Steph Avery-Reynolds worked for over twenty years in arts facilitation as a freelance community artist in Kent, England. Her work includes public murals and sculpture, outreach workshops in schools and community centres. She has been artist-in-residence for several Kent schools.

Steph was born in Lewisham, London and was initially a hairdresser at DMop in Soho, before gaining a BA Hons degree in filmmaking at LCP. She worked for eleven years in the UK feature film industry in production and script development before relocating to Kent, studying Fine Art at UCCA and developing her community arts profile.

Since moving to Powys, Wales in 2023, Steph has concentrated solely on her personal art practice and project research. Her Masters degree in Contemporary Crafts at Hereford College of Arts completed in January 2026 with a Higher Distinction.

In July to September 2025, Steph’s Perihelia Masters project was exhibited at Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye, Powys. Steph also delivered a seminar and workshops to accompany the exhibition.

Her collection ‘F is for Foodbank’ is in response to a David Jones artwork from the National Collection at Amgueddfa Cymru / Museum Wales, commissioned by CELF/National Contemporary Ary Gallery for Wales and OM Camarthen ‘Still Life/Bywyd Llonydd’ 2026.

She considers Vivat Matriarchia a long term project, having countless overlooked women of history to discover and commemorate.