Born in Sydney in 1971Steve Lopes trained at Sydney's College of Fine Art, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1991.In 1996 Lopes spent two years studying in London, where he was twice named in the 'Top Young Artists under 30' in Britain by the Royal Institute of OIl Painters, exhibiting at the Mall Galleries. Lopes also undertook private study with Peter Howson in Glasgow in 2004 and 2005.

Lopes has been short-listed twice for the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship by the AGNSW and was also a finalist in the 2006 Doug Moran Portrait Prize (where he broke with tradition and was the first artist in the Prize's history to have two pieces in the one show).

Lopes' work is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, BHP Billiton Art collection, New South Wales State Library, Wollongong University Art Collection,Time Warner- New York, Rolls Royce-London, British Biotech- London and private collections around the world.

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Craig, $450.00

Guardian, $750.00

Man with Cockatoo, $450.00

Man with Kookaburra, $450.00

Man with Pods Bungonia Quarry, $400.00

Man with Whale Skull, $1,200.00

Untitled (Girl on with Orchid Leaf), $400.00