TINA HAVELOCK STEVENS

Havelock Stevens draws from moments of personal history and on going research, mapping the convergence of sound, narrative, and the natural world. From the eruptive force of a volcano to the quiet reverberation of a drum, she orchestrates experiences that compress time, translating memory into visual and sonic fragments. These tonalities engage the senses, transporting the viewer through landscapes charged with both personal and collective histories. Havelock Stevens work bridges the inner and outer worlds, creating assemblages that balance immediacy with introspection. Sculptural elements echo earlier installations, often marked by fleeting bursts of orange—residues of past journeys. Video and performance works extend this rhythm, aligning drumbeats, environmental sound, and moving image with primal cycles of birth, death, and transformation. Through the economy of sound and the lyricism of documentary filmmaking, Havelock Stevens constructs an interconnected field of perception.

Major recent projects include a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (2025); Now is a Beginning, a solo show at Bathurst Regional Gallery (2025); SONIC LUMINESCENCE at Metro Martin Place, Sydney (2024); the permanent sound installation Hear Here at Sydney Football Stadium (2022); Thank You for Holding at Carriageworks for Sydney Festival (2021); and the survey exhibition NATURE EXTEMPORIZE at The Substation, Melbourne (2021). Havelock Stevens has exhibited and performed widely, with presentations at The National 4: Australian Art Now (MCA, 2019), Yokohama Triennale (2020), MONA FOMA (2013, 2020), Manila Biennale (2018), and Performance Space (2015, 2023), among many others.