About

Florence Steel is an emerging visual artist working predominantly on Ngunawal/Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country (Canberra).

Through symbolic oil painting and multi-media installation, Florence explores personal and cultural relationships to the universe. Their work sits at the intersection of art history, metaphysics, and cosmology, referencing both historical and contemporary iconographic languages. Through their practice, Florence pushes the boundaries of representation, exploring how knowledge is constructed through symbolic and material processes.

Steel is currently completing a Bachelor of Visual Arts and a Bachelor of Art History and Curatorship at ANU.

Contact:

Email: florencemsteel@gmail.com

Instagram: @florencesteel.art

Education

2025 Bachelor of Visual Arts, ANU School of Art and Design, Canberra

Bachelor of Art History & Curatorship, Australian National University, Canberra

Group exhibitions

2025 ANU School of Art and Design Graduate Exhibition, Canberra, ACT

The Divide, Alpha House Gallery, Newtown, Sydney, NSW

Moonlighting, Curated by Claudia Hunt and Riley Curtain, City Walk, Canberra, ACT

2024 HoPE (Homies of Planet Earth), Curated by Dmitry Grishin, Tributary Projects, Canberra, ACT

Concurrent, Blank Gallery, Canberra, ACT

Buugang Giilang, ANU Photospace Gallery, Canberra, ACT

About People, Curated by Evy & Meg Stuart, Dear Prudence, Canberra, ACT

2022 Exquisite Corpse, ANU Photospace Gallery, Canberra, ACT

Awards and Prizes

2025 ANU Art Collection Acquisition Award, Drill Hall Gallery

ANU School of Art EASS Award Northside Framing Prize

(Finalist) ANU School of Art Drawing Prize

2023 (Finalist) ANU School of Art Drawing Prize

2022 (Finalist) ANU School of Art Drawing Prize

2019 (People’s choice) Metamorphosis, Belconnen Arts Centre

2018 (Finalist) Young Archie’s, Art Gallery of New South Wales

Public Installation

2024 Star Net, Black Mountain Peninsula

Collections

2025 Australian National Univerity Collection, Drill Hall Gallery, ACT

2025 Epworth Medical Foundation, VIC

2025 Lyrebird Dreaming, ACT

Private collections, VIC, NSW, ACT

Selected stage installation

2025 Gold Dust Festival

2024 Zouina, Gang Gang cafe and bar

Xaphaniia, EP launch

Sundowner, Gang Gang cafe and bar