Working on the unceded lands of the Bunurong and Wadawurrung people, Stav Lampropoulos is aware of the significance of creating art as a migrant on land where sovereignty was never ceded.
Her projects, “The Wandering Womb” and Other Myths”, “Un-Dressed”, and “Worlds”, interrogate cultural narratives, domestic rituals, and environmental tensions.
From exploring the politics of dress and embodiment to questioning the scars of construction on natural landscapes, Ms Lampropoulos blends personal memory with broader political questions.
She received the Robyn Beeche Award (2025) in Melbourne and presented “Worlds” at the Pingyao International Photography Festival in China (September 2025).
Alongside her artistic career, she is a young mother, a role that profoundly shapes her creative inquiry into womanhood, repetition of generational expectations, and the intimate rituals of daily life.
For Ms Lampropoulos, photography is not just aesthetic but political, a form of storytelling that resists silence and marginalisation.
As she says, her practice is about asking, “Why are women always brushed off? When do we stop being misunderstood?”
