Amy Steel
London
Summary
Experienced in undergraduate Fine Art teaching, seminar facilitation, and studio-based learning, with a strong focus on painting and drawing practice. Adept at supporting students in the technicalities and materiality of painting through tutorials, group critiques, and constructive feedback. Skilled in assessments and providing written feedback, alongside expertise in exhibition planning with external partners, installation, and professional presentation. Practicing artist with international exhibition experience and collaborations with prestigious galleries and curators in the UK. Committed to sharing knowledge and expertise to enhance student learning and professional growth.
Overview
5
5
years of post-secondary education
4
4
years of professional experience
Work history
Visiting Tutor
Arts University Bournemouth
Bournemouth
2023.01 - Current
- Teach level 5 and 6 BA Fine Art students, supporting development of art practice through studio support, tutorials, group critiques, and workshops.
- I assess students' work and give written feedback on how they might move forward in their art practice.
- I give written feedback through an online portfolio submission to all applicants applying for a BA in Fine Art
- Facilitate workshops on material experimentation and drawing techniques, enhancing student creativity and encouraging innovative approaches to art-making.
- Organise level 5 student participation in external exhibition with Russell Cotes Museum, delivering presentations about the opportunity and liaising with the partner for planning, scheduling, installation, deinstallation, health and safety, and museum restrictions while helping students create site-specific artworks that engage with the museum's context.
- I lead a seminar with level 6 students exploring the idea of abstraction in relation to the landscape.
Visiting Tutor
University of the Arts London
London
2025.07 - 2026.07
- Facilitated artist discussions, engaging UAL International Summer School students through an artist’s talk about my practice.
- Conducted individual tutorials, providing tailored feedback to students on their work and suggesting strategies to develop their artistic practice.
Education
MA (Hons) Distinction -
Slade School of Fine Art
London 2017.09 - 2019.07
BA (Hons) First Class Honours -
Goldsmiths University of London
London, UK 2012.09 - 2015.07
Skills
- Undergraduate Fine Art teaching, seminar facilitation and studio-based learning
- Painting and drawing practice, supporting students with the technicalities and materiality of painting
- Tutorials, group critique, and constructive feedback
- Written evaluations
- Exhibition coordinator
- Positive attitude
- Pastoral support
AWARDS
John Moores Painting Prize (exhibitor) 2023, Adrian Carruthers and the Slade School of Fine Art studio prize, selected by Mariane Simment 2019
EXHIBITIONS
- In the Space before Speech, BoLee Gallery UK, 2026
- Small Worlds, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Beijing, 2026
- Winter Salon, Alice Black Gallery, London, 2025
- Fire and Life, Charlotte Call Gallery, Los Angeles, 2025
- Tenterhooks, Gillian Jason Gallery, London, 2024
- The Season Has Not Arrived, Atmosphere Space, China 2024
- Theia, Niru Ratnam Gallery, London 2024
- Fluid Karma, Sapling, Los Angeles 2024
- At Daybreak, Ignition Projects, London, 2024
- Out Of Thin Air, Bim Bam Gallery (solo), Paris, 2023
- John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 2023
- Sediment, Kunstraum, London, curated by Studio Chappel, 2023
- Destructive Mollusc, Haze Projects, London, 2022
- The Sky Above the Roof, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Beijing, 2022
- We Are the Ones Who Know, Soho Revue (solo), London, 2021
- How It Happened, Niru Ratnam (solo), London 2021
- Amy Steel and Avril Corroon, PEER Gallery, 2021
- FBA Futures, The Mall Galleries, London, 2019
- Ripe Beings, White Crypt, London, 2019
- Bite, Barbican Arts Trust Group, London, 2019
- Summer Show, Daniel Benjamin, London, 2018
- Holiday, ARCADE, London 2018
- Body As Archive, Slade Research Centre, London, 2018
- Drip Dry, Chalton Gallery, London, 2017
- Up River, Centre for Contemporary Art, Bulgaria, 2017
RESIDENCIES
Fred Levine Gallery (following with a solo show), 2026
PRESS
- Kobini Arts: À travers la mythologie, Amy Steel peint le désir et le pouvoir des femmes (konbini.com)
- Elephant: Amy Steel Visualizes Female Eroticism With Bunnies and Boobs - ELEPHANT
- Ripe Beings: The Female Artists Embracing the Organic - ELEPHANT
- The London MFA Shows: The Search for Authenticity in a Post-Truth World - ELEPANT
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Interdisciplinary art practice across painting, drawing and performance
- Embodiment, and non-rational ways of knowing, with a particular focus on how knowledge can emerge through embodied, intuitive, and perceptual experience. Framing sensuality as a connective tissue between all things.
- Feminism and ecology, and the ways in which they intersect
- Speculative world building
- Arts education, learning through making and peer led learning
- Inclusive teaching that creates a positive environment free of shame
- Maximising student’s self-esteem through alternative pedagogies
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Visiting Tutor
University of the Arts London
2025.07 - 2026.07
Visiting Tutor
Arts University Bournemouth
2023.01 - Current
MA (Hons) Distinction -
Slade School of Fine Art
2017.09 - 2019.07
BA (Hons) First Class Honours -
Goldsmiths University of London
2012.09 - 2015.07