rhubarb, Ganges BC, and she is represented by the Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver.

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The Uncanny Poetry of Interior Spaces. "Flower," by Stefanie Denz