Davina Stephens is a New Zealand artist living in India and Indonesia.

Born in Wellington in 1968 she later emigrated with her mother to Asia growing up in Bali

Bali

Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...

 and Goa

Goa

Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...

. Davina attended Woodstock School

Woodstock School

Woodstock School is a Christian, international, co-educational, residential school located in Landour, a small hill station contiguous with the town of Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India....

 and the Fashion Institute of Technology

Fashion Institute of Technology

The Fashion Institute of Technology, generally known as FIT, is a State University of New York college of art, business, design, and technology connected to the fashion industry, with an urban campus located on West 27th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of...

in New York. Davina's work is heavily inspired by the Balinese and Indian cultures. Her early paintings are characterized by their bright and bold 'pop' style in oil and acrylic paints while her newer work is more subdued in pastels, block prints, and watercolors. Davina has exhibited in India, Indonesia, France, Australia, and the United States.

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