Braham Stevens
Braham Stevens is an Australian artist whose work is influenced by environmental processes and the interrelationship between people, places, environment and culture.
He is best known for his site-specific large-scale works of public art that are conceived to engage with their surroundings - such as Embrace Cairns performing arts precinct, Reflection at James Cook University, Drift Wellington Point Brisbane, Into the Blue City of Rockingham Foreshore, Western Australia, Guulbughul Reconciliation Rocks Cape York and Eye on the Horizon at Port Kembla, Headland Wollongong.
Early life and education
Since early childhood, Stevens has experienced a deep self-affirming connection and fascination with the natural world. His ongoing direct engagement with the wilderness emotionally reinforces and energises his creativity and practice.In his early years Stevens regularly attended life drawing and portraiture classes at Albury Technical/Arts and Crafts College, later studying Industrial Arts and Metal Smithing at RMIT Melbourne and Applied Arts and Commercial Design at North East London Polytechnic.
Relocating to Europe and London in the late 1980s, Stevens was an active participant in the vibrant West End art and music collective subculture.
Initially creating ephemeral art with found natural materials - including mudlarking on the River Thames, Stevens' later experimentation with stone, recycled metal and alloy, helped develop evolving techniques and processes to make more permanent durable structures that could withstand time and the elements.