Researcher:AssocProf DM Stephenson
School/Unit:Art (Hobart)
Commenced with Institution:17/5/1982
Commenced Current Job:17/5/1982

Research Funding

InstitutionResearch TeamInitial YearDuration (Years)Funding Body/ClientAward TypeTitle of ProjectIndustry PartnersTotal Cash $Total Inkind $
University of TasmaniaAssocProf DM Stephenson20082Visual Arts Board - Australia Council for the ArtsFellowshipCreate New Photographic Work based on Exploration of the Sublime for Exhibitions and Publications 90,000 
University of TasmaniaMr W Hart; AssocProf DM Stephenson20021University of TasmaniaGrant-Institutional Research SchemeNon-linear Temporal Imagery - Development of New Modes of Visual Image Construction and Representation through Interactive Digital Displays 17,000 
University of TasmaniaAssocProf DM Stephenson20021Visual Arts/Craft Board - Australia Council for the ArtsGrantCreate New Photographic Works for Exhibitions in Hobart and New York 20,000 
University of TasmaniaAssocProf DM Stephenson20001Australian Research CouncilGrant-SmallThe Development of the Dome in Eastern European Architecture 9,300 
University of TasmaniaAssocProf DM Stephenson; Miss AL MacDonald; Mr R Arnold19971University of TasmaniaGrant-SupplementarySupplementary funding 8,000 
University of TasmaniaAssocProf DM Stephenson; Miss AL MacDonald; Mr R Arnold19951Australian Research CouncilGrant-SmallA visual investigation of wilderness values 15,000 

Graduate Research Supervision (Current)

CommencedDegreeSupervisionTitle
28/2/2006MastersCo-SupervisorA Photographic Investigation of Sexual Imagery in the Australian Mainstream Media
26/2/2007PhDConsultantMultiple Entry Points, Pathways and Outcomes in Timebased Digital Media- A Visual Investigation
28/2/2007PhDCo-SupervisorIn the Shadow of Van Diemens Land- A Visual Investigation into Phenomenological, Ontological and Experiential Representations of Places and Their History.
1/7/2007PhDCo-SupervisorThe Spurling Legacy- The Emergence of Wilderness Photography
25/8/2008PhDCo-SupervisorSeeing and Believing, Taste and Place- Imaging the Landscape in Tasmania 1880-1980

Graduate Research Supervision (Graduands)

NameDegreeCompletedSupervisionCommencedCeasedTitle
Christl BergPhD7/1/2004Co-Supervisor9/11/20026/1/2004Tracings - a photographic investigation into being in the land
Christl BergPhD7/1/2004Supervisor22/2/20008/11/2002Tracings - a photographic investigation into being in the land
Ruth Elizabeth FrostPhD16/1/2003Supervisor1/5/199615/1/2003Exploring the nature of memory - using photographically derived, interactive computer environments as a visual art form
Rebecca GreenwoodMasters10/4/1997Associate27/2/1995 Photographic and digital landscapes as metaphorical representations.
David Ian MartinPhD1/3/2004Co-Supervisor2/7/200229/2/2004Investigating Photography's influence upon the experience of being
David Ian MartinPhD1/3/2004Supervisor18/2/20001/7/2002Investigating Photography's influence upon the experience of being
Helena PsotovaPhD14/4/2003Supervisor26/2/199613/4/2003Investigation and transformation of factual reality into fiction using the modified and altered image of myself
Emidio PuglielliMasters6/3/2006Co-Supervisor1/3/20045/3/2006An Investigation of the Relationship between the Material and Illusionary Aspects of the Photograph
Alexandra Eleanor RayPhD16/1/2003Supervisor2/2/199815/1/2003The Photographic Representation of Light and space as Medium and Metaphor
John James VossPhD14/4/2003Supervisor27/2/199513/4/2003Critical investigations into authenticity, authorship and veracity within contemporary photomedia
Martin Brian WalchMasters16/6/1998Supervisor21/2/199421/7/1994Visual perceptual codes within contemporary photography, painting and digital imagery
Martin Brian WalchPhD8/4/2009Co-Supervisor1/3/20047/4/2009Beyond Linearity- Contemporary Drawing and the Naturalistic Representation of Experience

Career Best Publications

Major Creative Work

Stephenson, DM, Space and Light: David Stephenson Photographs, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (2001) [Curated Exhibition]

Stephenson, DM, Starlight: Photographs by David Stephenson, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (2001) [Curated Exhibition]

Research Publications

Book

Stephenson, DM, Heavenly Vaults: From Romanesque to Gothic in European Architecture, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, pp. 192. ISBN 978-1-56898-840-5 (2009) [Authored Research Book] [Full Text]

Stephenson, DM and Hammond, V*, Cupolas, Julie Saul Gallery; Robert Lindsay Gallery; Dick Bett Gallery, New York, Melbourne and Hobart, pp. 80. ISBN isbn (1997) [Authored Research Book]

Conference Publication

Stephenson, DM, ‘Beautiful Lies: Photography and Wilderness’, Proceedings of Imaging Nature: Media, Environment and Tourism, Cradle Mountain, 27-29 June 2004, 27-29 June 2004, Cradle Mountain , Tasmania, pp. http://www.utas.edu.au/arts/imaging/. (2005) [Refereed Conference]

Major Creative Work

Stephenson, DM, Dusk to Dawn, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, 1st, pp. 21 (2009) [Published Creative Work] [Full Text]

Stephenson, DM, Heavenly Vaults, John Buckley Gallery , Melbourne, 1, pp. 25 (2009) [Published Creative Work] [Full Text]

Stephenson, DM, David Stephenson Photographs, O'Sullivan Art Gallery, Regis University , Denver, Colorado, USA (2008) [Published Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Star Drawings, John Buckley Gallery , Melbourne (2008) [Published Creative Work] [Full Text]

Stephenson, DM, Cross Currents: Focus on Contemporary Australian Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, pp. 107 - 118 (2007) [Published Creative Work] [Full Text]

Stephenson, DM, Ingenuity: Photography and Engineering 1846-2006, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; Centre for, Lisbon and Brussels (2007) [Published Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Marking Time, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart (2007) [Published Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Selected Photographs 1993-2003, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne (2007) [Published Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Vaults, Julie Saul Gallery, New York (2007) [Published Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Different Dimension, Novosibirsk State Art Museum (2006) [Published Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, From an Island South, Asialink/Devonport Regional Gallery (2006) [Published Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Light Sensitive: Contemporary Australian Photography from the Loti Smorgon Fund, National Gallery of Victoria (2006) [Published Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Symétries sublimes/Sublime Symmetries, Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris (2006) [Published Creative Work] [Full Text]

Stephenson, DM, Breaking Ice Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Breaking Ice, Adam Art Gallery,, Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellingt, Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellingt (2005) [Published Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Points of View: Australian Photography 1985-95, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales (2005) [Published Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Visions of Heaven: The Dome in European Architecture, Princeton Architectural Press, New York (2005) [Published Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Cupolas, Julie Saul Gallery, Julie Saul Gallery, New York (2004) [Published Creative Work] [Full Text]

Stephenson, DM, The Dome Project, Candace Perich Gallery, Katonah, New York, USA (2003) [Published Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Dome Photographs, 1993-2000, Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania (2001) [Curated Exhibition]

Stephenson, DM, Space and Light: David Stephenson Photographs, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (2001) [Curated Exhibition]

Stephenson, DM, Starlight: Photographs by David Stephenson, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (2001) [Curated Exhibition]

Stephenson, DM, Cupolas, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney (2000) [Curated Exhibition]

Stephenson, DM, Dome, CAST Gallery, Hobart (2000) [Curated Exhibition]

Stephenson, DM, Heaven - Cupola and Star series, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, pp. 15 works (2000) [Curated Exhibition]

Stephenson, DM, Virtual Dome, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne (2000) [Curated Exhibition]

Stephenson, DM, Solo Exhibition - Stephenson, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne, pp. 2 pp (1999) [Curated Exhibition]

Stephenson, DM, Stars, Space + Light Editions, Hobart, pp. 36 pp; 22 col. illus (1999) [Recorded Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Click, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne, pp. 2 (1998) [Recorded Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Constellations, University of Missouri-Kansas City Gallery of Art, Kansas City, pp. 2 (1998) [Recorded Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, David Stephenson, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, pp. 12 (1998) [Curated Exhibition]

Stephenson, DM, Ground Control, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York., pp. 2 (1998) [Recorded Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Waterproof, Belen Art Centre, Lisbon, pp. 2 (1998) [Recorded Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, David Stephenson, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, pp. Broadsheet (1997) [Curated Exhibition]

Stephenson, DM, David Stephenson, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, pp. Broadsheet (1997) [Curated Exhibition]

Stephenson, DM, Oceans and Galaxies, Karen McReady Contemporary Art, New York, pp. Broadsheet (1997) [Recorded Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Site and Sensibility: Selections from the Artbank Collection, S.H.Irwin Gallery, Sydney, pp. Broadsheet (1997) [Recorded Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Stars, Metropolitan Museum, New York (1997) [Recorded Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Stars, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (1997) [Recorded Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Stars, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (1997) [Recorded Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, The Blake Prize, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, pp. Broadsheet (1997) [Recorded Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Vantage, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, pp. Broadsheet (1997) [Recorded Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, What's New II, Waverley Gallery, Melbourne (1997) [Recorded Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM and MacDonald, AL and Wright, H and Burns, T, Brushing the Dark: Recent Art and Tasmania, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart, 1, pp. 64 (1996) [Recorded Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM and Hammond, V*, David Stephenson: Cupolas, Dick Bett, Hobart, 1, pp. 36 (1996) [Recorded Creative Work]

Arnold, R and MacDonald, AL and Stephenson, DM and Hobba, L and Greenwood, R, Imagine Nature, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, 1, pp. 72 (1996) [Recorded Creative Work]

MacDonald, AL and Stephenson, DM, The 1995 Review, Dick Bett, Hobart, pp. 4 (1996) [Recorded Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Transfigurations, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne, pp. 2 (1996) [Curated Exhibition]

Stephenson, DM, Double 701/801, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, pp. 2 (1995) [Recorded Creative Work]

Stephenson, DM, Paisley Museum and Art Gallery, Fotofeis International Festival of Photography in , Paisley, Scotland, pp. 62-63 (1995) [Curated Exhibition]

Other Creative Work

Stephenson, DM, Soissons Cathedral Nave, Soissons Cathedral Crossing, Soissons Cathedral Choir, , Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth, pp. 3 (2007) [Acquisition]

Stephenson, DM, Dom, Passau, Germany; Great Synagogue, Szeged, Hungary; San Lorenzo, Turin, Italy; Pantheon, Rome, Italy, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, pp. 4 (2006) [Representation of Original Art]

Stephenson, DM, New Synagogue, Szeged, Hungary, Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, pp. 1 (2006) [Acquisition]

Stephenson, DM, Traveller above the Sea and City; Night Self-Portrait, Derwent Cave; Lorne, Square Zawn; Self Portrait, Avalanche Couloir, Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, Hobart, pp. 4 (2006) [Representation of Original Art]

Stephenson, DM, Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, Lisboa; Basilica, Convento de Mafra; Basilica da Estrela, Lisboa; Santa Engracia, Lisboa, Fidelidade Mundial Chiado 8, Lisbon, pp. 4 (2005) [Representation of Original Art]

Stephenson, DM, Stars 1995/703, Stars 1995/1001, Stars 1996/706, Stars 1996/1207, Stars 1996/1612, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, pp. 5 (2005) [Acquisition]

Stephenson, DM, Alaska Pipeline, Brooks Range, Alaska, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, pp. 1 (2003) [Representation of Original Art]

Stephenson, DM, Anatomies No. 5, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, pp. 1 (2003) [Representation of Original Art]

Stephenson, DM, 3 untitled works from The Ice series in Fieldwork: Australian Art 1968-2002, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, pp. 3 (2002) [Representation of Original Art]

Stephenson, DM, Dome Series , National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, pp. 6 (2002) [Acquisition]

Stephenson, DM, Dome Series #2, Art gallery of NSW, Sydney, pp. 4 (2002) [Acquisition]

Stephenson, DM, Stars 1996/1103, International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, USA, pp. 1 (2002) [Acquisition]

Stephenson, DM, 9 panels from the series Blue-Green Horizon Line, Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, Hobart, pp. nine (2001) [Representation of Original Art]

Stephenson, DM, Numbers 9206, 8904, 10901, and 7004 from the Domes series, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, pp. four (2001) [Representation of Original Art]

Stephenson, DM, Stars series, Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, pp. 2 (2001) [Representation of Original Art]

MacDonald, AL and Stephenson, DM, Dark Nature 1, 2,3, Bett Gallery, Hobart, pp. 3 (1995) [Representation of Original Art]

Thesis

Stephenson, DM, ‘Towards a Photographic Sublime, 1982¿2000’ (2001) [PhD]

Other Public Output

Stephenson, DM, ‘The Zinc Works and Mount Wellington from Store Point, Tasmania (Winner of Tasmanian Artist Award)’, Tidal: City of Devonport Art Prize, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania (2004) [Award]

Stephenson, DM, ‘Gold Coast Ulrick Schubert Photographic Art Award’, Gold Coast Ulrick Schubert Photographic Art Award, Ulrick Schubert Foundation, Gold Coast (2002) [Award]

Stephenson, DM and MacDonald, AL and Brassington, P and Risby, ML and Arnold, R, ‘1996 City of Hobart Art Prize’, 1996 City of Hobart Art Prize, Hobart City Council, Hobart (1996) [Award]

Stephenson, DM, ‘Gold Coast City Conrad Jupiters Art Prize’, Gold Coast City Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast (1996) [Award]

Coppola, FM and Stephenson, DM and Jenyns, L and Arnold, R, ‘Blundstone Contemporary Art Prize’, Blundstone Contemporary Art Prize, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston (1995) [Award]

* Not a member of this University.

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