Stephanie Bergman was born in London. She studied at St Martin’s School of Art, where she later taught. She had her first solo exhibition at Garage, London in 1973. Her early works were large colour field paintings made with a spray gun, which in time became unstretched pieces of canvas sewn together and hung on the wall.

Glossary

  • Canvas

    A piece of cloth woven from flax, hemp or cotton fibres. The word has generally come to refer to any piece of firm, loosely woven fabric used to paint on. Its surface is typically prepared for painting by priming with a ground.