STEPHEN CARROLL

Stephen Carroll has been working as a visual artist, in various media, since his school days. He has exhibited as a potter, printmaker and painter.

As an Australian artist working in the medium of sumi-e and Chinese brush painting, Stephen undertook training in Australia with Janet Twigg-Patterson of Red Crane Gallery in Canberra, in China with Mr Pi, and continues to work with Harumi Kobayashi, Director of the International Association of Sumi in Japan.

After meeting Ransui Yakata in Japan, Stephen became the first Australian Director of the International Chinese Calligraphic and Brush Painters Society (ICCPS) and he has exhibited in Australia, China, and Japan.

He curated an ICCPS exhibition of international artists for the Orange Regional Art Gallery and has been invited to exhibit in the Nippon Suibokuga Art Association Exhibition at the Hirakushi Denchu Museum of Art in Okayama, Japan, to commemorate Sesshu, the founder of sumi-e. He is also an invited artist at the Art Beyond Boundaries exhibition (International Association of Sumi Japan), at the National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan. He was awarded the International Honours Award in both 2024 and 2025.

In 2025 Stephen was recognised by the NSW State Parliament for his contribution to this art form and his international reach.

Stephen’s work is held in public and private collections and he continues to teach and exhibit on a regular basis.